Essent 2008

GM Marie Sebag, who earned the GM title in early summer playing in the "Open" section of the Individual European Chess Championships, was the sole chess femme in this event (held in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands, I just love that name), and she had a rather rough time of it, taking some lumps, scoring 2/6, earning a sub-par performance rating. Sokolov ran away with the tournament this year. 1. Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2650 5 2847 2. Adly, Ahmed g EGY 2586 2½ 2538 3. Smeets, Jan g NED 2604 2½ 2532 4. Sebag, Marie g FRA 2533 2 2488