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The 2008 Gibtelecom Masters took place January 22nd to 31st.
Top 20 Participants.
| Country | Rating | | Standings after Play-Offs |
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| Wang, Yue | CHN | 2698 | | 1. | Nakamura | 2.0 |
| Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2691 | | 2. | Bu | 0.0 |
| Ni, Hua | CHN | 2680 |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2670 | | Standings after R10 |
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| Wang, Hao | CHN | 2665 | | 1. | Bu | 8.0 |
| Bologan, Viktor | MDA | 2663 | | 2. | Nakamura | 8.0 |
| Georgiev, Kiril | BUL | 2662 | | 3. | Areshchenko | 7.5 |
| Areshchenko, Alexander | UKR | 2645 | | 4. | Bologan | 7.5 |
| Beliavsky, Alexander G | SLO | 2638 | | 5. | Efimenko | 7.5 |
| Efimenko, Zahar | UKR | 2638 | | 6. | Gopal | 7.5 |
| Socko, Bartosz | POL | 2635 | | 7. | Gurevich | 7.5 |
| Mikhalevski, Victor | ISR | 2632 | | 8. | Ni | 7.5 |
| Gurevich, Mikhail | TUR | 2607 | | 9. | Wang,H | 7.5 |
| Kuzubov, Yuriy | UKR | 2606 | | 10. | Akobian | 7.0 |
| Petrosian, Tigran L. | ARM | 2606 |
| Malakhatko, Vadim | BEL | 2600 |
| Pelletier, Yannick | SUI | 2600 |
| Akobian, Varuzhan | USA | 2599 |
| Sandipan, Chanda | IND | 2593 |
| Banikas, Hristos | GRE | 2592 |
Schedule.
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Round 1 - Jan 22
| Wang,Y | - | Dzagnidze | 1/2 |
| Paehtz | - | Bu | 0-1 |
| Ni | - | Bradford | 1-0 |
| Van Haastert | - | Nakamura | 0-1 |
| Wang,H | - | Foisor | 1-0 |
| Foisor | - | Bologan | 0-1 |
| Georgiev | - | Houska | 1-0 |
| Rendle | - | Areshchenko | 0-1 |
| Beliavsky | - | Vidal | 1-0 |
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Round 2 - Jan 23
| Bu | - | Cramling | 1-0 |
| Gopal | - | Ni | 1/2 |
| Nakamura | - | Szabo | 1-0 |
| Karlsson | - | Wang,H | 0-1 |
| Bologan | - | Speelman | 0-1 |
| Zhao | - | Georgiev | 0-1 |
| Areshchenko | - | Zhao | 1/2 |
| Al Sayed | - | Beliavsky | 0-1 |
| Cmilyte | - | Socko,B | 1/2 |
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Round 3 - Jan 24
| Al-Modiahki | - | Bu | 1/2 |
| Speelman | - | Nakamura | 1/2 |
| Wang,H | - | Berg | 1/2 |
| Georgiev | - | Felgaer | 1/2 |
| Beliavsky | - | Socko,M | 1-0 |
| Petrosian | - | Stefanova | 0-1 |
| Akobian | - | Wippermann | 1-0 |
| Banikas | - | Berczes | 1-0 |
| Wang,Y | - | Shen | 1/2 |
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Round 4 - Jan 25
| Banikas | - | Beliavsky | 1/2 |
| Stefanova | - | Akobian | 1-0 |
| Bu | - | Sulskis | 1-0 |
| Felgaer | - | Ni | 1-0 |
| Nakamura | - | Al-Modiahki | 1/2 |
| Hil.Persson | - | Wang,H | 0-1 |
| Gopal | - | Georgiev | 0-1 |
| Areshchenko | - | Hebden | 1/2 |
| Leon Hoyos | - | Socko,B | 0-1 |
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Round 5 - Jan 26
| Beliavsky | - | Stefanova | 1/2 |
| Socko,B | - | Bu | 0-1 |
| Ni | - | Banikas | 1/2 |
| Wang,H | - | Kritz | 1-0 |
| Georgiev | - | Berg | 1/2 |
| Wang,Y | - | Cmilyte | 1-0 |
| Zhao | - | Nakamura | 1-0 |
| Socko,M | - | Bologan | 0-1 |
| Speelman | - | Areshchenko | 1/2 |
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Round 6 - Jan 27
| Stefanova | - | Wang,H | 1/2 |
| Bu | - | Akobian | 1-0 |
| Banikas | - | Wang,Y | 1/2 |
| Berg | - | Ni | 1/2 |
| Bologan | - | Hebden | 1-0 |
| Cramling | - | Georgiev | 0-1 |
| Zhao | - | Beliavsky | 1/2 |
| Efimenko | - | Berczes | 1-0 |
| Sandipan | - | Bellin | 1/2 |
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Round 7 - Jan 28
| Georgiev | - | Bu | 0-1 |
| Wang,H | - | Efimenko | 0-1 |
| Bologan | - | Stefanova | 1-0 |
| Wang,Y | - | Berg | 1-0 |
| Ni | - | Agdestein | 1/2 |
| Sulskis | - | Areshchenko | 1/2 |
| Beliavsky | - | Speelman | 1/2 |
| Socko,B | - | Banikas | 1-0 |
| Gurevich | - | Zhao | 1/2 |
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Round 8 - Jan 29
| Bu | - | Bologan | 1-0 |
| Efimenko | - | Socko,B | 1/2 |
| Malakhatko | - | Wang,Y | 1/2 |
| Agdestein | - | Petrosian | 1/2 |
| Zhao | - | Ni | 0-1 |
| Nakamura | - | Hebden | 1-0 |
| Felgaer | - | Wang,H | 1/2 |
| Leon Hoyos | - | Georgiev | 1/2 |
| Areshchenko | - | Paehtz | 1-0 |
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Round 9 - Jan 30
| Efimenko | - | Bu | 1-0 |
| Wang,Y | - | Kuzubov | 1/2 |
| Ni | - | Malakhatko | 1-0 |
| Petrosian | - | Nakamura | 0-1 |
| Bologan | - | Sandipan | 1-0 |
| Cmilyte | - | Areshchenko | 1/2 |
| Socko,B | - | Gopal | 0-1 |
| Wang,H | - | Leon Hoyos | 1-0 |
| Georgiev | - | Speelman | 1-0 |
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Round 10 - Jan 31
| Bu | - | Ni | 1/2 |
| Nakamura | - | Efimenko | 1-0 |
| Gopal | - | Bologan | 1/2 |
| Kritz | - | Wang,Y | 1/2 |
| Kuzubov | - | Wang,H | 0-1 |
| Banikas | - | Georgiev | 1/2 |
| Areshchenko | - | Arakhamia-Grant | 1-0 |
| Gurevich | - | Cmilyte | 1-0 |
| Zhao | - | Beliavsky | 0-1 |
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Play-offs - Jan 31
| Nakamura | - | Bu | 1-0 |
| Bu | - | Nakamura | 0-1 |
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