 Poikovsky Tournament
The Pojkovsky tournament celebrated its tenth anniversary this year. Alexander Motylev won the event with a fantastic result 7/9.
 Ukranian Team Championship
The Team PVK Kiev Chess Club (Ponomarev, Onischuk, Miroshnichenko, Areshchenko, Baklan, Beliavsky, Vysochin, Nyzhnyk) won the 2009 Ukranian Team Championship.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5481
 2009 U.S. Championship
Hikaru Nakamura became 2009 US chess Champion. Robert Hess and Alex Onischuk tied for second, winning silver and bronze medals respectively. Visit St. Louise chess club website for more information: http://saintlouischessclub.org/US-Championship-2009
 Mexican Open Championship
GM Alexander Onischuk won the Mexican Open Championship with 7.5/9 on tiebreak over GMs Emilio Cordova and Manuel Leon Hoyos. The tournament was held in Mexico City from 10-16 April. For more information visit http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9318/525 and http://www.fenamac.org.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=93 (in Spanish).
 Aeroflot Open 2009
http://www.aeroflotchess.com/
January 30 (arrival) – February 9 (departure), 2009.
 Alex won a powerful Moscow open with a great result 7.5 out of 9. More than 100 GMs participated in the tournament. For more information visit http://www.moscowchessopen.ru and http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9119/505/
 Carlos Torre Memorial in Merida (December 13-22)
GM Alexander Onischuk won Carlos Torre Memorial in Merida, Mexico (December 13-22). More information about the tournament on http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9006/500/
16-24 October 2008
Alex is playing for PVK Kiev Chess Club at European Club Cup, 16-24 October 2008
http://ecc2008.chessdom.com/
 2008 SPICE CUP, Lubbock, Texas, September 19-28
Pentala Harikrishna, Alexander Onischuk, Varushan Akobian and Leonid Kritz tied for first in 2008 Spice Cup. It was strongest international round robin tournament in the history of the US chess since 1968.
http://monroi.com/2008-spice-cup-results.html
July 19rd - August 1st
 The 41st Biel International Chess Festival takes place 19th July - 1st August 2008. Details of all events including the open and other tournaments: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/
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Julj 7-18 2008 Pojkovsky
IX International Anatoly Karpov Chess Tournament (Pojkovsky-Russia) starts July 8th. Alex has played in all previous tournaments in Pojkovski. In 2002 he won the event. Last year Alex tied for second and he was best on the tie-break. http://russiachess.org/online/poykovsky/index.htm
Tournament in Crimea
Just after the US Championship Alex is going to Ukraine, where he will be playing in the Ukrainian league. Then from June 7th to June 20th he will be participating in a round robin tournament in Phoros, Crimea. This year it is going to be category 19 with the average rating of 2712.
May 13-21 U.S Championship 2008
The U.S Championship 2008 is taking place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 24 chessplayers are participating in this tournament. For more details go to
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