第51届Reggio Emilia锦标赛于2008年12月27日～2009年1月4日举行。Zoltan Almasi在上年举行的级别14级的这个比赛中获得冠军。本次比赛两位意大利国际大师Ronchetti 和 Shytaj将争取他们的特级大师称号，我国特级大师倪华也参加了比赛。本年还有级别5级的B组锦标赛，可以争夺国际大师的称号。
    第5轮比赛Almasi负于德里也夫。第5轮比赛结束后，倪华，Almasi同积4分领先，德里也夫积3.5分列第3位，Gustafsson积3分列第4位。

51st It Reggio Emilia (ITA), 27 xii-4 i 2008 cat. XIV (2576) 
                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0  
1. Ni Hua             g CHN 2710 * . ? ? 1 . . . 1 1 4  2789 
2. Almasi, Zoltan     g HUN 2663 . * 0 . . 1 1 . 1 1 4  2789 
3. Dreev, Alexey      g RUS 2670 ? 1 * ? 1 . . ? . . 3? 2751 
4. Gustafsson, Jan    g GER 2634 ? . ? * ? . ? . 1 . 3  2660 
5. Leon Hoyos, Manuel g MEX 2535 0 . 0 ? * . 1 1 . . 2? 2619 
6. Marin, Mihail      g ROU 2556 . 0 . . . * 0 1 ? 1 2? 2531 
7. Landa, Konstantin  g RUS 2613 . 0 . ? 0 1 * . . ? 2  2504 
8. Shytaj, Luca       m ITA 2472 . . ? . 0 0 . * ? ? 1? 2384 
9. Ronchetti, Niccolo m ITA 2414 0 0 . 0 . ? . ? * . 1  2367 
10. Cebalo, Miso      g CRO 2493 0 0 . . . 0 ? ? . * 1  2362 

Round 1 (December 27, 2008) 
Almasi, Zoltan - Landa, Konstantin 1-0 41 C43 Petroff's Defence 
Dreev, Alexey - Leon Hoyos, Manuel 1-0 50 D85 Gruenfeld Defence 
Marin, Mihail - Shytaj, Luca 1-0 43 A25 English Sicilian Attack 
Ronchetti, Niccolo - Gustafsson, Jan 0-1 81 C45 Scotch Game 
Cebalo, Miso - Ni Hua 0-1 45 D17 Slav Defence 
Round 2 (December 28, 2008) 
Ni Hua - Ronchetti, Niccolo 1-0 45 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo 
Almasi, Zoltan - Marin, Mihail 1-0 43 B07 Pirc Defence 
Gustafsson, Jan - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 17 D13 Slav Exchange 
Landa, Konstantin - Leon Hoyos, Manuel 0-1 46 B47 Sicilian Paulsen 
Shytaj, Luca - Cebalo, Miso 1/2 30 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind 
Round 3 (December 29, 2008) 
Dreev, Alexey - Ni Hua 1/2 15 D11 Slav Defence 
Leon Hoyos, Manuel - Gustafsson, Jan 1/2 36 C51 Evans Gambit 
Marin, Mihail - Landa, Konstantin 0-1 30 A13 Reti Opening 
Ronchetti, Niccolo - Shytaj, Luca 1/2 18 B29 Sicilian Defence 
Cebalo, Miso - Almasi, Zoltan 0-1 42 A45 Trompowsky 
Round 4 (December 30, 2008) 
Ni Hua - Leon Hoyos, Manuel 1-0 45 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin 
Almasi, Zoltan - Ronchetti, Niccolo 1-0 26 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo 
Marin, Mihail - Cebalo, Miso 1-0 78 A29 English Four Knights 
Landa, Konstantin - Gustafsson, Jan 1/2 16 D11 Slav Defence 
Shytaj, Luca - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 28 B56 Sicilian Defence 
Round 5 (December 31, 2008) 
Dreev, Alexey - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0 96 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 
Gustafsson, Jan - Ni Hua 1/2 19 D11 Slav Defence 
Leon Hoyos, Manuel - Shytaj, Luca 1-0 41 B52 Sicilian Rossolimo 
Ronchetti, Niccolo - Marin, Mihail 1/2 26 B09 Pirc Defence 
Cebalo, Miso - Landa, Konstantin 1/2 53 E21 Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3 

51st Reggio Emilia Tournament B (ITA), 27 xii 2008 - 4 i 2009 
1.  IM Kovacevic Blazhimir CRO 2472 
2.  IM Galyas Miklos HUN 2454 
3.  IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor ICE 2430 
4.  FM Thorfinsson Bjorn ICE 2399 
5.  FM Corvi Marco ITA 2343 
6.  FM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2334 
7.  FM Lucaroni Massimiliano ITA 2320 
8.  FM Cocchi Andrea ITA 2305 
9.  M Pomaro Alberto ITA 2254 
10.  M Barillaro Luca ITA 2202 

作者 叶红 《国际象棋通报》09-01-01