Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Kor u kac weyn oo ku yimid qiimeyntiisa Elo ayaa raacday guushiisii 2008, oo ka bilaabatay guushii Andorra Open, halkaas oo uu ku helay 8/9 dhibcood, oo ka horreeyey grandmasters khibrad leh Julio Granda Zuñiga iyo Mihail Marin. Waxa uu ku raacay qayb ka mid ah kaalinta saddexaad ee Horyaalka Junior Chess ee Gaziantep, halkaas oo uu had iyo jeer u tartamayay hoggaanka. Horyaalkii Shaqsi ee Midowga Yurub ee Liverpool wuxuu ku dhammeystay kaalinta shanaad inkasta oo uu waqtiga ku lumay ka dibna wuxuu ku guuleystay dhacdada sanadlaha ah ee Winterthur Masters, isagoo ka horreeya Grandmasters kale, oo ay ka mid yihiin horyaalkii hore ee Paraguay Axel Bachmann iyo horyaalkii hore ee Switzerland Joseph Gallagher iyo Florian Jenni. Ciyaaraha Chess Olympiad ee
2008, oo lagu qabtay Dresden, wuxuu ku biiray kooxda England guddiga 3 wuxuuna gacan ka geystay 71⁄2/11 oo ah qiimeynta waxqabadka tartanka (TPR) ee 2675.