II Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"

Internet Chess Club (ICC), March 30th to April 7th

3.572 entries, among them 43 GM, half-way through the event. 
IM Michael Rahal. EDAMI (Barcelona)

Last year, when the first edition of the Chess Internet Tournament “Ciudad de Dos Hermanas” ended, the global participation figures of the event seemed very difficult to improve: 1.374 entries, 782 “on-the-board” players (eliminating the typical Internet first round forfeits), 62 represented countries, and 21 GM / 31 IM’s. Excellent statistics taking into account that it was the first event.

I would have thought that for the second edition, 10-15% more entries would be more than satisfactory. My surprise came when I checked out the last minute numbers this morning: halfway through the 12 qualifiers, there are 3.572 entries!!! If we take away the 40/45% first round forfeits in each qualifier, we are still talking about doubling last years figures, which is excellent  news. 43 GM and 79 IM’s are playing, most of them in more than one qualifier!

Here follows a brief résumé of the 6 first qualifiers. There are 12 qualifying tournaments (2 swisses each day) from the 30th of March to the 4th of April; then a rest day, and the finals are played the 6th and 7th of April (32 qualifiers KO, the 12 winners and the best 20 scores). Entry for the next 6 qualifiers is still open at www.doshermanas.net where you can also see the complete classifications grid’s of the event.

1st Qualifier (S 30 A): Friday, March 30th

273 players, 7 round Swiss

1º GM Levon Aronian (Armenia) 7 (Qual.)
2º GM Aleksander Rustemov (Rusia) 7 (Qual.)

3º GM Boris Avrukh (Israel) 6.5
4º GM Andrei Schekachev (Francia) 6.5

5º GM James Plaskett (Inglaterra) 6.0

2nd Qualifier (S 30 B): Friday, March 30th

89 players, 7 round swiss

1º GM Aleksander Kochyev (Rusia) 6.5 (Qual.)
2º GM Andrei Schekachev (Francia) 6.5

3º IM Genrich Chepukaitis (Russia) 5.5
4º GM Alexei Lugovoi (Russia) 5.5
5º IM Rodrigo Vasquez (Chile)) 5.5

3rd Qualifier (S 31 A): Saturday, March 31st

218 players, 7 round swiss

1º GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia) 6.5 (Qual.)
2º IM Arkadi Shevelev (Israel) 6.5
3º IM Genrich Chepukaitis (Russia) 6.5

4º GM Alexei Lugovoi (Russia) 6.0
5º IM Daniel Fridman (Latvia)) 6.0

4th Qualifier (S 31 B): Saturday, March 31st

118 players, 7 round swiss

1º GM Roman Dzindzichashvili (USA) 6.5 (Qual.)

2º IM Nikolay Vlassov (Russia) 6.0
3º Manuel Rodriguez (R.Dom) 6.0

4º Juan Masco (Argentina) 5.5
5º MF Carlos Ferron (España) 5.5

5th Qualifier (S 01 A): Sunday, April 1st

233 players, 7 round swiss

1º GM Sergei Volkov (Russia) 6.5 (Qual.)
2º GM Maxim Dlugy (USA) 6.5

3º GM Ivan Sokolov (Holanda) 6.0
4º IM Roman Sergeev (Estonia) 6.0
5º GM Alexei Dreev (Russia) 6.0

6th Qualifier (S 01 B): Sunday, April 1st

134 players, 7 round swiss

1º IM Andrei Rychagov (Russia) 6.5 (Qual.)
2º IM Diego Adla (España) 6.5
3º GM Pablo Zarnicki (Argentina) 6.5

4º IM Michael Oratovsky (Israel) 6.0
5º GM Igor Glek (Alemania) 6.0

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