II Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"

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


 17 GM and 12 IM's in the final !
IM Michael Rahal. EDAMI (Barcelona)

 

Tonight at 21.00 spanish time (15.00 ICC-New York) the finals of the Chess Internet Tournament “Ciudad de Dos Hermanas”, will be played. 32 players will participate in a knock-out until only 4 are left. Tomorrow at 18.00 the semifinals and the big final will be played. 7 of the top 100 world players are present, and all the finalists have more than a 2300 Rating.  Tournament statistics are great: 4.424 entries from 70 countries, including 48 GM and 85 IM. After excluding forfeits 2.145 players have participated.

¡Three times more than the first edition!

 Here are the final scores of qualifiers 11 and 12, and the grid of the 32 finalists, where you can see the quality of the players. More information in www.doshermanas.net

11º Qualifier (S 04 A): Wednesday, April 4

201 players, 7 round Swiss

1º  GM Sergei Shipov (Russia)                        6.5 (Qual.)
2º  IM Michael Oratowsky (Israel)                     6.5

3º  IM Sergei Krivosheya (Ucrania)                     6.0
4º  FM Stephen Muhammad (USA)                     6.0
5º         Genutis Mindaugas (Lithuania)                6.0

 

12º Qualifier (S 04 B): Wednesday, April 4

195 players, 7 round Swiss

1º  GM Alex Finkel (Israel)                           6.5 (Qual.)
2º  IM  Renier Gonzalez (Cuba)                  6.5

3º  IM  Mark Ginsburg (USA)                       6.0
4º  IM Vaidas Sakalauskas (Lithuania)      6.0
5º         Albert Hans (Alemania)                   6.0

 

Finals Grid and pairings

1.

GM

Alexey Dreev

Vs

32.

 

Willy Hendriks

2.

GM

Zurab Azmaiparashvili

Vs

31.

 

Roman Sergejev

3.

GM

Ivan Sokolov

Vs

30.

IM

Arkady Shevelev

4.

GM

Sergey Shipov

Vs

29.

IM

Guillermo Rey

5.

GM

Boris Avrukh

Vs

28.

IM

Mark Ginsburg

6.

GM

Alexander Rustemov

Vs

27.

 

Genrikh Chepukaitis

7.

GM

Lev Psakhis

Vs

26.

IM

Renier Gonzalez

8.

GM

Sergey Volkov

Vs

25.

GM

Alexander Kochyev

9.

IM

Daniel Fridman

Vs

24.

IM

Nikolai Vlassov

10.

GM

Roman Dzindzichashvili

Vs

23.

IM

Rodrigo Vasquez

11.

GM

Andrei Shchekachev

Vs

22.

IM

Guillermo Soppe

12.

GM

Maxim Dlugy

Vs

21.

IM

Sergei Krivoshey

13.

IM

Andrei Rychagov

Vs

20.

GM

Pablo Zarnicki

14.

GM

Levon Aronian

Vs

19.

GM

Alexander Finkel

15.

GM

Victor Mikhalevski

Vs

18.

IM

Michael Oratovsky

16.

IM

Diego Adla

Vs

17.

GM

Alexander Stripunsky

 

The Patronato Municipal of Sports of the Dos Hermanas Council, Internet Chess Club (ICC) and  EDAMI (Miguel Illescas Chess School) would like to thank all the Internet media that have covered the tournament, contributing to the success of the event, with a special mention to:

 

The Week in Chess              http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html

El País Digital                        http://www.elpais.es/

El Mundo Digital             http://www.elmundo.es/

Ajedrez Actual             http://208.56.102.61/

Ajedrez Noticias Diarias http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Falls/4480/betaclub.html

Hechiceros del Tablero            http://www.hechiceros.net/

Super Ajedrez                        http://www.ciudadfutura.com/superajedrez/

Ajedrez Siglo XXI                 http://www.adrianroldan.com/

Schach                                    http://www.schach.com/ie4/index.htm

 

We would also like to thank particularly Leontxo Garcia (El Pais), Simon Hernandez (Ajedrez Actual), Mark Crowther (The Week in Chess) y John Henderson (The Scotsman).

 
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Última modificación: 22 de diciembre de 2003