III Internet
Chess Tournament “Ciudad de Dos Hermanas”
Internet
Chess Club (ICC), March 15-23, 2002
5.346
registered players, including 42 GM and 89 IM,
after
the first six qualifiers.
For the third year running Internet Chess Club
(www.chessclub.com) holds the third
annual Internet Chess Tournament “Ciudad de Dos Hermanas” (Spain). This event has
consolidated itself as the most important Internet tournament in the world,
both in the number and strength of the participants.
Last years statistics are being smashed to
bits. There are six qualifiers still left to play, and the number of participants
and titled players are already above those of the 2001 edition. The Dos
Hermanas web counter (www.doshermanas.net)
will soon not have enough digits to count up the number of hits on the page:
more than 110.000 during the last two weeks!
The following table summarizes the statistics
of this years event, compared to the last two editions. The column 2002
gives data after the first six rounds.
|
|
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
|
Registered
players |
1.374 |
4.424 |
5.346 |
|
Participants |
783 |
2.145 |
1.733 |
|
Countries |
72 |
62 |
86 |
|
GM |
21 |
48 |
42 |
|
MI |
36 |
85 |
89 |
As last year the playing system is as follows:
12 9-round Swiss qualifiers using the Fischer System playing rate: 8 minutes + 2
seconds. Qualifiers are held twice a day (from March 15th to 20th). March 21st
is a rest day, and the finals are held on March 22-23. The 12 qualifier winners
plus the 20 best scores qualify to the 32 KO final. Registration for the last
six qualifiers is still open. Complete standings, game files and other
interesting information can be found at the Dos Hermanas web site www.doshermanas.net