VI Internet Chess Tournament “Ciudad de Dos Hermanas”

(Internet Chess Club (ICC), 11th-27th March, 2005)
IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI, Barcelona)
 

For the sixth year running Internet Chess Club (www.chessclub.com) holds the annual Internet Chess Tournament “Ciudad de Dos Hermanas” (Spain). This event has consolidated as one of the most important Internet tournaments in the world, both in number and strength of players. 1.368 participants have already registered and many others are registering each day. GM's Alexader Mista (from Polonia) and Hikaru Nakamura (from USA) have already qualified for the final stage.

Some minor changes have been made with regard to last years edition: this year, twelve 12-round Swiss qualifiers (one each day) using the Fischer System playing rate: 5 minutes + 1 second will be held from March 11th to March 22nd. Rest days and proctor designation are March 23rd to 25th, and the finals are held on March 26th-27th. The 12 qualifier winners plus the 20 best scores qualify to the 32-player KO final stage. Registration for the rest of the qualifiers is permanently open.

Complete standings, game file, PGN game files and other interesting information can be found at the Dos Hermanas web site www.doshermanas.net

Qualifier results, grids, and games

Friday, March 11, 2:00pm EST (332 players, 12 rounds)

# ICC Name Real Name & Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 FTiMS GM Aleksander Mista, POL 10.0 88.0 2573
2 PorkChopsTamer IM Marek Stryjecki, POL 10.0 87.0 2571
3 Bochkarev GM Dmitry Bocharov, RUS 9.5 98.5 2579
4 dsc Danny Salomon, ISR 9.5 92.0 2385
5 Nasimi IM Rasul Ibrahimov, AZE 9.5 87.0 2483
 

Grid and player list
Games in PGN format
 

Saturday, March 12, 2:00pm EST (349 players, 12 rounds)

# ICC Name Real Name & Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 Smallville GM Hikaru Nakamura, USA 10.5 100.5 2748
2 Sheki GM Gamil Agamaliev, AZE 10.5 100.0 2709
3 GGuseinov GM Gadir Guseinov, AZE 10.0 100.0 2669
4 GeneraLisimus GM Rauf Mamedov, AZE 9.5 102.0 2734
5 Oficer IM Farid Abbasov, AZE 9.5 92.0 2577
6 IUROSAMAD IM Rui Damaso, PRT 9.5 89.5 2450
 

Grid and player list
Games in PGN format
 

Sunday, March 13, 2:00pm EST (388 players, 12 rounds)

# ICC Name Real Name & Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 LAXMANRR IM Rajaram Laxman, IND 10.0 94.5 2691
2 gorato GM Goran M. Todorovic, YUG 10.0 94.0 2736
3 Volkov GM Sergey Volkov, RUS 10.0 94.0 2625
4 Inch GM Ivan Cheparinov, BGR 9.5 99.5 2673
5 Oficer IM Farid Abbasov, AZE 9.5 91.5 2529
6 kanza IM Meelis Kanep, EST 9.5 91.5 2394
7 IUROSAMAD IM Rui Damaso, PRT 9.5 86.5 2483
8 Cordes FM Hans-Joerg Cordes, DEU 9.5 86.0 2456
 

Grid and player list
Games in PGN format