VI Internet Chess Tournament “Ciudad de Dos Hermanas”

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

German Grand Master Daniel Fridman, with a 2569 FIDE Rating, became the winner of the sixth edition of the Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas", which was held from March 11th to 27th in the Internet Chess Club (ICC).  Fridman is a regular player in this tournament: last year he also qualified first although tied with GM Jan Gustafsson. On other ocasions, he has always qualified for the finals, and therefore he is a specialist in this type of Internet quick game event.

Subject to definite participation figures, 1869 players from all over the world have registered for the event. After the twelve qualifiers concluded, 32 top-level players qualified for the knockout finals, which were held during the weekend. Among them, 23 GM's (seven of them +2600) and 11 MI's.

In his road to victory, and to the 1800-euro first prize, Fridman defeated clearly in the first round of the 32-player knockout GM Raul Mamedov (2494) by a 3-1 result. In the second round, he beat the USA quick game specialist GM Hikaru Nakamura (2613) by 2.5-0.5. In the third round, he dispatched Serbian IM Danilo Milanovic by the same result, whereas in the fourth round he defeated Dutch GM Jan Smeets by, again, 2.5-0.5. Lastly, in the big final he played against Chinese GM Bu Xiangzhi (2607). The match turned out to be a close affair, but in the end Fridman won 3.5-2.5.

The games of the 32-player Knockout finals can be downloaded at the following link: Games in PGN format

Complete classifications, games in PGN format, and other interesting information can be found at the official Dos Hermanas website http://www.doshermanas.net  Nevertheless, here follows the 32-final knockout table, and partial results of the qualifiers.

VI Internet Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" March 11-27, 2005: Results

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32-player Knockout Finals

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1
32
K-Sakaev GM Konstantin Sakaev 2.5
LAXMANRR IM Rajaram Laxman 0.5
K-Sakaev 3.0

Sheki 0.0
K-Sakaev 0.5




smeets 2.5
smeets 0.5









D-Fridman 2.5
D-Fridman 3.5

















bxz 2.5
16
17
M-Godena GM Michele Godena 1.5
Sheki GM Gamil Agamaliev 2.5
8
25
Crest GM Sergey Shipov 0.5
smeets GM Jan Smeets 2.5
smeets 2.5

Bochkarev 1.5
9
24
Bochkarev GM Dmitry Bocharov 3.0
feifeiwr IM Wang Rui 1.0
4
29
norival GM Ni Hua 2.0
Daki IM Danilo Milanovic 3.0
Daki 2.5

TINTIRITO 0.5
Daki 0.5




D-Fridman 2.5
13
20
TINTIRITO GM Tigran L. Petrosian 2.5
FTiMS GM Aleksander Mista 0.5
5
28
Smallville GM Hikaru Nakamura 3.0
lestri GM Aleksa Strikovic 0.0
Smallville 0.5

D-Fridman 2.5
12
21
D-Fridman GM Daniel Fridman 3.0
GeneraLisimus GM Rauf Mamedov 1.0
2
31
babloo GM Krishnan Sasikiran 3.0
Felfi IM Darko Feletar 1.0
babloo 2.5

JNogueiras 0.5
babloo 0.5




bxz 2.5
bxz 3.0









Volkov 0.0
15
18
JNogueiras GM Jesus Nogueiras Santiago 3.0
gorato GM Goran M. Todorovic 2.0
7
26
bxz GM Bu Xiangzhi 3.0
topotun IM Michail Panarin 0.0
bxz 3.0

GGuseinov 1.0
10
23
GGuseinov GM Gadir Guseinov 3.0
vigleik IM Kjetil Aleksander Lie 2.0
3
30
tomcruise GM P. Harikrishna 3.0
PorkChopsTamer IM Marek Stryjecki 2.0
tomcruise 0.5

crygirl 2.5
crygirl 0.5




Volkov 2.5
14
19
zpx GM Zhang Pengxiang 1.0
crygirl WGM Zhao Xue 3.0
6
27
Volkov GM Sergey Volkov 2.5
IndianCobra IM Kidambi Sundararajan 1.5
Volkov 3.0

B-Savchenko 1.0
11
22
Inch GM Ivan Cheparinov 0.0
B-Savchenko IM Boris Savchenko 3.0

Qualifiers for the 32-knockout final, sorted by FIDE Rating

Seed Handle Title and name Country FIDE
1 K-Sakaev GM Konstantin Sakaev RUS 2677
2 babloo GM Krishnan Sasikiran IND 2657
3 tomcruise GM P. Harikrishna IND 2632
4 norival GM Ni Hua CHN 2625
5 Smallville GM Hikaru Nakamura USA 2613
6 Volkov GM Sergey Volkov RUS 2612
7 bxz GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2607
8 Crest GM Sergey Shipov RUS 2588
9 Bochkarev GM Dmitry Bocharov RUS 2585
10 GGuseinov GM Gadir Guseinov AZE 2574
11 Inch GM Ivan Cheparinov BGR 2572
12 D-Fridman GM Daniel Fridman DEU 2569
13 TINTIRITO GM Tigran L. Petrosian ARM 2568
14 zpx GM Zhang Pengxiang CHN 2560
15 JNogueiras GM Jesus Nogueiras Santiago CUB 2545
16 M-Godena GM Michele Godena ITA 2544
17 Sheki GM Gamil Agamaliev AZE 2516
18 gorato GM Goran M. Todorovic SCG 2511
19 crygirl WGM Zhao Xue CHN 2502
20 FTiMS GM Aleksander Mista POL 2495
21 GeneraLisimus GM Rauf Mamedov AZE 2494
22 B-Savchenko IM Boris Savchenko RUS 2484
23 vigleik IM Kjetil Aleksander Lie NOR 2481
24 feifeiwr IM Wang Rui CHN 2478
25 smeets GM Jan Smeets NLD 2475
26 topotun IM Michail Panarin RUS 2475
27 IndianCobra IM Kidambi Sundararajan IND 2473
28 lestri GM Aleksa Strikovic SCG 2458
29 Daki IM Danilo Milanovic SCG 2447
30 PorkChopsTamer IM Marek Stryjecki POL 2409
31 Felfi IM Darko Feletar CRO 2392
32 LAXMANRR IM Rajaram Laxman IND 2377

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, SCG 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
 

Monday, March 14, 2:00pm EST (303 players, 12 rounds)

# ICC Name Real Name & Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 K-Sakaev GM Konstantin Sakaev, RUS 10.0 98.5 2785
2 Daki IM Danilo Milanovic, SCG 10.0 93.0 2673
3 GeneraLisimus GM Rauf Mamedov, AZE 10.0 93.0 2615
4 trail GM Luis Galego, PRT 9.5 91.5 2351
5 ural IM Alex Reprintsev, RUS 9.5 85.5 2614
Grid and player list
Games in PGN format
 

Tuesday, March 15, 6:00pm EST (267 players, 12 rounds)

# ICC Name Real Name & Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 Crest GM Sergey Shipov, RUS 10.0 94.5 2586
2 JNoguerias GM Jesus Nogueiras Santiago, CUB 10.0 93.0 2648
3 IndianCobra IM Kidambi Sundararajan, IND 10.0 92.5 2635
4 C-Liang GM Liang Chong, CHN 9.5 85.5 2319
5 sanya IM Sandor Kustar, USA 9.5 83.0 2332
Grid and player list
Games in PGN format
 

Wednesday, March 16, 2:00pm EST (297 players, 12 rounds)

# ICC Name Real Name & Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 babloo GM Krishnan Sasikiran, IND 10.5 100.5 2790
2 zpx GM Zhang Pengxiang, CHN 10.0 95.0 2666
3 Inch GM Ivan Cheparinov, BGR 10.0 94.5 2676
4 JNogueiras GM Jesus Nogueiras Santiago, CUB 9.5 94.0 2610
5 topotun IM Michail Panarin, RUS 9.5 93.0 2658
6 FlyCatcher GM Harmen Jonkman, NLD 9.5 85.0 2625
7 bp1 GM Magnus Carlsen, NOR 9.5 84.0 2408
Grid and player list
Games in PGN format
 

Thursday, March 17, 6:00pm EST (233 players, 12 rounds)

# ICC Name Real Name & Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 norival GM Ni Hua, CHN 10.0 97.5 2746
2 bxz GM Bu Xiangzhi, CHN 9.5 99.0 2741
3 feifeiwr IM Wang Rui, CHN 9.5 97.5 2811
4 lestri GM Aleksa Strikovic, SCG 9.5 95.5 2745
Grid and player list
Games in PGN format
 

Friday, March 18, 2:00pm EST (305 players, 12 rounds)

# ICC Name Real Name & Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 smeets GM Jan Smeets, NLD 10.5 95.5 2785
2 Felfi IM Darko Feletar, CRO 10.0 94.5 2818
3 B-Savchenko IM Boris Savchenko, RUS 10.0 86.0 2493
4 GeneraLisimus GM Rauf Mamedov, AZE 9.5 93.5 2717
5 VerdeNotte IM Gawain Jones, IRL 9.5 86.5 2613
Grid and player list
Games in PGN format
 

Saturday, March 19, 2:00pm EST (323 players, 12 rounds)

# ICC Name Real Name & Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 B-Savchenko IM Boris Savchenko, RUS 10.5 82.5 2560
2 JNogueiras GM Jesus Nogueiras Santiago, CUB 10.0 89.5 2500
3 narciso GM Marc Narciso Dublan, ESP 9.5 92.5 2574
4 Dinamit IM Arthur Gabrielian, RUS 9.5 89.0 2479
5 Tourney-player Jon Ludvig Hammer, NOR 9.5 87.0 2551
6 akibael FM Ricardo Darruda, USA 9.5 75.0 2349
Grid and player list
Games in PGN format
 

Sunday, March 20, 2:00pm EST (338 players, 12 rounds)

# ICC Name Real Name & Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 TINTIRITO GM Tigran L. Petrosian, ARM 10.0 97.0 2623
2 D-Fridman GM Daniel Fridman, DEU 10.0 96.5 2654
3 crygirl WGM Zhao Xue, CHN 10.0 92.5 2712
4 Bochkarev GM Dmitry Bocharov, RUS 10.0 92.0 2653
5 MASLAKKOSTIA IM Konstantin Maslak, RUS 9.5 95.0 2569
6 bxz GM Bu Xiangzhi, CHN 9.5 90.0 2703
Grid and player list
Games in PGN format
 

Monday, March 21, 6:00pm EST (255 players, 12 rounds)

# ICC Name Real Name & Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 bxz GM Bu Xiangzhi, CHN 11.0 96.0 2745
2 tomcruise GM P. Harikrishna, IND 10.0 91.5 2526
3 Aedes IM Guillermo Soppe, ARG 9.5 87.5 2629
Grid and player list
Games in PGN format
 

Tuesday March 22, 2:00pm EST (256 players, 12 rounds)

# ICC Name Real Name & Country Score S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 M-Godena GM Michele Godena, ITA 10.0 93.0 2679
2 vigleik IM Kjetil Aleksander Lie, NOR 10.0 91.5 2603
3 NITOMESTRE FM Charly Garcia, ARG 9.5 87.5 2503
Grid and player list
Games in PGN format