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.
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | |
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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 |
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16 17 |
M-Godena GM
Michele Godena 1.5 Sheki GM Gamil Agamaliev 2.5 |
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8 25 |
Crest GM Sergey
Shipov 0.5 smeets GM Jan Smeets 2.5 |
smeets 2.5 Bochkarev 1.5 |
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9 24 |
Bochkarev GM
Dmitry Bocharov 3.0 feifeiwr IM Wang Rui 1.0 |
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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 |
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13 20 |
TINTIRITO GM
Tigran L. Petrosian 2.5 FTiMS GM Aleksander Mista 0.5 |
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5 28 |
Smallville GM
Hikaru Nakamura 3.0 lestri GM Aleksa Strikovic 0.0 |
Smallville 0.5 D-Fridman 2.5 |
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12 21 |
D-Fridman GM
Daniel Fridman 3.0 GeneraLisimus GM Rauf Mamedov 1.0 |
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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 |
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15 18 |
JNogueiras GM
Jesus Nogueiras Santiago 3.0 gorato GM Goran M. Todorovic 2.0 |
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7 26 |
bxz GM Bu Xiangzhi 3.0
topotun IM Michail Panarin 0.0 |
bxz 3.0 GGuseinov 1.0 |
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10 23 |
GGuseinov GM
Gadir Guseinov 3.0 vigleik IM Kjetil Aleksander Lie 2.0 |
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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 |
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14 19 |
zpx GM Zhang Pengxiang
1.0 crygirl WGM Zhao Xue 3.0 |
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6 27 |
Volkov GM Sergey
Volkov 2.5 IndianCobra IM Kidambi Sundararajan 1.5 |
Volkov 3.0 B-Savchenko 1.0 |
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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 |
| # | 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 |
| # | 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 |
| # | 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 |
| # | 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 |
| # | 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 |
| # | 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 |
| # | 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 |
| # | 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 |
| # | 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 |
| # | 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 |
| # | 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 |
| # | 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 |