IX Internet Chess Tournament “Ciudad de Dos Hermanas”

(Internet Chess Club (ICC), March 28th-April 5th 2008)
 

IM Michael Rahal (EDAMI, Barcelona)

The 32 qualifiers of the 9th Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas", which is being held on the Internet Chess Club playing zone (www.chessclub.com), have already been established. Although the official participation statistics still have to be calculated, 2114 registrations to the tournament have been made, 10% more than last year's edition. In addition, a total of 5455 participations in the 12 qualifiers mean that each player has participated in nearly 3 events.

More than half of the qualifiers possess the GM title. Special attention goes to American top-player Hikaru Nakamura (2670), one of the fastest players on the planet. Take a look at the following Youtube which Nakamura (playing Black) defeats another very good American GM, Akobian.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZo8O-p9qy4. Other favourites to win the event are Georgian GM Baadur Jobava (2643) and Armenian GM Tigran Petrosyan (2606) who plays this tournament each year with excellent results. Also, we can't forget last years surprise winner, Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (2460), who has also qualified.

Below you will find the complete relation of qualified players, sorted by rating, and on the main page of ICC http://www.chessclub.com/activities/doshermanas2008/ the pairings of the 1/16 final will soon be published. The winners of the 12 qualifiers plus the 18 best other finishers are seeded by FIDE rating in the knockout finals played Friday April 4th at 3:00 pm EDT and Saturday April 5th at 3:00 pm EDT.

Complete standings and other interesting information can be found at the Dos Hermanas web site www.doshermanas.net. 

Preliminary finals list

CS Nickname de ICC Título Nombre FIDE Clasificación
1 Smallville
GM
 Hikaru Nakamura
2670
 WQ2
2 Oligarkh
GM
 Baadur Jobava
2643
 WQ1
3 zhong
GM
 Zhang Zhong
2617
 10.5Q12
4 TIGRANO
GM
 Tigran L. Petrosyan
2606
 WQ4
5 Serghik
GM
 Azarov Sergei
2594
 10.0Q10
6 M-Godena
GM
 Michele Godena
2559
 10.5Q11
7 UzbekDragon
GM
 Timur Gareev
2557
 10.0Q4
8 ZavenGrozny
GM
 Andriasian Zaven
2532
 WQ5
9 Fier
GM
 Alexandr Fier
2528
 WQ9
10 kava
IM
 Kovalyov Anton
2525
 WQ8
11 General1
GM
 Vysochin Spartak
2519
 10.0Q5
12 MEGAYARICK
GM
 Yaroslav Zinchenko
2516
 WQ11
13 Indiana-Jones
GM
 Ronen Har-Zvi
2512
 WQ6
14 MINOTAVR
IM
 Grigorian Avetik
2509
 WQ7
15 olimpus
GM
 Axel Bachmann
2505
 10.0Q6
16 O-Almeida
GM
 Omar Almeida Quintana
2500
 10.0Q9
17 KRASAVCHIK
GM
 Safarli Eltaj
2496
 10.0Q7
18 denmanisgod
GM
 Daniel Gormally
2495
 10.0Q3
19 Pchyolka
IM
 Melkumyan Hrant
2485
 10.0Q6
20 Dako
GM
 Dmitry Kononenko
2484
 WQ12
21 Psycho-Cowboy
IM
 Simon Kim Williams
2482
 10.0Q9
22 Iturrizaga
IM
 Eduardo Iturrizaga
2470
 WQ10
23 RealChatin
IM
 Miguel Munoz
2464
 10.0Q12
24 NECF-InSchools
-
 Jorge Sammour-Hasbun
2460
 WQ3
25 EX
IM
 Rustam Khusnutdinov
2452
 10.0Q3
26 RLH2
IM
 Robert Hess
2445
 10.0Q8
27 Tourney-Player
IM
 Jon Ludvig Hammer
2441
 10.5Q7
28 AZ79
IM
 Antti Pihlajasalo
2440
 10.0Q5
29 Aedes
IM
 Guillermo Soppe
2426
 10.0Q9
30 HuevosDeLeon
-
 Leonardo F.Tristan Pierantozzi
2345
 10.0Q1
31 Federicov
FM
 Federico Perez Ponsa
2235
 10.0Q3
32 BlackHorse96
-
 Alexandr Bortnik
2153
 10.5Q7


Qualifier results

Qualifier-12 | Manager: Shen21 | Wednesday, April 2 | 20:00 EDT | 388 players

N ICC Username Real name Rating Score #g S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 Dako GM Kononenko Dmitry 2752 11.5 11 99.5 2650
2 zhong GM Zhang Zhong 3015 10.5 12 100.5 2650
3 RealChatin IM Miguel Muñoz 2813 10.0 12 98.0 2667

 

Qualifier-11 | Manager: kicksacan | Wednesday, April 2 | 15:00 EDT | 459 players

N ICC Username Real name Rating Score #g S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 MEGAYARICK GM Yaroslav Zinchenko 2913 11.0 11 97.0 2606
2 M-Godena GM Michele Godena 2704 10.5 11 94.5 2715
3 RENATEX FM Renato Terry Lujan 2785 10.0 11 89.0 2453
4 Dinamit IM Gabrielian Artur 2819 9.5 12 92.5 2589
5 mosquerita IM Miguel Alonso Mosquera Klinger 2805 9.5 12 92.0 2481
6 AyrapetyanY GM Ayrapetyan Yuriy 2830 9.5 12 90.0 2536
7 Notforu IM Anuar Ismagambetov 2803 9.5 12 89.0 2505
8 lestri GM Aleksa Strikovic 2878 9.5 12 81.5 2379

Qualifier-10 | Manager: Beats20Cents | Tuesday, April 1 | 20:00 EDT | 415 players

N ICC Username Real name Rating Score #g S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 Iturrizaga IM Eduardo Iturrizaga 3037 10.5 12 97.0 2557
2 Serghik GM Azarov Sergei 2721 10.0 11 89.5 2548
3 Dako GM Kononenko Dmitry 2661 10.0 11 81.5 2499
4 HuevosDeLeon Leonardo Francisco Tristan Pierantozzi 2587 9.5 12 97.5 2529
5 RealChatin IM Miguel Muñoz 2743 9.5 12 94.0 2539
6 Federicov FM Federico Perez Ponsa 2732 9.5 12 94.0 2530
7 Boaz GM Emanuel Berg 2943 9.5 12 93.5 2501

Qualifier-9 | Manager: Kiebitz | Tuesday, April 1 | 15:00 EDT | 443 players

N ICC Username Real name Rating Score #g S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 Fier GM Alexandr Fier 2701 10.5 12 94.5 2669
2 olimpus GM Axel Bachmann 2918 10.0 12 98.5 2632
3 Psycho-Cowboy IM Simon Kim Williams 2771 10.0 12 94.5 2539
4 O-Almeida GM Omar Almeida Quintana 2813 10.0 12 93.5 2562
5 Aedes IM Guillermo Soppe 2758 10.0 12 90.5 2539

Qualifier-8 | Manager: Kiebitz | Monday, March 31 | 20:00 EDT | 407 players

N ICC Username Real name Rating Score #g S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 kava IM kovalyov anton 3019 10.5 12 91.0 2546
2 Iturrizaga IM Eduardo Iturrizaga 3023 10.0 12 100.5 2714
3 olimpus GM Axel Bachmann 2893 10.0 12 99.0 2508
4 RLH2 IM Robert Hess 2739 10.0 11 90.5 2500
5 TRADE IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian 2786 10.0 12 84.5 2424

Qualifier-7 | Manager: Kiebitz | Monday, March 31 | 15:00 EDT | 512 players

N ICC Username Real name Rating Score #g S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 MINOTAVR IM Grigorian Avetik 3074 10.5 12 98.5 2720
2 Tourney-player IM Jon Ludvig Hammer 2771 10.5 12 98.0 2662
3 BlackHorse96 Aleksandr Bortnik 2800 10.5 11 87.0 2486
4 KRASAVCHIK GM Safarli Eltaj 3150 10.0 12 95.5 2675
5 Psycho-Cowboy IM Simon Kim Williams 2669 10.0 12 87.0 2516

Qualifier-6 | Manager: Beats20Cents | Sunday, March 30 | 20:00 EDT | 422 players

N ICC Username Real name Rating Score #g S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 Indiana-Jones GM Ronen Har-Zvi 2964 11.0 12 98.5 2706
2 Pchyolka IM Melkumyan Hrant 3055 10.0 12 98.5 2707
3 olimpus GM Axel Bachmann 2870 10.0 11 97.0 2656
4 O-Almeida GM Omar Almeida Quintana 2736 9.5 12 92.0 2475
5 mosquerita IM Miguel Alonso Mosquera Klinger 2741 9.5 12 90.5 2440
6 lsokol IM Leonid Sokolin 2603 9.5 12 87.5 2358
7 Akhenaton IM Shytaj Luca 2736 9.5 12 85.0 2507

Qualifier-5 | Manager: Kiebitz | Sunday, March 30 | 15:00 EDT | 583 players

N ICC Username Real name Rating Score #g S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 ZavenGrozny GM Andriasian Zaven 3195 11.0 12 102.0 2636
2 Iturrizaga IM Eduardo Iturrizaga 3091 10.0 12 98.5 2636
3 General1 GM Vysochin Spartak 2498 10.0 12 98.0 2602
4 AZ79 IM Antti Pihlajasalo 2820 10.0 12 92.5 2469
5 Indiana-Jones GM Ronen Har-Zvi 2974 10.0 12 92.5 2421
6 Notforu IM Anuar Ismagambetov 2847 10.0 11 85.5 2442

Qualifier-4 | Manager: Beats20Cents | Saturday, March 29 | 20:00 EDT | 451 players

N ICC Username Real name Rating Score #g S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 TIGRANO GM Tigran L Petrosyan 3214 10.5 12 97.5 2565
2 UzbekDragon GM Timur Gareyev 2978 10.0 12 104.5 2698
3 denmanisgod GM Daniel Gormally 2785 10.0 12 94.0 2548
4 tamangis IM Richard Bitoon 2650 10.0 12 90.0 2418
5 Indiana-Jones GM Ronen Har-Zvi 2934 9.5 12 103.0 2711
6 Fier GM Alexandr Fier 2922 9.5 12 96.5 2588
7 vutru Le Quang Long 2965 9.5 12 93.0 2465
8 Serghik GM Azarov Sergei 2832 9.5 11 91.5 2554
9 RealChatin IM Miguel Muñoz 2848 9.5 10 67.5 2286

Qualifier-3 | Manager: kicksacan | Saturday, March 29 | 15:00 EDT | 510 players

N ICC Username Real name Rating Score #g S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 NECF-InSchools Jorge Sammour-Hasbun 2936 11.0 12 100.5 2615
2 EX IM Khusnutdinov Rustam 3028 10.0 12 100.5 2578
3 Federicov FM Federico Perez Ponsa 2711 10.0 12 98.5 2615
4 denmanisgod GM Daniel Gormally 2665 10.0 12 98.0 2557
5 HuevosDeLeon Leonardo Francisco Tristan Pierantozzi 2810 10.0 12 94.0 2513

Qualifier-2 | Manager: Beats20Cents | Friday, March 28 | 20:00 EDT | 428 players

N ICC Username Real name Rating Score #g S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 Smallville GM Hikaru Nakamura 3472 11.0 12 92.0 2776
2 ZavenGrozny GM Andriasian Zaven 3181 10.0 11 98.5 2747
3 Sheki GM Agamaliev Gamil 3153 9.5 12 99.0 2642
4 Baltimora Mike Gough 2800 9.5 12 92.0 2598
5 Iturrizaga IM Eduardo Iturrizaga 3206 9.5 11 88.5 2629

Qualifier-1 | Manager: Kiebitz | Friday, March 28 | 15:00 EDT | 437 players

N ICC Username Real name Rating Score #g S.O.S. Opp.Rating
1 Oligarkh GM Baadur Jobava 3571 11.0 12 93.5 2687
2 TIGRANO GM Tigran L Petrosyan 3256 10.0 12 96.0 2693
3 illescas GM Miguel Illescas 2863 10.0 11 95.0 2380
4 HuevosDeLeon Leonardo Francisco Tristan Pierantozzi N/A 10.0 11 90.5 2603
5 Hyxiom GM Manuel Apicella 2844 9.5 12 85.5 2326