10th Internet Chess Tournament “Ciudad de Dos Hermanas”
(Internet Chess Club (ICC), March 13th-21st 2009)
This year one of the most important cities in Spain celebrates the tenth edition of it's chess tournament. The 10th Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas" is being held on the ICC Internet Chess Club. With a prize fund of 7.500 euros (first prize 2.000), the event is one of the most important tournaments on the international Internet chess calendar.
In addition to the main cash prizes there are many other smaller cash prizes for rating sections along with daily ICC memberships raffles and Peon de Rey magazine prizes. Due to the success of the event, year after year, the playing system has remained untouched: 12 qualifiers are played with a 12-round Swiss system. Games are played using the popular 3/0 playing rate.
The latest count gives us 1467 players registered and after the first six qualifiers the following GM's have already qualified for the final: Venezuela's Eduardo Iturrizaga, Armenian's Gabriel Sargissian, Zaven Andriasian and Hrant Melkumyan and the Iranian Ehsan Ghaem Maghami.
Complete standings, game file, PGN game files and other interesting information can be found at the Dos Hermanas web site www.doshermanas.net
Standings of the first five qualifiers
Qualifier-5 | Manager: Kiebitz | Sunday, March 15 | 15:00 EDT | 485 players
| N |
ICC Username |
Real name |
Rating |
Score |
#g |
S.O.S. |
Opp.Rating |
| 1 |
Ehsan21 |
GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami |
3003 |
11.0 |
11 |
98.0 |
2724 |
| 2 |
Dako |
GM Kononenko Dmitry |
3264 |
10.5 |
12 |
100.5 |
2805 |
| 3 |
topotun |
GM Michail Panarin |
3101 |
10.0 |
12 |
101.0 |
2757 |
| 4 |
Imperator15 |
GM Yuri Vovk |
2879 |
10.0 |
12 |
96.0 |
2649 |
| 5 |
Kastor |
GM Rodrigo Vasquez |
3104 |
9.5 |
12 |
92.5 |
2685 |
|
Qualifier-4 | Manager: Beats20Cents | Saturday, March 14 | 20:00 EDT | 329 players
| N |
ICC Username |
Real name |
Rating |
Score |
#g |
S.O.S. |
Opp.Rating |
| 1 |
RLH2 |
IM Robert Hess |
2837 |
11.0 |
12 |
96.5 |
2732 |
| 2 |
Garpun |
IM Garun Nureev |
3039 |
10.0 |
12 |
95.5 |
2647 |
| 3 |
Inspektor |
GM Marcin Dziuba |
2955 |
9.5 |
12 |
96.0 |
2767 |
| 4 |
olimpus |
GM Axel Bachmann |
2953 |
9.5 |
12 |
96.0 |
2655 |
| 5 |
Fier |
GM Alexandr Fier |
3060 |
9.5 |
12 |
95.5 |
2646 |
|
Qualifier-3 | Manager: Lisebeth | Saturday, March 14 | 15:00 EDT | 422 players
| N |
ICC Username |
Real name |
Rating |
Score |
#g |
S.O.S. |
Opp.Rating |
| 1 |
ARM-AKIBA |
GM Gabriel Sargissian |
3237 |
11.0 |
12 |
97.0 |
2816 |
| 2 |
JonLudvig |
GM Jon Ludvig Hammer |
3216 |
10.5 |
12 |
98.0 |
2743 |
| 3 |
DRUID1 |
GM Bryzgalin Kirill |
3025 |
10.0 |
11 |
84.5 |
2493 |
| 4 |
Pantani |
GM Pawel Jaracz |
3098 |
9.5 |
12 |
94.5 |
2740 |
| 5 |
Malish-Billy |
GM Grigoryan Avetik |
3108 |
9.5 |
12 |
88.5 |
2482 |
|
Qualifier-2 | Manager: kicksacan | Friday, March 13 | 20:00 EDT | 343 players
| N |
ICC Username |
Real name |
Rating |
Score |
#g |
S.O.S. |
Opp.Rating |
| 1 |
Pchyolka |
GM Hrant Melkumyan |
3230 |
10.0 |
12 |
96.0 |
2738 |
| 2 |
Dlugy |
GM Max Dlugy |
3092 |
10.0 |
12 |
95.0 |
2703 |
| 3 |
Kastor |
GM Rodrigo Vasquez |
3064 |
9.5 |
12 |
98.0 |
2774 |
| 4 |
DjGajos |
GM Grzegorz Gajewski |
2932 |
9.5 |
12 |
92.5 |
2672 |
| 5 |
Neurisdr |
GM Neuris Delgado |
3154 |
9.5 |
12 |
85.5 |
2556 |
|
Qualifier-1 | Manager: Kiebitz | Friday, March 13 | 15:00 EDT | 433 players
| N |
ICC Username |
Real name |
Rating |
Score |
#g |
S.O.S. |
Opp.Rating |
| 1 |
Iturrizaga |
GM Eduardo Iturrizaga |
3304 |
11.0 |
12 |
102.5 |
2850 |
| 2 |
bani |
GM Banikas Hristos |
3196 |
10.0 |
12 |
101.0 |
2789 |
| 3 |
Fier |
GM Alexandr Fier |
3050 |
10.0 |
12 |
97.5 |
2858 |
| 4 |
lodachnik |
GM Kovalyov Anton |
3148 |
10.0 |
12 |
93.5 |
2688 |
| 5 |
Federicov |
FM Federico Perez Ponsa |
2850 |
10.0 |
12 |
91.0 |
2747 |
|
|
|
|