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This is a golden opportunity to watch some of the greatest players in the world battle it out in a massive blitz tournament, running from April 12 to 17 on the Internet. It is the inaugural tournament of Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) and has made possible through the support of China Communications Corp. (“ChinaCom”), a company that is building the world’s largest Chinese Business to Business (B2B) Platform. The event is being hosted on the ChessBase server Playchess.com. The prize fund is US$ 5000.00, with $1,500.00 going to the winner.
Full info, including participants, Elo, portraits, rules and schedules may be found at the ChessBase ACP Inaugural Tournament site.
The top seeds in this inaugural tournament are:| Peter Svidler |
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| Alexander Grischuk |
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| Evgeny Bareev |
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| Alexey Dreev |
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| Joel Lautier |
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| Sergey Rublevsky |
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| Viktor Bologan |
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| Sasikiran Krishnan |
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| Luke McShane |
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| Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
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| Pia Cramling |
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| Natalia Zhukova |
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| Almira Skripchenko |
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| Elina Sedina |
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| Tatiana Grabuzova |
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| Elena Zaiats |
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| Martha Fierro |
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| Anna Sharevich |
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Here's the schedule for the preliminaries (participants are listed alphabetically by first name):
Preliminary 1
Monday, 12th April 2004, 18.00 CEST (GMT +2)
Tournament Director: Holger Lieske
| Alexandra Dimitrejevic | SCG |
| Alexey Dreev | RUS |
| Artyom Timofeev | RUS |
| Dimitri Komarov | UKR |
| Elina Sedina | ITA |
| Eric Lobron | GER |
| Javier Moreno Carnero | ESP |
| Jonathan Berry | CAN |
| Luke McShane | ENG |
| Mateusz Bartel | POL |
| Naira Agababean | MOL |
| Petr Kiriakov | RUS |
| Robert Fontaine | FRA |
| Sasikiran Krishnan | IND |
| Sergey Karjakin | UKR |
| Sergey Volkov | RUS |
| Svetlana Matveeva | RUS |
| Viorel Iordachescu | MOL |
| Yannick Pelletier | SUI |
| Zhong Zhang | CHI |
Preliminary 2
Tuesday, 13th April 2004, 22.00 CEST (GMT +2)
Tournament Director: Holger Lieske
| Andrei Kharlov | RUS |
| Anton Shomoev | RUS |
| Arkadij Naiditsch | GER |
| Bartlomiej Macieja | POL |
| Boris Avrukh | ISR |
| Carlos Gallegos | VEN |
| Ehsan Ghaemmaghami | IRN |
| Evgeny Bareev | RUS |
| Gennady Sagalchik | USA |
| Igor Glek | GER |
| Jan Gustafsson | GER |
| Martha Fierro | ECU |
| Maxim Notkin | RUS |
| Michele Godena | ITA |
| Mikhail Kobalia | RUS |
| Murtas Kazhgaleyev | KAZ |
| Natalia Zhukova | UKR |
| Sergey Erenburg | ISR |
| Tatiana Grabuzova | RUS |
Preliminary 3
Wednesday, 14th April 2004, 18.00 CEST (GMT +2)
Tournament Director: Gaby Assmann
| Alexander Grischuk | RUS |
| Alexander Raetsky | RUS |
| Anatoli Vaisser | FRA |
| Anna Sharevich | BLR |
| Eloi Relange | FRA |
| Emanuel Berg | SWE |
| Eugeny Atarov | RUS |
| Joel Lautier | FRA |
| Johann Alvarez | VEN |
| Konstantin Landa | GER |
| Laurent Fressinet | FRA |
| Mikhail Golubev | UKR |
| Pablo Zarnicki | ARG |
| Peter Heine-Nielsen | DEN |
| Rustam Kazimdzhanov | UZB |
| Thomas Luther | GER |
| Tigran Petrosyan | ARM |
| Vladimir Belov | RUS |
| Vladimir Epishin | GER |
| Yochonan Afek | NDL |
Preliminary 4
Thursday, 15th April 2004, 15.00 CEST (GMT +2)
Tournament Director: Martin Fischer
| Almira Skripchenko | FRA |
| Bartosz Socko | POL |
| Daniel Fridmans | GER |
| Elena Zaiats | RUS |
| Evgeniy Najer | RUS |
| Julen Martinez Arizmendi | ESP |
| Leo Battesti | FRA |
| Lev Psakhis | ISR |
| Michael Zaitsev | RUS |
| Pavel Tregubov | RUS |
| Pentala Harikrishna | IND |
| Peter Svidler | RUS |
| Pia Cramling | SWE |
| Richard Polaczek | BEL |
| Sergey Rublevsky | RUS |
| Sergey Shipov | RUS |
| Smbat Lputian | ARM |
| Viorel Bologan | MOL |
| Vitali Golod | ISR |
| Zvulon Gofshtein | ISR |
