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The FIDE site, which is being hosted by Libya Telecom And Technology, looks well equipped to handle live coverage of the event. The schedule, list of players, results tree and games are all in place, there are reports and picture galleries. The start page is http://wcc2004.fide.com (you can click the logo on the top to get there).
The live game transmission from Tripoli, apparently of all games, requires you to have Java Virtual Machine installed on your PC. This program is distributed free of charge by Sun Microsystems (and is useful for many other applications). Visit the Java check page to see if you have everything required for the live coverage and install Java if you don't. To follow the games click on "Live coverage" in the link list above. There is a "View" button behind each pairing of players. Many of the key games will also be covered and discussed on the Playchess.com server.
Note that local time in Tripoli is the same as in Central Europe. The start of the games is generally at 14:30h, which is GMT + 2 and translates to 13:30 London, 8:30 a.m. New York, 16:30 Moscow, 18:00 New Delhi, 20:30 Hong Kong, 21:30 Tokyo, 22:30 Melbourne, and 03:00 a.m. (on the next day) in the French Polynesia-Marquesas Islands of Taiohae.
| World Chess Championship
2003-2004 18 June - 13 July 2004 – Schedule |
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| Date | Day | Events | Games | Time |
| 18 June | Friday | Opening Ceremony Players' Meeting |
18.00 22.30 |
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| 19 June | Saturday | Round 1 | Game 1 | 14.30 |
| 20 June | Sunday | Round 1 | Game 2* |
14.30 |
| 21 June | Monday | Round 2 | Game 1 | 14.30 |
| 22 June | Tuesday | Round 2 | Game 2* |
14.30 |
| 23 June | Wednesday | Round 3 | Game 1 | 14.30 |
| 24 June | Thursday | Round 3 | Game 2* | 14.30 |
| 25 June | Friday | Rest Day | ||
| 26 June | Saturday | Round 4 | Game 1 | 14.30 |
| 27 June | Sunday | Round 4 | Game 2* | 14.30 |
| 28 June | Monday | Round 5 | Game 1 | 14.30 |
| 29 June | Tuesday | Round 5 | Game 2* | 14.30 |
| 30 June | Wednesday | Rest day | ||
| 1 July | Thursday | Round 6 | Game 1 | 14.30 |
| 2 July | Friday | Round 6 | Game 2 | 14.30 |
| 3 July | Saturday | Round 6 | Game 3 | 14.30 |
| 4 July | Sunday | Round 6 | Game 4 | 14.30 |
| 5 July | Monday | Round 6 | Tie-Breaks | 14.30 |
| 6 July | Tuesday | Final Match | Game 1 | 14.30 |
| 7 July | Wednesday | Final Match | Game 2 | 14.30 |
| 8 July | Thursday | Final Match | Game 3 | 14.30 |
| 9 July | Friday | Rest Day | ||
| 10 July | Saturday | Final Match | Game 4 | 14.30 |
| 11 July | Sunday | Final Match | Game 5 | 14.30 |
| 12 July | Monday | Final Match | Game 6 | 14.30 |
| 13 July | Tuesday | Final Match | Tie-breaks | 12.30 |
| 13 July | Tuesday | Closing Ceremony | 18.00 | |
| * Tie-breaks at 20:30h | ||||
The FIDE World Chess Championship was opened by the Libyan Olympic Committee President, Eng. Mohammad Moammar Al Gadhafi, and FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in Tripoli, Libya. Ilyumzhinov noted that this was the first world championship in Africa. He praised the Libyan Chess Federation for their great activity and gave his best wishes to all participants.
The following pictures are from the event's picture gallery page and are brought to you be courtesy of FIDE (© FIDE.com)
The President of the Libyan Olympic Committee, Mohammad Moammar Al Gathafi
(son of the head of state), speaking to the players and delegates
The audience in the playing hall in Tripoli
Chinese players in the front row
FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is present at the ceremony
A military parade on the stage
Freshly crowned Women's World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova with chief arbiter
Panagiotis Nikolopoulos, who conducted the drawing of colors. Stefanova, representing
her compatriot Veselin Topalov, drew white, which means that all odd numbered
players have white for the first game of the World Championship.
| White | Black | |
| 1 | Topalov, Veselin (BUL) | Abulhul, Tarik (LBA) |
| 3 | Adams, Michael (ENG) | Asabri, Hussien (LBA) |
| 4 | Solomon, Kenneth (RSA) | Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) |
| 5 | Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) | Arab, Adlane (ALG) |
| 6 | Kadhi, Hameed Mansour Ali (YEM) | Short, Nigel D. (ENG) |
| 7 | Malakhov, Vladimir (RUS) | Haznedaroglu, Kivanc (TUR) |
| 8 | Dableo, Ronald (PHI) | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (ROM) |
| 9 | Sokolov, Ivan (NED) | Simutowe, Amon (ZAM) |
| 10 | Tissir, Mohamed (MAR) | Dreev, Alexey (RUS) |
| 11 | Akopian, Vladimir (ARM) | Gonzalez Garcia, Jose (MEX) |
| 12 | Garcia Palermo, Carlos (ARG) | Ye, Jiangchuan (CHN) |
| 14 | Mahjoob, Morteza (IRI) | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab (GEO) |
| 15 | Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) | Charbonneau, Pascal (CAN) |
| 16 | Johansen, Darryl K. (AUS) | Gurevich, Mikhail (BEL) |
| 17 | Rublevsky, Sergei (RUS) | Adly, Ahmed (EGY) |
| 18 | Bartel, Mateusz (POL) | Radjabov, Teimour (AZE) |
| 19 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej (BLR) | El Gindy, Essam (EGY) |
| 20 | Barsov, Alexei (UZB) | Beliavsky, Alexander G (SLO) |
| 21 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco (ESP) | Vasquez, Rodrigo (CHI) |
| 22 | Paragua, Mark (PHI) | Bologan, Viktor (MDA) |
| 23 | Sakaev, Konstantin (RUS) | Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (GRE) |
| 24 | Kritz, Leonid (GER) | Sasikiran, Krishnan (IND) |
| 25 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE) | Neverov, Valeriy (UKR) |
| 26 | Barua, Dibyendu (IND) | Graf, Alexander (GER) |
| 27 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim (RUS) | Lima, Darcy (BRA) |
| 28 | Ramirez, Alejandro (CRC) | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam (UZB) |
| 29 | Van Wely, Loek (NED) | Ivanov, Alexander (USA) |
| 30 | Hamdouchi, Hichem (MAR) | Motylev, Alexander (RUS) |
| 31 | Vescovi, Giovanni (BRA) | Guseinov, Gadir (AZE) |
| 32 | Acs, Peter (HUN) | Nikolic, Predrag (BIH) |
| 33 | Movsesian, Sergei (SVK) | Landa, Konstantin (RUS) |
| 34 | Carlsen, Magnus (NOR) | Aronian, Levon (ARM) |
| 36 | Campora, Daniel H. (ARG) | Filippov, Valerij (RUS) |
| 37 | Vaganian, Rafael A (ARM) | Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan (IRI) |
| 38 | Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander (USA) | Georgiev, Kiril (MKD) |
| 40 | Gagunashvili, Merab (GEO) | Lputian, Smbat G (ARM) |
| 41 | Zhang, Zhong (CHN) | Leitao, Rafael (BRA) |
| 42 | Sulskis, Sarunas (LTU) | Macieja, Bartlomiej (POL) |
| 43 | Moiseenko, Alexander (UKR) | Dolmatov, Sergey (RUS) |
| 44 | Al-Modiahki, Mohamad (QAT) | Almasi, Zoltan (HUN) |
| 45 | Kobalia, Mikhail (RUS) | Karjakin, Sergey (UKR) |
| 46 | Nakamura, Hikaru (USA) | Volkov, Sergey (RUS) |
| 47 | Nielsen, Peter Heine (DEN) | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar (IND) |
| 48 | Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (CHI) | Iordachescu, Viorel (MDA) |
| 49 | Kozul, Zdenko (CRO) | Dao, Thien Hai (VIE) |
| 50 | Kotsur, Pavel (KAZ) | Sadvakasov, Darmen (KAZ) |
| 51 | Lastin, Alexander (RUS) | Kempinski, Robert (POL) |
| 52 | Anastasian, Ashot (ARM) | Bu, Xiangzhi (CHN) |
| 53 | Vladimirov, Evgeny (KAZ) | Ni, Hua (CHN) |
| 54 | Adianto, Utut (INA) | Alekseev, Evgeny (RUS) |
| 55 | Jobava, Baadur (GEO) | Felgaer, Ruben (ARG) |
| 56 | Kharlov, Andrei (RUS) | Dautov, Rustem (GER) |
| 57 | Sargissian, Gabriel (ARM) | Tiviakov, Sergei (NED) |
| 58 | Inarkiev, Ernesto (RUS) | Dominguez, Lenier (CUB) |
| 59 | Krasenkow, Michal (POL) | Milos, Gilberto (BRA) |
| 60 | Harikrishna, Pentala (IND) | Xu, Jun (CHN) |
| 61 | Kotronias, Vasilios (CYP) | Kacheishvili, Giorgi (GEO) |
| 62 | Agrest, Evgenij (SWE) | Asrian, Karen (ARM) |
| 63 | Bruzon, Lazaro (CUB) | Smirnov, Pavel (RUS) |
| 64 | Galkin, Alexander (RUS) | Delchev, Aleksander (BUL) |
