Chess stars on the Isle of Man

The PokerStars tournament on the Isle of Man is an inviting tournament that attract many, and many strong players. Maybe they are lured by the pictures of Alina l'Ami, maybe by the landscape of the island or maybe by the prizefund of the tournament. This year, the winner will receive 10,000 Pounds.

The harbour of Douglas, the capitol of the Isle of Man where the tournament takes place.

The Villa Marina, the venue of the tournament

The 10th year is a good reason to celebrate

Yuri Garrett checks Sabino Brunello for forbidden devices.

But Sabino had only too much money with him and had to get rid of his small change.

The Masters

The first move - let the fun begin! Michael Adams (left) is the top seed of the tournament.

The Isle of Man is close to England and a huge number of English top players made the journey across the sea: Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Gawain Jones, Dawid Howell, Niclas Pert, Simon Williams, Daniel Gormally, Mark Hebden, and a number of others. A lot of international top players such as Laurent Fressinet, Jan Timman, Sergei Tiviakov, Sergei Movsesian, Gabriel Sargissian, or Julio Granda Zuniga also decided that the Isle of Man is worth a visit.

Laurent Fressinet

Jan Timman

Michael Adams

Dronavalli Harika

Pentala Harikrishna

Gabriel Sargissian

Gawain Jones

Yuriy Kozubov

Nigel Short

Julio Granda Zuniga

Daimante Daulyte

David Howell

Standings after round 4

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	Rating
1	GM Harikrishna, P.	3.5	IND	2737
2	GM Fressinet, Laurent	3.5	FRA	2702
3	GM Naiditsch, Arkadij	3.5	AZE	2682
4	GM Sargissian, Gabriel	3.5	ARM	2679
5	GM Granda Zuniga, Julio E	3.5	PER	2667
6	GM Movsesian, Sergei	3.5	ARM	2658
7	GM Melkumyan, Hrant	3.5	ARM	2622
8	GM Howell, David W L	3.0	ENG	2705
9	GM Short, Nigel D	3.0	ENG	2678
10	GM Grandelius, Nils	3.0	SWE	2647
11	GM Kuzubov, Yuriy	3.0	UKR	2641
12	GM Tiviakov, Sergei	3.0	NED	2612
13	GM Sengupta, Deep	3.0	IND	2580
14	GM Donchenko, Alexander	3.0	GER	2577
15	GM Brunello, Sabino	3.0	ITA	2553
16	GM Hillarp Persson, Tiger	3.0	SWE	2546
17	GM Greenfeld, Alon	3.0	ISR	2534
18	GM Vishnu Prasanna. V	3.0	IND	2503
19	GM Sundararajan, Kidambi	3.0	IND	2497
20	IM Lampert, Jonas	3.0	GER	2461
21	IM Zumsande, Martin	3.0	GER	2422
22	FM Koop, Thorben	3.0	GER	2407
23	FM Merry, Alan B	3.0	ENG	2335
24	GM Adams, Michael	2.5	ENG	2742
25	GM Jones, Gawain C B	2.5	ENG	2623
26	GM L'Ami, Erwin	2.5	NED	2619
27	IM Van Foreest, Jorden	2.5	NED	2548
28	IM Rambaldi, Francesco	2.5	ITA	2547
29	GM Boruchovsky, Avital	2.5	ISR	2536
30	IM Illingworth, Max	2.5	AUS	2517
31	GM Harika, Dronavalli	2.5	IND	2516
32	GM Vaisser, Anatoly	2.5	FRA	2515
33	GM Hebden, Mark L	2.5	ENG	2490
34	GM Neelotpal, Das	2.5	IND	2465
35	IM Pert, Richard G	2.5	ENG	2450
36	IM Paehtz, Elisabeth	2.5	GER	2447
37	IM Swayams, Mishra	2.5	IND	2444
38	GM Williams, Simon K	2.5	ENG	2429
39	FM Basso, Pier Luigi	2.5	ITA	2428
40	IM Houska, Jovanka	2.5	ENG	2372
41	FM Berry, Neil	2.5	SCO	2355
42	IM Afek, Yochanan	2.5	ISR	2252
43	GM Fridman, Daniel	2.0	GER	2649
44	GM Timman, Jan H	2.0	NED	2562
45	GM Arkell, Keith C	2.0	ENG	2505
46	GM Gormally, Daniel W	2.0	ENG	2500
47	GM Tarjan, James E	2.0	USA	2479
48	IM Tan, Justin	2.0	AUS	2445
49	IM Hamitevici, Vladimir	2.0	MDA	2439
50	IM Kobo, Ori	2.0	ISR	2427

Games

Photos: Alina l'Ami

Links

The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 13 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.

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Johannes Fischer Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".