The event is
being held from January 14 to 30 at the De Moriaan Community Centre in
Wijk aan Zee,
Holland. There are three main tournaments, all 14-player round robins,
starting at 13.30 Central European Time. The rest days are on Jan. 19,
24 and 27. The rate of play is 40/2, 20/1 and 30 minutes to finish the
game (group C 40/2 plus 1 hour for the rest). The
games can be watched on the official
live coverage site or watched and discussed with other chess fans on the Playchess.com
server.
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Round seven
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The big open tournament, next to the main events at the top of the hall
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The playing area for the B and A Groups in Wijk aan Zee
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Peter Svidler (above right) "miniatured" Loek van Wely (left), as
the official web site imaginatively describes it. The St Petersburg GM won
his first game this year in Wijk, in just twenty moves.
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Vishy Anand (above right) is back and he's angry. In his game against Cuban
GM Lazaro Bruzon (left) on the black side of a Catalan Anand played very agressively,
gained a very pleasant position and, after a dubious queen trade by his opponent
on move 37 was able to wrap up the game with consumate ease.
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Okay, young man, let me show you a few things in the Catalan!
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Looking for a solution to the problems Black is posing
This is Anand's third win in succession, and we find he has jumped from somewhere
at the bottom of the table into the joint lead with Adams, Topalov and Leko.
Garry Kasparov, who is keenly following the games on the Playchess.com
server, thinks a plus four result for Vishy is quite likely.
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Veselin Topalov gave Alexander Morozevich his second draw in this event.
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Peter Leko and Michael Adams drew a tough fighting game in 41 moves.
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This is one tough cookie to beat: Super-GM Judit Polgar
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Nigel Short knows he has a tough fight against her. The game was drawn
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The game of the day was Ruslan Ponomariov (above right) vs Vladimir Kramnik
(left). The Ukraine ex FIDE world champion spurned clear drawing continuation
and kept playing very dangerously for a win. In the end the game has ended
in a very tense draw.
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Spoiling for a fight: Ruslan Ponomariov
All results
Round seven
– Saturday 22.01.2005 |
Lazaro Bruzon |
0-1 |
Viswanathan Anand |
A13 English Opening |
Veselin Topalov |
½-½ |
Alexander Morozevich |
C67 Ruy Lopez |
Judit Polgar |
½-½ |
Nigel Short |
C95 Closed Ruy Lopez |
Ivan Sokolov |
½-½ |
Alexander Grischuk |
E12 Queen's Indian |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Michael Adams |
C87 Closed Ruy Lopez |
Peter Svidler |
1-0 |
Loek van Wely |
B30 Sicilian |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov |
Current standings
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Replay games
Groups B and C
Group B Round seven
– Sat.. 22.01.2005 |
Alejandro Ramirez |
½-½ |
Daniel Stellwagen |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
½-½ |
Friso Nijboer |
Peter .H. Nielsen |
1-0 |
Jan Smeets |
Sergey Karjakin |
1-0 |
Predrag Nikolic |
Sipke Ernst |
½-½ |
Ivan Cheparinov |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
0-1 |
S. Mamedyarov |
Alexander Onischuk |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Group C Round seven
– Sat.. 22.01.2005 |
Natalia Zhukova |
1-0 |
Leon Pliester |
Vladimir Georgiev |
½-½ |
Harmen Jonkman |
Evgeny Alekseev |
½-½ |
Joost Wempe |
Tea Lanchava |
1-0 |
Wouter Spoelman |
Erwin L’Ami |
1-0 |
Alexey Korotylev |
Parimarjan Negi |
1-0 |
Zeinab Mamedjarova |
Manuel Bosboom |
1-0 |
Bianca Muhren |
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Standings Group B and Group C
All results and schedule
Round one – Sat.
15.01.2005 |
Alexander Grischuk |
½-½ |
Viswanathan Anand |
Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Michael Adams |
Alexander Morozevich |
½-½ |
Loek van Wely |
Lazaro Bruzon |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Veselin Topalov |
1-0 |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Judit Polgar |
1-0 |
Peter Svidler |
Ivan Sokolov |
½-½ |
Peter Leko |
Games
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Report
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Round two – Sun.
16.01.2005 |
Viswanathan Anand |
0-1 |
Peter Leko |
Peter Svidler |
½-½ |
Ivan Sokolov |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
1-0 |
Judit Polgar |
Vladimir Kramnik |
0-1 |
Veselin Topalov |
Loek van Wely |
½-½ |
Lazaro Bruzon |
Michael Adams |
1-0 |
Alexander Morozevich |
Alexander Grischuk |
½-½ |
Nigel Short |
Games
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Report
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Round three – Mon.
17.01.2005 |
Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Viswanathan Anand |
Alexander Morozevich |
0-1 |
Alexander Grischuk |
Lazaro Bruzon |
½-½ |
Michael Adams |
Veselin Topalov |
½-½ |
Loek van Wely |
Judit Polgar |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Ivan Sokolov |
0-1 |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Peter Leko |
1-0 |
Peter Svidler |
Games
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Report
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Round four – Tues.
18.01.2005 |
Viswanathan Anand |
½-½ |
Peter Svidler |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
½-½ |
Peter Leko |
Vladimir Kramnik |
1-0 |
Ivan Sokolov |
Loek van Wely |
½-½ |
Judit Polgar |
Michael Adams |
1-0 |
Veselin Topalov |
Alexander Grischuk |
½-½ |
Lazaro Bruzon |
Nigel Short |
1-0 |
Alexander Morozevich |
Games
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Report
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Round five – Thurs.
20.01.2005 |
Alexander Morozevich |
0-1 |
Viswanathan Anand |
Lazaro Bruzon |
1-0 |
Nigel Short |
Veselin Topalov |
½-½ |
Alexander Grischuk |
Judit Polgar |
½-½ |
Michael Adams |
Ivan Sokolov |
½-½ |
Loek van Wely |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Peter Svidler |
½-½ |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Games
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Report
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Round six – Fri.
21.01.2005 |
Viswanathan Anand |
1-0 |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Vladimir Kramnik |
1-0 |
Peter Svidler |
Loek van Wely |
½-½ |
Peter Leko |
Michael Adams |
½-½ |
Ivan Sokolov |
Alexander Grischuk |
½-½ |
Judit Polgar |
Nigel Short |
0-1 |
Veselin Topalov |
Alexander Morozevich |
0-1 |
Lazaro Bruzon |
Games
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Report
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Round seven – Sat.
22.01.2005 |
Lazaro Bruzon |
0-1 |
Viswanathan Anand |
Veselin Topalov |
½-½ |
Alexander Morozevich |
Judit Polgar |
½-½ |
Nigel Short |
Ivan Sokolov |
½-½ |
Alexander Grischuk |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Michael Adams |
Peter Svidler |
1-0 |
Loek van Wely |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Games
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Report
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Round
eight – Sun. 23.01.2005 |
Viswanathan Anand |
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Vladimir Kramnik |
Loek van Wely |
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Ruslan Ponomariov |
Michael Adams |
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Peter Svidler |
Alexander Grischuk |
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Peter Leko |
Nigel Short |
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Ivan Sokolov |
Alexander Morozevich |
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Judit Polgar |
Lazaro Bruzon |
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Veselin Topalov |
Games |
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Report |
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Round
nine – Tues. 25.01.2005 |
Veselin Topalov |
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Viswanathan Anand |
Judit Polgar |
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Lazaro Bruzon |
Ivan Sokolov |
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Alexander Morozevich |
Peter Leko |
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Nigel Short |
Peter Svidler |
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Alexander Grischuk |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
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Michael Adams |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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Loek van Wely |
Games |
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Report |
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Round
ten – Wed 26.01.2005 |
Viswanathan Anand |
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Loek van Wely |
Michael Adams |
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Vladimir Kramnik |
Alexander Grischuk |
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Ruslan Ponomariov |
Nigel Short |
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Peter Svidler |
Alexander Morozevich |
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Peter Leko |
Lazaro Bruzon |
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Ivan Sokolov |
Veselin Topalov |
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Judit Polgar |
Games |
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Report |
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Round
eleven – Fri. 28.01.2005 |
Judit Polgar |
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Viswanathan Anand |
Ivan Sokolov |
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Veselin Topalov |
Peter Leko |
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Lazaro Bruzon |
Peter Svidler |
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Alexander Morozevich |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
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Nigel Short |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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Alexander Grischuk |
Loek van Wely |
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Michael Adams |
Games |
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Report |
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Round
twelve – Sat. 29.01.2005 |
Viswanathan Anand |
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Michael Adams |
Alexander Grischuk |
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Loek van Wely |
Nigel Short |
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Vladimir Kramnik |
Alexander Morozevich |
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Ruslan Ponomariov |
Lazaro Bruzon |
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Peter Svidler |
Veselin Topalov |
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Peter Leko |
Judit Polgar |
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Ivan Sokolov |
Games |
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Report |
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Round
thirteen – Sun. 30.01.2005 |
Ivan Sokolov |
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Viswanathan Anand |
Peter Leko |
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Judit Polgar |
Peter Svidler |
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Veselin Topalov |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
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Lazaro Bruzon |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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Alexander Morozevich |
Loek van Wely |
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Nigel Short |
Michael Adams |
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Alexander Grischuk |
Games |
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Report |
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Groups B + C
Group B Round one
– Sat. 15.01.2005 |
Predrag Nikolic |
0-1 |
Daniel Stellwagen |
Jan Smeets |
½-½ |
Ivan Cheparinov |
Friso Nijboer |
0-1 |
S. Mamedyarov |
Alejandro Ramirez |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
1-0 |
Alexander Onischuk |
Peter .H. Nielsen |
½-½ |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
Sergey Karjakin |
1-0 |
Sipke Ernst |
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Group C Round one
– Sat. 15.01.2005 |
Wouter Spoelman |
½-½ |
Leon Pliester |
Joost Wempe |
0-1 |
Alexey Korotylev |
Harmen Jonkman |
½-½ |
Zeinab Mamedjarova |
Natalia Zhukova |
1-0 |
Bianca Muhren |
Vladimir Georgiev |
1-0 |
Manuel Bosboom |
Evgeny Alekseev |
1-0 |
Parimarjan Negi |
Tea Lanchava |
0-1 |
Erwin L’Ami |
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Group B Round two
– Sun. 16.01.2005 |
Ivan Cheparinov |
1-0 |
Friso Nijboer |
Alexander Onischuk |
½-½ |
Peter .H. Nielsen |
Magnus Carlsen |
1-0 |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin |
Daniel Stellwagen |
1-0 |
Sipke Ernst |
S. Mamedyarov |
1-0 |
Alejandro Ramirez |
Predrag Nikolic |
½-½ |
Jan Smeets |
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Group C Round two
– Sun. 16.01.2005 |
Parimarjan Negi |
1-0 |
Tea Lanchava |
Alexey Korotylev |
½-½ |
Harmen Jonkman |
Wouter Spoelman |
1-0 |
Joost Wempe |
Zeinab Mamedjarova |
0-1 |
Natalia Zhukova |
Bianca Muhren |
½-½ |
Vladimir Georgiev |
Manuel Bosboom |
½-½ |
Evgeny Alekseev |
Leon Pliester |
½-½ |
Erwin L’Ami |
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Group B Round three
– Mon. 17.01.2005 |
Jan Smeets |
½-½ |
Daniel Stellwagen |
Friso Nijboer |
0-1 |
Predrag Nikolic |
Alejandro Ramirez |
½-½ |
Ivan Cheparinov |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
0-1 |
S. Mamedyarov |
Peter .H. Nielsen |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Alexander Onischuk |
Sipke Ernst |
0-1 |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
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Group C Round three
– Mon. 17.01.2005 |
Joost Wempe |
1-0 |
Leon Pliester |
Harmen Jonkman |
0-1 |
Wouter Spoelman |
Natalia Zhukova |
0-1 |
Alexey Korotylev |
Vladimir Georgiev |
1-0 |
Zeinab Mamedjarova |
Evgeny Alekseev |
1-0 |
Bianca Muhren |
Tea Lanchava |
1-0 |
Manuel Bosboom |
Erwin L’Ami |
1-0 |
Parimarjan Negi |
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Group B Round four
– Tues. 18.01.2005 |
Daniel Stellwagen |
½-½ |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
Alexander Onischuk |
½-½ |
Sipke Ernst |
Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin |
S. Mamedyarov |
½-½ |
Peter .H. Nielsen |
Ivan Cheparinov |
½-½ |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
Predrag Nikolic |
½-½ |
Alejandro Ramirez |
Jan Smeets |
½-½ |
Friso Nijboer |
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Group C Round four
– Tues. 18.01.2005 |
Leon Pliester |
½-½ |
Parimarjan Negi |
Manuel Bosboom |
½-½ |
Erwin L’Ami |
Bianca Muhren |
0-1 |
Tea Lanchava |
Zeinab Mamedjarova |
0-1 |
Evgeny Alekseev |
Alexey Korotylev |
½-½ |
Vladimir Georgiev |
Wouter Spoelman |
½-½ |
Natalia Zhukova |
Joost Wempe |
0-1 |
Harmen Jonkman |
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Group B Round five
– Thurs. 20.01.2005 |
Friso Nijboer |
½-½ |
Daniel Stellwagen |
Alejandro Ramirez |
0-1 |
Jan Smeets |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
½-½ |
Predrag Nikolic |
Peter .H. Nielsen |
0-1 |
Ivan Cheparinov |
Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
S. Mamedyarov |
Sipke Ernst |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
½-½ |
Alexander Onischuk |
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Group C Round five
– Thurs. 20.01.2005 |
Harmen Jonkman |
1-0 |
Leon Pliester |
Natalia Zhukova |
1-0 |
Joost Wempe |
Vladimir Georgiev |
1-0 |
Wouter Spoelman |
Evgeny Alekseev |
½-½ |
Alexey Korotylev |
Tea Lanchava |
0-1 |
Zeinab Mamedjarova |
Erwin L’Ami |
0-1 |
Bianca Muhren |
Parimarjan Negi |
½-½ |
Manuel Bosboom |
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Group B Round six
– Fri.. 21.01.2005 |
Daniel Stellwagen |
0-1 |
Alexander Onischuk |
Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
S. Mamedyarov |
1-0 |
Sipke Ernst |
Ivan Cheparinov |
0-1 |
Sergey Karjakin |
Predrag Nikolic |
½-½ |
Peter .H. Nielsen |
Jan Smeets |
½-½ |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
Friso Nijboer |
½-½ |
Alejandro Ramirez |
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Group C Round six
– Fri.. 21.01.2005 |
Leon Pliester |
½-½ |
Manuel Bosboom |
Bianca Muhren |
1-0 |
Parimarjan Negi |
Zeinab Mamedjarova |
0-1 |
Erwin L’Ami |
Alexey Korotylev |
1-0 |
Tea Lanchava |
Wouter Spoelman |
0-1 |
Evgeny Alekseev |
Joost Wempe |
0-1 |
Vladimir Georgiev |
Harmen Jonkman |
½-½ |
Natalia Zhukova |
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Group B Round seven
– Sat.. 22.01.2005 |
Alejandro Ramirez |
½-½ |
Daniel Stellwagen |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
½-½ |
Friso Nijboer |
Peter .H. Nielsen |
1-0 |
Jan Smeets |
Sergey Karjakin |
1-0 |
Predrag Nikolic |
Sipke Ernst |
½-½ |
Ivan Cheparinov |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
0-1 |
S. Mamedyarov |
Alexander Onischuk |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Group C Round seven
– Sat.. 22.01.2005 |
Natalia Zhukova |
1-0 |
Leon Pliester |
Vladimir Georgiev |
½-½ |
Harmen Jonkman |
Evgeny Alekseev |
½-½ |
Joost Wempe |
Tea Lanchava |
1-0 |
Wouter Spoelman |
Erwin L’Ami |
1-0 |
Alexey Korotylev |
Parimarjan Negi |
1-0 |
Zeinab Mamedjarova |
Manuel Bosboom |
1-0 |
Bianca Muhren |
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Group
B Round eight – Sun. 23.01.2005 |
Daniel Stellwagen |
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Magnus Carlsen |
S. Mamedyarov |
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Alexander Onischuk |
Ivan Cheparinov |
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Antoaneta Stefanova |
Predrag Nikolic |
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Sipke Ernst |
Jan Smeets |
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Sergey Karjakin |
Friso Nijboer |
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Peter .H. Nielsen |
Alejandro Ramirez |
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Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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Group
C Round eight – Sun. 23.01.2005 |
Leon Pliester |
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Bianca Muhren |
Zeinab Mamedjarova |
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Manuel Bosboom |
Alexey Korotylev |
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Parimarjan Negi |
Wouter Spoelman |
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Erwin L’Ami |
Joost Wempe |
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Tea Lanchava |
Harmen Jonkman |
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Evgeny Alekseev |
Natalia Zhukova |
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Vladimir Georgiev |
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Group
B Round nine – Tues. 25.01.2005 |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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Daniel Stellwagen |
Peter .H. Nielsen |
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Alejandro Ramirez |
Sergey Karjakin |
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Friso Nijboer |
Sipke Ernst |
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Jan Smeets |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
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Predrag Nikolic |
Alexander Onischuk |
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Ivan Cheparinov |
Magnus Carlsen |
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S. Mamedyarov |
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Group
C Round nine – Tues. 25.01.2005 |
Vladimir Georgiev |
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Leon Pliester |
Evgeny Alekseev |
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Natalia Zhukova |
Tea Lanchava |
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Harmen Jonkman |
Erwin L’Ami |
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Joost Wempe |
Parimarjan Negi |
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Wouter Spoelman |
Manuel Bosboom |
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Alexey Korotylev |
Bianca Muhren |
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Zeinab Mamedjarova |
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Group
B Round ten – Wed. 26.01.2005 |
Daniel Stellwagen |
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S. Mamedyarov |
Ivan Cheparinov |
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Magnus Carlsen |
Predrag Nikolic |
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Alexander Onischuk |
Jan Smeets |
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Antoaneta Stefanova |
Friso Nijboer |
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Sipke Ernst |
Alejandro Ramirez |
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Sergey Karjakin |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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Peter .H. Nielsen |
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Group
C Round ten – Wed. 26.01.2005 |
Leon Pliester |
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Zeinab Mamedjarova |
Alexey Korotylev |
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Bianca Muhren |
Wouter Spoelman |
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Manuel Bosboom |
Joost Wempe |
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Parimarjan Negi |
Harmen Jonkman |
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Erwin L’Ami |
Natalia Zhukova |
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Tea Lanchava |
Vladimir Georgiev |
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Evgeny Alekseev |
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Group
B Round eleven – Fri.. 28.01.2005 |
Peter .H. Nielsen |
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Daniel Stellwagen |
Sergey Karjakin |
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Alexandra Kosteniuk |
Sipke Ernst |
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Alejandro Ramirez |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
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Friso Nijboer |
Alexander Onischuk |
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Jan Smeets |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Predrag Nikolic |
S. Mamedyarov |
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Ivan Cheparinov |
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Group
C Round eleven – Fri.. 28.01.2005 |
Evgeny Alekseev |
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Leon Pliester |
Tea Lanchava |
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Vladimir Georgiev |
Erwin L’Ami |
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Natalia Zhukova |
Parimarjan Negi |
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Harmen Jonkman |
Manuel Bosboom |
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Joost Wempe |
Bianca Muhren |
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Wouter Spoelman |
Zeinab Mamedjarova |
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Alexey Korotylev |
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Group
B Round twelve – Sat. 29.01.2005 |
Daniel Stellwagen |
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Ivan Cheparinov |
Predrag Nikolic |
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S. Mamedyarov |
Jan Smeets |
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Magnus Carlsen |
Friso Nijboer |
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Alexander Onischuk |
Alejandro Ramirez |
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Antoaneta Stefanova |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
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Sipke Ernst |
Peter .H. Nielsen |
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Sergey Karjakin |
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Group
C Round twelve – Sat. 29.01.2005 |
Leon Pliester |
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Alexey Korotylev |
Wouter Spoelman |
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Zeinab Mamedjarova |
Joost Wempe |
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Bianca Muhren |
Harmen Jonkman |
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Manuel Bosboom |
Natalia Zhukova |
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Parimarjan Negi |
Vladimir Georgiev |
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Erwin L’Ami |
Evgeny Alekseev |
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Tea Lanchava |
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Group
B Round thirteen – Sun. 30.01.2005 |
Sergey Karjakin |
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Daniel Stellwagen |
Sipke Ernst |
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Peter .H. Nielsen |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
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Alexandra Kosteniuk |
Alexander Onischuk |
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Alejandro Ramirez |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Friso Nijboer |
S. Mamedyarov |
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Jan Smeets |
Ivan Cheparinov |
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Predrag Nikolic |
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Group
C Round thirteen – Sun. 30.01.2005 |
Tea Lanchava |
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Leon Pliester |
Erwin L’Ami |
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Evgeny Alekseev |
Parimarjan Negi |
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Vladimir Georgiev |
Manuel Bosboom |
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Natalia Zhukova |
Bianca Muhren |
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Harmen Jonkman |
Zeinab Mamedjarova |
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Joost Wempe |
Alexey Korotylev |
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Wouter Spoelman |
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