|  SPARKASSEN
CHESS-MEETING
2004
22
July to 1 August 2004
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Press release
Exciting system of play, top grandmasters and gifted talents: "We
expect interesting games from the beginning"
The participants of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting 2004 are definite.
The event, taking place at the Dortmund Theatre from 22 July to 1 August, will
present again an interesting mix of top players and talents – but also
a new and exciting system of play.
Among the players are Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik
(Russia), Viswanathan Anand (India), Peter Leko
(Hungary) and Peter Svidler (Russia) – four excellent
Top Grandmasters who are actually placed among the best six players of the
world. They try to get the title from Viorel Bologan (Moldavia),
the sensational winner of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in 2003. Sergei
Rublevsky (Russia) qualified with his win at the Aeroflot Open in
Moscow for the Dortmund Tournament. Also at the start are two young and gifted
players: Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany), the Dortmund super talent
and Germany’s big hope, and the only 14 year old Sergey Karjakin
(Ukraine): at the age of 12 he became youngest Grandmaster in Chess history.
To win the Super Tournament, the players have to run through preliminaries,
semifinals and final matches. "We expect interesting games and a fight
for the title from the beginning. That’s the way we want to go into the
future", says tournament director Stefan Koth. "And also we keep
our tradition for classical chess." The system of play is known from the
Candidates‘ Tournament at Dortmund in 2002. In a double round robin system
each player will play six games. The two winners of each group will advance
to the semifinals. The winners will play the final match, the losers will play
the match for the 3rd place. Number 3 and Number 4 in each preliminary group
will play for the places 5 to 8.
Qualifying Round (Rating dated 1 April 2004)
| Group 1 |
Country |
Birthday |
Rating |
| Viswanathan Anand |
India |
11 Dec. 69 |
2774 |
| Peter Svidler |
Russia |
17 June 76 |
2733 |
| Sergei Rublevsky |
Russia |
15 Oct. 74 |
2671 |
| Arkadij Naiditsch |
Germany |
25 Oct. 85 |
2571 |
| Group 2 |
Country |
Birthday |
Rating |
| Vladimir Kramnik |
Russia |
25 June 75 |
2764 |
| Peter Leko |
Hungary |
08 Sep. 79 |
2741 |
| Viorel Bologan |
Moldavia |
14 Dec. 71 |
2665 |
| Sergey Karjakin |
Ukraine |
12 Jan. 90 |
2580 |
Schedule
| Round 1: Thurs. July 22, 14:00h |
| V. Anand |
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A. Naiditsch |
| P. Svidler |
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S. Rublevsky |
V. Kramnik |
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S. Karjakin |
| P. Leko |
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V. Bologan |
| Games – Report |
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| Round 2: Friday. July 23, 14:00h |
A. Naiditsch |
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S. Rublevsky |
V. Anand |
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P. Svidler |
S. Karjakin |
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V. Bologan |
V. Kramnik |
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P. Leko |
| Games – Report |
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| Round 3: Sat. July 24, 14:00h |
| P. Svidler |
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A. Naiditsch |
| S. Rublevsky |
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V. Anand |
P. Leko |
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S. Karjakin |
| V. Bologan |
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V. Kramnik |
| Games – Report |
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| Round 4: Sun. July 25, 14:00h |
A. Naiditsch |
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V. Anand |
S. Rublevsky |
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P. Svidler |
S. Karjakin |
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V. Kramnik |
| V. Bologan |
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P. Leko |
| Games – Report |
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| Round 5: Mon. July 26, 14:00h |
A. Naiditsch |
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P. Svidler |
V. Anand |
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S. Rublevsky |
S. Karjakin |
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P. Leko |
V. Kramnik |
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V. Bologan |
| Games – Report |
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| Round 6: Tues. July 27, 14:00h |
S. Rublevsky |
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A. Naiditsch |
P. Svidler |
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V. Anand |
V. Bologan |
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S. Karjakin |
P. Leko |
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V. Kramnik |
| Games – Report |
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Wednesday July 28 – Rest Day |
| Semifinal 1: Thurs. July 29, 14:00h |
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| Semifinal 2: Fri. July 30, 14:00h |
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| Final 1: Sat. July 31, 14:00h |
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| Final 2: Sun. Aug. 1, 11:30h |
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Dortmund Organizing Committee; Press Release, 13 April 2004. For information
please contact Rolf Behovits, press officer and spokesman of the Sparkassen
Chess-Meeting.
Contact: pr-behovits@uumail.de; presse_dortmund@chessgate.de
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