
FIDE World Blitz Championship 2010 Internet Tournament
The World Chess Federation FIDE, the chess
server Playchess and the Russian Aeroflot
Open invite you to participate in the 2010 World Blitz Championship and
offer you a chance to test your skill in blitz chess with the very best.
On February 18th 2010 a double nine-round Swiss blitz tournament will be held
in the complex “Izmailovo” in Moscow, which will have the status
of qualification for the World Blitz Championship 2010 (Final). The final tournament
will take place in November 2010. It will consist of 20 players (ten participants
of Mikhail Tal Memorial 2010, six winners of the Qualification Tournament of
Feb. 18, 2010 and four to six wild cards. The prize fund of the Qualification
Tournament constitutes EUR 40,000.
You have the chance to win a package, including travel costs and accommodation
in Moscow for two days, to take part in the February 18 Blitz Qualifier. You
can do this by taking part in the Internet tournament, which will be held from
January 19th to 30th, 2010 on the Playchess server.
The next rounds
Here are the dates of play. All times are given Central European Time
(Greenwich Standard Time +1) which is the time-zone used on the server.
Preliminary # 1
|
Tuesday, 19th January 2010, 24.00 CET (midnight) |
Preliminary # 2 |
Wednesday, 20th January 2010, 18.00 CET |
Preliminary # 3 |
Saturday, 23rd January 2010, 15.00 CET |
Preliminary # 4 |
Monday, 25th January 2010, 20.00 CET |
Preliminary # 5 |
Tuesday, 26th January 2010, 18.00 CET |
Preliminary # 6 |
Thursday, 28th January 2010, 20.00 CET |
Final |
Saturday, 30th January 2010, 16.00 CET |
First preliminary
The first preliminary was played at 19th January 2010 (Tuesday night) 24.00
CET. It attracted 445 players who entered the competition. This appearance is
an all-time high for tournaments on the server which, we are pleased to note,
took the load quite easily. The tournament was run by Italian Sysop and Tournament
Director Andrea Natoli. It lasted approximately four hours, and in the end you
needed twelve points (and a better tiebreak) from 17 games to get a place in
the final. The race for the top ten places was fairly close, as even the number
two in the end has scored just 13 points.
Below you will find the final result of the qualifying players and the top
100 scorers. Some words of explanation: The Elo is the server rating at the
start of the tournament. If a player had just registered on the server he or
she might have had no server rating. The top ten players are given with their
real names as given in the personal information. They have not been checked
for right spelling etc.
Qualifiers for the final round
# |
Nickname |
rating |
Player |
Score |
TB |
1 |
Omnislash |
3285 |
GM Hrair Simonian (ARM) |
14.5 |
|
2 |
Onor |
2826 |
Chris Jericho (BEL) |
13.0 |
124.00 |
3 |
Khismatullin |
|
Boris Khismatullin (RUS) |
13.0 |
121.50 |
4 |
Tojapolska |
2168 |
Kryzsiek Panecki (POL) |
13.0 |
109.50 |
5 |
LiLip0o0o0oT |
3105 |
IM Homayoan Toufighi (IRN) |
12.5 |
119.00 |
6 |
Harutjunyan G |
2815 |
GM Georg Harutjunyan (ARM) |
12.5 |
118.00 |
7 |
IturrizagaE |
|
Eduardo Iturrizago (VEN) |
12.5 |
117.50 |
8 |
Moreno Ruiz |
2580 |
Moreno Ruiz (ESP) |
12.5 |
109.00 |
9 |
Hausigel |
3073 |
Roland Voigt (GER) |
12.0 |
118.50 |
10 |
Storne |
2636 |
IM Nikola Vesterovic |
12.0 |
110.50 |
Top 100 scorers
11 |
Am i |
2275 |
12.0 |
101.50 |
12 |
Shark |
2824 |
11.5 |
119.00 |
13 |
Pit man |
2847 |
11.5 |
116.50 |
14 |
Yuka |
2915 |
11.5 |
114.00 |
15 |
Der Rentner |
2456 |
11.5 |
108.00 |
16 |
Uzbektiger |
2455 |
11.5 |
106.50 |
17 |
IPinheiro |
2461 |
11.5 |
106.00 |
18 |
Ivanisevic I |
2845 |
11.5 |
106.00 |
19 |
Xeneixe89 |
2351 |
11.5 |
105.00 |
20 |
Bloodthirsty |
2438 |
11.5 |
103.00 |
21 |
XDPS |
2420 |
11.5 |
102.50 |
22 |
Miguel Abuelo |
1820 |
11.5 |
101.50 |
23 |
Spassky |
2254 |
11.5 |
101.00 |
24 |
Jia Haoxiang |
2667 |
11.5 |
99.50 |
25 |
Jara cimrman |
2469 |
11.5 |
99.00 |
26 |
James Joyce |
2884 |
11.0 |
109.00 |
27 |
Padentro |
2659 |
11.0 |
107.00 |
28 |
Robert-prox |
2390 |
11.0 |
105.50 |
29 |
Anqi |
2144 |
11.0 |
105.00 |
30 |
Dangor |
2421 |
11.0 |
104.00 |
31 |
Novoselski |
2594 |
11.0 |
99.00 |
32 |
Indian lover |
|
11.0 |
91.50 |
33 |
Nicebrutus |
2114 |
11.0 |
90.00 |
34 |
Frank Curiel |
1836 |
11.0 |
76.50 |
35 |
So0o0o0zi |
2665 |
10.5 |
113.00 |
36 |
QueenGhost |
2522 |
10.5 |
111.50 |
37 |
CAME ON |
2560 |
10.5 |
109.50 |
38 |
Siberija |
2608 |
10.5 |
108.50 |
39 |
Hophip |
2581 |
10.5 |
105.00 |
40 |
Energie 73 |
2418 |
10.5 |
101.00 |
|
41 |
Carl Hermann |
2217 |
10.5 |
100.00 |
42 |
Micerinos |
2250 |
10.5 |
99.50 |
43 |
DiegoAbarca |
|
10.5 |
99.00 |
44 |
Afga2 |
|
10.5 |
97.00 |
45 |
jasrom |
2142 |
10.5 |
96.50 |
46 |
Javier bleda |
|
10.5 |
94.50 |
47 |
Johan23 |
2219 |
10.5 |
94.00 |
48 |
DirtyDeki1 |
2547 |
10.5 |
90.00 |
49 |
Maooso |
1706 |
10.5 |
86.50 |
50 |
Xxcreoqueganoxx |
1806 |
10.5 |
77.00 |
51 |
Dragon war |
2449 |
10.0 |
110.00 |
52 |
Blind Squirrel |
2506 |
10.0 |
100.50 |
53 |
antoine2 |
2745 |
10.0 |
99.00 |
54 |
Fatal_juice |
1518 |
10.0 |
97.50 |
55 |
Von Herman |
2276 |
10.0 |
97.00 |
56 |
Degatz |
2311 |
10.0 |
95.50 |
57 |
Monomah |
2088 |
10.0 |
93.50 |
58 |
DueSant |
2031 |
10.0 |
92.50 |
59 |
Letzluttor |
|
10.0 |
92.00 |
60 |
UST B |
2153 |
10.0 |
91.00 |
61 |
Kaszub |
2214 |
10.0 |
91.00 |
62 |
ali-normal |
2285 |
10.0 |
90.50 |
63 |
Imagine24 |
|
10.0 |
90.00 |
64 |
RaulJr |
1933 |
10.0 |
87.50 |
65 |
LaPiovra1 |
1755 |
10.0 |
86.00 |
66 |
Bojokrupanj1 |
2018 |
10.0 |
81.00 |
67 |
Infinitymoves |
2060 |
10.0 |
77.00 |
68 |
Kovalyov Anton |
2897 |
9.5 |
114.00 |
69 |
Ceu |
2179 |
9.5 |
104.50 |
70 |
Smyslov2006 |
1987 |
9.5 |
94.50 |
|
71 |
B3wins |
2109 |
9.5 |
94.00 |
72 |
Jorgeram |
1882 |
9.5 |
92.50 |
73 |
Amois |
2055 |
9.5 |
87.50 |
74 |
Akagan |
1822 |
9.5 |
86.00 |
75 |
Schnubbi |
2230 |
9.5 |
86.00 |
76 |
Reti |
2130 |
9.5 |
86.00 |
77 |
Yessjah |
2002 |
9.5 |
85.00 |
78 |
Criollo |
1694 |
9.5 |
85.00 |
79 |
TomeMaster |
2169 |
9.5 |
85.00 |
80 |
Fauli93 |
2015 |
9.5 |
83.50 |
81 |
Ns500 |
1869 |
9.5 |
82.50 |
82 |
Kamilov |
1917 |
9.5 |
81.00 |
83 |
Newb |
2041 |
9.5 |
79.50 |
84 |
Gazzza |
|
9.5 |
69.50 |
85 |
Bartas |
2910 |
9.0 |
101.00 |
86 |
Klappspaten |
2360 |
9.0 |
99.00 |
87 |
Naked Queen |
2256 |
9.0 |
98.00 |
88 |
Tandoor |
2173 |
9.0 |
96.00 |
89 |
Kasparicy_ |
2235 |
9.0 |
93.00 |
90 |
J_almaguer |
2167 |
9.0 |
91.50 |
91 |
X-rouge |
2407 |
9.0 |
91.50 |
92 |
ThePatzerMKD |
1960 |
9.0 |
91.00 |
93 |
Thecurv |
2037 |
9.0 |
89.00 |
94 |
Antacolorado |
1643 |
9.0 |
88.00 |
95 |
Badroddine |
|
9.0 |
88.00 |
96 |
David Ojeda |
|
9.0 |
87.50 |
97 |
Legiam |
1905 |
9.0 |
85.50 |
98 |
Mihai_Pachia |
2063 |
9.0 |
82.00 |
99 |
Seewald |
1798 |
9.0 |
81.00 |
100 |
Pedromartinez |
2026 |
9.0 |
80.00 |
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