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The fifth and last qualifier for the Canarias en Red Chess Festival attracted no less than 290 participants on Friday. There were also large numbers of spectators, especially towards the end. The games were exciting and the competition tough. In the end the winner was Yugoslav GM Aleksa Strikovic (tomaja), who lives in Spain. He has a better Buchholz than German GM Robert Rabiega.
As in three other qualifiers the players needed at least 9.5 points and a good Buchholz in order to secure a place in Sunday's final. The other players to qualify on Friday were IM Andrey Rychagov (ftorodent), GM Petr Kiriakov, GM Petr Haba, IM Fabio Bellini (ckbase), Christian Richter (Pazific Dreams), and Sasha Beltzky (Schurick). The highest-scoring Spanish player Fernando Hidalgo Santana (espartapaco) also gets a place in the final.
The final on Sunday begins at 12:00h CET (= Server time, = GMT +2). It is going to be one of the most exciting events we have hosted so far. Even if you did not qualify to play you should definitely be present as a spectator.
Stefan Dieckerhoff, tournament director
Below it the cross table for the top 40 players. A total of 290 players participated.
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The Canarias en Red Internet Chess Festival will be held from Monday May 3rd until Sunday May 9th, 2004 on the Playchess.com server, in the special Canarias en Red tournament rooms.
To play in this tournament you can use Fritz or any Fritz-compatible program (Shredder, Junior, Tiger, Hiarcs) to follow the lectures, or download a free trial client. |
The qualifiers will be held from Monday May 3rd to Friday May 7th at 20:00h server time (=CET, GMT +2). You do not need to book a place in advance, simply go to the tournament room at the specified time and click "Join". It is possible to play in more than one qualifier. The final will be held on Sunday, May 9, at 12:00h server time (=CET, GMT +2). This is the time for registering, not the start of the games. Qualifiers and the finals are 13 round Swiss tournament with a rate of play of three minutes for each side plus one second increment per move. The total prize sum is $5,600 (€4,800), the winner takes $1,575 = €1,350.
