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The Canarias en Red Internet Chess Festival
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.
| 1 |
tomaja |
1911 |
10.5 / 13 |
| 2 |
rabiega |
2748 |
10.5 / 13 |
| 3 |
ftorodent |
2423 |
10.0 / 13 |
| 4 |
Petr Kiriakov |
2499 |
10.0 / 12 |
| 5 |
Petr Hába |
2514 |
10.0 / 13 |
| 6 |
ckbase |
2568 |
10.0 / 13 |
| 7 |
PazificDreams |
2524 |
10.0 / 13 |
| 8 |
Schurick |
2599 |
9.5 / 13 |
| 9 |
Bullmover |
2409 |
9.5 / 13 |
| 10 |
Meister Hitzfeld |
2201 |
9.5 / 13 |
| 11 |
Eraschenkov |
2508 |
9.5 / 13 |
| 12 |
fcarsenal |
2761 |
9.5 / 13 |
| 13 |
MRoiz |
1858 |
9.5 / 13 |
| 14 |
malysch |
2211 |
9.5 / 13 |
| 15 |
mathman |
2280 |
9.0 / 13 |
| 16 |
aapix |
2437 |
9.0 / 13 |
| 17 |
Deadmold |
2362 |
9.0 / 13 |
| 18 |
lietuvis |
2519 |
9.0 / 13 |
| 19 |
Auburn |
2363 |
9.0 / 13 |
| 20 |
rpolaczek |
2319 |
9.0 / 13 |
|
|
| 21 |
bodhi |
2457 |
9.0 / 13 |
| 22 |
Aruminos |
1995 |
9.0 / 13 |
| 23 |
mihail |
2633 |
8.5 / 13 |
| 24 |
Tinz |
2427 |
8.5 / 13 |
| 25 |
calzone |
2404 |
8.5 / 13 |
| 26 |
KGoh |
2610 |
8.5 / 13 |
| 27 |
Minero |
|
8.5 / 13 |
| 28 |
Almaster |
2315 |
8.5 / 13 |
| 29 |
zeama |
2461 |
8.5 / 13 |
| 30 |
Coca |
2210 |
8.5 / 13 |
| 31 |
Todilla |
2316 |
8.5 / 13 |
| 32 |
Ficher |
2019 |
8.5 / 13 |
| 33 |
jonquille |
2321 |
8.5 / 13 |
| 34 |
karpow-2 |
2221 |
8.0 / 13 |
| 35 |
jrt |
2189 |
8.0 / 13 |
| 36 |
jek1975 |
2242 |
8.0 / 13 |
| 37 |
seppelfricke |
2281 |
8.0 / 13 |
| 38 |
giul |
2288 |
8.0 / 13 |
| 39 |
espartapaco |
|
8.0 / 13 |
| 40 |
Ramzai |
2473 |
8.0 / 13 |
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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.
