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The event is being held in Santa Clara, where the qualification stage ran from April 7 to 16. There were two groups of ten players each, and the rate of play is 90 minutes + 30 seconds. Here are the final results of both groups:
The
main championship phase is now under way, with the top three players from each
qualification group plus the seeded GMs Lazaro Bruzon and Leinier Dominguez.
The results of the quarterfinals were:
| Dominguez, Lenier | Quezada, Yuniesky | 1-0 | 1/2 | |
| Arencibia, Walter | De la Paz, Frank | 1/2 | 1-0 | |
| Bruzon, Lazaro | Nogueiras, Jesus | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2-0 |
| Gongora, Maikel | Almeida, Omar | 0-1 | 1/2 |
In the semifinals the results so far are:
| Bruzon, Lazaro | Arencibia, Walter | 1-0 | ||
| Almeida, Omar | Dominguez, Lenier | 1/2 |
This traditional tournament was held in Norway from April 13th - 21st. There
were two GM groups with top seeds playing in Group A (average Elo: 2495). It
was won in fine style by Dutch GM Sergey Tiviakov:
Here are the results of Group B
This event runs from April 15 to 24 and is being held in two stages: the first five rounds are being played in Malmo, the four final rounds will be in Copenhagen. Top players are Hikaru Nakamura (USA 2657), Krishnan Sasikiran (IND 2642), Curt Hansen (DEN 2633), Viorel Iordachescu (MDA 2609), and Jan Timman (NED 2607).
After
six rounds the Dutch chess legend Jan Timman (picture) is sensationally in
the lead, with a 2820 performance, half a point ahead of Hikaru Nakamura, with
Hansen and Sasikiran trailing half a point behind the American upstart. There
are live games, results, tables, a few pictures and reports on the tournament's
web site. The games can also be watched live on the Playchess.com
server, where as we "go into print" there is quite a commotion, since
Hikaru Nakamura has played 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 against Krishnan
Sasikiran. After 2...Nc6 the US champion played 3.Bc4,
but India's second strongest player saw the mate threat on f7 and played 3...g6.
This event is being held from April 18th-29th 2005 in Dagomys, Sochi. There are three tournaments which start at the same time: XII Russian men's team championship, the Premier League and 1st League; and VI Russian women team championship. The top 30 games of the championship are being broadcast live every day. Among the players are Svidler, Ivanchuk, Grischuk, Morozevich, Bareev, Dreev, Akopian, Bologan, Ponomariov, Motylev and Volokitin.
