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After the very exciting ACP Inaugural (78 participants, 54 GMs, 22 rated over 2600) and the first Women's Internet Tournament, the ACP is staging a third Internet tournament for its members. It is sponsored by ChinaCom and will be hosted on the Playchess.com server from May 31 to June 5th.
Group 1, Monday, 31st May, 18.00 CEST (GMT +2)
Tournament Director: Gaby Assmann – the following players were registered
| Alexey Dreev | |||
| Eric Lobron | |||
| Emanuel Berg | |||
| Eugeny Atarov | |||
| Jonathan Speelman | |
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| Mateusz Bartel | |||
| Mikhail Golubev | |||
| Naira Agababean | |||
| Peter Heine Nielsen | |||
| Viorel Iordachescu | |||
| Vladimir Baklan | |||
| Yannick Pelletier |
The first group played on Monday, starting punctually at 18:05 CET. Unfortunately Viorel Iordachescu had a miserable Internet connection with a 30 second lag per move. He had to abandon the tournament. He will get another chance in one of the coming rounds.
After six rounds Alexey Dreev was unbeaten and in the lead, followed by Mikhail Golubev, Andrei Volokitin, Mateusz Bartel, Peter Heine Nielsen and Jonathan Speelman. There was a five-minute pause, and then in round seven Dreev suffered his first loss to Vladimir Baklan. In round nine he lost a second game against Peter Heine Nielsen.
In round 13 Naira Agababean suddenly disappeared. Dreev scored again to join Baklan, Speelman and Golubev at 8.5 points, a full point behind the leader Nielsen. After round 17 Dreev was once again in the lead, half a point ahead of Heine and Speelman. In round 19 Nielsen regained the lead, which he did not give up for the rest of the tournament.
This is the final standing in the tournament:
| 1 | Heine | ½1 | 01 | 1½ | 01 | 11 | 01 | 1½ | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16.5 | |
| 2 | Vladimir Baklan | ½0 | ½½ | 1½ | ½½ | 01 | 01 | 11 | ½1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15.5 | |
| 3 | Jspeelman | 10 | ½½ | 01 | ½1 | ½0 | ½1 | ½1 | ½1 | ½1 | 11 | 11 | 15.0 | |
| 4 | Alexey Dreev | 0½ | 0½ | 10 | ½0 | ½½ | 11 | 11 | ½1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15.0 | |
| 5 | Mateusz Bartel | 10 | ½½ | ½0 | ½1 | ½0 | 10 | ½½ | 01 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13.5 | |
| 6 | Mikhail Golubev | 00 | 10 | ½1 | ½½ | ½1 | 00 | 01 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13.0 | |
| 7 | Volokitin | 10 | 10 | ½0 | 00 | 01 | 11 | ½0 | 10 | 01 | 11 | 11 | 12.0 | |
| 8 | YannickPelletier | 0½ | 00 | ½0 | 00 | ½½ | 10 | ½1 | ½1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12.0 | |
| 9 | Eugeny Atarov | 01 | ½0 | ½0 | ½0 | 10 | 00 | 01 | ½0 | ½½ | ½1 | 11 | 9.5 | |
| 10 | Eric lobron | 00 | 00 | ½0 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 10 | 00 | ½½ | 11 | 11 | 7.5 | |
| 11 | Agababean | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | ½0 | 00 | 1 | 1.5 | |
| 12 | V. Iordachescu | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 0 | 0.0 |
Since there were two players tied for third – Speelman and Dreev – a tiebreak match was played to decide who would get a place in the finals on Saturday. Dreev won both games and was through.
Tonight at 22:00h CET (= Berlin, Paris; = 21:00h London; 4 p.m. New York; midnight Moscow) the second qualifier will be held. Here are the registered players.
Group 2, Tuesday, 01st June, 22.00 CEST (GMT +2)
Tournament Director: Holger Lieske
| Anatoli Vaisser | |
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| Andrei Deviatkin | |
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| Anton Shomoev | |
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| Boris Avrukh | |
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| Irina Krush | |
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| Jan Gustafsson | |
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| John Fernandez | |
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| Laurent Fressinet | |
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| Pablo Zarnicki | |
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| Pascal Charbonneau | |
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| Vladimir Potkin | |
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| Zusza Veroci | |
