The review of chess events and sites for April, 2004

Chess Siberia

The review of chess events and sites for April, 2004

by Boris Schipkov

"Thirteenth Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament" 2004 took place in Monaco, March 20th - April 1st. Rest days March 24th and 29th.
Final Standings
1-2. Alexander Morozevich, Vladimir Kramnik - 14.5; 3. Viswanathan Anand - 13.5; 4. Vassily Ivanchuk - 13; 5-6. Peter Leko, Evgeny Bareev - 12.5; 7. Peter Svidler - 11.5; 8. Alexei Shirov - 10.5; 9. Veselin Topalov - 10; 10. Boris Gelfand - 8.5; 11. Loek Van Wely - 7.5; 12. Francisco Vallejo Pons - 3.5.
Amber 2004. Rounds 1-11 Results

Crosstable of the Amber Blindfold 2004

Crosstable of the Amber Rapid 2004

Games (132, zipped pgn)

Site: http://www.alldata.nl/amber

The Dos Hermanas international open 2004 tournament took place 25th March - 2nd April.
1. Milov, Vadim - 8 from 9; 2-5. Karjakin, Sergey; Matamoros Franco, Carlos; Paunovic, Dragan; Fernandez Romero, Ernesto - 7; etc.
Site: http://www.doshermanas.net/

The European Women's Chess Championship 2004 took place in Dresden (Germany) 21st March - 3rd April.
Alexandra Kosteniuk is the new European Women's Chess Champion.
Tie-break for 1 place: Zhaoqin Peng - Alexandra Kosteniuk 0-1 (Alexandra obtained a good position in the Queen's Gambit Accepted), 1/2 (Alexandra won the exchange).
Tie-break for 3 place: Antoaneta Stefanova - Natalia Zhukova 1-0, 1-0.
Tie-break for 5 place: Nana Dzagnidze - Irina Slavina 1-0, 1-0.
Tie-breaks for 3-6 place: Antoaneta Stefanova - Nana Dzagnidze 1-0, 1/2;
Irina Slavina - Natalia Zhukova 0-1, 1/2.
Final Standings
1-2. Alexandra Kosteniuk, Zhaoqin Peng - 9.5 from 12; 3-6. Antoaneta Stefanova, Natalia Zhukova, Nana Dzagnidze, Irina Slavina - 8.5; etc.
Site: http://www.eurochess-dresden.org/

The Foxwoods Open 2004 took place in USA April 7th-11th.
1-4. Becerra Rivero, Julio; Ibragimov, Ildar; Goldin, Alexander; Ehlvest, Jaan - 7 from 9; 5-9. Kacheishvili, Giorgi; Nakamura, Hikaru; Gonzalez, Renier; Shulman, Yuri; Akobian, Varuzhan - 6.5; etc.
Becerra and Ibragimov had a blitz playoff for the title and free room next year which Ibragimov won.
Site: http://www.foxwoodsopen.com/

The St.Petersburg Championship 2004 took place in Russia 1st-11th April.
1-2. Loginov, Valery; Popov, Valerij - 7; 3-4. Lugovoi, Aleksei; Yemelin, Vasily - 6; 5-7. Solovjov, Sergey; Ionov, Sergey; Yevseev, Denis - 5.5; 8-9. Klimov, Sergey; Matlakov, Maxim - 4.5; 10. Chepukaitis, Genrikh - 2.5; 11. Feofanov, Denis - 1.
Site: http://www.ruschess.com/

The Neckar-Open 2004 took place in Deizisau (Germany) April 8th–12th.
1-2. Kasimdzhanov,R; Schmaltz,R - 6.5 from 7; 3-4. Kulaots,K; Burmakin, V - 6; etc.
Site: http://www.neckar-open.de/

The First Saturday April 2004 tournaments took place in Budapest (Hungary) 3rd-15th April.
GM: 1. Vajda, Levente - 8.5 from 13; 2-4. Nguyen Ngoc Truongson; Paschall, William; Czebe, Attila - 8; etc.
IM: 1. Farago, Sandor - 9.5 from 13; 2-3. Wegener, Olaf; Hardarson, Robert - 9; etc.
Site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

The Dubai Open Chess Championship 2004 took place 18th-28th April.
1. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - 7 from 9; 2-13. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter; Sasikiran, Krishnan; Iordachesvu, Viorel; Vladimirov, Evgeny; Harikrishna, P; Miroshnichenko, Evgenij; Eljanov, Pavel; Minasian, Artashes; Al-Modiahki, Mohamad; Goloshchapov, Alexander; Carlsen, Magnus; Mamedov, Rauf - 6.5; etc.
Site: http://www.arabfide.com/dubaiopen2004

Siberian team is the new Russian Champion!
The Russian Club Chess Championships 2004 took place in Sochi April 20th-28th.
Major League. Final Standings. Men
1. Tomsk-400-Yukos - 15; 2. Norilsk Nickel - 14 (34.5); 3. Max Ven - 14 (34); 4. Ladya - 11 (30.5); 5. Politehnik - 11 (30); 6. Termosteps - 11 (29); 7. St.Petersburg - 5; 8. Debut-FESTU - 5; 9. Lada - 4; 10. SibAfiny-Neftehim - 0.
Major League, Men. Rounds 1-9 Results

Players Results. Major League, Men

1 League. Final Standings. Men
1. Ekonomist (Saratov) - 17; 2. TPS (Saransk) - 14; 3. Uniline (Samara) - 14; etc.

Final Standings. Women
1. FINEK (St.Petersburg) - 16; 2. Ladya (Kazan) - 12; 3. Chigorin Club (St.Petersburg) - 10; etc.

Games (270, zipped pgn)

Site: http://www.russiachess.ru/

Bundesliga 2003-2004
The 14th - 15th rounds of the Bundesliga 2003-2004 took place in Germany in April.
Final standings
1. SG Porz 14 80,5 26:2
2. SC Baden-Oos 14 78,5 26:2
3. TV Tegernsee 14 67,0 21:7
4. SV Werder Bremen 14 63,0 20:8
5. Hamburger SK 14 67,5 19:9
6. Bremer SG 14 62,5 18:10
7. SG Solingen 14 61,5 15:13
8. SC Kreuzberg 14 58,5 15:13
9. SV Wattenscheid 14 57,0 12:16
10. SF Neukölln 14 52,0 10:18
10. SF Katernberg 14 52,0 10:18
12. SCA St. Ingbert 14 41,0 7:21
13. SV Hofheim 14 40,0 6:22
14. SK König Plauen 14 31,0 5:23
15. Stuttgarter SF 14 28,0 0:28
Games (112, zipped pgn)
Site: http://www.schachbundesliga.de/

The Decameron Open 2004 took place in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) April 23rd-30th.
1. Nakamura, Hikaru - 8 from 10; 2-3. Ehlvest, Jaan; Luther, Thomas - 7.5; etc.
Site: http://decameronopen.com/

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