2004

January

Bermuda. At the GM Tournament in the Fourways Inn, Giovanni Vescovi won with 7/10. Boris Gelfand finished at the second place with 6.5/10.

Brazil. The Copa Itaú in São Paulo was won by Gilberto Milos with 7.5/9 points.

Croatia. Robert Zelcic won the 10th Open Bosnjaci with 6/9.

England. At the Hastings Premier, Jonathan Rowson won with 6/9 ahead of Vasilios Kotronias.

Zahar Efimenko won the Hastings Challengers with 7.5/9 points.

Germany. Dimitrij Bunzmann won the Testa GM Tournament in Griesheim with 6.5/9.

India. The Commonwealth Chess Championships in Mumbai was won by Pavel Smirnov with 7.5/9 ahead of Nigel Short.

Italy. Igor Miladinovic won the 46th Reggio Emilia International Chess Tournament with 7/9. Dimitri Komarov finished at the second place with 6/9.

Spain. The XXIX Seville Open was won by Kevin Spraggett with 7.5/9 points.

Sweden. At the Rilton Cup in Stockholm, Nick De Firmian won with 7/9.

The Netherlands. The Corus A Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee was won by Viswanathan Anand with 8.5/13. Peter Leko finished at the second place with 8/13 points. The Group B was won by Lazaro Bruzon with 9/13. Lenier Dominguez finished at the second place with 8.5/13. Magnus Carlsen won the Corus C with 10.5/13 points.

Ukraine. At the Kiev Championships, Vadim Malakhatko won with 8.5/11.

Wales. Mark Hebden won the Welsh International in Newport with 7.5/9.

 

February

Croatia. Miso Cebalo won the 11th Metalis Open in Bizovac with 6/9. Mladen Palac finished at the second place with 5.5/9 points.

Czech Republic. At the Championships of the Czech Republic in Karlovy Vary, David Navara won with 8/11. Jiri Stocek finished at the second place with 6.5/11.

Denmark. At the AS04 Centenary 2004 Open International Swiss Tournament in Copenhagen, Jonny Hector won with 7.5/9.

England. The GibTelecom Chess Festival in Gibraltar was won by Nigel Short with 8/10 points.

France. The 2nd Breizh Masters in Guingamp was won by Vladimir Baklan with 7.5/10. Andrei Istratescu finished at the second place with 5.5/10.

At the 8th Agneaux-St-Lô Open in Saint Lo, Boris Chatalbashev shared the first place with Sergey Fedorchuk and Catalin Navroteschu. All of them scored 6/9 points.

Germany. Alexander Graf won the 75th German Championships in Höckendorf with 7.5/9. Jan Gustafsson finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

The 2nd Fraenkische Grossmeistertage Tournament in the Hotel Pulvermuehle near Bayreuth was won by Jan Gustafsson with 7/10.

India. At the 1st International Open Chess Tournament in Chennai, Tahir Vakhidov won with 10/13 points.

Italy. The 12th Valle d’Aosta Open in St-Vincent was won by Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu with 7.5/9. Mikhail Gurevich finished at the second place with 7/9.

Jersey. Tiger Hillarp Persson won the Jersey Open with 6.5/7.

Russia. At the 3rd Aeroflot Festival in Moscow, Sergei Rublevsky won with 7/9 ahead of Rafael Vaganian.

Serbia and Montenegro. The 5th Open International Chess Championship of Montenegro “Sozina 2004” was won by Bozidar Ivanovic with 7/9 points ahead of Branko Damljanovic and Vadim Malakhatko.

Slovenia. Zdenko Kozul won the 9th HIT Open in Nova Gorica with 7/9.

Spain. At the X. Villa de Coria del Rio Open, Oleg Korneev won with 7/9 ahead of Ivan Cheparinov and Carlos Matamoros Franco.

 

March

Azerbaijan. The Tigran Petrosian Memorial Tournament in Stepanakert, Karabakh was won by Karen Asrian with 6/9. Bartlomiej Macieja finished at the second place with 5.5/9. Gabriel Sargissian finished at the third place with 5/9 points.

Brazil. Darcy Lima won the Brazilian Chess Championships in the city of Miguel Pereira with 7/9.

France. The 20th Open Cappelle la Grande was won by Evgeniy Najer with 7/9 ahead of 5 other players.

Hungary. Zoltan Varga won the Miskolc the biggest city in Northern Hungary hosted a Category XII GM tournament Tha Miskolc 2004 “Talent and Courage” GM Tournament with 6/9 points.

India. The 2nd Parsvnath in New Delhi was won by Saidali Iuldachev with 9/11 on tiebreak ahead of Pavel Kotsur and Surya Shekhar Ganguly.

Island. At the 21st Reykjavik Open, Alexey Dreev shared the first place with Vladimir Epishin, Emil Sutovsky, Jan Timman, Levon Aronian and  Igor Alexandre Nataf. They gained 6.5/9 points.

Russia. The 5th Karpov Tournament in Poikovsky was won by Alexander Grischuk with 6/9 on tiebreak ahead of Sergei Rublevsky. Viktor Bologan finished at the third place with 5.5/9.

At the 2nd Open Championships of South Federation district of Russia in Maikop, Vitaly Tseshkovsky won with 7/9.

Serbia and Montenegro. At the 1st Indjija Chess Tournament near Novi Sad, Zlatko Ilincic won with 8/11 points. 

Spain. Vladimir Kramnik won the XXI. SuperGM in Linares with 7/12. Peter Leko finished at the second place with 6.5/12 ahead of Garry Kasparov.

 

April

Argentina. The 3rd Pinamar International in Argentina was won by Johan Hellsten with 8.5/11.

Chile. At the Copa ENTEL 2004 in Santiago, Julio Granda Zuniga won with 9.5/11. Rafael Leitao finished at the second place with 8/11 points.

Dominican Republic. The Decameron Open in Santo Domingo was won by Hikaru Nakamura with 8/10. Jaan Ehlvest finished at the second place with 7.5/10 on tiebreak ahead of Thomas Luther.

France. At the 7th St Quentin Open in Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Alexei Barsov won with 7.5/9.

Germany. Peng Zhaoqin won the European Women’s Championship in Dresden with 9.5/12 points.

At the 10th WDB Easter Open in Essen, Evgeny Shaposhnikov won with 8/9.

The Berlin Championship was won by Yakov Meister with 7/9.

Rustam Kasimdzhanov won the 8th Neckar-Open in Deizisau with 6.5/7 points.

Lebanon. The 1st Beirut International Open Chess Tournament was won by Tigran Petrosian with 8/9.

Monaco. At the 13th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament in the Monte Carlo Grand Hotel, Alexander Morozevich won with 8.5/11. Vladimir Kramnik finished at the second place with 8/11. Vassily Ivanchuk finished at the third place with 7/11. Viswanathan Anand won the rapid with 7.5/11. Evgeny Bareev finished at the second place with 7/11 points.

Norway. Mark Hebden won the Oslo Easter Chess Festival with 7.5/9.

Russia. The 77th Championship of St Petersburg was won by Valery Loginov with 7/10 on tiebreak Valerij Popov.

Spain. Vadim Milov won the IV. Dos Hermanas international Open Tournament with 8/9. Sergey Karjakin finished at the second place with 7/9 points.

U.A.E.: The 6th Dubai Open in Dubai Chess Club was won by Shakriyar Mamedyarov with 7/9. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu finished at the second place with 6.5/9 on tiebreak ahead of 11 other players.

U.S.A.: At the 6th Annual Foxwoods Open in Connecticut, Julio Becerra Rivero won with 7/9 on tiebreak ahead of Ildar Ibragimov, Alexander Goldin and Jaan Ehlvest.

 

May

Bangladesh. Nguyen Anh Dung won the 2nd Leonine GM in Dhaka with 8.5/11.

Bosnia and Herzegovina. The XXXIV. “Bosna 2004” Tournament in Sarajevo was won by Alexei Shirov with 7.5/9. Sergei Movsesian finished at the second place with 6/9 points.

Brazil. Gilberto Milos won the São Paulo Chess Club Open with 7.5/9.

Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Championship in Sofia was won by Ivan Cheparinov with 9.5/13 points.

Cuba. At the Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Lenier Dominguez won with 9/11. Lazaro Bruzon finished at the second place with 8.5/11. Neuris Delgado finished at the third place with 6.5/11.

France.  Hichem Hamdouchi won the Corsica Hotel Masters in Bastia with 8.5/9 points.

The 27th Syre Memorial in Issy Les Moulineaux was won by Murtas Kazhgaleyev with 5.5/6.

Hungary. At the Category XIII Tournament in Zalaegerszeg, Ferenc Berkes won with 6/9.

Konstantin Chernyshov won the First Saturday in Budapest with 8/10 points.

Poland. The Polish Men’s Championship in Warsaw was won by Bartlomiej Macieja with 9/13. Michal Krasenkow finished at the second place with 8.5/13 ahead of 2 other players.

Serbia and Montenegro. At the Karadjorje Tournament in Topola, Dimitrios Mastrovasilis won

with 8/11 on tiebreak Kiril Georgiev. Dusko Pavasovic finished at the third place with 7.5/11 points.

Slovenia. The 1st Kranj Open was won by Oleg Korneev with 7.5/9.

Sweden. Peter Heine Nielsen won the Sigeman Tournament in Malmo with 6/9 on tiebreak ahead of Curt Hansen. Magnus Carlsen finished at the third place with 5.5/9 points.

Turkey. The 5th European Individual Chess Championship in Antalya Kemer-Beldibi was won by Vassily Ivanchuk with 9/13.

U.S.A.: At the Santa Monica Invitational, Vitali Golod won with 6.5/9.

The Chicago Open was won by Jaan Ehlvest ahead of Alexander Shabalov. Both of them had 6/9 points. Alexander Goldin finished at the third place with 5.5/9 points. 

 

June

Brazil. Andres Rodriguez won the VI. Magistral Comunic in Sao Paulo with 8/9.

Croatia. The XVIII. Pula Open was won by Ognjen Cvitan with 7/9 points.

Cuba. Lazaro Bruzon won the XII. Torneo “Guillermo Garcia” in Memoriam in the Hotel Santa Clara Libre with 9/11.

Hungary. The II. György Marx Chess Memorial in Paks was won by Viktor Korchnoi with 7.5/10.

Ferenc Berkes finished at the second place with 6.5/10 points.

Luxembourg. Leonid Kritz shared the first place at the Echternach Open with Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Both of them had 8/9 points. Vladimir Chuchelov finished at the third place with 7.5/9. 

Russia.  The 8th International Chess Festival Voronezh was won by Evgeny Shaposhnikov with 6.5/9 points.

Thailand. At the 1st ASEAN Masters GM and IM Tournaments in Bangkok, Nguyen Anh Dung won with 8/10.

Ukraine. The IV. Alushta Summer Tournament was won by Rasul Ibrahimov with 10/13 ahead of Andrei Kovalev with the same score.

U.S.A: Vitali Golod won the 2004 Arthur Dake Memorial IM in McMinnville with 7.5/9 points.

At the 2004 CCA/ICC International in Stratton Mountain Vermont, Alexander Shabalov won with 7.5/10 ahead of Daniel Fridman with the same score. Jaan Ehlvest finished third place with 7/10.

Jaan Ehlvest won the National Open Tournament in Las Vegas with 5/6 ahead of 4 other players with the same score.

At the Category VIII International Tournament at St. John’s University in Manhattan, Leonid Yudasin won with 7/9 points.

 

July

Andorra. The XXII. Andorra International Open was won by Igor Khenkin with 7/9 ahead of 3 other players with the same score.

Brazil. At the XX. Franca Garcia Memorial in Osasco, Neuris Delgado won with 7/9.

Canada. Alexander Moiseenko won the Canadian Open Championship in Kapuskasing with 8/10.

The Quebec Open Championship in Montreal was won by Viktor Korchnoi with 7.5/9 points.

China. At the Tai Yuan GM Tournament in China, Nigel Short won with 6.5/9. Ni Hua finished at the second place with 5.5/9.

Denmark. The 19th North Sea Cup in Esbjerg was won by Nikola Sedlak with 7.5/9 points.

France. At the 3rd Open La Fere, Vadim Malakhatko took the first place ahead of Tigran Gharamian, Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo, Viesturs Meijers and Zsivko Bratanov. All of them gained 7.5/9.

The 7th Wines of Medoc Tournament in Naujacsur-Mer was won by Henrik Teske with 7/9 points.

Christian Bauer won the 11th Festival of Montpellier with 7/9 ahead of Hichem Hamdouchi with the same score.

The 3rd Condom Chess Open was won by Vadim Malakhatko with 7/9 points.

Germany. At the 17th Kiel Open, Vladimir Epishin won with 7.5/9.

Greece. Dmitry Svetushkin won the Ikaros Chess Festival with 8/9. Mircea Parligras finished at the second place with 7.5/9 points.

Hungary. At the First Saturday July Events in Budapest, Borki Predojevic with 8/11.

Italy. The 3rd Bergamo International Open was won by Vadim Malakhatko with 6/9.

Morocco. Sergey Fedorchuk won the 3rd Rabat International Open with 8/9 points.

Norway. The Norwegian Championship in Molde was won by Berge Ostenstad with 7/9.

Scotland. Jonathan Rowson won the 111th Chess Scotland Championship in Hamilton with 7.5/9.

Slovenia. The 15th Ljubljana Open was won by Mladen Palac with 7/9 points.

Sweden. Evgenij Agrest won the Swedish Championship in Gothenburg with 9.5/13.

Switzerland. The Biel Grandmaster Tournament was won by Alexander Morozevich with 7.5/10. Krishnan Sasikiran finished at the second place with 6/10 points.

Thailand. Dao Thien Hai won the 2nd Asean GM in Bangkok with 7.5/10.

The Netherlands. At the Dutch Championships in Leeuwarden, Loek Van Wely won with 7.5/9. Ivan Sokolov finished at the second place with 7/9 points.

Vladimir Epishin won the 3rd Nova College Tournament in Haarlem with 5.5/6 ahead of Merab Gagunashvili and Ruud Janssen with the same score.

At the Amsterdam Chess Tournament, Friso Nijboer won with 7/9. Loek Van Wely took the second place ahead of 8 other players. All of them scored 6.5/9.

The Amsterdam Chess Tournament ACT was won by Friso Nijboer with 7/9. Loek Van Wely finished at the second place ahead of 8 other players. All of them scored 6.5/9 points.

U.S.A. Varuzhan Akobian won the 32nd World Open in Philadelphia with 7.5/9.

 

August

Austria. The Austrian Championship in Hartberg was won by Nikolaus Stanec with 7/9 points.

Belgium. At the 3rd Pays de Charleroi International, Sergey Fedorchuk won with 7.5/9. Dimitri Komarov finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

Canada. The Montreal Internationals was won by Zahar Efimenko with 7.5/11. Igor-Alexandre Nataf finished at the second place with 7/11.

Alexander Moiseenko won the 3rd Annual Guelph Pro-Am International with 7.5/9 points.

Czech Republic. At the 7th Olomouc Chess Summer, Vlastimil Babula won with 8/11.

France. The French Championships in Val d’Isere was won by Joel Lautier with 8.5/11. Laurent Fressinet finished at the second place with 6.5/11 points.

Denmark. At the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen, Darmen Sadvakasov won with 8/10 ahead of Leif Erlend Johannessen and Nick De Firmian with the same score.

Germany. Alexander Grischuk won the Chess Classic Mainz with 9.5/11. Rafael Vaganian shared the second place with 6 other players. All of them had 9/11.

Hungary. At the Hungarian Championships in Budapest, Ferenc Berkes won with 6/9. Zoltan Gyimesi finished at the second place with 5.5/9.

Italy. The 24th International Chess Festival “Conca della Presolana” in Bratto was won by Igor Miladinovic with 7.5/9.

At the XVI. Open Porto San Giorgio, Friso Nijboer won with 7.5/9 points.

Latvia. Kaido Kulaots won the Liepâjas Rokâde with 9/13 ahead of Daniel Fridman with the same score.

The 2nd International chess tournament „Riga 2004” was won by Edvins Kengis with 7.5/9.

Malaysia. Ni Hua won the 1st Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Chess Championship in Kuala Lumpur with 8.5/11. Ian Rogers finished at the second place with 8/11 points.

Russia. The Vladimir Open was won by Farrukh Amonatov with 7.5/9. Alexei Kornev finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

The Netherlands. At the Open Dutch Championship in Dieren, Sergei Tiviakov won with 7.5/9.

Krishnan Sasikiran won the 8th Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen with 7.5/9 ahead of Sergei Tiviakov and Daniel Stellwagen with the same score.

U.A.E. The Arab Championships in Dubai was won by Hichem Hamdouchi with 7/9.

At the 14th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival, Dmitry Bocharov won with 7/9. Mikhail Kobalia finished at the second place with 6.5/9.

 

September

Armenia. At the Armenian Men’s Championship in Yerevan, Artashes Minasian won with 10.5/14. Karen Asrian finished at the second place with 9.5/14 points.

Canada. Kevin Spraggett won the Abe Yanofsky Memorial in Winnipeg with 5.5/6.

Greece. At the 1st International Open Kalamaria in Thessaloniki, Vladimir Belov won with 8.5/10. Dimitrios Mastrovasilis finished at the second place with 8/10 points.

India. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won the Pune GM with 6/9 ahead of Rustam Kasimdzhanov with the same score.

Iran. At the 2nd Saipa Cup in Tehran, Valeriy Neverov won with 8/11. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami finished at the second place with 7/11.

Israel. Sergey Erenburg won the Israeli Championship in the Sissy and Sol Mark Chess Center in Ramat Aviv with 6.5/9 points.

Italy. The 2nd Chiuso GM in Rome was won by Andrei Shchekachev with 8/9. Igor Miladinovic finished at the second place with 7/9.

Spain. At the VI International Chess Open de Sants, Hostafrancs & La Bordeta in Barcelona, Zhang Pengxiang won with 8.5/10.

 

October

Brazil. The 8th Itáu Cup in São Paulo Chess Club was won by Gilberto Milos with 8/9 points.

France. At the 4th Rohde Open in Sautron, Sergey Fedorchuk won with 7.5/9.

The 19th Le Touquet International Open was won by Oleg Korneev with 7/9.

Isle of Man. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami shared the first place at the Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Masters with Petr Kiriakov. Both of them had 7/9 points.

Slovakia. At the Tatry-Open in Tatranské Zruby, Jiri Stocek won with 8/9.

Switzerland. Vladimir Kramnik defended his World Champion title against Peter Leko after his last round win, after the final result was 7-7.

The Netherlands. At the Essent tournament in Hoogeveen, Ivan Sokolov won with 4.5/6. Nigel Short finished at the second place with 3/6. Mikhail Gurevich won with 7/9 points.

 

November

Armenia. The Petrosian Memorial in Yerevan was won by Pavel Smirnov with 7.5/9. Vassily Ivanchuk finished at the second place with 7/9.

Croatia. Mladen Palac won the Croatian Championships in Zagreb with 8/11 points.

France. At the Corsica Masters in Bastia, Anand Viswanathan won the title, after defeating Sergei Rublevsky in the final.

Germany. Igor Kurnosov won the 8th International Open Bayerische Schach Meisterschaft in Bad Wiessee with 7.5/9.

Greece. The Acropolis International Tournament GM section was won by Athanasios Mastrovasilis with 6/9. Bartosz Socko won the Acropolis International Tournament IM section with 7/9 points.

Italy. At the Autunno Scacchistico Veneziano, Igor Miladinovic won with 5/6.

Russia. Garry Kasparov won the Russian Championship in Moscow with 7.5/10. Alexander Grischuk finished at the second place with 6/10 points.

U.S.A. At the 35th National Chess Congress in Philadelphia, Jaan Ehlvest shared the first place with Leonid Yudasin. Both of them had 5/6 points.

 

December

Brazil. Giovanni Portilho Vescovi won the Sao Paolo Christmas Open with 6.5/7.

Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 3rd Ilijas Subasic Memorial in Zenica was won by Suat Atalik with 7.5/9.

Croatia. Oleg Romanishin won the XII. Salona GM Tournament with 6/9 point.

France. The 4th NAO Chess Club GM in Paris was won by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave with 6/9 ahead of Alberto David with the same score.

Andrei Sokolov won the 25th International Open, venue Olof Palme, Commercial centre La Rotonde, Bethune with 6/7 ahead of 3 other players. All of them scored the same.

At the XX. Nice International Chess Open, Vladimir Epishin won with 6/7.

Greece. At the Greek Championships in Athens, Ioannis Nikolaidis won with 6/9 point.

India. The World Junior Championships in Cochin was won by Pentala Harikrishna with 10/13.

Israel. At the 2nd Ashdod Chess Festival, Ilia Smirin won with 3/5 ahead of Boris Avrukh and Eduardas Rozentalis with the same score.

Lebanon. Ehsan Ghaem Maghami won the Zone 3.1 Individual Championship for Men & Women 2004 in Beirut with 7.5/9 point.

Russia. The Voronezh Regional Championship was won by Vladimir Belikov with 8.5/11.

At the Stek Cup in Tula, Vladimir Afromeev won with 9.5/11.

Spain. At the 9th Torneo Magistral de Elgoibar, Ivan Cheparinov won with 7/9. Ruben Felgaer finished at the second place with 6.5/9 point.

The Pamplona, Navarra Tournament was won by Boris Gelfand with 5.5/7. Sergey Karjakin finished at the second place with 4.5/7.

The Netherlands. The Harmonie Chess Tournament in Groningen was won by Friso Nijboer with 6/9 point.

U.S.A. Hikaru Nakamura won the 2005 Chessmaster US Championships in San Diego, California with 7/9.

At the 2004 Edward Lasker Memorial and 88th Annual Marshall Chess Club Championship in New York, Jaan Ehlvest won with 7/9 point.

Igor Novikov won the University of Texas at Dallas hosted a Category X. Tournament with 6.5/9.