Peter Heine Nielsen wins the
Second European Internet Championship 2004
The Second European Internet Championship was played from October 25 to November
7, 2004 on the Playchess.com server.
The tournament was divided into four preliminaries, one candidates tournament
and one final. Only players who can start for a national European chess federation
had the right to participate. The winners qualified for the candidates tournament,
where they were joined by grandmasters, 2500+ rated players, reigning World
or European Champions, players nominated for an European team in the Chess
Olympiad 2004 and players nominated by the European national federations (one
per federation). In the final the 16 best players of the qualifier met 16 players
nominated by the ECU and ChessBase GmbH. This final had a prize fund of €
6,000.00.
The official 2nd European Internet Championship invitation brochure
The tournament was won by Danish GM Peter Heine Nielsen, who managed to eliminate
Kharlov, Short and Gelfand to play England's Michael Adams in the finals. The
latter had overcome Bolgan, Jakovenko and Psakhis.
The winner Peter Heine Nielsen of Denmark. The subtitle of his t-shirt
reads: "Federal witness protection program"
Nielsen won the final and took the €2,400 first prize. Adams got €1,200,
the semifinalists Gelfand and Psakhis €600 each and the quarterfinalists
Jakovenko, Azarov, Turov and Short received €300 each for their efforts.
Here are the results of the final phase of the tournament:
| 1/8 Final |
| Adams vs Bologan |
2.5-0.5
|
| Petrosjan vs Jakovenko |
0.5-2.5
|
| Sutovsky vs Azarov |
0.5-2.5
|
| Dreev vs Psakhis |
2.0-3.0
|
| Bryzgalin vs Turov |
2.5-2.5
|
| Gelfand vs Kobalia |
2.5-0.5
|
| Short vs Bacrot |
3.0-1.0
|
| Kharlov vs Heine-Nielsen |
0.5-2.5
|
| Quarter Final |
| Adams vs Jakovenko |
2.5-0.5
|
| Azarov vs Psakhis |
0.5-2.5
|
| Gelfand vs Turov |
3.0-0.0
|
| Short vs Heine-Nielsen |
1.0-3.0
|
| Semi Final |
| Adams vs Psakhis |
3.0-1.0
|
| Gelfand vs Heine-Nielsen |
2.0-3.0
|
| Final |
| Adams vs Heine-Nielsen |
0.5-2.5
|
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