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12th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International
27 Sept - 5 Oct 2003
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Round 1 - 27 September 2003... Short Shrift
John Saunders reports: The sensation of round one was the Bobby Fischer-style withdrawal of top seed Nigel Short. Originally paired against Alexander Nosenko (2478m, UKR), his opponent didn't show up. This necessitated a re-pairing against another player whose opponent had not appeared - Oskar Bjarnarson (2261, Iceland). But Short was not prepared to be re-paired in this way, claiming that the FIDE regulations do not expressly allow re-pairing, preferring to take a full point default. However, a notice had been put up before the round clearly stating that re-pairings would be made in this way. It is a well-known and established procedure in swiss tournaments. Also, FIDE's tournament guidelines give arbiters a general freedom to set their own regulations as long as they are announced beforehand. There are also references to the subject of re-pairing in Stewart Reuben's Chess Organiser's Handbook. Short listened to these arguments but wasn't convinced. Rather than play the game as re-paired, he made his mind up to withdraw and was on his way to the airport within about two hours of the start. This was a great disappointment to all the chess fans who had looked forward to seeing Short in action, and also to the organisers who work so hard to make this such an excellent congress.
Most of the players in the tournament were unaware of these off-board discussions. But there was also sensation in the tournament hall as last year's winner Vladimir Epishin was downed by German GM Florian Handke, and no.3 seed Lputian lost to IM Chanda Sandipan of India. Elsewhere the higher rated players generally came out on top.
Monarch Assurance International Round 1 Bd WHITE Result BLACK PIN 2 HANDKE,Florian 2476 (0) 1-0 EPISHIN,Vladimir 2642 (0) 29 2 3 LPUTIAN,Smbat G 2623 (0) 0-1 SANDIPAN,Chanda 2469 (0) 3 30 4 JONKMAN,Harmen 2424 (0) 0-1 IORDACHESCU,Vior 2606 (0) 31 4 5 KOTRONIAS,Vasili 2602 (0) 1/2 ZATONSKIH,Anna 2423 (0) 5 32 6 LANE,Gary W 2412 (0) 0-1 SULSKIS,Sarunas 2593 (0) 33 6 7 FRIDMAN,Daniel 2592 (0) 1/2 VAN DER WEIDE,Ka 2412 (0) 7 34 8 MAZE,Sebastien 2412 (0) 1/2 KUZMIN,Alexey 2583 (0) 35 8 9 AL-MODIAHKI,Moha 2574 (0) 1-0 PRASAD,Devaki V 2407 (0) 9 36 10 GRUNBERG,Mihai 2406 (0) 0-1 LUTHER,Thomas 2574 (0) 37 10 11 AGDESTEIN,Simen 2571 (0) 1-0 HUNT,Harriet 2402 (0) 11 38 12 CIOARA,Andrei N 2394 (0) 0-1 KORNEEV,Oleg 2561 (0) 39 12 13 HALKIAS,Stelios 2560 (0) 1/2 WILLIAMS,Simon K 2381 (0) 13 40 14 PERT,Richard 2380 (0) 1/2 PSAKHIS,Lev 2550 (0) 41 14 15 HEBDEN,Mark 2544 (0) 1-0 AAGAARD,Jacob 2360 (0) 15 42 16 DALY,Colm 2355 (0) 0-1 KOGAN,Artur 2534 (0) 43 16 17 BARSOV,Alexei 2526 (0) 1-0 MANNION,Steven R 2339 (0) 17 44 18 COOPER,Lawrence 2335 (0) 1/2 MOTWANI,Paul 2525 (0) 45 18 19 MIKHALEVSKI,Vict 2523 (0) 1/2 DEVEREAUX,Maxim 2329 (0) 19 47 20 DANNEVIG,Oystein 2331 (0) 0-1 EMMS,John 2520 (0) 46 20 21 ARKELL,Keith C 2513 (0) 1-0 MENACHER,Manfred 2327 (0) 21 48 22 MOLANDER,Riku 2324 (0) 0-1 MORENO CARNERO,J 2512 (0) 49 22 23 PERT,Nicholas 2483 (0) 1-0 KISELEVA,Natalia 2322 (0) 23 50 24 THOMPSON,Ian D 2290 (0) 0-1 DAVIES,Nigel R 2482 (0) 52 24 25 WELLS,Peter K 2481 (0) 1-0 RYAN,Joe 2291 (0) 25 51 26 GRANT,Alan 2270 (0) 0-1 DEL RIO ANGELIS, 2479 (0) 53 26 27 Bye 0-1 BJARNASON,Oskar 2261 (0) BYE 54 28 FOSSUM,Oystein B 2090 (0) 1-0 HUTCHINSON,Paul 2255 (0) 78 55 29 RADOVANOVIC,Jovi 2239 (0) 0-1 POYAT,Dudi (0) 56 106 30 KOVACHEV,Daniel 2066 (0) 1/2 ASHTON,Adam G 2234 (0) 82 57 31 GABRIELSEN,Trond 2228 (0) 1-0 BENTLEY,John L 2211 (0) 58 67 32 SHEPHERD,Mike 2037 (0) 0-1 STUBBERUD,Omulf 1965 (0) 84 89 33 ALLEN,Keith 2224 (0) 1-0 LUTTON,E Josiah 2031 (0) 60 85 34 MOES,Waldemar 2027 (0) 0-1 GORDON,Stephen J 2216 (0) 86 61 35 HUGHES,Howard 2215 (0) 1-0 SPANTON,Tim 2021 (0) 62 87 36 YOUNG,Mel 2005 (0) 0-1 TIMMERMANS,Ivo 2213 (0) 88 63 38 MCPHILLIPS,Karl 1918 (0) 1/2 VALAKER,Ole J 2207 (0) 90 65 39 SPENCE,David 2187 (0) 0-1 POYAT,Ido (0) 66 107 41 SHAW,David A 2183 (0) 1-0 ORMSBY,Alan 1792 (0) 68 93 42 EGELAND,Marte 1990 (0) 0-1 WALTON,Alan J 2158 (0) 103 69 43 MAY,Frank 2153 (0) 1-0 DE LANGE,Hans JG 1721 (0) 70 95 44 AGDESTEIN,Emil 1668 (0) 0-1 VAN KEMENADE,Rud 2140 (0) 96 71 45 BRAUNLICH,Tom 2135 (0) 1-0 BRYN,Askild 1574 (0) 72 97 46 LOUGHRAN,John (0) 0-1 COATHUP,Roger 2134 (0) 104 73 47 HORTON,E Justin 2120 (0) 1-0 MURTAGH,Dermot (0) 74 105 48 BREKKE,Jorunn 1527 (0) 0-1 ADAMS,Phil 2115 (0) 100 75 49 GOODGER,Martyn 2114 (0) 1-0 REPPEN,Ellsiv 1374 (0) 76 101 50 BAE,Torstein 2366 (0) 1-0 FAIRBAIRN,Stephe 2096 (0) 102 77 51 GRUETTNER,Ralf 2073 (0) 1-0 HAGEN,Brede (0) 80 109 52 GUINEY,James (0) 0-1 TAGNON,Nicole 2071 (0) 108 81