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12th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International
27 Sept - 5 Oct 2003
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ENGLISH BLUES
A tough round for the English players. The brothers Pert and John Emms all lost, leaving Wells, Williams, Davies and Hebden best placed to score a home win. Given that the Isle of Man is not synonymous with England, and we are talking about the British Isles, I should add genial Scottish grandmaster Paul Motwani to that list. But there are seven grandmasters ahead of them: Korneev, Iordachescu, Fridman, Kuzmin, Agdestein, Kogan, Sulskis all have 4/5.
Top board Barsov-Korneev ended in only ten moves but there was a bit more competitive spirit on board two where Lputian tried hard to beat Zatonskih. The former Ukrainian, now US, woman grandmaster had to show her best defensive abilities to withstand a lot of positional pressure but she proved to be up to the task.
The last game to finish was Jonkman-D.Porat in which the untitled 17-year-old from Israel overturned the form book and overcame the Dutch grandmaster. It ended at 8.28pm at which time the arbiters breathed a sigh of relief and went off to have dinner. I am afraid that two of the game scores completely defeated the keyer-in - all four score sheets were illegible after move 30.
Round 5 - 1 October 2003
Bd WHITE Result BLACK 1 BARSOV,Alexei 2526 (3) 1/2 KORNEEV,Oleg 2561 (3½) 16 11 2 LPUTIAN,Smbat G 2623 (3) 1/2 ZATONSKIH,Anna 2423 (3) 2 29 3 PERT,Nicholas 2483 (3) 0-1 IORDACHESCU,Vior 2606 (3) 22 3 4 KOTRONIAS,Vasili 2602 (3) 1/2 SANDIPAN,Chanda 2469 (3) 4 27 5 DEL RIO ANGELIS, 2479 (3) 0-1 SULSKIS,Sarunas 2593 (3) 25 5 6 FRIDMAN,Daniel 2592 (3) 1-0 PERT,Richard 2380 (3) 6 38 7 EMMS,John 2520 (3) 0-1 KUZMIN,Alexey 2583 (3) 19 7 8 AGDESTEIN,Simen 2571 (3) 1-0 KISELEVA,Natalia 2322 (3) 10 48 9 WELLS,Peter K 2481 (3) 1/2 PSAKHIS,Lev 2550 (3) 24 13 10 HANDKE,Florian 2476 (3) 0-1 KOGAN,Artur 2534 (3) 26 15 11 WILLIAMS,Simon K 2381 (3) 1/2 MOTWANI,Paul 2525 (3) 37 17 12 MORENO CARNERO,J 2512 (2½) 1/2 DAVIES,Nigel R 2482 (3) 21 23 13 GRUNBERG,Mihai 2406 (2½) 1/2 EPISHIN,Vladimir 2642 (2½) 34 1 14 MAZE,Sebastien 2412 (2½) 0-1 LUTHER,Thomas 2574 (2½) 32 9 15 HALKIAS,Stelios 2560 (2½) 1-0 BAE,Torstein 2366 (2½) 12 39 16 HEBDEN,Mark 2544 (2½) 1-0 VALAKER,Ole J 2207 (2½) 14 62 17 MIKHALEVSKI,Vict 2523 (2½) 1-0 MENACHER,Manfred 2327 (2½) 18 46 18 GABRIELSEN,Trond 2228 (2½) 0-1 VAN DER WEIDE,Ka 2412 (2½) 56 31 19 AL-MODIAKHI,Moha 2574 (2) 1-0 BJARNASON,Oskar 2261 (2) 8 52 20 ARKELL,Keith C 2513 (2) 1-0 HUTCHINSON,Paul 2255 (2) 20 53 21 JONKMAN,Harmen 2424 (2) 0-1 PORAT,David 2235 (2) 28 96 22 LANE,Gary W 2412 (2) 1-0 ASHTON,Adam G 2234 (2) 30 55 23 RADOVANOVIC,Jovi 2239 (2) 0-1 PRASAD,Devaki V 2407 (2) 54 33 24 SPENCE,David 2187 (2) 0-1 HUNT,Harriet 2402 (2) 63 35 25 CIOARA,Andrei N 2394 (2) 1-0 GORDON,Stephen J 2216 (2) 36 58 26 SHAW,David A 2183 (2) 0-1 AAGAARD,Jacob 2360 (2) 64 40 27 EGELAND,Marte 1990 (2) 0-1 MANNION,Steven R 2339 (2) 83 42 28 COOPER,Lawrence 2335 (2) 1-0 BRAUNLICH,Tom 2135 (2) 43 68 29 DANNEVIG,Oystein 2331 (2) 1-0 PORAT,Ido 2147 (2) 44 97 30 MOLANDER,Riku 2324 (2) 1-0 STUBBERUD,Ornulf 1965 (2) 47 84 31 HORTON,E Justin 2120 (2) 0-1 RYAN,Joe 2291 (2) 70 49 32 GRANT,Alan 2270 (2) 1-0 MCPHILLIPS,Karl 1918 (2) 51 85 33 WALTON,Alan J 2158 (1½) 1/2 DEVEREAUX,Maxim 2329 (1½) 65 45 34 THOMPSON,Ian D 2290 (1½) - ADAMS,Phil 2115 (1½) 50 71 35 ALLEN,Keith 2224 (1½) 1-0 FAIRBAIRN,Stephe 2096 (1½) 57 73 36 HUGHES,Howard 2215 (1½) 1/2 LUTTON,E Josiah 2031 (1½) 59 79 37 KOVACHEV,Daniel 2066 (1½) 1/2 TIMMERMANS,Ivo 2213 (1½) 77 60 38 YOUNG,Mel 2005 (1½) 0-1 BENTLEY,John L 2211 (1½) 82 61 39 FOSSUM,Oystein B 2090 (1) 1-0 DALY,Colm 2355 (1) 74 41 40 MAY,Frank 2153 (1) 1-0 SPANTON,Tim 2021 (1) 66 81 41 GRUETTNER,Ralf 2073 (1) 1-0 VAN KEMENADE,Rud 2140 (1) 75 67 42 SHEPHERD,Mike 2037 (1) 1/2 COATHUP,Roger 2134 (1) 78 69 43 GOODGER,Martyn 2114 (1) 1-0 LOUGHRAN,John 1830 (1) 72 94 44 MOES,Waldemar 2027 (½) 1-0 TAGNON,Nicole 2071 (1) 80 76 45 DE LANGE,Hans JG 1741 (½) 0-1 MURTAGH,Dermot 1798 (½) 87 95 46 BREKKE,Jorunn 1527 (½) 1/2 ORMSBY,Alan 1792 (½) 90 86