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13th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International
25 Sept - 3 Oct 2004
Last updated: Monday, August 21, 2017 6:14 PM
The
Monarch Assurance PLC 13th International Chess Tournament is taking
place at the Ocean Castle and Imperial Hotels, Port Erin, Isle of Man,
from Saturday 25 September to Sunday 3 October 2004.
The tournament is dedicated to the memory of Richard Furness.
This is the official website for the tournament.
Confirmed Monarch Assurance Entries as at 20 September 2004
1 Vadim Milov GM 2683 Switzerland 2 Ilya Smirin GM 2671 Israel 3 Viorel Iordachescu GM 2633 Moldova 4 Sergey Volkov GM 2625 Russia 5 Vassilios Kotronias GM 2608 Cyprus 6 Zhang Zhong GM 2603 China 7 Evgeny Agrest GM 2602 Sweden 8 Hikaru Nakamura GM 2601 USA - aged 16 9 Vladimir Baklan GM 2595 Ukraine 10 Kaido Kulaots GM 2593 Estonia 11 Dusko Pavasovic GM 2592 Slovenia 12 Ian Rogers GM 2588 Australia 13 Viktor Korchnoi GM 2568 Switzerland - aged 73 14 Jonathan Rowson GM 2558 Scotland - 2004 British Champion 15 Petr Kiriakov GM 2555 Russia 16 Jon Speelman GM 2555 England 17 Ehsan Ghaem Maghami GM 2552 Iran 18 Joe Gallagher GM 2541 Switzerland 19 Murray Chandler GM 2531 England 20 Milos Pavlovic GM 2498 Serbia and Montenegro 21 Peter Wells GM 2494 England 22 Frank Holzke IM 2492 Germany 23 Stuart Conquest GM 2488 England 24 RB Ramesh GM 2484 India - 2002 British Champion 25 Jan Sprenger IM 2477 Germany 26 Florian Handke GM 2461 Germany 27 Roland Berzinsh IM 2455 Latvia 28 Almira Skripchenko IM/WGM 2453 France 29 Dmitry Schneider IM 2454 USA 30 Ketevan Arakhamia IM/WGM 2446 Georgia - 2004 British Women's Champion 31 Gediminas Sarakauskas IM 2442 Lithuania 32 Colin McNab GM 2417 Scotland 33 Li Ruofan WGM 2414 China 34 Florian Grafl IM 2411 Germany 35 Richard Pert IM 2407 England 36 Marcel Peek IM 2406 Netherlands 37 Bjarke Kristensen IM 2392 Norway 38 Jovanka Houska WGM 2375 England 39 Tea Bosboom-Lanchava WGM 2370 Netherlands 40 Alexander Armbruster FM 2351 Germany 41 David Howell IM elect 2334 England aged 13 42 Steve Mannion IM 2333 Scotland 43 Yochanan Afek IM 2325 Israel 44 Dietmar Kolbus 2303 Germany 45 Aarthie Ramaswamy WGM 2291 India 46 Bernard Bannink 2280 Netherlands 47 Andrew Bigg CM 2275 England 48 Thomas Rendle 2258 England aged 18 49 Paul Hutchinson 2255 England 50 Hans Groffen 2244 Netherlands 51 Alan Grant 2208 Scotland 52 Andrew P Smith FM 2205 Ireland 53 Andrew Dunn 2192 England 54 Richard Valenti 2174 France 55 Martyn Goodger 2136 England 56 Ezra Lutton 2134 England 57 Norman Hutchinson 2130 England 58 Christian Pimmingstorfer 2116 Germany 59 Arne Hagesaether 2101 Norway 60 Kenny Harman 2110 England 61 Henk Noordhoek 2095 Netherlands 62 Justin Horton 2091 England 63 Rudy van Kemenade 2090 England 64 Gert Werner 2085 Denmark 65 Jens Henrickson 2084 Denmark 66 Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell 2082 England 67 Helen Milligan WFM 2077 Scotland 68 Richard Cannon 2060 England 69 Thomas Pym 2059 England 70 Steve Fairbairn 2057 Canada 71 Carl Gorka 2056 England 72 David Bennion 2052 Wales 73 Richard Truman 2023 England 74 Richard Webster 2008 England 75 Tim Spanton 2004 England 76 Ian Marks 1910 Scotland 77 Dermot Murtagh 1889 Ireland 78 Anthony Fox u174 Ireland 79 John Nicholson u1834 Ireland 80 Chris Dossett u142 England 81 Jonathan Waugh u137 Isle Of Man 82 Clive Pemberton u132 England 83 James Guiney u118 England aged 15 u = not FIDE-rated. Number shown = BCF grade or national rating
TONY BRIDSON MEMORIAL U-2000 or U-175: Entries as at 20 September
1 Harvey Duckers 171 England 2 Chris Williams 171 England 3 Michael Kobylka 164 England 4 John Cooper 163 England 5 James Nicolson 156 England 6 Andrew Price 149 England 7 Neville Twitchell 142 England 8 Paul Kelly 140 England 8 Robert Lanzer 139 England 9 John McBride 135 England 10 Alan Robertson 79 IOM 11 Dominic Fisher u England
DENNIS HEMSLEY TOURNAMENT U-130 or Ungraded: Entries as at 20 September
1 Barry Sandercock 128 England Senior
2 Malcolm Roberts 127 England
3 Paul Costello 109 England Senior
4 Michael Cave 108 England
5 Sandra Blackburn 102 Wales female
6 David Fowler 99 England
6 Conrad Jowett 99 England Senior
8 Mike Ware 95 Isle of Man
9 Norman Ingram 75 England Senior
10 Paul Kent 71 England
11 Chris Elvin 70 England
12 Brian Keig 67 Isle of Man Senior
13 Jonathan Blackburn u Wales
14 George Cromar u Scotland
15 Graham Quayle u Isle of Man
16 Susan Hutchinson 5 England Female