X Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas"

After a week-long series of qualifiers followed by an exciting 32-player final, ICC has a new Dos Hermanas champion! He's 20-year-old Ukraine GM Dmitry Kononenko (Dako), who dominated the final by beating GM Zaven Andriasyan (ZavenGrozny), 3.5-1.5, to take the 2009 title and €2,000 first prize. En route to the title though, Kononenko fought off two formidable challenges. Firstly, in the quarter-finals, he beat top seed Hikaru Nakamura (CapilanoBridge), 2.5-1.5, before an epic semi-finals match-up with two-time winner Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (NECF-InSchools), which he edged out the defending champion by 5-4. Click here for brackets for Dos Hermanas 32-player finals, scores and game downloads.

Some useful links for the tournament can be found here.

Prize winners

Top finishers

1. Dako // Dmitry Kononenko (€2000)
2. ZavenGrozny // Zaven Andriasyan (€1300)
3. NECF-InSchools // Jorge Sammour-Hasbun (€700)
   
4. lodachnik // Anton Kovalyov (€700)

Best ICC Amateur member from all over the world (< 1800 ICC Blitz rating)

1. Zornorph - 63.5 pts // Lukas Arendarski (€250)
2. Godzilla - 52.0 pts // Ronaldo Joao Pozza (€150)

Best ICC FIDE Rated members from all over the world (No FIDE title)

1. MysteriousDeath - 91.0 pts // Lung Alicio de O. Pinheiro (€250)
2. fito // Juan Pablo Demaria - 90.0 pts (ARG) (€150)

Special prize to the best ICC Spanish amateur member (< 1800 ICC Blitz rating)

1. sebas26 - 35.0 pts // German Giovanni Sandoval Huertas (€200)
2. ionut32 - 30.0 pts // Leonard Buleandra (€100)

Best ICC Latin American Amateur member (< 1800 ICC Blitz rating)

1. gioachino - 55.0 pts // Guillermo Munoz Portugal (€200)
2. marcelinox - 49.0 pts // Marcelo Fernandez Aguero (€100)

Best ICC Amateur member who also is a "Peón de Rey" magazine subscriber (< 1800 ICC Blitz rating)

1. juaspas // Juan Pablo Chamorro Villoria (€200)
2. freddieo // Sindre Ims (€100)

Other special prizes given out by ICC

• 12 by raffle between all the participants who finish a qualifier, one per qualifier

OguzKaganAslan, Elpotro, blunderville, mala9, fiume, VampireRex, BlackHorse96, ChessRascal, Chupitroko, Alebau/darkwizard1, spacecadet, coatsb0.

• 12 for accumulated scores between all the participants

RENATEX, HorseTheWhite, olimpus (to donate), UvH (to donate), maupe, szmetan (to donate), Neurisdr (to donate), unkavalo, playwaycool, HuevosDeLeon, Legiao, Mastercito.

• 4 for the best Amateur in Spain and Latin America (< 1800 ICC Blitz rating)

chapitoreal41 // MEX // 37.0
osmanlin // VEN // 37.0
Rayconniff // MEX // 36.5
Juanetes // COL // 30.5

Other special prizes given out by the "Peón de Rey" magazine

• 5 best ICC Spanish Amateur members (< 1800 ICC Blitz rating)

metaxas - 24.5 pts // Gustavo Gaviria
Globetrekker - 22.5 pts // Jaydee Castillo Tenioso

• 5 best ICC Latin American Amateur members (< 1800 ICC Blitz rating)

CHESSISTA1 - 26.5 pts // Enrique Bravo
Vegueta - 25.5 pts // Ivan Dario Florez
Mormegil - 25.0 pts // Luciano Fier
Gazoon - 22.0 pts // Fernando Andre Rolfsen de Godoy
jorgeearroyo - 21.5 pts // Jorge Arroyo Felices

Raffle prize winners

32-player Knockout Finals

The winners of the 12 qualifiers plus the 20 best other finishers are seeded by FIDE rating in the knockout finals play Friday March 20 and Saturday March 21, starting at 3:00 p.m. EDT each day. Minimatches are best of 4 games except for the final of the last 2, where it is best of 6 games. Sudden Death if necessary.

Download the games of the 32-player Knockout Finals in PGN format (includes all games) or view the final games here.

IM Robert Hess (RLH2) qualified to play in the finals. Unfortunately, he is unable to take part and therefore had to retire from the tournament. This means GM Kirill Bryzgalin (DRUID1) is qualified based on being the 21st best non-winner.

List of Finalists

Winners of qualifiers

Best finishes by non-winners

Qualifiers

Qualifier-12 | Manager: kicksacan | Wednesday, March 18 | 20:00 EDT | 472 players

• Standings and Results for Q-12
• Download PGN for Q-12
• List of contenders for the KO final stage
• Raffle Prize Winner: coatsb0

Qualifier-11 | Manager: Lisebeth | Wednesday, March 18 | 15:00 EDT | 486 players

• Standings and Results for Q-11
• Download PGN for Q-11
• List of contenders for the KO final stage
• Raffle Prize Winner: spacecadet

Qualifier-10 | Manager: kicksacan | Tuesday, March 17 | 20:00 EDT | 391 players

• Standings and Results for Q-10
• Download PGN for Q-10
• List of contenders for the KO final stage
• Raffle Prize Winners: Alebau and darkwizard1

Qualifier-9 | Manager: Shen21 | Tuesday, March 17 | 15:00 EDT | 459 players

• Standings and Results for Q-9
• Download PGN for Q-9
• List of contenders for the KO final stage
• Raffle Prize Winner: Chupitroko

Qualifier-8 | Manager: Beats20Cents | Monday, March 16 | 20:00 EDT | 331 players

• Standings and Results for Q-8
• Download PGN for Q-8
• List of contenders for the KO final stage
• Raffle Prize Winner: Chessrascal

Qualifier-7 | Manager: Shen21 | Monday, March 16 | 15:00 EDT | 415 players

• Standings and Results for Q-7
• Download PGN for Q-7
• List of contenders for the KO final stage
• Raffle Prize Winner: BlackHorse96

Qualifier-6 | Manager: Beats20Cents | Sunday, March 15 | 20:00 EDT | 336 players

• Standings and Results for Q-6
• Download PGN for Q-6
• List of contenders for the KO final stage
• Raffle Prize Winner: VampireRex

Qualifier-5 | Manager: Kiebitz | Sunday, March 15 | 15:00 EDT | 485 players

• Standings and Results for Q-5
• Download PGN for Q-5
• List of contenders for the KO final stage
• Raffle Prize Winner: fiume

Qualifier-4 | Manager: Beats20Cents | Saturday, March 14 | 20:00 EDT | 329 players

• Standings and Results for Q-4
• Download PGN for Q-4
• List of contenders for the KO final stage
• Raffle Prize Winner: mala9

Qualifier-3 | Manager: Lisebeth | Saturday, March 14 | 15:00 EDT | 422 players

• Standings and Results for Q-3
• Download PGN for Q-3
• List of contenders for the KO final stage
• Raffle Prize Winner: blunderville

Qualifier-2 | Manager: kicksacan | Friday, March 13 | 20:00 EDT | 343 players

• Standings and Results for Q-2
• Download PGN for Q-2
• List of contenders for the KO final stage
• Raffle Prize Winner: Elpotro

Qualifier-1 | Manager: Kiebitz | Friday, March 13 | 15:00 EDT | 433 players

• Standings and Results for Q-1
• Download PGN for Q-1
• List of contenders for the KO final stage
• Raffle Prize Winner: OguzKaganAslan

Useful links:

• Free Registration
• Rules
• Prizes
• Schedule
• ICC help file
• List of registered players
• Withdraw
• Dos Hermanas official website in English
• Website oficial de Dos Hermanas en Español
• Dos Hermanas 2008