All-star chess festival in Benidorm
27.11.2003 Benidorm is a town located in the Spanish region of Alicante on the Costa Blanca. It became famous in 1953 when the mayor convinced General Franco to lift a ban on bikinis. Today a rapid chess tournament starts in Benidorm with Anand, Judit Polgar, Topalov, Karpov, Radjabov, Karjakin, and other stars. More...
The International Chess Festival is being held at the Bali Hotel in Benidorm
(Spain). Here stars and amateurs participate side by side in rapid chess events.
The All-Stars section runs from November 27 to 29 and has the following list
of participants:
1. Hillarp Persson, Tiger SWE 2512
2. Romero Holmes, Alfonso ESP 2544
3. Graf, Alexander GER 2646
4. Topalov, Veselin BUL 2735
5. Anand, Viswanathan IND 2766
6. Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2650
7. Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2693
8. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab GEO 2693
9. Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2662
10. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyaz AZE 2595
11. Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2562
12. Polgar, Judit HUN 2722
Factoid: In 1953 the tiny fishing village of Benidorm was
unheard of in the rest of Europe. That's when local mayor Senor Pedro Zaragoza
got on his Vespa scooter and drove eight hours to Madrid to see the dictator
General Franco. His mission: to persuade Franco to lift the ban on bikinis.
Franco agreed and the mayor went home to start building one of the most successful
tourist resorts the world has ever seen!
Pairings
Ronda 1 Jueves 27.11.2003
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Hillarp - Polgar
Romero - Karjakin
Graf - Mamedyarov
Topalov - Vallejo
Anand - Azmaiparash
Radjabov - Karpov
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Ronda 2 Jueves 27.11.2003
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Polgar - Karpov
Azmaiparash - Radjabov
Vallejo - Anand
Mamedyarov - Topalov
Karjakin - Graf
Hillarp - Romero
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Ronda 3 Jueves 27.11.2003
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Romero - Polgar
Graf - Hillarp
Topalov - Karjakin
Anand - Mamedyarov
Radjabov - Vallejo
Karpov - Azmaiparash
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Ronda 4 Jueves 27.11.2003
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Polgar - Azmaiparash
Vallejo - Karpov
Mamedyarov - Radjabov
Karjakin - Anand
Hillarp - Topalov
Romero - Graf
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Ronda 5 Viernes 28.11.2003
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Graf - Polgar
Topalov - Romero
Anand - Hillarp
Radjabov - Karjakin
Karpov - Mamedyarov
Azmaiparash - Vallejo
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Ronda 6 Viernes 28.11.2003
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Polgar - Vallejo
Mamedyarov - Azmaiparash
Karjakin - Karpov
Hillarp - Radjabov
Romero - Anand
Graf - Topalov
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Ronda 7 Viernes 28.11.2003
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Topalov - Polgar
Anand - Graf
Radjabov - Romero
Karpov - Hillarp
Azmaiparash - Karjakin
Vallejo - Mamedyarov
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Ronda 8 Viernes 28.11.2003
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Polgar - Mamedyarov
Karjakin - Vallejo
Hillarp - Azmaiparash
Romero - Karpov
Graf - Radjabov
Topalov - Anand
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Ronda 9 Sábado 29.11.2003
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Anand - Polgar
Radjabov - Topalov
Karpov - Graf
Azmaiparash - Romero
Vallejo - Hillarp
Mamedyarov - Karjakin
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Ronda 10 Sábado 29.11.2003
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Polgar - Karjakin
Hillarp - Mamedyarov
Romero - Vallejo
Graf - Azmaiparash
Topalov - Karpov
Anand - Radjabov
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Ronda 11 Sábado 29.11.2003
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Radjabov - Polgar
Karpov - Anand
Azmaiparash - Topalov
Vallejo - Graf
Mamedyarov - Romero
Karjakin - Hillarp
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