The Team Internet Tournament
Tigran Petrosian Memorial
took place December 18th-23rd with games starting at 12:00 noon in Paris,
14:00 in St. Petersburg, 15:00 in Yerevan and 19:00 in Beijing.
Four boards faced off each day, as in the Olympiad, with each
opponent facing his corresponding board representative. Each
country faced each of the other three countries two times
for a total of six rounds. Fischer time control was used
(1 hour 30 minutes plus 15 minutes added at move 40; 30 second
increments are added after every move).
The overall prize fund - $55,000 with the following breakdown:
1st place $20,000, 2nd place $15,000, 3rd place $12,000,
4th place $8,000. The games will not be counted toward players'
official ratings.
Teams: Armenia, China, France and Russia.
Players: Armenia (av. ELO: 2626) Aronian 2675, Lputian 2634,
Sargissian 2611, Art. Minasian 2581,
Russia (av. ELO: 2688) Svidler 2735, Dreev 2698, Khalifman 2669,
Zvjaginsev 2650, France (av. ELO:2627) Lautier 2682, Fressinet 2640,
Bauer 2622, Nataf 2565, China (av. ELO: 2590) Xiangzhi 2615, Hua 2611,
Zhong 2596 GM Yue 2536.
18th December at 13:00 in Saint-Petersburg took place the ceremony of opening
of the tournament and the press-conference with participation of organizers:
Vice-governor of St.-Petersburg S.B. Tarasov, Chairman
of St.-Petersburg Sport Committee V.I. Shitarev, President of
St.-Petersburg Chess Federation A.J. Ustaev, Vice-president
of Russian Chess Federation S.G. Serdjukov.
/News/2004/Petrosian.doc">
Press-release
of Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation.
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Round 1
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Armenia - Russia
2:2
Aronian - Svidler ½ Dreev - Lputian ½ Sargissian - Khalifman 1-0 Minasian - Zviaginsev 0-1 |
China - France
2:2
Bu Xiangzhi - Lautier ½ Fressinet - Ni Hua ½ Zhang Zhong - Bauer 1-0 Nataf - Wang Yue 1-0 |
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Round 2:
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China - Russia
2:2
Bu Xiangzhi - Svidler ½ Dreev - Ni Hua ½ Zhang-Zhong - Khalifman ½ Zvjaginsev - Wang Yue ½ |
France - Armenia
3:1
Lautier - Aronian ½ Lputian - Fressinet 0-1 Bauer - Sargissian 1-0 Minasian - Nataf ½ |
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Round 3:
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Russia - France
3:1
Svidler - Lautier 1-0 Fressinet - Dreev ½ Khalifman - Bauer 1-0 Nataf - Zvjaginsev ½ |
Armenia - China
0.5:3.5
Aronian - Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 Ni Hua - Lputian 1-0 Sargissian - Zhang Zhong ½ Wang Yue - Minasian 1-0 |
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Round 4:
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Russia - Armenia
2.5:1.5
Svidler - Aronian ½ Lputian - Dreev 0-1 Khalifman - Sargissian ½ Minasian - Zvjaginsev ½ |
France - China
2:2
Lautier - Bu Xiangzhi ½ Ni Hua - Fressinet ½ Bauer - Zhang Zhong ½ Wang Yue - Nataf ½ |
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Round 5:
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France - Russia
2.5:1.5
Lautier - Svidler 1-0 Dreev - Fressinet 1-0 Bauer - Khalifman 1-0 Zvjaginsev - Nataf ½ |
China -Armenia
2.5:1.5
Bu Xiangzhi - Aronian ½ Lputian - Ni Hua 0-1 Zhang Zhong - Sargissian 0-1 Minasian - Wang Yue 0-1 |
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Round 6:
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Russia - China
2:2
Svidler - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 Ni Hua - Dreev ½ Khalifman - Zhang Zhong ½ Wang Yue - Zvjaginsev 1-0 |
Armenia - France
1.5:2.5
Aronian - Lautier ½ Fressinet - Lputian 1-0 Sargissian - Bauer 0-1 Nataf - Minasian 0-1 |