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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

View of Port Erin, venue of the Monarch Assurance tournamentThe 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
      
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