| Corsica Masters (2004) |
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The 8th Corsica Masters was a knockout tournament played in Bastia, Corsica, France, 2-4 November 2004. The field consisted of 12 players from the Corsica Masters Qualification (2004) event (31 October at 4 pm, 15 min + 3 sec), which were matches (no. 1 vs no. 24, 2 vs 23, etc.) between the top 24 players of the 9-round Swiss Bastia Open (2004) (29-31 October, 50 min + 10 sec), and four invited players (Anand, Shirov, Topalov and Bacrot). The four rounds had two games each, plus tiebreak games if necessary. Time controls: 15 minutes for the whole game with 3 seconds added per move from move 1 (Rounds 1-3), and 20 minutes + 5 seconds for Round 4 (the final). If 1-1, then two Blitz games. Draws by mutual agreement were forbidden. The prize fund was 100,000 euros, with 20,000 euros to the winner. Chief organizer: Léo Battesti and the Corsica Chess Club. Viswanathan Anand beat Rublevsky 2-0 in the final and won the event for the 5th time in a row.
Eighthfinals (Nov 2) Quarterfinals (Nov 2) Semifinals (Nov 3) Final (Nov 4)
Anand ½1 -- 1½
Sulava ½0 -- ½
Anand 11 -- 2
Gurevich 00 -- 0
Gurevich 11 -- 2
Bauer 00 -- 0
Anand 11 -- 2
Bacrot 00 -- 0
Bacrot 11 -- 2
Balogh 00 -- 0
Bacrot ½1 -- 1½
Greenfeld ½0 -- ½
Greenfeld ?? -- 1½
Milov ?? -- ½
Anand 11 -- 2
Rublevsky 00 -- 0
Rublevsky 11 -- 2
Naiditsch 00 -- 0
Rublevsky 11 -- 2
Topalov 00 -- 0
Topalov 11 -- 2
Bagheri 00 -- 0
Rublevsky ½1 -- 1½
Motylev ½0 -- ½
Motylev ?? -- 1½
Yusupov ?? -- ½
Motylev 10 1½ 2½
Shirov 01 0½ 1½
Shirov 01 1½ 2½
Zhang 10 0½ 1½
Eight games from four matches of Round 1 were never published. The Bastia Open (2004) was won by Artur Yusupov on tiebreak ahead of Andrei Shchekachev, both with 21/27 (3-1-0 scoring). The All Saints' Day Blitz on 1 November was won by Evgeny Najer with a perfect score of 9/9. Many of the players had also participated in the Ajaccio Masters (2004) (25-27 October), a Rapid KO tournament won by Topalov, who beat Milov in the final. All tournaments part of the "Open International de Corse" or "Corsican Circuit" 2004.Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2004101...
Schedule: https://web.archive.org/web/2005030...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/vishy...
TWIC 1: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
TWIC 2: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
FFE: https://web.archive.org/web/2004122...
Bastia Open results: https://web.archive.org/web/2004120...
All Saints' Day Blitz results: https://web.archive.org/web/2004121... Previous: Corsica Masters (2003). Next: Corsica Masters (2005)
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| Nov-08-04 | | rndapology: What were the time controls? |
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| Nov-08-04 | | fgh: 25+10, if I'am not wrong. |
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| Nov-08-04 | | acirce: I think it was 15+3 for the most part, 20+5 in the two final games, and 5+5 in the two blitz tiebreak games between Shirov and Motylev |
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| Nov-08-04 | | rndapology: That explains some things, thanks. |
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| Nov-08-04 | | cuendillar: If those were the time controls, it seems like Anand was the obvious winner. Are there any stronger rapid players around at all? |
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| Nov-08-04 | | acirce: No. Not only is Anand the best rapid player, he is so by far, I'd say. He hasn't had much opposition in the latest tournaments, but he also won 13th Amber Rapid (2004) and all the tiebreaks in Dortmund and all the matches in Mainz since 2000 and.. |
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| Nov-08-04 | | cuendillar: I seemed to remember something of the like, but didn't want to sound too confident in case I was wrong... |
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| Nov-08-04 | | Knight13: Lots of high GMs in here. Why Kramnik, Leko and Kasparov are not in here? |
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| Nov-08-04 | | aw1988: <Anand won the final with 7.5 points out of 8!> Can someone say deja vu? |
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| Nov-08-04 | | Knight13: deja vu.
Alley op. |
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| Nov-09-04 | | themindset: <Knight13> Kramnik and Leko are probably still resting, and I would expect that Kasparov is busy with his book stuff and preparing for the Russian Championships. Although some might claim there is a degree of "fear"... |
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| Nov-10-04 | | garrry: nice tournament |
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| Nov-10-04 | | Discoalex: To save time shouldn't we just award Anand all the prize money and have a seperate tourney for 2nd place? |
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| Nov-10-04 | | YOUNG HAVOC: I would like to play a game of chess |
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| Nov-10-04 | | euripides: <YoungHavoc>: try visting a site such as www.chess.net, www.chessanytime.com, www.playchess.com, or the Internet Chess club. |
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| Dec-02-04 | | haha: <euripides: <YoungHavoc>: try visting a site such as www.chess.net, www.chessanytime.com, www.playchess.com, or the Internet Chess club.> What it's your username in chessanytime.com ? |
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| Dec-03-04 | | euripides: <haha> Same as here - euripides. |
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