IECG World Championship 2012 Preliminary



Last Update: 4th February, 2008

The list below shows all currently qualified players for the IECG World Championship 2012 Preliminary. If you are on this list, but the column "Wrong Address" shows a "Yes" or an "X", please get in contact with tdworld@iecg.org urgently! If anybody knows an address of such a player, please also inform us at the same address!

The information on this page are of informal nature, until invitations have been sent out. Esp. qualifications due to the position on the rating list are of preliminary nature and can change with the next update of the page.

The qualification will be declined, if a player should get suspended between creation of the list and the start of the tournament.

Qualifications are granted to all non-suspended players, who fulfill at least one of the criteria below last year:

- Winning a Class or Quad tournament of Class A to N and having a rating >1400
- Winning a Rapid tournament of Class M to N and having a rating >1400
- Winning a Large Class Tournament of Level A to N and having a raitng >1400
- Second Place in a Large Class Tournament of Level A to N, where more than 8 players finished,
and having a rating > 1400
- Third Place in a Large Class Tournament of Level A to N, where more than 11 players finished,
and having a rating > 1400
- Having an IECG Rating < 1400, but having won at least 2 Level C/D Tournaments or 4 E/F Tournaments
- Having an IECG Rating < 1000, but having won at least 10 Level N tournaments
- Winning a Consolation Final Group of the Semi-Final or Preliminary Stage
- Being one of the three top scorers in Two-Game Matches and having a rating >1400
- Titled Players with an IECG Rating <2200
- The top 20 players with a rating <2200, not qualified as listed above

The next 40 players on the rating list are placed on a second replacement list

Best Wishes
Hector Mujica
TD IECG World Championships
tdworld@iecg.org

The following players are directly qualified through a previous IECG WC Cylce:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
14057 Veenstra, Arnt NED 2227 YES       YES  
15312 Hermans, Marcel NED 1986 YES YES        
15363 Starace, Umberto ITA 2096 YES     YES    
16245 Richkov, Sergei RUS 1864 YES YES        
16824 Nett, Philipp SUI 1899           YES
17002 Milani, Oscar ITA 2118 YES     YES    
17153 Frignani, Giorgio ITA 1916 YES          
17299 Boettcher, Fred GER 2287 YES     YES    
18331 Prieto, Carlos ENG 2034 YES     YES    
18681 Deforel, Jorge Eduardo ARG 2064 YES     YES    
18982 Kluwe, Matthias GER 1587 YES       YES  
18990 Vaassen, Jack NED 2162 YES     YES    
19855 Quinones, Jorge PER 2101 YES     YES    
20733 Abdala, Hilda Noemi ARG 2109 YES     YES    
Total 14 13 2 0 8 2 1


The following players are qualified by winning at least one standard tournament and having a sufficient high rating:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
14261 Newton, Hobart USA 1962 YES          
14280 Millar, Brian NZL 1507 YES       YES  
14418 Johansen, Toralf NOR 2148 YES       YES  
14575 Fels, Bernhard GER 2231 YES     YES    
14671 Aberbach, Angel ARG 2213 YES     YES    
14756 Munoz, Lazaro USA 1825 YES     YES    
14760 Van Esbroeck, Jeff BEL 1835 YES   YES      
14921 Busch, Karl AUT 2099 YES          
14997 James, Michael WLS 1754 YES YES        
15011 Ingersol, Harry USA 2407 YES       YES  
15013 Lazan, Rastislav SVK 2196 YES     YES    
15078 Wosch, Arkadiusz GER 2251 YES     YES    
15109 Simmelink, Joop NED 2254 YES     YES    
15204 Krabbenbos, Jan NED 1745 YES     YES    
15291 Jenneborg, Seved SWE 1619 YES   YES      
15295 Tinture, Laurent FRA 2293 YES       YES  
15362 Skeels, Jim USA 2348 YES     YES    
15453 Noble, Mark Frederick NZL 2307 YES     YES    
15502 Champion, Christopher HKG 1432 YES     YES    
15662 Petrov, Milen BUL 2527 YES       YES  
15718 Ottenweller, Wolfgang GER 1772 YES     YES    
16942 Johansen, Svein NOR 2036 YES     YES    
17130 Udvari, Norbert HUN 1763 YES          
17219 Fages, Jorge ARG 2176 YES          
17267 Sherwood, Russell ENG 1964 YES     YES    
17508 Laczay, Istvan HUN 1895 YES   YES      
17569 Mujica, Hector VEN 1834 YES YES        
17616 Rakovic, Miroslav YUG 2050 YES          
17691 Cartagena, Julio PUR 1700 YES YES        
17790 Simon, Holger GER 2150 YES YES        
17808 Cirina, Gianluca ITA 1970 YES          
17858 Holmberg, Per-Arne NOR 1909 YES     YES    
17859 Ivanov, Hristo BUL 2403 YES          
17879 Dehaybe, Andre BEL 1978 YES     YES    
17981 Silva, Raimundo BRA 1873 YES       YES  
18038 Svartbo, Martin SWE 2200 YES       YES  
18190 Kuhne, Detlev GER 2359 YES          
18269 Gomez-Galan Arense, Joaquin ESP 1844 YES   YES      
18430 Lambert, Grant AUS 2237 YES          
18503 Tortato, Lucio ITA 1633 YES       YES  
18566 Janosi, Ervin HUN 2207 YES     YES    
18710 Markus, Roland GER 2210 YES     YES    
18747 Carroll, Patrick ENG 2091 YES YES        
18800 Feldmann, Guido GER 2176 YES          
18818 Cade, Stephen ENG 2068 YES          
18888 Sanmartino, Gianluca ITA 1922 YES   YES      
18922 van der Ploeg, Geert Roelof NED 2279 YES          
18944 McAndrew, Harry USA 1667           YES
18989 Ulrich, Peter CAN 1485 YES     YES    
19013 Traczewski, Wojciech POL 1794 YES     YES    
19153 Suarez, Ron USA 1786 YES   YES      
19187 Pott, Brian AUS 2007 YES     YES    
19359 Denayer, William BEL 2254 YES     YES    
19373 Sarosy, Zoltan CAN 2130 YES YES        
19471 Hartl, Hermann GER 2248 YES     YES    
19475 Knoppel, Bjorn SWE 2077 YES          
19611 Dibley, Shane AUS 2211 YES     YES    
19812 Bernal Varela, Nelson COL 2169 YES     YES    
19853 Plagnaud, Jean-Luc FRA 1994 YES     YES    
19888 Groves, Patrick USA 1999 YES       YES  
19903 Parry, Andrew ENG 1406 YES          
19929 McDowall, Michael ENG 1917 YES     YES    
20081 Knight, Tom ENG 2430 YES       YES  
20239 Retamoza, Francisco MEX 2212 YES     YES    
20333 Jordaan, Wayne RSA 1720 YES     YES    
20477 Milde, Lars GER 1886 YES          
20516 Wisham, Clyde JPN 1908 YES YES        
20559 Cottegnie, Francis BEL 2282 YES       YES  
20625 Vidalina, Franjo CRO 2223 YES          
20759 Boyd, John M CAN 2018 YES     YES    
20795 Lahdenmaeki, Leo FIN 2079 YES       YES  
20810 Apsner, Jurij SLO 1754 YES     YES    
20862 Wheeler, James ENG 2195 YES YES        
20910 Schwarte, Joachim GER 1978 YES     YES    
20923 Baron, Ovidiu ROM 1888 YES          
21016 Lehnhoff, Heinz-Georg GER 2256 YES     YES    
21023 Nemeth, Laszlo HUN 1541 YES     YES    
21046 Cuttica, Gerardo Axel ARG 1611           YES
21101 Tajti, Sandor HUN 2342 YES          
21102 Vermeulen, Bart NED 1985 YES       YES  
21236 Korchut, Adam POL 2148 YES YES        
21321 Zonneveld, Will NZL 1403 YES YES        
21349 Gomez Peco, David ESP 1565 YES     YES    
21358 Koslowski, Volker GER 2266 YES       YES  
21427 Lehnen, Patric AUT 2366 YES     YES    
21471 Comunoglu, Cem TUR 1902 YES YES        
21606 Garcia, Manuel BRA 2195 YES   YES      
21669 Benovic, Pavel SVK 2093 YES          
21679 Florea, Mihai ROM 2271 YES     YES    
21687 Ivanov, Alexandr BLR 2124 YES     YES    
21717 Mer, Alain TUN 1822 YES          
21724 Singer, Gerhard GER 1908 YES   YES      
21764 Herzog, Klaus GER 2065 YES          
21793 Pintonello, Gilberto ITA 2061 YES     YES    
21831 Shishkin, Victor RUS 2212 YES          
21905 Dantas, Roberto BRA 1819 YES     YES    
22002 Gyimesi, Jeno HUN 1868 YES     YES    
22033 Kraft, Peter GER 2001 YES       YES  
22088 Ballo, Rene SVK 1684 YES          
22124 Klykow, Luke POL 1911 YES     YES    
22132 Sintsov, Sergey RUS 1420 YES          
22146 Sen, Tuncay TUR 1687 YES          
22148 Blair, Matthew USA 1520 YES     YES    
22156 Garcia Medinilla, Daniel CUB 1886 YES          
22162 Larsen, Carsten M. DEN 2305 YES          
22213 Jaervinen, Robert FIN 1677           YES
22229 Vorobjev, Jaroslav RUS 2085 YES          
22291 Rubinstein, Mikhail ENG 1978 YES     YES    
22333 Roman, Adrenalyn ROM 1840 YES          
22352 Tasic, Vladimir YUG 2491 YES       YES  
22367 Kireev, Sergey RUS 2226 YES     YES    
22376 Pavlikov, Andrei RUS 2014 YES       YES  
22396 Kesselheim, Peter GER 2201 YES       YES  
22434 Botham, Paul ENG 1900 YES       YES  
22510 Meyer, Jesper DEN 1407 YES          
22511 Muller, Henri-Louis BEL 2056 YES     YES    
22529 Basson, Heinrich RSA 1719 YES YES        
22531 Candelario, Jose COL 1410 YES YES        
22544 Murphy, Jones USA 1433 YES          
22566 Caluade, Timothy CAN 1901 YES          
22591 Bogustov, Andrei BLR 2030 YES YES        
22632 Ertl, Lubos CZE 2104 YES          
22641 Luers, Charles USA 1885 YES     YES    
22642 Matin, Boris RUS 2079 YES     YES    
22643 Osthus, Reinhard GER 1927 YES YES        
22678 Digalakis, George GRE 1534 YES     YES    
22714 Schibuola, Francesco ITA 1932 YES     YES    
22737 Bellanger, Michel FRA 1652 YES          
22739 Castrovillari, Antonio ITA 1469 YES          
22802 Vorobiyov, Pavel A RUS 1757 YES          
22806 Raeder Auar, Marilia BRA 1459 YES          
22809 Borisovs, Leonids LAT 2233 YES     YES    
22829 Delgado, Raul ARG 1969 YES     YES    
22830 Gimenes, Virgilio BRA 1422 YES          
22833 Laghetti, Gaetano ITA 2237 YES       YES  
22855 Neytusch, Eduard SVK 1634 YES     YES    
22856 Kotturi, Srinivas IND 1594 YES          
22903 Barron, Clive ENG 1926 YES       YES  
22920 Almeida, Ramiro BRA 1794 YES     YES    
22923 Do Amaral, Rogerio BRA 1954 YES          
22984 Maggiora, Aldo ITA 1461 YES YES        
23005 Florea, Valentin ROM 2151 YES          
23046 Signes, Salva ESP 2128 YES     YES    
23063 Szency, Sandor HUN 1784 YES          
23076 Barna, Tamas HUN 1468 YES     YES    
23078 Buzas, Gyula HUN 2135 YES       YES  
23079 Pehl, Jozsef HUN 1484 YES          
23089 Langeveld, Michel NED 2168 YES          
23090 Mouratidis, Christophoros GRE 1494 YES          
23094 Szabo, M HUN 1836 YES          
23119 Petria, Florin CAN 1597 YES          
23128 Robles Soldevila, Carles ESP 2057 YES          
23129 Selschotter, Jan BEL 2216 YES          
23130 Sciarretta, Robert USA 2040 YES     YES    
23140 Zubac, Marius CAN 2391 YES     YES    
23153 Bowe, Dennis USA 1941 YES          
23168 Pilz, Erhard GER 1861 YES          
23171 Van Den Cruyce, Els BEL 2007 YES YES        
23180 Stolz, Stephan GER 1984 YES     YES    
23183 Putman, Marcel FRA 2139 YES     YES    
23193 Cloodt, Henrik SWE 1806 YES     YES    
23195 Meszaros Sen, Attila HUN 2336 YES       YES  
23203 Turoczi, Peter HUN 1668 YES     YES    
23205 Szabo, Sandor HUN 1482 YES   YES      
23213 Marko, Martin SVK 2153 YES     YES    
23259 Hudson, Alexsandro BRA 1435 YES     YES    
23289 Kotlyanskiy, Edward USA 2314 YES          
23303 Washburn, David USA 1521 YES YES        
23305 Kis Kos, Laszlo HUN 1533 YES          
23363 Josch, Sylvio GER 2112 YES       YES  
23386 Hansberg, Ludwig GER 1701 YES          
23395 Negyesi, Gyoergy HUN 1968 YES     YES    
23423 Peterka, Jiri CZE 1993 YES          
23429 Onem, Cem TUR 1479 YES          
23439 Fezler, Adam HUN 2053 YES          
23445 Castillo, Ernesto VEN 1952 YES     YES    
23446 Giuliano, Carlo ITA 1602 YES          
23458 Luhn, Robert GER 2024 YES          
23459 Verstreken, Arne BEL 1460 YES          
23473 Miranda, Marcus BRA 1812 YES     YES    
23479 Broniek, Mariusz Maciej POL 2230 YES     YES    
23491 Szabo, Vilmos HUN 2345 YES     YES    
23528 Hrubaru, Mircea ROM 1472 YES     YES    
23537 Bucsa, Ioan ROM 2104 YES     YES    
23553 Rozental, Ella HUN 1615 YES     YES    
23598 Turner, Larry USA 1560 YES     YES    
23612 Leonhard, Andrew USA 1605 YES     YES    
23624 De Waele, Willy BEL 1413 YES     YES    
23627 Jones, Tommy CAN 1500 YES     YES    
23682 Scaccabarozzi, Mario ITA 1491 YES          
10126 Koch, Christian GER 2141 YES          
10133 Federman, Doron ISR 1601 YES          
10177 Wieland, Markus GER 2199 YES          
10182 De Melo, Gerson Luis BRA 2053 YES     YES    
10268 Van Bommel, Ton NED 1861 YES     YES    
10529 Samardzija, Djordje YUG 1596 YES       YES  
10558 Paetzold, Ortwin GER 1583 YES     YES    
10580 Aalderink, Gerwin NED 2113 YES     YES    
10665 Tanti, Joseph AUS 1972 YES     YES    
10670 Foote, Ian SCO 1970 YES   YES      
10726 Borrell, Robert USA 2162 YES       YES  
10739 Chovanec, Vladimir SVK 1868 YES     YES    
10853 Zielinski, Sergej GER 2254 YES   YES      
11026 Violini, Paolo ITA 1844 YES          
11097 Szabo, Zsolt HUN 2213 YES          
11172 Abbey, William USA 1580 YES YES        
11236 Malmstrom, Jan SWE 1728 YES     YES    
11366 Wolczek, Stanislaus GER 2229 YES     YES    
11375 Daelemans, Hugo BEL 1593 YES     YES    
11493 Hallengren, Boris SWE 2060 YES          
11545 Dard, Michel FRA 2185 YES     YES    
11548 Domanov, Dmitry RUS 2204 YES     YES    
11582 Bojovic, Srdjan YUG 1660 YES          
11668 Siewert, Wolfgang GER 2338 YES       YES  
11745 Santos, Karlo USA 1403 YES          
11869 Grinwis, Jaap NED 2110 YES          
11969 Hicdoenmez, Hakan TUR 1940 YES          
12014 Berch, Neil USA 1509 YES          
12060 Gretencord, Ulrich GER 1968 YES     YES    
12114 Petersen, Hans DEN 1760 YES     YES    
12119 Rosso, Pierandrea ITA 2416 YES     YES    
12262 Metz, Larry R. USA 1563 YES       YES  
12401 Belanoff, Stuart USA 2242 YES     YES    
12449 Mary, Patrick FRA 2204 YES          
12563 Landolfi, Francesco M ITA 1551 YES          
12677 Contreras Poblete, Juan Antonio ESP 2216 YES     YES    
12682 Agustoni, Alessandro ITA 1403 YES          
12763 Kovacevic, Antun CRO 2082 YES          
12869 Siger, Csaba HUN 1998 YES     YES    
13032 Ortiz, Eric USA 1908 YES          
13058 Bishop, Nicholas WLS 2367 YES YES        
13124 Salzmann, Stefan SUI 2256 YES     YES    
13384 Veiseh, David USA 1639 YES YES        
13431 Colberg, Joerg M GER 1832 YES     YES    
13443 Smith, Douglas Royston ENG 2039 YES       YES  
13515 Kosulin, Vladyslav USA 2288 YES       YES  
13577 Slama, Petr CZE 2304 YES          
13672 Marton Bardocz, Sandor ROM 2313 YES          
13772 Blankenberg, Bruno GER 1721 YES     YES    
13915 Daurelle, Herve FRA 2414 YES     YES    
14019 Waerstad, Leif NOR 1805 YES       YES  
14050 Roques, Pascal FRA 2202 YES     YES    
14074 Evans, Gordon ENG 2401 YES     YES    
14200 Casser, Aaron USA 1590 YES          
15743 Petrovic, Djordje YUG 2589 YES       YES  
15755 Furman, Slavomir SVK 1987 YES          
15757 Schalkwijk, Peter NED 1510 YES       YES  
16047 Hendricks, Richard USA 1663 YES       YES  
16056 Amann, Klaus GER 2111 YES     YES    
16163 Gonzaga Grego, Luis POR 1942 YES YES        
16165 Chorfi, Khalid MAR 2436 YES     YES    
16321 Gamazo, Juan USA 1574 YES YES        
16478 Vio, Mauro ITA 1487 YES     YES    
16640 Myatt, John USA 1640 YES     YES    
16659 Stimac, Zeljko CRO 1966 YES     YES    
16712 Martinez, Jorge URU 1908 YES     YES    
Total 256 253 23 11 104 34 3


The following players are qualified by winning multiple tournaments:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No player qualified this way!!

The following players are qualified by owning an IECG Title, but having a rating < 2200:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
15001 Sidenko, Anatoly RUS 2171 YES     YES    
15412 Krueger, Hilmar GER 2194 YES     YES    
19104 Sacerdotali, Sergio ITA 2094 YES       YES  
19824 Dyakov, Alexander RUS 2157 YES       YES  
Total 4 4 0 0 2 2 0


The following players are qualified by owning an ICCF or FIDE Title, but having a rating < 2200:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
10424 Harding, Timothy IRL 2106           YES
10443 Pruefer, Stefan GER 2095 YES          
10488 Granara Barreto, Sebastian URU 2079 YES       YES  
10628 Wastney, Scott NZL 2084           YES
11331 Acevedo, Armando MEX 2143 YES          
11491 Grotnes, Nils NOR 2150 YES       YES  
11822 Skorna, Ullrich GER 2198 YES          
12136 Litwak, Aleksej GER 2133 YES          
12154 Bruno, Gerardo Damian ARG 1771           YES
12180 Ribelles Sala, Magda ESP 2021           YES
13202 Buczinski, Henryk POL 2142 YES     YES    
13559 Kamenets, Anatoly UKR 2104 YES          
13867 Hegoburu, Pedro Federico ARG 2195           YES
14062 Dunne, Alex USA 2107           YES
14184 Dos Santos, M. A. BRA 2146 YES     YES    
14761 Fuzishawa, Richard BRA 2053 YES          
14969 Melendez Vega, Esteban CRC 2050           YES
14975 Barbosa de Oliveira, Marcio BRA 2179 YES       YES  
15349 Kharitonov, Alexander RUS 2183 YES     YES    
15537 Figlio, Gino PER 2156 YES       YES  
15578 Muttoni, Guillermo ARG 1682 YES          
15659 Liew, Jimmy MAS 1821 YES          
15701 Paul, Santhosh Matthew IND 2035 YES     YES    
15806 Guthrie, Aaron AUS 1715           YES
15856 Fernandez Fornes, Juan Alberto ARG 2056 YES       YES  
16153 Pass, Deborah FRA 2011           YES
16374 Musitani, Cesar PER 2182           YES
16506 Popovic, Dragan YUG 2089 YES          
17578 Jovanovic, Nevenka YUG 2134           YES
17630 Majer, Damir GER 2058 YES       YES  
17655 Lukin, Andrey RUS 1986           YES
17794 Tokmachev, Mikhail RUS 2025           YES
18427 Hrvacic, Pavle CRO 2042 YES   YES      
18596 Koster, Ramon NED 2175 YES          
18684 Hoensch, Matthias GER 2096 YES          
18706 Guedon, Stephane FRA 2153           YES
18767 Webster, Andrew ENG 1400           YES
18772 Cabrera Pino, Alexis Gianko CUB 2094 YES       YES  
18831 van Leent, Dimitri NED 1873 YES   YES      
18854 Ashton, Adam ENG 1909 YES          
19166 Chan, Nicholas MAS 2095           YES
19335 Hague, Ben ENG 1864 YES YES        
20065 Shchebenyuk, Nina Grigorievna RUS 2051 YES     YES    
20311 Yepez, Julian PER 2194           YES
20586 Henris, Luc BEL 2190 YES          
21567 Yagiz, Yasin Emrah TUR 1825 YES          
21958 Khokhlov, Igor UKR 2153 YES       YES  
22043 Pedro, Fernando ARG 2099 YES YES        
22152 Crespo Revilla, Jose M ESP 2183 YES     YES    
23239 Gatto, Claudio ITA 2158 YES          
Total 50 33 2 2 6 8 17


The following players are qualified by their position on the valid rating list:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
16584 Onder, Evren TUR 2200 YES          
20615 Neacsu, Catalin CAN 2200 YES       YES  
19724 van Nieuwenhuizen, Rene NED 2200 YES          
15373 Bourgault, Pierre SUI 2199 YES          
20016 van Vugt, Wim NED 2199 YES       YES  
21537 Bardos, Istvan HUN 2197 YES YES        
19001 Jordan, Juergen GER 2197 YES     YES    
21429 Masera, Javier Horacio ARG 2196 YES          
10746 Bodaan, Ton NED 2196 YES     YES    
13292 Oortwijn, Ron NED 2192 YES       YES  
10299 Schiller, Wilfried GER 2190 YES       YES  
15998 Dziedzina, Michael Dr GER 2188 YES     YES    
14395 Stefanov, Plamen BUL 2188 YES       YES  
18707 Kabachev, Andrey RUS 2188 YES     YES    
22878 Lefebvre, Pierre FRA 2187 YES          
20760 De Groot, Kris BEL 2185 YES       YES  
19942 Tonnaire, Christophe FRA 2184 YES          
13066 Gilles, Robert P USA 2182 YES     YES    
22055 Goebel, Kenneth USA 2181 YES   YES      
22792 Maentylae, Risto FIN 2181 YES       YES  
Total 20 20 1 1 5 7 0


The following players are the first players on the replacement list. Empty slots will be filled in the sequence as shown below:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No player qualified this way!!

The following players are put on the replacement list due their position on the valid rating list. Empty slots are filled in the sequence listed:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
19168 Espirito Santo, Rubens Cardoso BRA 2180 YES          
20721 Kachkin, Konstantin RUS 2180 YES          
16813 Horak, Jiri CZE 2180 YES     YES    
19394 Orsolic, Marijan GER 2179 YES     YES    
21530 Pannekoek, Willem-Jan NED 2179 YES          
19609 Danzanvilliers, Patrice FRA 2178 YES          
20851 Lindsalu, Indrek EST 2177 YES     YES    
23547 Szabo, Eleonora HUN 2176 YES