IECG World Championship 2011 Candidates Final




Last Update: 22th June, 2009

The list below shows all currently qualified players for the IECG World Championship 2011 Candidates Final. If you are on this list, but the column "Wrong Address" shows a "Yes" or an "X", please get in contact with h_mujica@yahoo.com 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:

- Position 1 or 2 from a previous Semi-Final (direct qualification)
- Players tied with any of the two above(indirect qualification)
- Second and Third placed attendees of a previous IECG WC Final (and players tied to them)
- Second placed player from a previous IECG Cup Final
- Players who achieved at least four qualifications from Class or Quad M tournaments
- IECG IESMs and IEMs with a Rating >2450
- ICCF and FIDE GMs with an IECG Rating >2450
- The top 15 players of this years Ratinglists having finished at least 9 games and do not fulfill any of the aboves qualifications

The players on position three or tied to them, if not qualified above, are put on the replacement list for empty slots sorted by their rating performance.
The next 50 players on the rating list are placed on a second replacement list

Best Wishes
Hector Mujica
TD IECG World Championships
h_mujica@yahoo.com

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
10239 Stillerud, Lennart SWE 2347            
10358 Pontikis, Asterios GRE 2413            
11120 Brueckner, Joachim GER 2338            
11295 Martello, Juan Alberto ARG 2353            
11561 Guzikov, Yury RUS 2535            
11622 Rost, Detlef GER 2435            
12094 Noakes, Garth RSA 2230           YES
12490 Hameister, Raik GER 2305            
12571 Halwick Jr, Floyd J USA 2471            
13058 Bishop, Nicholas WLS 2346            
13872 Bennedik, Martin GER 2386            
14121 Edighoffer, Harold USA 2505            
14703 Berclaz, Philippe SUI 2334            
14768 Weber, Karlheinz GER 2255            
14928 Pijl, Richard NED 2312           YES
14988 Tucci, Aniello ITA 2318            
15011 Ingersol, Harry USA 2406            
15144 Kozlowicz, Alejandro Antonio ARG 2386            
15157 Taylor, Desmond NIR 2293            
15190 Kwong, Tom USA 2283           YES
15300 Desmoitier, Jean Bruno FRA 2501            
15446 Makovsky, Petr CZE 2496            
15700 Mrkvicka, Josef CZE 2238            
15735 Noire, Eric FRA 2408            
15857 Aleshnya, Valery RUS 2355            
15889 Rodriguez, Jorge ARG 2558            
16165 Chorfi, Khalid MAR 2356            
16272 Scheffner, Axel GER 2453            
16279 Menghi, Carlo LUX 2458           YES
16702 Sirota, Anatoli AUS 2556            
16810 Hadet, Emmanuel FRA 2528            
16866 Silva, Miguel Medina POR 2256            
17095 Bonatti, Walter ARG 2424            
17123 Schneider, Peter GER 2401            
17156 Kampel, Guido ARG 2425           YES
17192 Kiefhaber, Holger GER 2446           YES
17239 Tay, Junior SIN 2262            
17449 Birzer, Lothar GER 2203            
17828 Bokar, Jason USA 2392           YES
17908 Oates, Bruce AUS 2113           YES
18028 Fabiani, Juan A. ESP 2399           YES
18096 Chovanec, Milan SVK 2511            
18149 Robson, Nigel ENG 2683            
18270 Gutsche, Dieter GER 2592            
18474 Braun, Andreas GER 2364            
18662 Fazilleau, Jerome FRA 2129            
19343 Ojeda, Jose Luis PER 2245           YES
20070 Alonso, Rodolfo ESP 2280            
21217 Blauert, Joerg GER 2381            
21616 Mantovanelli, Marco GER 2505            
22152 Crespo Revilla, Jose M ESP 2161            
22444 Loinjak, Sinisa CRO 2480            
23195 Meszaros Sen, Attila HUN 2478            
Total 53 0 0 0 0 0 10


The following players are conditionally qualified because of being tied to a direct qualifier. The invitation to this stage is valid only for this year:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
10969 Rocca, Horacio ARG 2445            
13341 Hinterberger, Werner AUT 2370            
15753 Bourquin, Pascal FRA 2316           YES
17688 Bergmann, Michael GER 2506            
18311 Bendig, Frank GER 2296            
19142 Pappier, Carlos Guillermo ARG 2509            
Total 6 0 0 0 0 0 1


The following players are qualified through previous Cup Tournaments:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
12169 Goins, David A USA 2358            
13909 Siefring, Carl USA 2430           YES
19268 Kerr, Stephen AUS 2613            
Total 3 0 0 0 0 0 1


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 GM or IECG SM Title and having a rating >2450:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
13426 Niessen, Thomas GER 2480            
14370 Monacell, James USA 2466           YES
17397 Kordts, Wolfgang GER 2458            
18476 Canovas, Miguel Angel ESP 2471            
19040 Bubir, Alex UKR 2466            
19398 Peek, Marcel NED 2484            
19784 Hellbing, Bernd GER 2504            
19985 Lafarga, David ESP 2530            
21075 Wilczek, Tadeusz POL 2628            
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 1


The following players are qualified by owning a GM (FIDE or ICCF) Title and having a rating >2450:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
12085 Morgado, Juan Sebastian ARG 2556            
12142 Tu, Hoang Thong VIE 2510           YES
12411 Alvarez, Roberto Gabriel ARG 2522            
14654 Frey, Kenneth MEX 2488            
17983 Tikkanen, Kari FIN 2515            
19833 Goerlinger, Stephane FRA 2509            
20045 Rause, Olita LAT 2720            
20114 Langeveld, Ron NED 2543           YES
20452 Walsh, Hector ARG 2497            
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 2


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
15662 Petrov, Milen BUL 2645            
15743 Petrovic, Djordje YUG 2621            
23654 Pligin, Sergey RUS 2602            
22352 Tasic, Vladimir YUG 2586            
20081 Knight, Tom ENG 2572            
16909 Schoonhoven, Jan Willem NED 2547            
19597 Sinka, Istvan HUN 2532            
12713 Kovacevic, Antonijo CRO 2524            
11824 Taistra, Eric GER 2505            
11779 Jurkowitz, Romana AUT 2502            
22686 Manso Gil, Angel ESP 2489            
17727 Marez, Sebastien FRA 2485            
23289 Kotlyanskiy, Edward USA 2467            
12712 Kasperek, Ryszard POL 2466            
11061 Stephan, Ulrich GER 2463            
Total 15 0 0 0 0 0 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
10162 Schuster, Peter GER 2415            
10909 Myers, David USA 2397            
10551 Ribeiro, Vitor Manuel POR 2157           YES
10161 Sadowski, Marek POL 2093            
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 1


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
22490 Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2484            
19471 Hartl, Hermann GER 2459            
23547 Szabo, Eleonora HUN 2456            
16210 Dutra, Alfredo BRA 2455            
21556 Nebel, Uwe GER 2452            
18301 Percze, Janos HUN 2450            
15999 Sakai, Kiyotaka JPN 2448            
13593 Larsson, Mats SWE 2445            
11273 Blanco , Cesar GUA 2445           YES
19646 Bubir, Sergei UKR 2442            
13336 Gordh, David FRA 2436            
15257 Kerndl, Rainer AUT 2431            
13515 Kosulin, Vladyslav USA 2426            
12119 Rosso, Pierandrea ITA 2423            
16959 Valderrama, Elmer COL 2423            
15453 Noble, Mark Frederick NZL 2422            
13688 Pessoa, Francisco POR 2415            
12677 Contreras Poblete, Juan Antonio ESP 2413            
17738 De Silva, Dinesh SRI 2411            
11069 Rada, Hannes AUT 2405            
14643 Ivanov, Vladimir RUS 2404            
22032 Khudoly, Kostya UKR 2404            
11405 Brunsteins, Daniel ARG 2402            
23491 Szabo, Vilmos HUN 2402            
14701 Barnsley, Tony ENG 2402            
19967 Diaz, Sergio ARG 2401            
17200 Mueller, Klaus D. GER 2399            
23833 Muhl, Patrick USA 2397            
21524 Balabaev, Farit KAZ 2395            
17588 Daus, Peter GER 2395            
17008 Valeinis, Janis LAT 2393            
18031 Schrancz, Istvan HUN 2392            
21369 Nowak, Zdzislaw POL 2390            
17342 Perez, Brigiliano PHI 2389            
13781 Ermolaev, Andrey RUS 2389            
22075 Marcinkiewicz, Jan POL 2389            
16528 Hughes, Steve GBR 2388            
17119 Pugh, John ENG 2387           YES
11548 Domanov, Dmitry RUS 2386            
23589 Baranowski, Tadeusz POL 2385            
22014 Staroske, Uwe GER 2383            
15689 Haug, Ulrich GER 2378            
13552 Claridge, John WLS 2374            
13019 De Blasio, Alessandro ITA 2374            
20937 Grafen, Denis GER 2372            
19790 Lehnert, Ronald GER 2370            
12401 Belanoff, Stuart USA 2369            
10724 Neven, Knut CAN 2368           YES
23787 Morozov, Dmitry RUS 2368            
13915 Daurelle, Herve FRA 2368            
17672 Hansson, Christian SWE 2367            
17894 Van Seben, Edgar NED 2363            
12381 Starke, Rene-Reiner Dr GER 2362            
23388 Bergmann, Martin GER 2360            
16273 Fiala, Jaroslav CZE 2357            
23434 Mayer, Eduardo CHI 2357            
23623 Bourne, Iain ENG 2356            
12549 Braakhuis, Wilfried NED 2352            
Total 58 0 0 0 0 0 3



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