IECG World Championship 2012 Candidates Final



Last Update: 14th December, 2010

The list below shows all currently qualified players for the IECG World Championship 2012 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 qualified by winning level T tournaments
- Players who achieved at least four qualifications from Level 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
10162 Schuster, Peter GER 2398 YES     YES    
10239 Stillerud, Lennart SWE 2348           YES
10358 Pontikis, Asterios GRE 2400 YES          
10724 Neven, Knut CAN 2330 YES          
11120 Brueckner, Joachim GER 2338 YES          
11295 Martello, Juan Alberto ARG 2352 YES       YES  
11561 Guzikov, Yury RUS 2534 YES          
12094 Noakes, Garth RSA 2230           YES
12381 Starke, Rene-Reiner Dr GER 2387 YES     YES    
12390 Anderskewitz, Ralf GER 2269 YES     YES    
12490 Hameister, Raik GER 2304 YES          
12677 Contreras Poblete, Juan Antonio ESP 2366 YES     YES    
12683 Altmann, Eduard GER 1991 YES          
12713 Kovacevic, Antonijo CRO 2558 YES          
12916 Pecha, Martin AUT 2371 YES          
13058 Bishop, Nicholas WLS 2202 YES          
13781 Ermolaev, Andrey RUS 2395 YES     YES    
13872 Bennedik, Martin GER 2386 YES          
13909 Siefring, Carl USA 2450 YES       YES  
14121 Edighoffer, Harold USA 2470 YES          
14703 Berclaz, Philippe SUI 2333 YES       YES  
14928 Pijl, Richard NED 2290           YES
14988 Tucci, Aniello ITA 2318 YES          
15144 Kozlowicz, Alejandro Antonio ARG 2386 YES          
15157 Taylor, Desmond NIR 2294 YES       YES  
15174 Massimini Gerbino, Massimiliano ITA 2309 YES          
15190 Kwong, Tom USA 2283           YES
15300 Desmoitier, Jean Bruno FRA 2501 YES       YES  
15349 Kharitonov, Alexander RUS 2184 YES     YES    
15446 Makovsky, Petr CZE 2504 YES          
15700 Mrkvicka, Josef CZE 2251 YES       YES  
15889 Rodriguez, Jorge ARG 2557 YES       YES  
16165 Chorfi, Khalid MAR 2353 YES          
16210 Dutra, Alfredo BRA 2453 YES     YES    
16272 Scheffner, Axel GER 2453 YES          
16273 Fiala, Jaroslav CZE 2356 YES          
16279 Menghi, Carlo LUX 2457           YES
16866 Silva, Miguel Medina POR 2256 YES       YES  
17123 Schneider, Peter GER 2419 YES          
17156 Kampel, Guido ARG 2425           YES
17192 Kiefhaber, Holger GER 2445           YES
17239 Tay, Junior SIN 2263 YES          
17449 Birzer, Lothar GER 2202 YES          
17479 Schulze, Michael GER 2350 YES       YES  
17630 Majer, Damir GER 2274 YES     YES    
17688 Bergmann, Michael GER 2462 YES     YES    
17828 Bokar, Jason USA 2392           YES
17908 Oates, Bruce AUS 2113 YES          
18028 Fabiani, Juan A. ESP 2399           YES
18096 Chovanec, Milan SVK 2509 YES       YES  
18149 Robson, Nigel ENG 2668 YES       YES  
18190 Kuhne, Detlev GER 2273 YES     YES    
18270 Gutsche, Dieter GER 2592           YES
18662 Fazilleau, Jerome FRA 2129 YES          
18731 Hnatovsky, Nicholas UKR 2265 YES     YES    
19343 Ojeda, Jose Luis PER 2237           YES
19569 Zebre, Peter SLO 2356 YES       YES  
19611 Dibley, Shane AUS 2318 YES     YES    
20070 Alonso, Rodolfo ESP 2282 YES       YES  
21217 Blauert, Joerg GER 2379 YES          
21221 Boychuk, Taras UKR 2306 YES          
21616 Mantovanelli, Marco GER 2456 YES       YES  
21687 Ivanov, Alexandr BLR 2298 YES     YES    
22152 Crespo Revilla, Jose M ESP 2162           YES
22193 Tsenkov, Ljubomir BUL 2384 YES     YES    
22444 Loinjak, Sinisa CRO 2527 YES       YES  
22642 Matin, Boris RUS 2275 YES     YES    
23193 Cloodt, Henrik SWE 2285 YES     YES    
23289 Kotlyanskiy, Edward USA 2482 YES       YES  
23388 Bergmann, Martin GER 2117 YES          
23434 Mayer, Eduardo CHI 2352 YES       YES  
23547 Szabo, Eleonora HUN 2427 YES     YES    
23787 Morozov, Dmitry RUS 2428 YES       YES  
Total 73 61 0 0 17 18 12


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
12916 Pecha, Martin AUT 2371 YES          
13341 Hinterberger, Werner AUT 2355 YES     YES    
15753 Bourquin, Pascal FRA 2316           YES
15947 Baklanov, Valentin RUS 2366 YES     YES    
16528 Hughes, Steve GBR 2339 YES     YES    
17542 Gornoi, Meelik EST 2318 YES     YES    
19142 Pappier, Carlos Guillermo ARG 2500 YES       YES  
19611 Dibley, Shane AUS 2318 YES     YES    
19812 Bernal Varela, Nelson COL 2182 YES     YES    
Total 9 8 0 0 6 1 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
13505 Mayer, Tobias GER 2042           YES
19592 Percze, Raymond HUN 2282 YES       YES  
Total 2 1 0 0 0 1 1

The following players are qualified by winning ST tournaments. 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
23991 Angel, Martin ESP 2315 YES     YES    
23195 Meszaros Sen, Attila HUN 2500 YES       YES  
15639 Kovacs, Arthur HUN 2367 YES     YES    
24327 Szczepanski, Zbigniew POL 2427 YES     YES    
15011 Ingersol, Harry USA 2401 YES     YES    
12975 Mueller-Alvis, Martin SUI 2301 YES     YES    
23589 Baranowski, Tadeusz POL 2297 YES          
15453 Noble, Mark Frederick NZL 2382 YES     YES    
23491 Szabo, Vilmos HUN 2338 YES     YES    
19471 Hartl, Hermann GER 2477 YES       YES  
16810 Hadet, Emmanuel FRA 2506 YES       YES  
17894 Van Seben, Edgar NED 2405 YES     YES    
18474 Braum, Andreas GER 2363 YES     YES    
  Total   13 13 0 0 10 3 0


The following players are qualified by winning multiple tournaments:

MemberID Name Country TER Invited Email Only Email Or Server Server Only Rejected Wrong Address
23968 Godat, Terry USA 2323 YES     YES    
Total 1 1 0 0 1 0 0


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
10969 Rocca, Horacio ARG 2459 YES       YES  
13426 Niessen, Thomas GER 2480 YES       YES  
17397 Kordts, Wolfgang GER 2458 YES          
18476 Canovas, Miguel Angel ESP 2472 YES          
19040 Bubir, Alex UKR 2466 YES       YES  
19268 Kerr, Stephen AUS 2614 YES          
19398 Peek, Marcel NED 2484 YES       YES  
19646 Bubir, Sergei UKR 2464 YES          
19985 Lafarga, David ESP 2515 YES       YES  
20081 Knight, Tom ENG 2539 YES       YES  
21075 Wilczek, Tadeusz POL 2628 YES          
Total 11 11 0 0 0 6 0


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 2555 YES       YES  
12142 Tu, Hoang Thong VIE 2510 YES          
12411 Alvarez, Roberto Gabriel ARG 2522 YES       YES  
14654 Frey, Kenneth MEX 2488 YES       YES  
17983 Tikkanen, Kari FIN 2515 YES       YES  
20045 Rause, Olita LAT 2720           YES
20114 Langeveld, Ron NED 2543           YES
20452 Walsh, Hector ARG 2497           YES
22490 Sundararajan, Kidambi IND 2484 YES          
Total 9 6 0 0 0 4 3


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
15743 Petrovic, Djordje YUG 2589 YES       YES  
23654 Pligin, Sergey RUS 2587 YES       YES  
19597 Sinka, Istvan HUN 2478 YES          
22686 Manso Gil, Angel ESP 2467 YES       YES  
11061 Stephan, Ulrich GER 2458 YES          
15999 Sakai, Kiyotaka JPN 2448 YES          
14370 Monacell, James USA 2447 YES          
13593 Larsson, Mats SWE 2440 YES       YES  
11273 Blanco , Cesar GUA 2439 YES     YES    
13336 Gordh, David FRA 2436 YES          
11622 Rost, Detlef GER 2427 YES       YES  
19961 Caire, Francois CAN 2425 YES          
16959 Valderrama, Elmer COL 2422 YES          
24284 Dvoinikov, Andrej RUS 2421 YES     YES    
11548 Domanov, Dmitry RUS 2420 YES     YES    
Total 15 15 0 0 3 5 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
22352 Tasic, Vladimir YUG 2588 YES       YES  
19967 Diaz, Sergio ARG 2422 YES       YES  
12916 Pecha, Martin AUT 2371 YES          
19611 Dibley, Shane AUS 2318 YES     YES    
18721 Wurschner, Miroslav SVK 2316 YES     YES    
14713 Roberts, Anthony JAM 2284 YES     YES    
10746 Bodaan, Ton NED 2269           YES
18416 Bocanegra, Rufino ESP 2262 YES     YES    
20973 Kopasov, Evgeny RUS 2261 YES     YES    
20559 Cottegnie, Francis BEL 2255 YES     YES    
16712 Martinez, Jorge URU 2225 YES          
14975 Barbosa de Oliveira, Marcio BRA 2206 YES     YES    
13202 Buczinski, Henryk POL 2176 YES     YES    
10551 Ribeiro, Vitor Manuel POR 2154 YES       YES  
10853 Zielinski, Sergej GER 2097 YES     YES    
Total 15 14 0 0 9 3 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
17095 Bonatti, Walter ARG 2414 YES     YES    
13515 Kosulin, Vladyslav USA 2414 YES       YES  
13688 Pessoa, Francisco POR 2413 YES       YES  
15662 Petrov, Milen BUL 2407 YES          
15257 Kerndl, Rainer AUT 2407 YES       YES  
21556 Nebel, Uwe GER 2404 YES          
11405 Brunsteins, Daniel ARG 2397 YES     YES    
12119 Rosso, Pierandrea ITA 2397 YES       YES  
13019 De Blasio, Alessandro ITA 2394 YES       YES  
15735 Noire, Eric FRA 2390 YES     YES    
17588 Daus, Peter GER 2388 YES     YES    
12531 Grennefors, Thomas SWE 2387 YES       YES  
17119 Pugh, John ENG 2385 YES          
19784 Hellbing, Bernd GER 2383 YES       YES  
17342 Perez, Brigiliano PHI 2383 YES          
14701 Barnsley, Tony ENG 2382 YES          
15689 Haug, Ulrich GER 2381 YES       YES  
17200 Mueller, Klaus D. GER 2376 YES       YES  
12712 Kasperek, Ryszard POL 2372 YES     YES    
17672 Hansson, Christian SWE 2367 YES          
10909 Myers, David USA 2362 YES       YES  
14695 Deschamp, Guy BEL 2358 YES          
22162 Larsen, Carsten M. DEN 2357 YES          
23479 Broniek, Mariusz Maciej POL 2356 YES     YES    
23623 Bourne, Iain ENG 2355 YES          
22032 Khudoly, Kostya UKR 2355 YES       YES  
22014 Staroske, Uwe GER 2351 YES     YES    
24452 Zlotkowski, Arkadiusz POL 2345 YES     YES    
13452 Faber, Harald GER 2343 YES     YES    
19917 Savchak, Oleg UKR 2342 YES          
12300 Cornel, Matei ROM 2342 YES     YES    
23981 Goncharenko, Georgy UKR 2341 YES       YES  
24265 Gates, Roy USA 2337 YES       YES  
17727 Marez, Sebastien FRA 2335 YES          
24407 Nguyen, Piotr POL 2334 YES          
18031 Schrancz, Istvan HUN 2334 YES       YES  
12549 Braakhuis, Wilfried NED 2332 YES       YES  
24025 Bjazevic, Pavao ECU 2323 YES     YES    
18386 Chetvertakoff, Valery UKR 2315 YES       YES  
21101 Tajti, Sandor HUN 2315 YES          
20937 Grafen, Denis GER 2314 YES       YES  
18086 Schindler, Sven GER 2311 YES     YES    
22833 Laghetti, Gaetano ITA 2310 YES     YES    
16750 Kizimenko, Nikolay RUS 2305 YES     YES    
10326 Gildred, Terrence L. Nick USA 2305 YES     YES    
20851 Lindsalu, Indrek EST 2305 YES       YES  
13580 Sukhodolsky, Alexandr UKR 2304 YES     YES    
19316 Miletic, Arsen CRO 2301 YES       YES  
22367 Kireev, Sergey RUS 2300 YES     YES    
12911 Felicio, Clairton BRA 2297 YES     YES    
22805 Da Costa Junior, Luiz Roberto BRA 2296 YES          
18629 Nadanian, Ashot ARM 2295 YES          
14074 Evans, Gordon ENG 2291 YES       YES  
16013 Shields, Glen USA 2291 YES       YES  
23763 Carbonell Bofill, Carlos Eloy ESP 2289 YES     YES    
20912 Soley, A. Kerim TUR 2288 YES          
18742 Sukhov, Nick UKR 2288 YES       YES  
16659 Stimac, Zeljko CRO 2287 YES       YES  
21427 Lehnen, Patric AUT 2285 YES     YES    
21484 Sekret, Roman RUS 2285 YES       YES  
Total 60 60 0 0 20 24 0


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