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🏆 Zuerich Open (2004)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Michael Roiz, Csaba Balogh, Daniel Fridman, Vadim Malakhatko, Vladimir Burmakin, Yannick Pelletier, Mladen Palac, Vitali Golod, Ognjen Cvitan, Dejan Pikula, Zoltan Medvegy, Aleksandr Shneider, Aloyzas Kveinys, Leonid Milov, Florian Jenni, Gennadi Ginsburg, Attila Czebe, Sergey Galdunts, Oliver Kurmann, Predrag Trajkovic, Josip Rukavina, Petar Benkovic, Ivan Nemet, Alexander Gasthofer, Severin Papa, Roland Loetscher, Gediminas Sarakauskas, Juergen Fleck, Dusan Lekic, Olivier Moor, Julien Carron, Alexandre Domont, Nedeljko Kelecevic, Markus Klauser, Roger Moor, Michael Hochstrasser, Istvan Borocz, Marco Gaehler, Anna Zozulia, Alfred Weindl, Hansruedi Glauser, Ferenc Peredy, Arnd Janoszka, Dieter Knoedler, Viktor Gasthofer, Michael Bucher, Bruno Kamber, Matthias Gantner, Fabian Maeser, Johannes Steckner, Oliver Kniest, Thomas Wyss, Jacques Kolly, Gerald Loew, Kaspar Kappeler, Udo Duessel, Patrick Hugentobler, Andreas Umbach, S Jaroka, Monika Mueller-Seps, Francesco Antognini, Felix Csajka, Tina Mietzner, Parwis Nabavi, Zeljko Stankovic, Joachim Klein, Christoph Drechsler, Carmi Haas, Andreas Peschel, Simon Jakob, Simon Widmer, Frank Salzgeber, Michael Schmid, Frank Niehaus, Vincent Kriste, Daniel Borner, Markus Regez, Christian Salerno, Patrick Eschmann, Patrick Gaule, Mark Zichanowicz, Michael Schmidt, Hans-Joerg Illi, Helmut Eidinger, Marc Furrer, Paul Haldemann, Zeno Kupper, Willi Duerig, Oswald Buergi, Massimo Cavaletto, Donjan Rodic, Rene Meier, Pascal Andrist, Michael Desbouefs, Zoran Bojic, Markus Wittwer, Anastasia Gavrilova, Alush Blakaj, Joachim Waffenschmidt, Martin Schmid plus 16 more players.

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Zuerich Open (2004)

The Zuerich Weihnachtsopen 2004 was the biggest tournament of the year in Switzerland. 139 played in the master section and 280 at the "Allgemeines Turnier". This year 6 players shared first with 6 out of 7. GM Kveinys had the best Buchholz score.

Source: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...

 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 154  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Nagrocka vs O Kurmann  1-0472004Zuerich OpenD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
2. M Gantner vs O Kurmann  0-1312004Zuerich OpenB27 Sicilian
3. S Galdunts vs D Knoedler  ½-½172004Zuerich OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
4. A Blakaj vs D Lekic  1-0312004Zuerich OpenC45 Scotch Game
5. P Eschmann vs I Buergy  1-0182004Zuerich OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
6. K Nuri vs M Bucher  0-1192004Zuerich OpenA11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System
7. M Schmid vs D Schaffner  1-0152004Zuerich OpenB33 Sicilian
8. S Widmer vs A Desboeufs  1-0172004Zuerich OpenD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. O Amidzic vs M Gaehler  0-1312004Zuerich OpenE91 King's Indian
10. M Bucher vs I Nemet  1-0332004Zuerich OpenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
11. A Janoszka vs L Milov  ½-½352004Zuerich OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
12. P Andrist vs R Meier  1-0412004Zuerich OpenD86 Grunfeld, Exchange
13. A Blakaj vs A Weindl  0-1432004Zuerich OpenB83 Sicilian
14. D Borner vs H Rueckert  1-0332004Zuerich OpenB33 Sicilian
15. W Duerig vs S Jaroka  1-0652004Zuerich OpenA40 Queen's Pawn Game
16. C Kanonier vs J Kolly  0-1242004Zuerich OpenD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. N Kelecevic vs U Duessel  ½-½692004Zuerich OpenD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
18. J Klein vs D Lekic  0-1362004Zuerich OpenC77 Ruy Lopez
19. F Maeser vs Z Bojic  1-0572004Zuerich OpenB40 Sicilian
20. R Moor vs Z Kupper  1-0382004Zuerich OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
21. I Nemet vs F Niehaus  1-0532004Zuerich OpenE95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1
22. D Rodic vs B Kamber  1-0832004Zuerich OpenD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
23. M Wittwer vs H Illi  0-1222004Zuerich OpenC18 French, Winawer
24. Z Bojic vs A Gavrilova  1-0282004Zuerich OpenB15 Caro-Kann
25. I Borocz vs A Kveinys  0-1242004Zuerich OpenB40 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-30-04  aw1988: Will we have a book appearing soon written by David Bronstein Jr.?
Jan-01-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: Thanks, <chessgames.com> for putting these games online! This tournament is great fun. If it wasn't for all the family stuff taking place around this time of year I would have participated. Maybe next year I will.
Jan-25-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: <chessgames.com> I hope you'll soon upload the games of the Zurich Christmas Open, 2006 edition. They were in this week's edition of TWIC, http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twi.... Thanks!

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