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🏆 Carlos Torre Memorial Open (2003)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Vadim Milov, Yuniesky Quesada Perez, Thomas Luther, Manuel Leon Hoyos, Alejandro Ramirez Alvarez, Alonso Zapata, Holden Hernandez Carmenates, Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora, Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero, Jose Gonzalez Garcia, Luis Manuel Perez Rodriguez, Luis Fernando Ibarra Chami, Roman Hernandez Onna, Amon Simutowe, Silvino Garcia Martinez, Dionisio Aldama Degurnay, Alvaro Blanco Fernandez, Roberto Martin del Campo, Jesper Norgaard, Rafael Emilio Espinosa Flores, Alberto Escobedo Tinajero, Uriel Capo Vidal, Guil Russek Libni, Julian Estrada Nieto, Florentino Garmendez Gonzalez, Guillermo Dominguez Aguilar, Claudinelly Ancheyta Tejas, Jonathan Berry, Raul Ocampo Vargas, Ramon Huerta, Jason Alford Phillipe, Jorge Martin del Campo, Yadira Hernandez Guerrero, Sebastian Predescu, Carlos Garmendez Gonzalez, Dante Tinajero Tristan, Juan Mario Rendon Arteaga, Jose Enrique Alayola Montanez, Luis Alonso Baez, Rafael Baltazar Pineda, Roberto Navarro Segura, Jose Ricardo Garcia Correa, Hrannar Baldursson, Jose Martinez Garcia, Yehudi Altamirano Gonzalez, Jean Beltran, Manuel Lopez Michelone

Carlos Torre Memorial Open (2003) The 9-round Swiss Open (Magistral) tournament of the 16th Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial took place in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, 12-20 December 2003. Rounds 3 & 4 were both played on 14 December. Rest day: 17 December. Most of the participants were rated above 2200. After six rounds the leading 12 players joined the Carlos Torre Memorial (2003) (Wimbledon) knockout tournament, from which the eighthfinal losers could rejoin the Open tournament's Round 7 on 18 December. Vadim Milov (who rejoined from the Wimbledon eiththfinal) won with 7.5/9. Final standings (top 23 players, from TWIC): 1 Milov Vadim SUI GM 2574 7.5 2 Gonzalez Zamora Juan Carlos MEX FM 2473 7 3 Russek Libni Guil MEX IM 2365 6 4 Hernandez Guerrero Gilberto MEX GM 2538 6 5 Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel CUB IM 2408 6 6 Hernandez Carmenate Holden CUB FM 2403 6 7 Norgaard Jesper DEN FM 2406 6 8 Escobedo Tinajero Alberto MEX IM 2366 6 9 Hernandez Roman CUB GM 2420 5.5 10 Gonzalez Garcia Jose MEX IM 2449 5.5 11 Martin Del Campo Roberto MEX IM 2407 5.5 12 Berry Jonathan CAN FM 2269 5.5 13 Garmendez Gonzalez Florentino MEX IM 2391 5.5 14 Watanabe Akira JPN FM 2358 5.5 15 Estrada Nieto Julian MEX IM 2290 5.5 16 Dominguez Aguilar Guillermo MEX FM 2289 5 17 Garcia Martinez Silvino CUB GM 2380 5 18 Predescu Sebastian CAN FM 2196 5 19 Hernandez Andres Gustavo MEX 2311 5 20 Ibarra Chami Luis MEX 2091 5 21 Alonso Baez Luis MEX 1962 5 22 Navarro Segura Roberto MEX IM 2258 5 23 Leon Hoyos Manuel MEX FM 2303 5 (40 more players) Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2004020... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_... Previous: Carlos Torre Memorial Open (2002). Next: Carlos Torre Memorial Open (2004). See also Carlos Torre Memorial (2003)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 70  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Hernandez Guerrero vs Y Hernandez Guerrero 1-0 30 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 2. J Garcia Correa vs L Perez Rodriguez   0-1 35 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open B89 Sicilian 3. J Norgaard vs J Beltran   1-0 42 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open C05 French, Tarrasch 4. H Baldursson vs R Martin del Campo   1-0 54 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open B53 Sicilian 5. J Martinez Garcia vs H Hernandez Carmenates   0-1 39 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 6. A Simutowe vs J Alayola Montanez 1-0 24 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 7. D Aldama Degurnay vs S Predescu 1-0 33 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. U Capo Vidal vs J Gonzalez Garcia   0-1 40 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 9. R Baltazar Pineda vs Y Quesada Perez   ½-½ 50 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open A46 Queen's Pawn Game 10. A Ramirez Alvarez vs J Rendon Arteaga   1-0 38 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. T Luther vs J Berry   1-0 38 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open C60 Ruy Lopez 12. R Navarro Segura vs Milov   0-1 34 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open B41 Sicilian, Kan 13. C Garmendez Gonzalez vs J C Gonzalez Zamora   0-1 36 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open A04 Reti Opening 14. A Zapata vs J Martin del Campo   1-0 34 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open B57 Sicilian 15. R Ocampo Vargas vs A Zapata   0-1 29 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin 16. L Alonso Baez vs J Norgaard ½-½ 103 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 17. M Lopez Michelone vs A Simutowe   0-1 30 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 18. A Blanco Fernandez vs T Luther   0-1 25 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 19. Milov vs G Hernandez Guerrero 1-0 31 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. R Martin del Campo vs R Baltazar Pineda   ½-½ 22 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 21. R Hernandez Onna vs H Baldursson 1-0 15 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open E60 King's Indian Defense 22. R E Espinosa Flores vs L Ibarra Chami   ½-½ 25 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open C02 French, Advance 23. S Garcia Martinez vs A Ramirez Alvarez   0-1 33 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open B33 Sicilian 24. J Gonzalez Garcia vs G Dominguez Aguilar 0-1 62 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open E61 King's Indian 25. H Hernandez Carmenates vs D Tinajero Tristan 1-0 54 2003 Carlos Torre Memorial Open C03 French, Tarrasch  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 70    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-21-03    shadowmaster: Some info on this tourney from the TWIC website: <The XVI Carlos Torre Memorial takes place in Merida in the Yucatan region of Mexico 12th-20th December 2003. 6 Round Swiss followed by a knockout. The top 12 in the Swiss qualified and were joined by Alexei Dreev, Boris Gelfand, Valery Filippov and Liviu-Deter Nisipeanu. Surprisingly Yuniesky Quezada (who beat both Gelfand and Filippov) won the event. Knockout has 2 90 minute games followed if needed by 2 15 minute games followed by sudden death 5 minute games.> Aug-06-05    ArturoRivera: Luis Alonso Baez is a young mexican player who had won several times national tournaments, this player likes a lot the Kings indian and the Schveshnikov, i know the guy a bit, i traveled with him once and i have even played some blitz games against him. Aug-23-20    Tabanus: About 170 games are out there, including the ones from round 7. CG now has 70 games from rounds 1-6. The games from rounds 8 & 9 are apparently not available ... ? NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! 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