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The Saint-Petersburg's grandmaster Evgeny Shaposhnikov (2573) became the winner of the "WDB Osteropen 2004" tournament in Essen (Germany) with 8 out of 9. Nino Khurtsidze (2411) from Georgia was the second with 7.5. 133 chess players participated in the event. /Java/2004/Essen/viewer.html"> View games /Java/2004/Essen/essen.zip"> Games in PGN