The Essent Chess Tournament 2003, 10-18 October
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The Essent Chess Tournament 2003 took place 10-18 October in Hoogeveen, the Netherlands.
Participants of the GM event: Judit Polgar 2722 HUN, Anatoli Karpov 2693 RUS, Ivan Sokolov 2693 NED and Levon Aronian 2649 ARM.
Final standings:
1 Polgar 4.0
2 Sokolov 3.0
3 Aronian 3.0
3 Karpov 2.0
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Besides there is the open event with the following players: Alexander Motylev 2634 RUS, Ernesto Inarkiev 2593 RUS, Ian Rogers 2574 AUS, Alexander Riazantsev 2572 RUS, Semen Dvoirys 2569 RUS, Mark Hebden 2560 ENG, Vlastimil Hort 2546 GER, Zviad Izoria 2546 GEO, Sergey Grigoriants 2525 RUS, Sergei Beshukov 2506 RUS and others.
Final leaders standings:
1 Izoria 7.0
2 Inarkiev 7.0
3 Pert 6.5
4 Rogers 6.5
5 Motylev 6.5
6 Dvoirys 6.0
7 Glek 6.0
8 Grigoriants 6.0
9 Stellwagen 6.0
10 L'Ami 6.0
11 Janssen 6.0
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Internet site: www.hoogeveen.nl