2004年雷克雅末快棋赛八强产生

    2004年雷克雅末快棋赛在3月17～21日举行。参加棋手包括了：卡斯帕罗夫，肖特，卡尔波夫，德列耶夫，苏托夫斯基等棋手。Players include: GM Garry Kasparov 2831 Russia GM Nigel Short 2702 England GM Anatoly Karpov 2682 Russia GM Alexey Dreev 2682 Russia GM Emil Sutovsky 2666 Israel GM Johann Hjartarson 2640 Iceland GM Peter Heine Nielsen 2638 Denmark GM Hannes Stefansson 2572 Iceland GM Margeir Petursson 2540 Iceland GM Helgi Olafsson 2504 Iceland IM Magnus Carlsen 2484 Norway.
    快棋比赛由16位棋手进行淘汰赛，第1轮淘汰赛后，上半区Aronian，肖特，德列耶夫和卡尔波夫分别击败对手晋升八强，下半区，卡斯帕罗夫，蒂曼，苏托夫斯基和Nielsen分别击败对手进入八强。在第1天的闪电战比赛中，Aronian积13分领先，卡斯帕罗夫积12分列第2位，苏托夫斯基积10分列第3位。

现场报道站点 Info: http://www.chess.is/reykjavikrapid/english.html  and http://www.ruv.is/skak  

Round 1 Pairings. Start 18-00 GMT: 

Draw: Top Half 
Olafsson, Helgi - Aronian, Levon 0-1 0-1 
Short, Nigel D - Kristjansson, Stefan 1/2 1-0 
Petursson, Margeir - Dreev, Alexey 0-1 1/2 
Stefansson, Hannes - Karpov, Anatoly 1-0 0-1 Playoff 0-1

Draw: Bottom Half 
Carlsen, Magnus - Kasparov, Garry 1/2 0-1 
Hjartarson, Johann - Timman, Jan H 0-1 1/2 
Nataf, Igor-Alexandre - Sutovsky, Emil 0-1 1/2 
Epishin, Vladimir - Nielsen, Peter Heine 0-1 0-1 

Day 1 Blitz Standings (significant numbers of games don't appear to be available): 

1 Levon Aronian, 2648 13 94.25 11
2 Garry Kasparov, 2831 12 79.25 10
3 Emil Sutovsky, 2666 10 69.25 8
4 Alexey Dreev, 2682 9.5 63.00 6
5 Anatoly Karpov, 2682 9.5 61.25 7
6 Peter Heine Nielsen, 2638 9 52.00 7
7 Jan H. Timman, 2578 8 55.00 4
8 Nigel Short, 2702 7.5 44.25 6
9 Stefan Kristjansson, 2404 7 39.50 6
10 Johann Hjartarson, 2640 6 41.25 5
11 Vladimir Epishin, 2633 6 36.25 4
12 Hannes H. Stefansson, 2572 5.5 33.25 4
13 Margeir Petursson, 2540 5.5 28.50 5
14 Igor-Alaxander Nataf, 2569 4 32.50 2
15 Magnus Carlsen, 2484 4 29.25 3
16 Helgi Olafsson, 2504 3.5 20.75 2 

作者 叶红 《国际象棋通报》04-03-19