The 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament is taking place from 30th December, 2014, to 6th January, 2015, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, India.

The event is organized by the Tamil Nadu State Chess Association and consists of three sections:
- Category A (for players rated over 1900), 10-round Swiss, 90 Minutes each plus 30 seconds increment from move 1
- Category B (under 1899), 10-round Swiss, 60 Minutes plus 30 seconds increment from move 1
- Category C (under 1599), 10-round Swiss, 30 Minutes plus 30 seconds increment from move 1

Total cash prize fund is Rs. 14, 00, 000/- (approx 18,000 EUR), with 2600 EUR reserved for the winner of Category A. Last year winner was the ultra-talented Aravindh Chithambaram.

The main section has 180 participants from 12 countries, including 17 Grandmasters and 30 International Masters.

In the first round Grandmasters Axel Rombaldoni and Deepan Chakkravarthy were defeated by FM Rakesh Kumar Jena and FM Vinoth Kumar M. respectively. Third seed Sabino Brunello was held to a draw by Debarshi Mukherjee.

LIVE games with analysis

Category B has 370 participants. Full lists below.

Participants, Open section:

1 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2622
2 GM David Alberto ITA 2578
3 GM Brunello Sabino ITA 2573
4 GM Baryshpolets Andrey UKR 2566
5 GM Mozharov Mikhail RUS 2557
6 GM Cruz Cristhian PER 2546
7 GM Evdokimov Alexander A. RUS 2538
8 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2532
9 GM Gasanov Eldar UKR 2526
10 GM Nguyen Duc Hoa VIE 2507
11 GM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2505
12 GM Neverov Valeriy UKR 2501
13 IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2497
14 GM Deepan Chakkravarthy J. IND 2489
15 IM Narayanan Srinath IND 2461
16 IM Cruz Jonathan PER 2454
17 IM Shyam Nikil P. IND 2454
18 IM Nguyen Van Huy VIE 2445
19 IM Das Sayantan IND 2444
20 IM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2437
21 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao IND 2436
22 IM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2418
23 IM Gagare Shardul IND 2411
24 GM Laxman R.R. IND 2408
25 IM Rajesh V A V IND 2408
26 IM Ramnath Bhuvanesh.R IND 2405
27 IM Stany G.A. IND 2404
28 IM Karthikeyan P. IND 2400
29 GM Lazarev Vladimir FRA 2387
30 IM Rathnakaran K. IND 2387
31 IM Ravichandran Siddharth IND 2381
32 IM Sharma Dinesh K. IND 2380
33 IM Navin Kanna T.U. IND 2374
34 Krishna C.R.G. IND 2365
35 IM Nitin S. IND 2347
36 Visakh Nr IND 2346
37 Sanjay N. IND 2343
38 Vignesh Nr IND 2340
39 Sai Vishwesh.C IND 2337
40 Kunal M. IND 2336
41 IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IND 2329
42 IM Saravanan V. IND 2328
43 Kumaran B IND 2316
44 Harsha Bharathakoti IND 2309
45 Navalgund Niranjan IND 2309
46 Ravi Teja S. IND 2306
47 IM Shivananda B.S. IND 2305
48 IM Chakravarthi Reddy M IND 2302
49 Pranav Vijay IND 2296
50 Gahan M.G. IND 2295
51 Phoobalan P. IND 2291
52 Pradeep Kumar R.A. IND 2291
53 IM Murali Krishnan B.T. IND 2283
54 Mehar Chinna Reddy C.H. IND 2281
55 Sidhant Mohapatra IND 2281
56 Abhishek Kelkar IND 2280
57 FM Maheswaran P. IND 2275
58 IM Kathmale Sameer IND 2267
59 WGM Safranska Anda FRA 2267
60 IM Praveen Kumar C. IND 2251
61 Lokesh P. IND 2251
62 IM Deshmukh Anup IND 2250
63 Sahoo Utkal Ranjan IND 2247
64 Ram S. Krishnan IND 2240
65 Hemant Sharma (del) IND 2234
66 Shailesh Dravid IND 2226
67 IM Shetty Rahul IND 2217
68 Ashwath R. IND 2216
69 Lakshmi Narayanan Mv IND 2215
70 K. Praneeth Surya IND 2212
71 Abhilash Reddy M.L. IND 2209
72 WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty IND 2206
73 Tiwari Arjun IND 2206
74 Dhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad IND 2205
75 Haribalu V. IND 2203
76 WIM Andrenko Irina UKR 2202
77 Hirthickkesh Pr IND 2201
78 Surendran N. IND 2197
79 Mari Arul S. IND 2196
80 Siva Mahadevan IND 2195
81 Pratyusha Bodda IND 2192
82 Ajay Krishna S IND 2187
83 Ritviz Parab IND 2187
84 FM Matta Vinay Kumar IND 2184
85 Nandhidhaa Pv IND 2177
86 Mohammad Ashraf IND 2175
87 Sekar B IND 2173
88 Muthaiah Al IND 2168
89 Nishant Malhotra IND 2167
90 Gandhi Anish IND 2163
91 Lokesh N. IND 2161
92 Swain Ashirwad IND 2158
93 Nambiar Vivek IND 2147
94 Yogit S IND 2146
95 Debarshi Mukherjee IND 2142
96 Patil Pratik IND 2139
97 Mugil Jayavel IND 2135
98 WFM Vaishali R IND 2134
99 Iniyan P IND 2131
100 WFM Mahalakshmi M IND 2125
101 Vasli Aref IRI 2125
102 Harikrishnan.A.Ra IND 2124
103 FM Rakesh Kumar Jena IND 2123
104 Roshan Rangarajan. IND 2120
105 FM Vinoth Kumar M. IND 2119
106 Yashas D. IND 2119
107 CM Nihal Sarin IND 2110
108 WFM Monnisha Gk IND 2110
109 WFM Pujari Rucha IND 2109
110 FM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2104
111 WFM Saranya J IND 2104
112 Chaithanyaa K.G. IND 2101
113 Joshi Govind Ballabh IND 2100
114 Rahul Srivatshav P IND 2093
115 Snehal Bhosale IND 2087
116 Dahale Atul IND 2078
117 Ganesh Babu S. IND 2078
118 Bavankumar IND 2068
119 Godbole Atharva IND 2065
120 Chakravarthi Y.V.K. IND 2062
121 Michelle Catherina P IND 2061
122 Jayakumaar S IND 2053
123 CM Rathanvel V S IND 2048
124 Kumar Gaurav IND 2048
125 Harini S. IND 2046
126 Jyothilal N. IND 2031
127 Prajesh R IND 2030
128 Srinath Rao S.V. IND 2027
129 Lasya.G IND 2023
130 Senthil Maran K IND 2023
131 Iraqui Youssef MAR 2015
132 WFM Varshini V IND 2011
133 Aniruddh Aiyengar IND 2010
134 Hemanth Raam IND 2001
135 Jaswant G IND 2001
136 Kulkarni Vinayak IND 2000
137 Pranavananda V IND 1989
138 Anustoop Biswas IND 1985
139 Mirashi Shantanu IND 1983
140 Vantika Agrawal IND 1982
141 Kranti Kumar P. IND 1979
142 Vignesh B IND 1979
143 Chandar Raju IND 1978
144 Ranjith R.K. IND 1975
145 WIM Jennitha Anto K. IND 1972
146 WFM Tarini Goyal IND 1972
147 Erigaisi Arjun IND 1968
148 Sumit Kumar IND 1967
149 Ramalingam Karthik IND 1966
150 Eashwar.M IND 1963
151 Negi Virender Singh IND 1962
152 CM Govindasamy Nashlen RSA 1960
153 Rajarishi Karthi IND 1960
154 Mulay Pratik IND 1957
155 Neelash Saha IND 1948
156 Priyanka Nutakki IND 1946
157 Saurabh Anand IND 1946
158 Dhanasekaran Suresh R. IND 1942
159 Ganguly Ritabroto IND 1942
160 Prakashram R IND 1942
161 Badavath Anand IND 1939
162 Iasman Inna FRA 1939
163 Adhithya S IND 1938
164 Gavi Siddayya IND 1938
165 Barath Kalyan M IND 1937
166 Sa Kannan IND 1932
167 Nayak Rajesh IND 1923
168 WFM Arpita Mukherjee IND 1919
169 Priyanka K IND 1918
170 Subramanian R M IND 1917
171 Subramanian Pl IND 1912
172 Aaditya Jagadeesh IND 1910
173 Shet Prajwal P IND 1909
174 Iyer Vishal IND 1908
175 Abhishek Jaiswal IND 1904
176 Sonkalan Bharati IND 1903
177 Selvabharathy T IND 1901
178 Md Nurul Islam Mahin BAN 1829
179 Ektova Elena RUS 1813
180 WCM Govindasamy Seshni RSA 1608

Participants Category B:

1 FM Mohammad Fahad Rahman BAN 2141 NA
2 Paul Arokiaraj S. IND 2141 TN
3 Anilkumar O.T. IND 2136
4 Manigandan S S IND 2132 TN
5 Dusthageer Ibrahim M. IND 2128 TN
6 Uttam Sharma IND 2111 TN
7 Sahu Rajendra Kumar IND 2041 Ori
8 Vijaya Sharathy IND 1991 TN
9 Gopalakrishnan K. IND 1990 TN
10 Nanda Kumar T.S. IND 1988 TN
11 Venkatakrishnan R.V. IND 1969 TN
12 Lakshmi Krishna Bhushan D IND 1934
13 Raju S IND 1903 TN
14 Visveshwar A IND 1890 TN
15 Rahul S IND 1888 TN
16 Karthick Narayanan S IND 1879 TN
17 Panaiappan S IND 1878 TN
18 Dileep Kumar R IND 1870 TN
19 Abir Sinha IND 1867
20 Barath M IND 1866 Goa
21 Harshavardhan G B IND 1866 TN
22 Harshita Guddanti IND 1853
23 Neil Franclin S IND 1853 TN
24 Arjun Kalyan IND 1852 TN
25 Swaroop M IND 1852 TN
26 Yuvan Bharathi K S IND 1852 TN
27 Subramanian V IND 1843 TN
28 Girinath B S IND 1842 TN
29 Vishwanath Vivek IND 1842 Tel
30 Salil Kumar D. IND 1832
31 Jotish Joy IND 1821
32 Vinay Vijaykumar IND 1808 Mah
33 Gowtham K K IND 1806 TN
34 Dhanasekar K. IND 1805 TN
35 Sambamurthy P. IND 1798 AP
36 Balasubramaniam H IND 1797 TN
37 Vijay Shreeram P IND 1797 TN
38 Parthasarathy R IND 1792 Kar
39 Karmukilan S IND 1791 TN
40 Adethya R IND 1784 TN
41 Aswin Kumar B S IND 1781 TN
42 Marthandan K U IND 1778 Ker
43 Rohit Ramanan T G IND 1767
44 Toshali V IND 1766 AP
45 Vigneshwaran S IND 1765 TN
46 Shiva Pavan Teja Sharma U IND 1763 AP
47 Sharath E. IND 1752 TN
48 Raahul V S IND 1751 TN
49 Surya Dhanush G IND 1751 AP
50 Ashhwath C IND 1746 TN
51 Prathish A IND 1745 TN
52 Bhuvaneshwari.R IND 1744 TN
53 Hari Madhavan N B IND 1744 TN
54 Arjun Adappa IND 1743 Kar
55 Aditya S S V IND 1740 Tel
56 Bathula Abhinav Reddy IND 1737 TN
57 Aarudhra Ganesh IND 1734 TN
58 Raman P IND 1733 TN
59 Dinesh Annamalai IND 1731 Pon
60 Upendra R IND 1728 TN
61 Singaram P.L. IND 1721 TN
62 Rajeev V.M. IND 1716 Ker
63 Gnanasekar .G IND 1712 TN
64 Akash Srivaths K R IND 1709 TN
65 Sudhamahari Dinker IND 1702 TN
66 Harshini A IND 1701 TN
67 Manu David Suthandram R IND 1693 TN
68 Sathyanarayanan V IND 1693 TN
69 Shakthi Vishal J IND 1693 TN
70 Sivaji Baskar S IND 1690 TN
71 Sanjay Thiruvengadam IND 1687 TN
72 Srinath.V IND 1681 TN
73 Balachandar E IND 1679 TN
74 Kar Satyabrata IND 1679 Ori
75 Prachet Sharma IND 1679
76 Tarun V Kanth IND 1672 TN
77 Saroja K IND 1671 TN
78 Vijay M. IND 1670 TN
79 Anandha Venkatesan IND 1669 TN
80 Isha Sharma IND 1666
81 Shreyas M IND 1666 TN
82 WFM Lakshmi C IND 1665 TN
83 Murugan M IND 1664 TN
84 Priyamvada Karamcheti IND 1662 AP
85 Jai Aditya D IND 1657 TN
86 Navnitan S V IND 1655 TN
87 Matta Theja Sahithi IND 1652
88 Hariharan S Pillai IND 1651 TN
89 Soham Das IND 1651 TN
90 Rakshitta Ravi IND 1649 TN
91 Varsha C K IND 1648 TN
92 CM Nikhil Magizhnan IND 1645 TN
93 Dandekar Amey IND 1642 Mah
94 Rakshith N D IND 1641 TN
95 Avi Jaiswal IND 1640 TN
96 Vishesh Agrawal IND 1640 AP
97 Prasant N Nayagam IND 1633 TN
98 Sai Kiran Y IND 1632
99 Niranjan Nadarajan IND 1628 TN
100 Potluri Saye Srreezza IND 1625 AP
101 Martin Samuel IND 1623 Ker
102 Natarajan M IND 1620 TN
103 Ajay Karthikeyan IND 1619 TN
104 Sathananthan I IND 1618 TN
105 Poojakanth M. IND 1612 TN
106 Reetish Padhi IND 1611 Kar
107 Ithal H L Rajath IND 1609 Kar
108 Krithigga K IND 1609 TN
109 Gukesh D IND 1600 TN
110 Arjun B IND 1599 TN
111 Ram Kumar G M IND 1596 TN
112 Muthu Hareeswaran S IND 1595
113 Jishitha D IND 1591 AP
114 Surya S G IND 1586 TN
115 Pranav P IND 1577 TN
116 Vishwak S IND 1576 TN
117 Srihari L R IND 1573 TN
118 WCM Bommini Mounika Akshaya IND 1571 AP
119 Deepak K IND 1568 TN
120 Gowrichander U IND 1566 TN
121 Manoj B Kulkarni IND 1562 TN
122 Vishnu Prasad S IND 1561 Ker
123 Karthick Raja R IND 1560 TN
124 Neela S IND 1560 TN
125 Balaji M IND 1557 TN
126 Gokul Sathyan IND 1557 TN
127 Aasha.C R. IND 1553 TN
128 Praveen Kumar S IND 1553 TN
129 Tejasvi M IND 1547
130 Akash S IND 1544 TN
131 Sarvesh Kumar A IND 1544 TN
132 Dhanush Ragav IND 1541 TN
133 Dheekshith Kumar R IND 1541 TN
134 Selvamurugan B IND 1538 TN
135 Shetty Murugan IND 1538 Mah
136 Kamalesh P IND 1533 TN
137 Sanjay Saravanan IND 1530 TN
138 Rohini G IND 1527 TN
139 Dhivyashree J IND 1524 TN
140 Narayanan G K IND 1523 TN
141 Pooja S (2002) IND 1522 TN
142 Anurag Kuruvada IND 1521 AP
143 Malik Jan Mohamed A. IND 1520 TN
144 Lakshman Yogeshl IND 1519 TN
145 Gayetri R IND 1515 TN
146 Shyam Sundar M IND 1513 TN
147 Vignesh R IND 1507 TN
148 Aswin S IND 1506 TN
149 Atul Bihari Sharan IND 1502 Jhar
150 Rajagopalan IND 1501 TN
151 Kasinathan S IND 1500 TN
152 Akilesh Viswaa IND 1484 TN
153 Gopikrishnan S IND 1482 TN
154 Thirunarayanan Sampath Kumar IND 1481 Kar
155 Patel Mayur IND 1478 Mah
156 Pranav Anand IND 1475 Kar
157 Dharani Kumar M S IND 1472 TN
158 Dnyaneshwar S Gharge IND 1467 Mah
159 Abirami S IND 1462 TN
160 Dharshan P IND 1461 TN
161 Madhumida S IND 1460 TN
162 Hirthik Rajan B P IND 1459 TN
163 Arvind Ramnath Iyer IND 1456 Kar
164 Paul I. Sumi IND 1450 TN
165 Murugappan S P IND 1449 TN
166 Kavitha P L IND 1446 TN
167 Tharun Pranav G B IND 1446 TN
168 Sai Krishna S IND 1445 TN
169 Venkatesh K IND 1443 TN
170 Rakshith J IND 1442 TN
171 Harshad S IND 1439 TN
172 Poorna Sri M.K IND 1439 TN
173 Ravindran R IND 1439 Kar
174 Bhagyashree Patil IND 1438 Mah
175 Senthamizh Yazhini S IND 1438 TN
176 Arjun C Krishnamachari IND 1431 TN
177 Mckenzie Lionel Joseph IND 1428 TN
178 Janakiraman R IND 1425 TN
179 Kishore Kumar Jaganathan IND 1425 TN
180 Digvijay Sunil IND 1416 Tel
181 Srimathi R IND 1415 TN
182 Pranav V IND 1412 TN
183 Subalakshmi M S IND 1407 TN
184 Atul Srivatsa IND 1406 TN
185 Sanath K Jamadagni IND 1397 Kar
186 Yashwanth Raj S IND 1395 TN
187 Ayushh Ravikumar IND 1390 TN
188 Senthilkumar K IND 1389 Ker
189 Adarsh Tripathi IND 1388 Del
190 Rohith Krishna S IND 1388 TN
191 Rajesh Vasanthakumar IND 1387
192 Vijayaraj P IND 1386 TN
193 Aravinth Shanmugam S IND 1385 TN
194 Rindhiya V IND 1382 TN
195 Ravi Kumar K.V.K IND 1381 AP
196 Neha Srinibash D IND 1378 TN
197 Deepika M C IND 1377 TN
198 Chandra Hass M C J IND 1373 AP
199 Manish Anto Cristiano F IND 1373 TN
200 Aanandha Kumar M S IND 1370 TN
201 Mohanraj S IND 1369 TN
202 Karthick Ramkumar N IND 1365 TN
203 Abdul Hameed IND 1364 TN
204 Srihari L IND 1363 Pon
205 Mohanakrishnan Balaram IND 1361 TN
206 Ragesh Sarma.M IND 1361 TN
207 WCM Wankhade Sanskruti IND 1359 Mah
208 Arputha Jasmine B A IND 1357 TN
209 Vasudev R IND 1355 TN
210 Abinandhan R IND 1348 TN
211 Rangesh N D IND 1345 TN
212 Rohan Kailash IND 1344 TN
213 Gargare Prathmesh IND 1340 Mah
214 Suudhan S IND 1338 TN
215 Pradeesh Tk IND 1337 TN
216 Sahu Ajay Kumar IND 1336 Ori
217 Sai Balaji E IND 1332 TN
218 Ilakiya M K IND 1328 TN
219 Adanwale Siddhik IND 1322 Mah
220 Prachi Bharti IND 1322 Kar
221 Bragadeeshwaran Chidambaram.C IND 1319 TN
222 Niranjan Rajeev IND 1316 Kar
223 Sushmit Banerjee IND 1312 TN
224 Madhumitha R (2003) IND 1311 TN
225 Yuti Mayur Patel IND 1308 Mah
226 Lakshmanan Kuppusamy IND 1300 TN
227 Anirudh D Venkat IND 1298 TN
228 Shyam Kumar M IND 1294 TN
229 Vignesh N IND 1294 TN
230 Aravind Adivaragan IND 1290 TN
231 Garima Gaurav IND 1288 Bih
232 Nithin A V IND 1282 TN
233 Srivatsan Sekar IND 1281 TN
234 Harish S IND 1280 TN
235 Shyaam M IND 1280 TN
236 Sidharth P G IND 1276 TN
237 Arunachalam Shivaa T V IND 1275 TN
238 Abineshwar Gnanamurtthy IND 1271 TN
239 Bharath Subramaniyam H IND 1270 TN
240 Sivalingam.R IND 1269 TN
241 Nithish Kumar S IND 1266 TN
242 Kareedu Jaya Prakash IND 1264 AP
243 Sneha Paul IND 1258 WB
244 Dinesh Kumar Jaganathan IND 1256 TN
245 Kalaimathi G IND 1248 TN
246 Sarvadh Sathiaram IND 1247 TN
247 Savitha Shri B IND 1244 TN
248 Jayashree S IND 1239 TN
249 Suresh Raju N IND 1238 AP
250 Nachiketh Adiga IND 1237 Kar
251 Naveen Kumar T IND 1237 TN
252 Saravana Kumar Murugan IND 1232 TN
253 Prahalada Varadhan R IND 1231 TN
254 Gokulnath V IND 1227 TN
255 Sreevijay Sunil IND 1227 Tel
256 Sushil Raaja U IND 1227 TN
257 Taanya Ss IND 1227 TN
258 Aravindan S IND 1226 TN
259 Balaji Subramanian IND 1223 TN
260 Narendran C S IND 1221 TN
261 Anirud M IND 1216 TN
262 Harsh R Shah IND 1216 TN
263 Srijan J IND 1216 TN
264 Monika S IND 1205 TN
265 Dhanaviswanathan C T IND 1200 TN
266 Narendra Pallavan S IND 1192 TN
267 Hiren K G IND 1191 TN
268 Divyabharathi Masanam IND 1190 TN
269 Tejas Cavale IND 1186 Kar
270 Guruprasad Gopinath IND 1180 Kar
271 Gowtham T S IND 1176 TN
272 Aakash Rajan IND 1175 Kar
273 Pradharsan V IND 1172 TN
274 Meenatchi Rajam V IND 1170 TN
275 Antony Jesumarian Leslie IND 1167 TN
276 Malleswari P IND 1153 TN
277 Perikala Sudharshan Bhoja IND 1152 TN
278 Dhruv Easwar IND 1149
279 Surya Prakash J IND 1145 TN
280 Manooneeth B IND 1140 Pon
281 Shubh Prakash IND 1138 UP
282 Mridula R IND 1137 TN
283 Krishna Kumar G IND 1136 TN
284 Siddharth Vezzu IND 1134 Kar
285 Adhava Prakash S IND 1133 TN
286 Praveen Kumar Gunasekaran IND 1132 TN
287 Sathish S IND 1132 TN
288 Nidheshpa S IND 1126 TN
289 Venu Madhav P L IND 1123 Kar
290 Jai Adithya S IND 1112 Kar
291 Nikilesh G K IND 1107 Kar
292 Prasanna Aditya A IND 1104 TN
293 Saypuri Srithan IND 1096 Tel
294 Kriti Mayur Patel IND 1084 Mah
295 Harshavardhini M.S. IND 1080 TN
296 Prabakaran K IND 1080 TN
297 Ganesh Aravind N IND 1076 TN
298 Rishi Raghavan B IND 1069 Kar
299 Vincent Alaina IND 1067 Mah
300 Anirudh R S IND 1048 Tel
301 Sakthi Subash A S IND 1047 TN
302 Radhe Shyam Y M IND 1044 TN
303 Varun R S IND 1044 TN
304 Tharshan M K IND 1042 TN
305 Madhu Varun S IND 1039 TN
306 Anjana Devi G IND 1033 TN
307 M Padma Pratibha IND 1033 TN
308 Srudi Veena G IND 1030 TN
309 Aishwarya Natarajan IND 1028 TN
310 Sahu Bibek Kumar IND 1025 Ori
311 Yokesh Srenevas R IND 1025 TN
312 Karthikeyan S IND 1018 TN
313 Srikrishnan P IND 1018 TN
314 Prithvi Rajan IND 1015 Kar
315 Sai Sujan S IND 1014 TN
316 Shivani S IND 1013 TN
317 Saffal Bhat S IND 1008 TN
318 Adithya C J IND 1004 TN
319 Rebecca Jesumarian IND 1001 TN
320 Abdul Salam K IND 0 TN
321 Abdullah M N IND 0 TN
322 Adhya S IND 0 TN
323 Alagu Raja M S IND 0 TN
324 Aneesh Kumar K S IND 0 TN
325 Anunyaa S IND 0 TN
326 Awakhare Sonu IND 0 Mah
327 Badri Narayan Balaji Vasudevan IND 0 TN
328 Bhargav Ram Mv IND 0 Kar
329 Danish Roy Vinoth Kumar IND 0
330 Deepika J IND 0 TN
331 Divya G S IND 0 TN
332 Gopal Krishna S Shetty IND 0 TN
333 Harini R K IND 0 TN
334 Kailash Rajasekaran IND 0 Pon
335 Kalaiarasi D Pasubathi IND 0 TN
336 Kamalesh Kumar S IND 0 TN
337 Karizhma J IND 0 TN
338 Kaviksha P IND 0 TN
339 Kaviya R IND 0 TN
340 Kiran Kumar S N IND 0 TN
341 Krishnasamy P IND 0 TN
342 Mohammed Sayeed A M IND 0 TN
343 Mukund S N IND 0 TN
344 Mukund Suresh IND 0 TN
345 Muthappan Jambunathan IND 0 TN
346 Nivesh Raaj M G IND 0 TN
347 Raghavendra Kumar Shukla IND 0 UP
348 Rajasekhar Reddy R IND 0 AP
349 Rakesh Kumar Voonna IND 0 AP
350 Ranganathan V IND 0 TN
351 Ruthvik C IND 0 Kar
352 Sai Aravindh S IND 0 TN
353 Sanjay V IND 0 TN
354 Sanju Shree M IND 0 TN
355 Sankaran S R IND 0 Pon
356 Senthil Kumar V IND 0 TN
357 Shoab Akthar J IND 0 TN
358 Shreeram C S IND 0 TN
359 Shunmuga Krishnan Tg IND 0 TN
360 Sivananth R IND 0 TN
361 Sujan P IND 0 TN
362 Sunderraj Devaraj IND 0 TN
363 Syed Ibrahim Shah Jalal IND 0 TN
364 Thrayambhakesh A IND 0 Pon
365 Varunsatyaa P S IND 0 TN
366 Vignesh B IND 0 TN
367 Vishva Vijay IND 0 TN
368 Vivekanandan Paramasivam IND 0 TN
369 Vrishva Swaran M IND 0 Kar
370 Yokeash K IND 0 TN

The 38th Zurich Christmas Open was held on 26-30th December, 2014, at the Crowne Plaza Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland.

The Master Tournament was a 7-round of Swiss event, open to all players rated above 2000.

German Olympic leader GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2731) emerged a clear winner with 6.5/7 points and took the first prize in the amount of CHF 3.000.

Naiditsch drew only against GM Christian Bauer and defeated all the other rivals, including his last-round opponent, Bulgarian champion GM Kiril Georgiev.

GM Laszlo Gonda finished on second place with 6/7, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind.

IM Ringdal Torbjørn Hansen, GM Georg Meier and GM Richard Rapport tied for the third with 5.5 points each, but Hansen prevailed on a superior tie-break score and took the bronze.

You can see the full standings and replay the games below.

Official website/ Games with analysis

Final standings:

1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2731 Dortmund 6,5
2 GM Gonda Laszlo HUN 2542 Ungarn 6
3 IM Hansen Torbjørn Ringdal NOR 2470 Oslo 5,5
4 GM Meier Georg GER 2640 Deutschland 5,5
5 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2716 Ungarn 5,5
6 GM Bauer Christian FRA 2647 Montpellier 5
7 GM Stojanovic Mihajlo SRB 2547 Basel 5
8 IM Kurmann Oliver SUI 2426 Luzern 5
9 GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2628 Sofia 5
10 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2654 Venezuela 5
11 FM Corvi Marco ITA 2222 Roma 5
12 GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2499 Lettland 5
13 FM Moroni Luca Jr ITA 2321 Bovisio-Masciago 5
14 Kaczmarczyk Dennis GER 2408 Konstanz 5
15 GM Pikula Dejan SRB 2457 Arandjelovac 5
16 IM Lekic Dusan MNE 2439 Banja Luka 5
17 FM Misiano Franco ITA 2269 Milano 4,5
18 FM Rambaldi Francesco ITA 2476 Grenoble 4,5
19 GM Turner Matthew J SCO 2485 Glastonbury, Somerset 4,5
20 Formento Paolo ITA 2135 Imperia 4,5
21 IM Klauser Markus SUI 2386 Belp 4,5
22 FM Nuri Kambez SUI 2317 Richterswil 4,5
23 FM Friedrich Norbert GER 2327 Zürich 4,5
24 GM Pelletier Yannick SUI 2588 Montpellier 4,5
25 WGM Vojinovic Jovana SRB 2301 Serbien 4,5
26 Kessler Luca AUT 2333 Dornbirn 4,5
27 IM Barle Janez SLO 2353 Ljubljana 4,5
28 GM Milov Leonid GER 2492 Mainz 4,5
29 Hasenohr Benedict SUI 2291 Pfungen 4
30 IM Studer Noël SUI 2406 Muri b. Bern 4
31 FM Goldstern Filip SUI 2298 Schaffhausen 4
32 Balint Vilmos HUN 2181 Budapest 4
33 FM Rindlisbacher Lars SUI 2289 Worb 4
34 FM Hugentobler Patrik SUI 2206 Volketswil 4
35 FM Riff Vincent FRA 2362 Frankreich 4
36 FM Knoedler Dieter GER 2349 Konstanz 4
37 FM Wyss Thomas SUI 2232 Zürich 4
38 Antognini Francesco SUI 2240 Zürich 4
39 GM Jenni Florian SUI 2485 Oberengstringen 4
40 Curien Nicolas SUI 2190 Bern 4
41 FM Kamber Bruno SUI 2258 Olten 4
42 IM Moor Olivier SUI 2366 Thalwil 4
43 IM Weindl Alfred GER 2338 Konstanz 4
44 FM Bucher Michael SUI 2227 Wetzikon ZH 4
45 WIM Shvayger Yuliya ISR 2323 Israel 4
46 Ludwig Peter GER 2189 Köln 4
47 FM Gantner Matthias SUI 2229 Leeds 4
48 Wüthrich Lorenz SUI 2124 Zürich 4
49 IM Ballmann Martin SUI 2398 Winterthur 4
50 FM Kappeler Kaspar SUI 2280 Zürich 4
51 Schmid Michael GER 2161 Konstanz 3,5
52 Schärer Julian SUI 2241 Frauenfeld 3,5
53 WIM Fuchs Judith GER 2278 Leipzig 3,5
54 FM Wyss Jonas SUI 2292 Zürich 3,5
55 Pomini Aurélien SUI 2216 La Tour-de-Peilz 3,5
56 Fischer Andre GER 2249 Meckenbeuren 3,5
57 Lochte Thomas GER 2079 Feldafing 3,5
58 Todorovic Nenad SRB 2122 Nis 3,5
59 Mittelberger Peter AUT 2197 Hohenweiler 3,5
60 Uhlmann David GER 2034 Kloten 3,5
61 Seitz Benjamin SUI 2215 Reinach BL 3,5
62 Kriste Vincent SUI 2169 Münchenstein 3,5
63 Schwander Lukas SUI 2089 Luzern 3,5
64 Levrand Roland SUI 2119 Dübendorf 3,5
65 Haas Carmi SUI 2187 Zürich 3,5
66 Marentini Marcel SUI 2103 Bottighofen 3,5
67 Jovanovic Sladian SUI 2146 Oberuzwil 3,5
68 Aeschbach Werner SUI 2079 Neustadt 3,5
69 Milosevic Gligor SUI 2132 Zürich 3,5
70 Gretz Denis GER 2048 Königsbrunn 3,5
71 Turci Stefano ITA 2241 Reggio Emilia (RE) 3
72 Karrer Damian SUI 2169 Zollikon 3
73 Ciolek Andreas GER 2035 Rielasingen-Worblingen 3
74 Salzgeber Frank SUI 2175 Naters 3
75 Meylan André SUI 2161 Pully 3
76 WIM Agrest Inna SWE 2179 Schweden 3
77 WIM Jicman Ligia-Letitia ROU 2137 Timisoara 3
78 Aeschbach Philipp SUI 2091 Wettswil 3
79 Berset Alan SUI 2037 Zürich 3
80 Norgauer Michael GER 1992 Konstanz 3
81 Adamantidis Panagiotis SUI 2095 Rupperswil 3
82 Cantoro Daniele ITA 2113 Genua 3
83 Goldie Thomas SUI 1991 Zürich 3
84 FM Borner Daniel SUI 2159 Männedorf 3
85 Sommerhalder Eric SUI 2109 Basel 3
86 Wettengel Alexander GER 2113 Stuttgart 3
87 Künzli Thomas SUI 2042 Winterthur 3
88 Agushi Agim SUI 2143 Zürich 2,5
89 Hess Max GER 2188 Lauben 2,5
90 Pinchetti Andrea SUI 2016 Lodrino 2,5
91 Mülli Thomas SUI 2048 Wetzikon ZH 2,5
92 Arbinger Roland GER 2066 Linden 2,5
93 Mäder Christian SUI 2022 Pfäffikon 2,5
94 Fessler Stephan SUI 2057 Ermatingen 2,5
95 Cavaletto Massimo SUI 2107 Rüschlikon 2,5
96 Lang Fabian SUI 2057 Gossau ZH 2,5
97 Engesser Jonas GER 1999 Engen 2,5
98 Catsiapis Yiannis SUI 1937 Genève 2,5
99 Pahud Cédric SUI 2148 Noville 2,5
100 Saikrishnan Sai SUI 1993 Ehrendingen 2,5
101 Meier Rodrigo SUI 2023 Zürich 2,5
102 Georgescu Lena SUI 1992 Moosseedorf 2,5
103 FM Simon Ralf-Axel GER 2157 Berlin 2
104 Walser Severin SUI 2013 Zürich 2
105 WFM Toth Sarolta HUN 2177 Ungarn 2
106 Johne Florian GER 2028 Zürich 2
107 Riedener Toni SUI 2020 Ennetbürgen 2
108 Berger Stefan SUI 1981 Zürich 2
109 Schmid Christoph SUI 1982 Zürich 2
110 Bellmann Rambert SUI 2087 Luzern 2
111 Bischofberger Dario SUI 2032 Trimmis 2
112 Schweighoffer Martin SUI 2038 Uster 2
113 Duong Yisam SUI 1988 Suberg 1,5
114 Illi Hans-Joerg SUI 2119 Rapperswil 1,5
115 Cordey Loïc SUI 1891 Chesaux 1,5
116 Bous Florian GER 2012 Schlieren 1,5
117 Eidinger Helmut SUI 2064 Wettingen 1,5

The 52nd Groningen Chess Festival was held from 21-30th December at the Sport Centre Rijksuniversiteit & Hanzehogeschool in Groningen, Netherlands.

The Festival consisted of several events:
- Open A, 9-round Swiss for players rated above 2000, prize fund 6000 EUR
- Open B, 9-round Swiss for players rated 1700-2100, prize fund 1500 EUR
- Open C, 9-round Swiss for players rated under 1800, prize fund 750 EUR
- Groningen Compact (26-30 December), 5-round Swiss in groups of about 40 players, split up according to playing strength
- Match between European Youth Champion 2013 U14 Jorden van Foreest (2455 IM) and former Dutch Champion Dimitri Reinderman (2592 GM)
- Match between reigning Dutch Women Champion WIM Anne Haast (2357) and IM Elisabeth Paehtz (2477, Germany)

The main Open A section had 110 participants. German IM Alexander Donchenko demolished the opposition to take a clear first place with 8,0/9 points, full point ahead of the nearest followers Benjamin Bok and Alexander Ipatov.

A large number of FIDE title norms were achieved. Alexander Donchenko, Danny Raznikov (Israel) and Vahe Baghdasaryan (Armenia) scored GM norms. Demre Kerigan (Turkey), Thorben Koop (Germany) and Maciej Klekowski (Poland) earned IM norms, while Riya Savant (India) fulfilled WIM norm.

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Open A final standings:

1. IM Donchenko Alexander GER 2523 – 8,0
2-3. GM Bok Benjamin NED 2572 and GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2599 – 7,0
4-7. GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2609, GM L’Ami Erwin NED 2613, GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2647 and IM Baghdasaryan Vahe ARM 2368 – 6,5
8-19. IM Raznikov Danny ISR 2494, GM Alsina Leal Daniel ESP 2540, GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2677, GM Ma Qun CHN 2621, IM Nakar Eylon ISR 2419, IM Svane Rasmus GER 2507, FM Kerigan Demre TUR 2277, IM Biolek Richard Jr. CZE 2446, IM Wan Yunguo CHN 2482, IM Hovhannisyan Mher BEL 2511, Klekowski Maciej POL 2418 and GM Dobrov Vladimir RUS 2495 – 6,0 etc

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The 9th Torneo Internacional de Granada “Arnoldo Tenorio in Memoriam” 2014 was held from 27-29th December at the Casa de los tres mundos in Granada, Nicaragua.

The 6-round Swiss event was organized by the Fenica-Asodeagra and Dr. Luis Cuadra.

Guests from Costa Rica, IM Bernal Gonzalez Acosta and Jonathan Carvajal Gorgona, and local player Mariano Madrigal shared the first place with 5,0/6 points each. Gonzalez Acosta is declared winner on best tie-break score. Standings below.

Casa de los tres mundos in Granada

Final standings:

1. IM Gonzalez Acosta Bernal CRC 2489 – 5
2. Carvajal Gorgona Jonathan CRC 2157 – 5
3. IM Madrigal Mariano NCA 2195 – 5
4. IM Davila Carlos NCA 2279 – 4.5
5. IM Arias Santana Mauricio CRC 2311 – 4.5
6. Alvarez Carlos ESA 2029 – 4
7. Bazan Jose Vicente NCA 1713 – 4
8. FM Garcia Ricardo NCA NCA 2174 – 4
9. Fonseca Cabrera Ernesto NCA 2225 – 4
10. WIM Hernandez Alvarez Tania Regla CRC 2192 – 3.5
11. Solorzano Andres HON 1970 – 3.5
12. Garcia Ursus NCA 1935 – 3.5
13. Lopez Masis Kevin NCA 0 – 3.5
14. Gonzalez Acosta Jaime Roy CRC 2052 – 3
15. Rodriguez Allan NCA 0 – 3
16. Bonilla Rodriguez Andres CRC 1805 – 3
17. Angulo Cubero Oscar CRC 2137 – 3
18. Villalobos Venegas Daniel CRC 0 – 3
19. Jimenez Rojas Fabian CRC 1823 – 3
20. Medrano Miranda Luis Benjamin NCA 0 – 3
21. Aguilar Arsenio NCA 0 – 3
22. Diaz Reynaldo T. USA 1898 – 2.5
23. Cardenas Carbajal Nilson HON 2037 – 2.5
24. Quiros Araya Jose Pablo CRC 1995 – 2.5
25. Morales Chacon Mauricio CRC 0 – 2.5
26. Quiros Avendaño Luis Alejandro CRC 1610 – 2.5
27. Vivas Ponce Erick NCA 0 – 2
28. Hernandez Jarquin Raul NCA 0 – 2
29. Sanchez Jainner NCA 1663 – 2
30. Payan Mario NCA 0 – 2
31. Ramirez Almesiga Yenny Melissa CRC 1637 – 2
32. Ramirez Franklin CRC 0 – 2
33. Tapia Alvarez Alejandro CRC 0 – 2
34. Herrera Maria Jose CRC 0 – 1.5
35. Torrez Valladares Luis NCA 0 – 1.5
36. Cajina Dayton NCA 0 – 1
37. Leon Villalobos Carlos Andres CRC 0 – 1
38. Traña Bermudez Luis Manuel NCA 0 – 1
39. Ramirez Quezada Andres CRC 0 – 0.5

The Planetwin365 – All Stars 2014 Blitz Tournament was held on 29th December at the Tadic Chess Club in Medakovic, Belgrade.

26 players competed in the round robin tournament with the time control 3′+2”. There were 16 Grandmasters in the field.

Grandmasters Nikola Sedlak and Dusan Popovic shared the first place with 20,0/25 points each. Sedlak claimed the top prize of 200 USD on better tie-break.

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The “unofficial” blitz championship of Serbia was sponsored by planetwin365 and organized by GM Branko Tadic.

Chief Arbiter was IA Nebojsa Baralic and the prize fund was 1000 USD. Standings below.

2013 Serbian Champion GM Boban Bogosavljevic making his move against co-winner GM Dusan Popovic

Final standings:

1-2. GM Sedlak Nikola 2561 and GM Popovic Dusan 2582 – 20
3. GM Markus Robert 2608 – 19
4-5. GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2591 and GM Bogosavljevic Boban 2507 – 18
6. GM Perunovic Milos 2632 – 17,5
7. GM Milanovic Danilo 2516 – 17
8. GM Damljanovic Branko 2486 – 16
9. GM Indjic Aleksandar 2551 – 15,5
10. IM Marinkovic Ivan 2463 – 15
11-12. IM Roganovic Milos 2514 and GM Cabrilo Goran 2524 – 14,5
13-14. FM Jovic Aleksandar 2418 and GM Kovacevic Aleksandar 2514 – 14
15-16. GM Pavlovic Milos 2494 and GM Tadic Branko 2552 – 13,5
17. GM Vuckovic Bojan 2558 – 13
18. GM Miljkovic Miroslav D 2503 – 12
19. IM Arsovic Goran 2472 – 9
20. Tisma Ivan 2125 – 7
21-22. GM Abramovic Bosko 2395 and Radovanovic Mihajlo 1893 – 6
23. Stankovic Ivan G 2165 – 4,5
24. IM Marcetic Nikola 2257 – 4
25. Andrejic Vladica 2268 – 3
26. Babic Branko 0 – 0,5

2014 Serbian Champion GM Aleksandar Indjic making a move against talented junior Mihajlo Radovanovic (member of Tadic Chess Club)

GM Branko Damljanovic and IM Milos Roganovic. GM Milos Pavlovic and IM Goran Arsovic on second board.

Indjic-Tadic, Perunovic-Miljkovic and Sedlak-Kovacevic

Bosko Abramovic – Mihajlo Radovanovic and Ivan G Stankovic – Bojan Vuckovic

FIDE Master and former National Under 11 Champion Rakesh Kumar Jena scored the first upset defeating Grandmaster Axel Rombaldoni of Italy in the first round of the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Nehru Stadium, Chennai here today.

Top seed Grandmaster Ivan Popov of Russia comfortably scored over Vivek Nambiar in the top board.

Top board game Vivek Nambiar (India) playing GM Ivan Popov (Russia)

The advanced French game saw the Orissa junior Rakesh Kumar Jena starting off in a confident manner against Italian Grandmaster Axel Rombaldoni. In an ensuing middle game tactic, Rakesh got his pawn on an advanced “c6″ square by 13th move. Axel found himself in further trouble, as Rakesh fluently converted his initiative into a winning position, with clinical precision. Gaining a piece through a series of tactical moves by move 32, Rakesh played confidently to wrest the full point by 51st turn.

63 titled players including 15 Grandmasters saw 179 players from 12 countries participating in this event, that took off along with FIDE Rated Open Category “B” tournament. The parallel Category “B” event has 372 players including two title holders. The ten round tournament offers Grandmaster and International Master Norm chances for aspiring players.

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D V Sundar, Vice President, FIDE, Chief Guest International Master Manuel Aaron, International Arbiter R Anantharam, former world under 8 Champion R Praggnanandhaa

Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Arjuna Awardee and India’s first International Master Manuel Aaron who made the symbolic first move against former World Under 8 Champion R Praggnanandhaa. Present in the dais were Shri D V Sundar, Vice President, FIDE, Shri V Hariharan, General Secretary, Tamil Nadu State Chess Association, Shri R Rajesh, General Secretary, Kerala State Chess Association, International Arbiter R Anantharam.

Category “A” – Round 1 Results (Indians unless specified):
Vivek Nambiar lost to Ivan Popov (Rus), Alberto David (Ita) bt S Yogit, Mukherjee Debarshi drew with Sabino Brunello (Ita), Andrey Baryshpolets (Ukr) bt Pratik Patil, Jayavel Mugil lost to Mikhail Mozharov (Rus), P Iniyan lost to Alexander A Evdokimov (Rus), Aref Vasli (Ira) lost to Eldar Gasanov (Ukr), Duc Hoa Nguyen (Vie) bt A Ra Harikrishnan, Rakesh Kumar Jena bt Axel Rombaldoni (Ita), Sarin Nihal drew with Jonathan Cruz (Peru).

Category “B” – Round 1 Results:
Paul Arokia Raj S drew with Yashwanth Raj S, Ayushh Ravikumar lost to Anilkumar O T, Manigandan S S bt Senthilkumar K, Adarsh Tripathi lost to Dusthageer Ibrahim M, Uttam Sharma bt Rohith Krishna S, Rajesh Vasanthakumar lost to Sahu Rajendra Kumar, Vijaya Sharathy bt Vijayaraj P, Aravinth Shanmugam S lost to Gopalakrishnan K, Nanda Kumar T S bt Rindhiya V.

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GM Brunello Sabino (Italy)

GM Alberto David (Italy)

GM Baryshpolets Andrey (Ukraine)

The Tbilisi Open Blitz Championship was organized by the Tbilisi Chess Federation on 30th December.

78 players took part in the 9-round Swiss tournament with the time control 3′+2”.

Top-seeded GM Merab Gagunashvili took a clear first place with 7,5 points, half a point ahead of the chasing pack.

Merab Gagunashvili

Final standings:

1 GM Gagunashvili Merab 2622 – 7.5
2 IM Javakhadze Zurab 2372 – 7
3 GM Jojua Davit 2542 – 7
4 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2620 – 7
5 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2366 – 6.5
6 FM Mgeladze Tamaz 2319 – 6.5
7 IM Zarkua Davit 2412 – 6.5
8 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2457 – 6.5
9 Beradze Irakli 2308 – 6.5
10 Lortkipanidze Nodar 2352 – 6
11 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil 2584 – 6
12 GM Giorgadze Giorgi 2593 – 6
13 GM Shanava Konstantine 2454 – 6
14 Bagaturov Giorgi 2404 – 6
15 IM Melia Salome 2453 – 6
16 GM Benidze Davit 2532 – 5.5
17 IM Morchiashvili Bachana 2438 – 5.5
18 GM Maghalashvili Davit 2449 – 5.5
19 IM Quparadze Giga 2584 – 5.5
20 Gelazonia Parmen 2282 – 5.5
21 Volkov Nika 2271 – 5.5
22 WIM Imnadze Nato 2141 – 5.5
23 WFM Khomeriki Nino 2135 – 5.5
24 GM Paichadze Luka 2490 – 5
25 IM Sulashvili Malkhaz 2336 – 5
26 Chitadze Roman 2176 – 5
27 IM Shalamberidze Akaki 2217 – 5
28 IM Gvetadze Sofio 2323 – 5
29 Khomeriki Giorgi 2053 – 5
30 IM Chighladze Iveri 2297 – 5
31 Licheli Luka 1822 – 5
32 WIM Janjghava Natia 2218 – 5
33 Keleptrishvili Irakli 2134 – 4.5
34 WIM Nikoladze Sopio 2250 – 4.5
35 WFM Khazhomia Salome 2206 – 4.5
36 Terashvili Nariman 2011 – 4.5
37 WIM Melashvili Nino 2122 – 4.5
38 Kumsiashvili Nikoloz 2121 – 4.5
39 WIM Kasoshvili Tsiala 2145 – 4.5
40 WIM Mikadze Miranda 2344 – 4.5
41 Maghlaperidze Grigol 2079 – 4.5
42 Chkuaseli Revaz 1963 – 4.5
43 WGM Khurtsilava Inga 2237 – 4.5
44 FM Vepkhvishvili Varlam 2122 – 4.5
45 Bibilashvili Giorgi 2107 – 4.5
46 Oboladze Luka 1813 – 4.5
47 Chkuaseli Zaza 0 – 4.5
48 Gvelesiani Elguja 2113 – 4
49 IM Shavtvaladze Nikoloz 2429 – 4
50 Burduli Guga 1948 – 4
51 Kobeshavidze Lika 1985 – 4
52 GM Gaprindashvili Nona 2212 – 4
53 Kuchava Ana 2005 – 4
54 Mamedovi Bakhtiar 1939 – 4
55 Khomeriki Ketevan 1793 – 4
56 Tsomaia Nikoloz 1906 – 3.5
57 Shakarashvili Zviad 0 – 3.5
58 FM Kacharava Nikolozi 1715 – 3.5
59 Skachkov Vladimer 1950 – 3.5
60 Karamov Anil 0 – 3.5
61 Kemularia Mariam 1691 – 3.5
62 Giorgadze Avtandil 2138 – 3.5
63 Mustafaev Ruslan 0 – 3.5
64 Chobanyan Sergei 1940 – 3
65 Tsomaia Sergo 2006 – 3
66 Sirbiladze Demur 1938 – 3
67 Lomidze Robert 1897 – 3
68 Bibilashvili Lali 1858 – 3
69 Mumladze Maia 1555 – 3
70 Naneishvili Dali 1556 – 3
71 FM Tskitishvili Irakli 2243 – 3
72 WGM Khmiadashvili Tamar 2025 – 2.5
73 Liparteliani Akaki 1813 – 2.5
74 Ananiashvili Levan 1301 – 2.5
75 Khositashvili Devi 1722 – 2
76 Karamova Giunar 0 – 2
77 Nasimov Tural 0 – 1
78 Mamedov Mansum 0 – 1

Grandmaster Wesley So has won another strong tournament in Las Vegas, by claiming the top section of the 24th Annual North American Open that was held from 26-30th December at Bally’s Casino Resort.

Wesley So competed the race with 8,0/9 points to earn 9700 USD top prize. In October he won the inaugural Millionaire Chess Open, also in Las Vegas.

Grandmasters Xiangzhi Bu 2691 CHN, Julio J Becerra 2546 FL, Alex Yermolinsky 2519 SD and Vladimir Georgiev 2517 MKD shared the second place with 6,5/9 points each, quite some distance behind the winner. They earned 2300 USD apiece.

Atulya Shetty, Alexander Kretchetov and Safal Bora have scored IM norms, while Ramya Krishna Inapuri achieved a WIM norm.

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GM Wesley So

The 24th North American Open had 7 sections: Open, Under 2300, Under 2100, Under 1900, Under 1700, Under 1500 and Under 1250. The total prize fund was slightly under 120,000 USD.

Open section final standings:

1. GM Wesley So 2762 MN – 8,0

2-5. GM Xiangzhi Bu 2691 CHN, GM Julio J Becerra 2546 FL, GM Alex Yermolinsky 2519 SD and GM Vladimir Georgiev 2517 MKD – 6,5

6-16. GM Sergey Erenburg 2601 VA, GM Jianchao Zhou 2587 CHN, GM Maxim Dlugy 2494 NY, IM Akshat Chandra 2489 NJ, GM Nikola Mitkov 2482 MKD, IM Chen Wang 2473 CHN, GM Enrico M Sevillano 2465 CA, WGM Qian Huang 2464 CHN, IM Roman Yankovsky 2436 RUS, FM Safal Bora 2379 MI and IM Joshua Ruiz 2377 COL – 6,0

17-26. GM Tsegme Batchuluun 2525 MGL, IM Yang Shen 2475 CHN, IM Andres Gallego 2411 COL, FM Daniel Gurevich 2365 GA, IM Ryosuke Nanjo 2348 JPN, FM Kostya Kavutskiy 2332 CA, FM Atulya Shetty 2307 MI, FM Awonder Liang 2266 WI, FM Alexander Kretchetov 2234 RUS and Joshua Colas 2220 NY – 5,5 etc (95 players)

The 11th International Chess Tournament Vandoeuvre 2014 was held on 26-30th December 2014 in the Hall of sports, Str. Gembloux, in Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.

The strongest Christmas chess tournament gathered players from 12 different countries. The Master Section was a 9-round Swiss tournament with first prize in the amount of 1.500 €.

IM Dennis Wagner and GM Sergey Fedorchuk tied for the first with 7/9 points, but Wagner prevailed on a superior tie-break score and took the gold.

GM Tigran Gharamian finished clear third with 6.5 points, while IM/WGM Anastasia Savina finished in sixth place with 6 points and took the best female prize.

You can see the full standings below.

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Final standings:

1 IM WAGNER Dennis 2488 FM CadM 7 26 2678
2 GM FEDORCHUK Sergey A. 2669 FM SenM IDF Evry Grand Roque 7 24 2706
3 GM GHARAMIAN Tigran 2658 FM SenM IDF Evry Grand Roque 6½ 21 2640
4 IM BAILET Pierre 2484 FM SenM LOR Vandoeuvre-Echecs 6 22 2542
5 GM CORNETTE Matthieu 2571 FM SenM IDF C.E. de Bois-Colombes 6 20 2551
6 IM SAVINA Anastasia 2397 FM SenF LOR Vandoeuvre-Echecs 6 20 2533
7 GM WIRIG Anthony 2483 FM SenM LOR Club d’Echecs Metz Fischer 6 20 2521
8 IM BATTAGLINI Gabriel 2451 FM SenM IDF Evry Grand Roque 5½ 21 2471
9 IM DOURERASSOU Jonathan 2469 FM SenM CHA L’Echiquier Chalonnais 5½ 21 2376
10 IM DAULYTE Deimante 2376 FM SenF LAN Echecs Club Montpellier 5½ 21 2357
11 FM DI NICOLANTONIO Lucas 2345 FM SenM DSA Echiquier Grenoblois 5½ 19 2485
12 GM NARCISO DUBLAN Marc 2515 FM SenM LYO Lyon Olympique Echecs 5½ 19 2479
13 BURILLE Matthieu 2067 FM SenM CVL Chevau-légers de la Choisille 5½ 19 2401
14 FM KAMBRATH Yannick 2310 FM CadM IDF Clichy-Echecs-92 5½ 19 2327
15 IM BATSIASHVILI Nino 2442 FM SenF 5½ 17 2498
16 GM GULIYEV Namig 2557 FM SenM CVL Pion du Roi – Lèves 5½ 17 2434
17 GM SKEMBRIS Spyridon 2420 FM SenM CAZ Cannes Echecs 5½ 17 2431
18 FM GODART Francois 2370 FM SenM PIC Les Tours de Haute Picardie 5½ 17 2323
19 GM VOVK Yuri 2592 FM SenM ALS Mulhouse Philidor 5 16 2414
20 WGM DOLUHANOVA Evgeniya 2279 FM SenF 5 16 2383
21 FM TADDEI Benoit 2340 FM SenM LOR Club d’Echecs Metz Fischer 5 16 2368
22 DUTREUIL Raphael 2080 FM JunM CVL Echiquier Tourangeau 5 16 2275
23 IGLESIAS Joachim 2288 FM SenM LOR Vandoeuvre-Echecs 5 16 2244
24 WGM AMBARTSUMOVA Karina 2321 FM SenF 4½ 17 2324
25 THOMAS Anysia 1991 FM JunF LOR GARCHE-KOEKING 3000 4½ 17 2163
26 IM HAUB Thorsten Michael 2429 FM SenM HNO L’Echiquier Dieppois 4½ 15 2312
27 YANKELEVICH Lev 2343 FM CadM 4½ 15 2302
28 FM FANTINEL Thibault 2322 FM SenM AQU Echiquier Agenais 4½ 15 2296
29 FM JOIE Sebastien 2389 FM SenM DSA Cercle d’Echecs de l’Agglomération Anné… 4½ 15 2288
30 MICOTTIS Dorian 2191 FM CadM LOR Club d’Echecs Metz Fischer 4½ 15 2221
31 FM LENAERTS Lennert 2232 FM CadM 4½ 15 2218
32 FM BRIET Antoine 2285 FM SenM ALS Club d’Echecs de Mundolsheim 4½ 15 2204
33 IM BUJISHO Benjamin 2360 FM SenM CVL Chevau-légers de la Choisille 4½ 15 2193
34 ZIENKIEWICZ Geoffroy 1963 FM SenM LOR Stanislas Echecs 4 16 2120
35 FM PUCHER Sebastien 2341 FM SenM LOR Club d’Echecs Metz Fischer 4 14 2208
36 WFM MALASSAGNE Isabelle 2110 FM CadF IDF Clichy-Echecs-92 4 14 2185
37 DEGARDIN Sylvain 2118 FM JunM ALS C.E. Strasbourg 4 14 2173
38 MAGER Denis 2168 FM MinM 4 14 2157
39 PRATS RODRIGUEZ Juan Bosco 2065 FM SenM 4 12 2122
40 NGUYEN Vincent 2066 FM MinM IDF Noisiel Echecs 3½ 13 2008
41 PIRON Didier 1957 FM SenM 3½ 13 1990
42 IM VALLES Manuel 2379 FM SenM PRO Echiquier Centre Vaucluse 3½ 11 2179
43 LOUIS Thibault 2195 FM SenM AQU Echiquier Agenais 3½ 11 2165
44 TOURE Ananth 1975 FM MinM IDF Noisiel Echecs 3½ 11 1990
45 OUPINDRIN Narayanin 1910 FM SenM IDF Noisiel Echecs 3½ 11 1984
46 FRANTZ Nicolas 1913 FM JunM LOR GARCHE-KOEKING 3000 3 12 1894
47 TAHAY Alexis 2101 FM CadM LYO Lyon Olympique Echecs 3 10 2116
48 CARRILLO Jesus 2077 FM SenM LOR Club d’Echecs Metz Fischer 3 10 2103
49 POUCHON Joffrey 1999 FM SenM LOR C.E. Sarrebourg 3 10 1961
50 WGM PARTAC Elena 2074 FM SenF IDF Lutèce Echecs 3 10 1871
51 TOURE Vasanth 1924 FM JunM IDF Noisiel Echecs 1½ 5 1675
52 ROESCH Mario 2117 FM JunM ALS Obernai 1 4 2010
53 LAURAIN Dominique 1953 FM SenM AQU L’Echiquier Naujacais ½ 1 2028
54 LEVESQUE Thomas 2012 FM SenM IDF Fontainebleau-Avon 0 0 1478

The 3rd International Tournament Ciudad de Lorca was held from 26-30th December at the Auditorium of the University of Lorca, 30800-Lorca (Murcia), Spain.

The 9-round Swiss tournament gathered 110 participants from 15 countries, including 10 Grandmasters and 8 International Masters.

Grandmasters Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez and Zenon Franco Ocampos shared the first place with 7,5/9 points each.

Ibarra Jerez is declared winner on better tie-break score.

Final standings:

1 GM Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos ESP 2527 – 7.5
2 GM Franco Ocampos Zenon PAR 2490 – 7.5
3 GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2581 – 7
4 GM Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2521 – 7
5 IM Soltanici Ruslan MDA 2345 – 7
6 Aryan Chopra IND 2337 – 6.5
7 GM Giaccio Alfredo ARG 2488 – 6.5
8 GM Campora Daniel H. ARG 2449 – 6.5
9 IM Stella Andrea ITA 2410 – 6
10 IM Espinosa Aranda Angel ESP 2399 – 6
11 GM Arribas Lopez Angel ESP 2537 – 6
12 FM Montoliu Cervero Francisco ESP 2307 – 6
13 FM Sos Andreu Eric ESP 2374 – 6
14 Mingarro Carceller Sergi ESP 2218 – 6
15 FM Sanchez Jerez Emilio Miguel ESP 2258 – 6
16 IM Kovacevic Slobodan SRB 2350 – 6
17 GM Plaskett H James ENG 2475 – 6
18 Garcia Ramos Marcos ESP 2137 – 6
19 Martinez Lopez David ESP 2271 – 5.5
20 IM Valsecchi Alessio ITA 2432 – 5.5
21 FM Almagro Mazariegos Sebastian ESP 2310 – 5.5
22 WIM Congiu Mathilde FRA 2317 – 5.5
23 FM Tudela Corbalan Carlos ESP 2162 – 5.5
24 GM Suba Mihai ROU 2336 – 5.5
25 Portela Peleteiro Alberto ESP 2106 – 5.5
26 GM Pogorelov Ruslan UKR 2326 – 5.5
27 Nunez Miranda Adrian ESP 2136 – 5.5
28 Uran Bermudez Oliver Kevin VEN 2182 – 5.5
29 Chetrari Nikita MDA 2117 – 5.5
30 Perez Garcia Alejandro ESP 2163 – 5
31 Bjerre Tavs DEN 2030 – 5
32 Llamas Guevara Francisco Jose ESP 1842 – 5
33 Castellanos Gomez Alejandro ESP 2266 – 5
34 Donado-Mazarron Gomez Miguel ESP 2081 – 5
35 Bendayan Claros Aaron ESP 2247 – 5
36 Plazuelo Pascual Juan ESP 2122 – 5
37 Nieves Cabanes Jose Manuel ESP 2036 – 5
38 Escudero Manzano Sergio ESP 2081 – 5
39 Piqueras Guardiola Francisco ESP 2015 – 5
40 WIM Nicolas Zapata Irene ESP 2202 – 5
41 WIM Hernandez Estevez Yudania ESP 2176 – 5
42 Miquel Juan Marcelo ESP 1850 – 5
43 Zapata Lopez Julio ESP 2007 – 5
44 Guerra Arrocha Daniel ESP 1897 – 5
45 Lucas Vega Ivan ESP 2083 – 4.5
46 Porta Tovar Oriol ESP 2080 – 4.5
47 Vaarala Eric SWE 2281 – 4.5
48 Bjerre Jonas DEN 2073 – 4.5
49 Garcia Martinez Marcos ESP 1992 – 4.5
50 Lopez De Turiso Jose Angel ESP 2090 – 4.5
51 Motos Abellan Daniel ESP 1802 – 4.5
52 Redondo Benavente Jose Carlos ESP 2064 – 4.5
53 Orantes Taboada Francisco ESP 1983 – 4.5
54 Garcia Martin Marta ESP 1943 – 4.5
55 Lozano Osorio Isaac ESP 1985 – 4.5
56 Fernandez Alvarez Luis ESP 1973 – 4.5
57 Galiana Fernandez Adrian ESP 2108 – 4.5
58 Navarro Martinez Daniel ESP 1906 – 4.5
59 Carruana Fuentes Rafael ESP 2033 – 4.5
60 Munoz Pelaez Manuel ESP 2003 – 4.5
61 Sabater Sanchez Asensio ESP 2157 – 4.5
62 Henderson De La Fuente Lance ESP 1973 – 4
63 Garcia Jhoel PER 2377 – 4
64 Porlan Minarro Antonio ESP 1903 – 4
65 Guerra Rivera Salvador ESP 2006 – 4
66 Garcia Porlan Beatriz ESP 1961 – 4
67 Prado Lobo Jonas ESP 1887 – 4
68 Amoros Moran Jose Joaquin ESP 1974 – 4
69 Porta Tovar Guillem ESP 2002 – 4
70 Guerrero Mendez Jesus ESP 1675 – 4
71 Martinez Buendia Andres ESP 1753 – 4
72 Estefano Rilova Fernando ESP 1746 – 4
73 Pol Plazas Pedro ESP 1949 – 4
74 Sanchez Romero Miquel Angel ESP 2250 – 4
75 Galiano Martinez Antonio ESP 2015 – 4
76 Erades Berenguer Ana ESP 1614 – 4
77 De La Calle Fuentes Sergio ESP 1717 – 4
78 Cartagena Sanchez Javier ESP 1925 – 3.5
79 Torroglosa Minarro Juan Jose ESP 1910 – 3.5
80 Moya Albaladejo Jose Antonio ESP 1866 – 3.5
81 Jimenez Ramallo Francisco J ESP 1778 – 3.5
82 Redondo Benavente Ana ESP 1913 – 3.5
83 Perez Gisbert Santiago ESP 1776 – 3.5
84 Burgos Olmos Mario ESP 1873 – 3.5
85 Alonso Jimenez De Cisneros Ja ESP 1410 – 3.5
86 Montes Valera Manuel ESP 1709 – 3.5
87 Henderson De La Fuente Andrea ESP 1700 – 3
88 Cabrera Valverde Cristina ESP 1723 – 3
89 Losilla Marin Antonio ESP 1677 – 3
90 Caballero Frutos Jose Alfredo ESP 1686 – 3
91 Munoz Galdos Carlos ESP 1752 – 3
92 Moreno Bello Miguel ESP 1649 – 3
93 Romero Garcia Jose Luis ESP 1753 – 3
94 Guerrero Mendez Luis ESP 1648 – 3
95 Taquet Eric ESP 1488 – 3
96 Martinez Martinez Juan Antoni ESP 1681 – 3
97 Quinonero Padilla Maria ESP 1482 – 3
98 Perez Epinin Gines ESP 1303 – 2.5
99 Alvarez Sanchez Julian ESP 1522 – 2.5
100 Pujante Martinez Rafael ESP 1620 – 2.5
101 Zambudio Marin Pedro Jose ESP 1262 – 2.5
102 Donado-Mazarron Romero Javier ESP 1477 – 2.5
103 Henderson Franklin Matthew ESP 1330 – 2
104 Perez Epinina Olga ESP 0 – 2
105 Espin Lopez Isidoro ESP 1494 – 2
106 Martinez Molina Julian ESP 0 – 2
107 Duque Suarez Leonardo ESP 1550 – 1.5
108 Parra Sanchez Celia ESP 1181 – 1
109 Garijo Perez Hugo ESP 1237 – 1
110 Lopez Soler Jose ESP 1263 – 1

Cuban Grandmaster Lazaro Bruzon walked through the Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez 2014 to convincingly win the main tournament and the top prize of 3000 USD.

The Copa Latinoamericana de Ajedrez 2014 took place on 26-31st December at CEAR (Duran) in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The organizers were Ecuador Chess Federation, FIDE America and FIDE Commission for Women’s Chess (WOM). The event was sponsored by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

The main section was open to all players from Latin America chess federations. Lazaro Bruzon finished on 8,0/9 points, a full point ahead of the nearest followers.

Replay games with analysis

Concurrently with the main tournament there was U14 Copa Latinoamericana (for players born 2000 or later) with 85 participants. Local star CM Carlos David Mendoza Criollo took a clear first place with 7,5/9 points. Full standings below.

Chairman of the Organizing Committee was IM Emilio Bastidas, President of Ecuador Chess Federation. Honorary Chairman was Jorge Vega, President of FIDE America. Tournament Director was WGM Martha Fierro, FIDE Vice President.

Official website

Open, final standings:

1 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2668 – 8
2 GM Ortiz Suarez Isan Reynaldo CUB 2623 – 7
3 WGM Cori T. Deysi PER 2425 – 7
4 GM Matamoros Franco Carlos S. ECU 2523 – 7
5 FM Rodriguez Garcia Victor CUB 2358 – 7
6 IM Vera Siguenas Deivy PER 2455 – 6.5
7 IM Barros Rivadeneira Cristhian ECU 2346 – 6.5
8 IM Medina Paz Miguel ECU 2395 – 6.5
9 FM Cu Hor Winston Darwin GUA 2286 – 6.5
10 FM Hernandez Sanchez Jairo Andre COL 2306 – 6.5
11 WGM Arribas Robaina Maritza CUB 2308 – 6.5
12 IM Santos Flores Alberto ECU 2306 – 6.5
13 FM Principe Alexander PER 2269 – 6.5
14 Benalcazar Heredia David ECU 1884 – 6.5
15 IM Guerra Tulcan Lenin ECU 2365 – 6
16 IM Mieles Palau Daniel ECU 2377 – 6
17 IM Oblitas Carlomagno PER 2422 – 6
18 Arias Mario PER 2199 – 6
19 IM Gallegos Carlos VEN 2379 – 6
20 Pena Morales Hugo PER 2181 – 6
21 Principe Gerson PER 2215 – 6
22 Palma Moscoso Alvaro Dario ECU 2184 – 6
23 IM Leiva Giuseppe PER 2412 – 6
24 Meza Ponce Jerry ECU 2043 – 6
25 WFM Romero Echeverria Abigail ECU 2104 – 6
26 FM Alvarez Leon Luis ECU 2276 – 6
27 Escalante Ramirez Brian Sebas PER 1991 – 5.5
28 IM Macias Murillo Bryan ECU 2261 – 5.5
29 Grados Luis PER 2167 – 5.5
30 WIM Martinez Ayelen ARG 2156 – 5.5
31 FM Munoz Sanchez Jhon ECU 2255 – 5.5
32 Enrique Hernandez Eddy Ernest CUB 2271 – 5.5
33 Guerrero Zambrano Joel ECU 2126 – 5.5
34 WGM Vigoa Apecheche Yanira CUB 2306 – 5.5
35 Munoz Perez Rolando CUB 2108 – 5.5
36 Landa Medrano Gabriel PER 1740 – 5.5
37 Noboa Kevin ECU 2042 – 5.5
38 Ramon Sergio ECU 0 – 5.5
39 Flores Jose ECU 1760 – 5.5
40 CM Azua Avila Vicente ECU 1949 – 5.5
41 FM Ricaurte Lopez Juan Carlos ECU 2240 – 5
42 FM Guerrero Fuentes Carlos ECU 2136 – 5
43 Prieto Ernesto COL 2098 – 5
44 Cisneros Avendano Diego PER 1901 – 5
45 Martinez Maya Steven ECU 1981 – 5
46 CM Valle Efrain COL 2196 – 5
47 WIM Hernandez Moya Yuleisy CUB 2283 – 5
48 Bejar Caceres Brayan ECU 1873 – 5
49 Saltos Velez Adrian ECU 2145 – 5
50 Vasquez Jimenez Cristhian PER 1688 – 5
51 Bone Nunoz Jhonny ECU 1980 – 5
52 Suasnabar Jesus PER 2022 – 5
53 WFM Rodriguez Arrieta Maria Elena CRC 1903 – 5
54 Menes Camejo Ivan ECU 1954 – 5
55 Salazar Carlos PER 2155 – 5
56 WIM Perez Rodriguez Jennifer PAR 2200 – 5
57 Doylet Mendieta Daniel ECU 1841 – 5
58 Quijano Carrera Christian ECU 2047 – 5
59 Quishpe Vaca Andres ECU 1956 – 5
60 David Parrales Carlos ECU 1673 – 5
61 WFM Aliaga Fernandez Ingrid Y PER 2168 – 4.5
62 Bedoya Ramos Andrea ECU 1708 – 4.5
63 Jerves Cordova Carlos ECU 1916 – 4.5
64 Saltos Atiencia Ramiro ECU 2032 – 4.5
65 Garcia Giler Julio ECU 1806 – 4.5
66 Chang Suarez Andres ECU 1976 – 4.5
67 Cerezo Najera Jorge ECU 1881 – 4.5
68 Solano Pallo Jesael ECU 0 – 4.5
69 Barros Rodriguez Hector ECU 1576 – 4.5
70 Guevara Silva Rodger ECU 1670 – 4.5
71 Ledesma Cardenas Byron Jose ECU 2165 – 4.5
72 Caceres Limones Danilo ECU 1580 – 4.5
73 Martinez Maya Joel ECU 1728 – 4.5
74 WFM Bermudez Veliz Josselyn ECU 1922 – 4.5
75 WFM Sarmiento Robles Paula ECU 1765 – 4.5
76 Ugarte Soto Cesar ECU 2225 – 4.5
77 Salazar Loor Rodger ECU 2026 – 4.5
78 Ruiz Jaramillo Cesar ECU 1948 – 4.5
79 Arrata Peralta Pedro ECU 1872 – 4.5
80 Herrera Arboleda Kerly Danna ECU 1858 – 4.5
81 Pereira Berrozo Hernardo ECU 1509 – 4.5
82 WIM Cordero Daniela BOL 1952 – 4.5
83 Requelme Romero Jose ECU 1591 – 4
84 WFM Madrigal Ana Daniela NCA 2015 – 4
85 Castro Chabuza Diana ECU 1764 – 4
86 Lopez Erick ECU 1192 – 4
87 Rosales Murillo Cristina ECU 1736 – 4
88 Romero Rommel ECU 1810 – 4
89 Carrera Marmolejo Alfonso ECU 1745 – 4
90 Intriago Rivera Boris ECU 1806 – 4
91 Macias Anthony ECU 1614 – 4
92 Suarez Pino Jorge ECU 0 – 4
93 Jaramillo Arce David ECU 1689 – 4
94 Galarza Rios Freddy ECU 1773 – 4
95 Pincay Coloma Daniela ECU 1596 – 4
96 Castro Chabuza Gustavo ECU 1845 – 4
97 Penafiel Mendoza Josselyne ECU 1389 – 4
98 Villarroel Escobar Sebastian ECU 1408 – 4
99 CM Zambrano Junior ECU 0 – 4
100 WFM Ruiz Mishell ECU 1694 – 4
101 Sigchos Bosques Breana ECU 1522 – 4
102 Sosa Cabrera Paulo PER 0 – 4
103 Fonseca Medina Andree ECU 1560 – 4
104 Tito Eduardo PER 1738 – 4
105 Jaramillo Jorge ECU 1806 – 3.5
106 Santillan Vareles Stefanny ECU 1604 – 3.5
107 Gaibor Ivan ECU 1624 – 3.5
108 Dillon Iperti Miguel Jack ECU 2072 – 3.5
109 Arias Cango Nathaly ECU 1600 – 3.5
110 Calderon Diego ECU 0 – 3.5
111 Arguello Vinueza Bertha ECU 1665 – 3.5
112 Villegas Reyes Maria ECU 1792 – 3.5
113 CM Aguayo Crespo Luis ECU 0 – 3.5
114 Caceres Valdiviezo Andres ECU 0 – 3.5
115 Intriago Intriago Eric ECU 1653 – 3.5
116 Plua Jonathan ECU 1293 – 3.5
117 FM Camacho Martinez Guillermo CUB 2329 – 3
118 Jaramillo Samantha ECU 1398 – 3
119 Portes Quito Gino ECU 0 – 3
120 Aguacondo Darwin ECU 1716 – 3
121 Cornejo Carlos ECU 1661 – 3
122 Plua Alan ECU 0 – 3
123 Menes Aguirre Ivan ECU 0 – 3
124 Barros Tuapante Daysi ECU 1363 – 3
125 Roa Barragan Juan Jose ECU 0 – 3
126 Ramos Yambay Joan ECU 0 – 3
127 Villarroel Escobar Sofia ECU 1330 – 3
128 Salazar Lopez Tamar ECU 0 – 3
129 Zambrano Gutierrez Jean Carlos ECU 0 – 3
130 Bohorquez Canizares Maria ECU 1618 – 3
131 Chanaluisa Diego ECU 1482 – 3
132 Garcia Rodriguez Cesar ECU 0 – 2.5
133 Quiroz Casal Fernando ECU 0 – 2.5
134 Velasco Sanchez Diego ECU 0 – 2.5
135 Esparza Tito ECU 1613 – 2.5
136 Navia Robinson COL 0 – 2
137 Vasquez David PER 0 – 2
138 Macancela Penarrieta Fatima ECU 0 – 2
139 Yambay Perea Kent ECU 0 – 1.5
140 Alvarado Argudo Jessica ECU 0 – 1.5
141 Garcia Aguirre Emilio ECU 0 – 1.5

Section U14, final standings:

1 CM Mendoza Criollo Carlos David ECU 1828 – 7.5
2 Nunez Gil Guillermo ECU 0 – 7
3 Aspiazu Sibri Marlon ECU 1418 – 7
4 Alomia Aldaz Fernando ECU 1456 – 7
5 Tapia Jara Sebastian ECU 1499 – 7
6 Silva Chifla Paul ECU 0 – 7
7 Tuarez Jimenez Keysie Janell ECU 0 – 6.5
8 Pacheco Jimenez Yesenia ECU 1328 – 6.5
9 Penafiel Arevalo David ECU 1375 – 6.5
10 Fonseca Medina Diego ECU 1494 – 6.5
11 Paredes Alvarez Andrea ECU 1340 – 6.5
12 Wong Pages Juan ECU 0 – 6
13 Garcia Santy Cristopher ECU 1429 – 6
14 Guaicha Encalada Jennifer ECU 1239 – 6
15 Sanchez Martillo Mario Jair ECU 0 – 6
16 Bermudez Veliz Alejandro ECU 1512 – 6
17 Nugra Loja Eric Steven ECU 1560 – 6
18 Espinosa Salazar Esteban ECU 0 – 6
19 Quizhpe Martinez Angel ECU 0 – 6
20 Velastegui Villacres Augusto ECU 0 – 5.5
21 Ortiz Quizhpi Omar ECU 1367 – 5.5
22 Santander Lopez Dereck Israel ECU 0 – 5.5
23 WCM Diaz Pabon Karol Estefania ECU 0 – 5.5
24 Fierro Leon Pablo ECU 0 – 5.5
25 Perugachi Soto Ronald Brandon ECU 0 – 5
26 Ramos Bayas David ECU 0 – 5
27 Moncayo Porras Carlos ECU 0 – 5
28 Pinos Cevallos Ariana ECU 0 – 5
29 Murillo Coloma Sergio ECU 0 – 5
30 Gil Bohorquez Ariana ECU 0 – 5
31 Barros Rodriguez Pablo ECU 1468 – 5
32 Ochoa Villamar Angel ECU 0 – 5
33 WCM Tuarez Jimenez Steffy ECU 0 – 5
34 Ramos Martrus Arianna ECU 0 – 5
35 Moreno Viteri Oscar ECU 1425 – 5
36 Santander Lopez Edu Israel ECU 0 – 5
37 Iza Mendoza Nefthys Sayde ECU 0 – 5
38 Rodriguez Morán Romina ECU 0 – 5
39 Vargas Sotelo Victor ECU 0 – 5
40 Jijon Yampuezan Jorge ESP 1224 – 5
41 Guaicha Encalada Dayanna ECU 0 – 5
42 Loja Zambrano Diego ECU 0 – 4.5
43 Campos Gonzalez Natalia ECU 0 – 4.5
44 Jijon Yampuezan Germania ESP 1109 – 4.5
45 Salcedo Suquisupa Stephania ECU 0 – 4.5
46 Zambrano Caceres Leonardo ECU 0 – 4.5
47 Guaraca Pintado Susana ECU 0 – 4
48 Guaraca Pintado Juan ECU 0 – 4
49 Salas Oña Leslie Tatiana ECU 0 – 4
50 Nunez Fiallos Jose ECU 0 – 4
51 Rodriguez Morán Jeremy ECU 0 – 4
52 Deng Huang Yunfai ECU 0 – 4
53 Infante Freire Alex Daniel ECU 0 – 4
54 Valeri Quintero Ganesha Albert ECU 0 – 4
55 Cardenas Caisaguano Bryan Arman ECU 0 – 4
56 Borbor Velez Leysla ECU 0 – 4
57 Bermeo Apolinario Bismarck ECU 0 – 4
58 Murillo Coloma Roberto ECU 0 – 4
59 Yanez Juan Gerardo ECU 0 – 4
60 Ramos Martrus Amel ECU 0 – 4
61 Sifuentes Alcantara Jhony Sebastian PER 0 – 4
62 Santacruz Abarca Ariana ECU 0 – 4
63 Roman Townsend Camila Maria ECU 0 – 4
64 Martinez Zambrano Karina ECU 0 – 3.5
65 Villamar Mera Richard ECU 0 – 3.5
66 Valeri Quintero Shiva Alejandr ECU 0 – 3.5
67 Armijos Monge Carla ECU 0 – 3.5
68 Ochoa Villamar Jenny ECU 0 – 3.5
69 Rueda Peralta Sammy ECU 0 – 3
70 Pin Alay Domenica ECU 0 – 3
71 Molina Ramirez Daniel ECU 0 – 3
72 Deng Huang Vladimir ECU 0 – 3
73 Martillo Quintana Paula ECU 0 – 3
74 Salas Oña Juan Andres ECU 0 – 3
75 Ochoa Villamar Félix ECU 0 – 3
76 Deng Huang Erika ECU 0 – 3
77 Cardenas Caisaguano Mateo Gabr ECU 0 – 3
78 Quiroz Casal Isabella Valentin ECU 0 – 2.5
79 Pin Alay Giomara ECU 0 – 2.5
80 Villegas Munoz Nicole ECU 0 – 2.5
81 Almeida Vayas Julissa Belen ECU 0 – 2
82 Duque Micaela ECU 0 – 2
83 Benavides Cruz Ariana ECU 0 – 2
84 Aguacondo Once Jimson ECU 0 – 1
85 Antepara Vasquez Samantha ECU 0 – 1

The Lisbon Christmas International Chess Open was organized by the Portugal Chess Academy from 26-30th December at the Hotel Real Palácio in Lisbon, Portugal.

A total of 239 players from 32 federations competed in the 9-round Swiss tournament. Among them were 11 Grandmasters and 20 International Masters.

Guest Grandmasters Bartosz Socko, Vladimir Burmakin, Kevin Spraggett, Emre Can, and local IM Rui Damaso shared the first place with 7,0/9 points each. Bartosz Socko took the winner’s trophy on superior tie-break.

Replay games with analysis

The tournament was sponsored and supported by DAUD Consors, Real Hotels, Portuguese Chess Federation and Chess Association of Lisbon.

Official website

Final standings:

1. GM SOCKO Bartosz POL 2617 – 7
2. GM BURMAKIN Vladimir RUS 2579 – 7
3. GM SPRAGGETT Kevin Barry CAN 2561 – 7
4. IM DAMASO Rui POR 2425 – 7
5. GM CAN Emre TUR 2556 – 7
6. IM DEMUTH Adrien FRA 2517 – 6.5
7. GM PEREZ CANDELARIO Manuel ESP 2565 – 6.5
8. IM KANTANS Toms LAT 2447 – 6.5
9. IM MORENO TEJERA Emilio ESP 2448 – 6.5
10. IM FERREIRA Jorge João Viterbo POR 2413 – 6.5
11. GM STAROSTITS Ilmars LAT 2441 – 6.5
12. IM COLLINS Sam E. IRL 2490 – 6.5
13. IM BURG Twan NED 2517 – 6.5
14. IM WEGERLE Joerg GER 2440 – 6.5
15. GM RAUSIS Igors CZE 2585 – 6.5
16. IM PICARD Romain Antoine FRA 2363 – 6.5
17. IM MONROY Charles FRA 2429 – 6.5
18. GM STRIKOVIC Aleksa SRB 2528 – 6
19. IM VUILLEUMIER Alexandre SUI 2333 – 6
20. GM HOFFMAN Alejandro Sergio ARG 2476 – 6
21. FM MENEZES Christoph AUT 2290 – 6
22. IM CAMACHO COLLADOS Marcos ESP 2451 – 6
23. IM SHKAPENKO Pavel RUS 2418 – 6
24. IM NOGUEIRA Nelson POR 2252 – 6
25. FM SALOMON Johan NOR 2343 – 6
26. FM SANTOS Antonio M L F Pereira POR 2265 – 6
27. GM SOCKO Monika POL 2470 – 6
28. FM SANTOS RUIZ Miguel ESP 2298 – 6
29. WIM IWANOW Anna POL 2290 – 6
30. FM CABEZAS AYALA Iván Rafael ESP 2324 – 6
31. IM RIVERA Daniel URU 2345 – 6
32. FM LOPEZ MULET Iñigo ESP 2403 – 6
33. IM DIAS Paulo Jorge Guimaraes POR 2421 – 6
34. FM BERRY Neil SCO 2225 – 6
35. NM SANTOS José Luis Machado Alve POR 2239 – 6
36. FM SUAREZ GOMEZ Julio ESP 2368 – 6
37. FM PRADO RODRIGUEZ Oscar Bruno ESP 2227 – 6
38. NM REGO Pedro Filipe Pinho POR 2284 – 6
39. IM SIPILA Vilka FIN 2412 – 5.5
40. FM ARANHA FILHO Alvaro Z. BRA 2279 – 5.5
41. WIM ARANAZ MURILLO Amalia ESP 2344 – 5.5
42. HARIA Ravi ENG 2100 – 5.5
43. FOUGERIT Valentin FRA 2220 – 5.5
44. CRUZ Jorge Filipe Egas Da POR 2040 – 5.5
45. FM SILVA Luís Miguel Neves Da POR 2306 – 5.5
46. FM COLON GARCIA Enrique ESP 2285 – 5.5
47. FM PADEIRO Jose Joao Tato POR 2306 – 5.5
48. GONZALEZ DIAZ Julio ESP 2280 – 5.5
49. FIGUERO TORO Julian Francisco ESP 2233 – 5.5
50. FM FERNANDEZ GARCIA Jose Miguel ESP 2453 – 5.5
51. PEREIRA António Pedro Dias Ca POR 2071 – 5.5
52. FM CUBAS PONS Juan Miguel ESP 2251 – 5.5
53. FM PONS CARRERAS David ESP 2328 – 5.5
54. HALFHIDE Sebastian NED 2068 – 5.5
55. AMARO Cristiano Guilherme Da POR 1936 – 5.5
56. BRETHES Francois FRA 2276 – 5.5
57. NM FERREIRA Alberto Paulo De Mel POR 2064 – 5.5
58. ROMANO Luís Miguel Pereira Co POR 1938 – 5.5
59. PINTOR Simão Maciel Abranches POR 2113 – 5.5
60. ABAL CORES Lucas ESP 2191 – 5
61. FM CRUZ ALVAREZ DE RON Dan ESP 2222 – 5
62. SILVA Miguel A Neto Pires POR 2194 – 5
63. MEDARDE SANTIAGO Luis Marcos ESP 2212 – 5
64. WIM SHAMIMA Akter Liza BAN 2159 – 5
65. AGUIAR Henrique Rui Neves POR 2154 – 5
66. FERREIRA Luis Pedro Oliveira POR 1991 – 5
67. LAIZ IBANEZ Hector ESP 2093 – 5
68. DIAS Ivo Rodrigues POR 2175 – 5
69. WFM PINTOR Ariana Maciel Abranche POR 2006 – 5
70. FERREIRA Carlos Andre Santos POR 1957 – 5
71. GUREL Ahmet Unal TUR 2012 – 5
72. BROZEL Sacha ENG 1822 – 5
73. LANGEDIJK Ardjan NED 2124 – 5
74. KOLAR Jelena SRB 2034 – 5
75. BRAY Daniel José Freire Faria POR 2147 – 5
76. ARANAZ PORTUGUES Jose Carlos ESP 2129 – 5
77. SIMÕES John William Contreras VEN 1941 – 5
78. GONZALEZ LASO Adrian ESP 2141 – 5
79. REPRESA PEREZ Mireya ESP 1772 – 5
80. RODRIGUEZ GARCIA Manuel Fco ESP 2174 – 5
81. FUERTES ROMO Jose Manuel ESP 2056 – 5
82. NEGRÃO Alberto Rodolfo A S S POR 1771 – 5
83. GONZALEZ MANCHON Juan Miguel ESP 2001 – 5
84. MAJHI Ankit NED 2129 – 5
85. DIAS José De Oliveira Gaspar POR 1680 – 5
86. FM PINHEIRO José Manuel Elvas POR 2330 – 5
87. JESUS REYES Javier ESP 1907 – 5
88. FERREIRA Miguel Fernandes Soa POR 1963 – 5
89. NM MORAIS Vitor Mestre POR 1919 – 5
90. FM FRANCISCO Joao ANG 2165 – 5
91. MEHRINGER Joerg GER 1969 – 5
92. GIACOMETTO Mario ITA 1947 – 5
93. PINHO Tiago Filipe Pereira Br POR 1873 – 5
94. SILVA Gonçalo Nuno Neto Pires POR 1906 – 5
95. ROQUE Armando Filipe Da Silva POR 1887 – 5
96. GUERREIRO Nuno Ricardo De Jes POR 2086 – 5
97. SOUSA João Francisco Silva E POR 1915 – 5
98. WFM PERERA BORREGO Mariela ESP 2110 – 5
99. FERNANDES Miguel António Murt POR 1853 – 5
100. STELIAN Turtã POR 1860 – 5
101. BOO VALLEJO Marcos ESP 1704 – 5
102. CASTANHEIRA António Pedro Rib POR 1976 – 5
103. MESTROM Wolf NED 1804 – 5
104. PENA TORRES Jose Carlos ESP 2015 – 5
105. PAPIER Alan ENG 1739 – 5
106. FRAGA PONS Albert Borja ESP 1952 – 5
107. TIMAR-GENG Zoltan Dr. GER 1888 – 4.5
108. FM LODICI Lorenzo ITA 2312 – 4.5
109. MARTINS Andre G Gomes Brito POR 1993 – 4.5
110. SURENDER Anil SWE 2032 – 4.5
111. ABBAS Daniel ENG 2002 – 4.5
112. IAGAR Razvan-Gabriel ROU 2243 – 4.5
113. BARASIANT Mariana MDA 1942 – 4.5
114. GUIMARÃES Rui Pinto POR 2067 – 4.5
115. MARGARIDO José Miguel Teixeir POR 2019 – 4.5
116. BAYON ROLO Juan Andres ESP 1871 – 4.5
117. EMBERLAND Even NOR 1913 – 4.5
118. BEKEDAM Tyro NED 1867 – 4.5
119. SÁ Cláudio Simão Carvalho Far POR 1710 – 4.5
120. BERNARDO Daniel Madureira POR 1763 – 4.5
121. PRATA José Miguel Mendes POR 1957 – 4.5
122. FM CORDOVIL Joao Maria Da Camara POR 2168 – 4.5
123. NM LAVRADOR Rodolfo Manuel Masca POR 1981 – 4.5
124. FERNANDES João Pedro Murtinho POR 1599 – 4.5
125. GONCALVES Goncalo Cravo Jesus POR 1637 – 4.5
126. BELO Miguel Ângelo Petinga POR 1850 – 4.5
127. PEREZ CAMESELLE Francisco ESP 1852 – 4.5
128. GONZALEZ EIRIS Daniel ESP 1765 – 4.5
129. RIBEIRO Bruno Rafael Leite POR 1765 – 4.5
130. BRANCO Joana Catarina Costa POR 1487 – 4.5
131. CAVALEIRO Daniel Filipe Costa POR 1910 – 4.5
132. SULLER Lorant CAN 1782 – 4.5
133. BURGISSER Claude FRA 1722 – 4.5
134. PARREIRA André Filipe Roxo POR 1886 – 4.5
135. SOUSA Hugo Carneiro POR 1726 – 4.5
136. SOARES Joao Diogo Pedreiro POR 1483 – 4.5
137. BROEK Barry NED 1465 – 4.5
138. SIXTO PUENTE Eloy ESP 1786 – 4
139. SOUSA André Miguel Vale Ventu POR 2191 – 4
140. GUERRA José António Goulart D POR 1788 – 4
141. JORGENSEN Line Jin NOR 1942 – 4
142. CADEIRINHAS David Eduardo Lou POR 1871 – 4
143. VEIGA Jose Francisco Reis Ped POR 1779 – 4
144. GOMEZ SEGADE Pablo ESP 1907 – 4
145. JESUS João Pedro Mendes De POR 0 – 4
146. SILVA Mariana Sofia Teixeira POR 1726 – 4
147. HERNAMPEREZ MANSO Jose Maria ESP 1684 – 4
148. MENDES Modeste POR 1763 – 4
149. FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ Juan Carl ESP 2090 – 4
150. GARNACHO VELASCO Eduardo ESP 1775 – 4
151. AGUIAR Carlos Alberto Branco POR 1803 – 4
152. CERNUDA OREJAS Victor Manuel ESP 1940 – 4
153. ARAÚJO Francisco João Guimarã POR 1810 – 4
154. BURG Henk NED 1801 – 4
155. HOENEVELD Maarten NED 1774 – 4
156. SANCHEZ LOPEZ Borja ESP 1733 – 4
157. MESTROM Ton NED 1711 – 4
158. SOUSA Tadeu Filipe Leonardo D POR 1787 – 4
159. SALVADO Sérgio Rodrigo Do Ros POR 0 – 4
160. SILVA José António De Almeida POR 1590 – 4
161. PASSEIRO Diogo Miguel Vilarig POR 1554 – 4
162. PINTO Artur Daniel Moreira POR 1544 – 4
163. SANTOS José Guilherme Bárria POR 0 – 4
164. BRANCO Rómulo João Monteiro POR 1737 – 4
165. HARCAUT Aurelien FRA 1545 – 4
166. CRESPO QUEIRUGA Augusto ESP 1641 – 4
167. RODRIGUES José Pedro Da Costa POR 1536 – 4
168. TEIXEIRA Pedro Miguel Correia POR 1561 – 4
169. GISBERT MIR Alejandro ESP 1728 – 4
170. GOMILA MARTI Santiago ESP 1710 – 4
171. MARTINS Bruno André Leite POR 1480 – 4
172. PAIVA Henrique Maria Branco A POR 1809 – 4
173. LAFOURCADE Victor FRA 1585 – 4
174. SARAIVA Rafael Morais POR 1641 – 4
175. SILVA Ana Inês Teixeira Da POR 1552 – 4
176. CORREIA Miguel Alexandre Coel POR 1508 – 4
177. FORTUNATO José Manuel C POR 0 – 4
178. OLIVEIRA António Augusto Da L POR 1649 – 4
179. COIMBRA João Marcial Ferreira POR 1448 – 4
180. ABBAS Ahmed C ENG 0 – 4
181. BOLHARI Orphe Iraj IRI 2141 – 3.5
182. COELHO Pedro Rodrigo Dias POR 1915 – 3.5
183. MARQUES Pedro Jorge Simões Lo POR 1950 – 3.5
184. SOUSA João Rui Gonçalves De POR 1517 – 3.5
185. VILLACORTA NICOLAS David ESP 1677 – 3.5
186. FORTUNATO António Eduardo Con POR 1679 – 3.5
187. BRANA LOPEZ Eduardo ESP 1990 – 3.5
188. DIAS Ricardo Pedro Cruz POR 1617 – 3.5
189. ROMANO Joao Manuel Pereira Co POR 1721 – 3.5
190. ALESSANDRO Sergio ITA 1714 – 3.5
191. CALZADA CRUZ Osvaldo CUB 1878 – 3.5
192. ALVES Fernando Pereira Ribeir POR 1776 – 3.5
193. LOPES Jose Manuel Cidreiro POR 1709 – 3.5
194. ANTUNES Paulo Alexandre Gonça POR 1789 – 3.5
195. MENDES Ines Gonçalves Alves R POR 1492 – 3.5
196. RODRIGUEZ FERREIROS Andres ESP 1473 – 3.5
197. RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ Evaristo ESP 1519 – 3.5
198. GAMA João Gonçalo Cerejeira D POR 1262 – 3.5
199. GOMILA BENEJAM Doro ESP 1485 – 3.5
200. SOUSA Mario Antonio Da Silva POR 1336 – 3.5
201. WITT Holger GER 1618 – 3.5
202. HARCAUT Jean-Philippe FRA 1230 – 3.5
203. OLIVEIRA Luis Manuel Farinha POR 0 – 3.5
204. AVELINO Mafalda Biscaya POR 0 – 3.5
205. ROCHA Pedro Daniel Marquês POR 0 – 3
206. JUANES PANIAGUA Alberto ESP 1343 – 3
207. AVELINO Camila Biscaya POR 1399 – 3
208. SOCKO Szymon POL 1366 – 3
209. GUERREIRO José Velho POR 1347 – 3
210. FREITAS André Manuel Ramos POR 0 – 3
211. SOCKO Weronika POL 1423 – 3
212. MOREIRA Simão Chaves POR 1351 – 3
213. MORAES Antonio Jose Oliveira POR 1272 – 3
214. GUERRA Rui Pedro Oliveira POR 0 – 3
215. ESTEVEZ SACRISTAN Deva ESP 1437 – 3
216. FERNANDES Ricardo Paulos POR 1446 – 3
217. MARTINS Domingos António Melã POR 0 – 3
218. ABREU Alexandre Ribeiro POR 1167 – 3
219. ENCARNAÇÃO Filipe Alexandre D POR 1345 – 3
220. SANTOS Leonor Sofia Castelão POR 0 – 3
221. BÁRTOLO Filipe Diogo Correia POR 0 – 3
222. MARTINS José POR 0 – 3
223. GUIA Artur Solovyov Eloy Da POR 0 – 3
224. BARATA Guilherme Adrião Pitac POR 0 – 3
225. SOCKO Julia POL 0 – 3
226. PASSEIRO Lourenco M Vilarigue POR 1384 – 2.5
227. MAIA Bruno António Bento POR 1597 – 2.5
228. MESTROM Sterre NED 0 – 2.5
229. FERNANDEZ ROMANO Artai ESP 0 – 2.5
230. PITTA Afonso Gameiro Tostoes POR 0 – 2.5
231. GM PAUNOVIC Dragan SRB 2472 – 2
232. DAUD Rafic POR 1654 – 2
233. SUAREZ GOMEZ Paula ESP 0 – 2
234. SOUSA Manuel Filipe Mascarenh POR 0 – 2
235. FERNANDES José Alberto POR 0 – 2
236. MARQUES Afonso Mendes Pereira POR 0 – 2
237. ANTÓNIO Luis Filipe Alves POR 1842 – 1.5
238. BARROSO Simão Pedro David POR 0 – 1.5
239. BOLÊO David POR 0 – 1

The 25th International Chess Festival Cracovia 2014 was held from 27th December 2014 to 4th January 2015 in Krakow, the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland.

The event took place at the Galaxy Hotel**** under the Patronage of Mayor of Krakow Jacek Majchrowski.

The format of the tournament was 9-round Swiss with tempo of play 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 second increment starting from move one.

The first place was shared in a four-way tie by GM Alexander Zubov (Ukraine), GM Vitaly Sivuk (Ukraine), IM Olexandr Bortnyk (Ukraine) and IM Marcel Kanarek (Poland) on 7/9 points each, but Zubov prevailed on a better tie-break score and took the gold. You can see the full standings below.

Official website

Final standings:

1 GM Zubov, Alexander UKR 2600 2600 7.0
2 GM Sivuk, Vitaly UKR 2501 2600 7.0
3 IM Bortnyk, Olexandr UKR 2533 2450 7.0
4 IM Kanarek, Marcel POL 2500 2450 AKSz Hetman-Politechnika Koszalińska 7.0
5 FM Petrosyan, Tigran S. ARM 2429 2300 6.5
6 GM Jakubowski, Krzysztof POL 2560 2600 MLKS Ostródzianka Ostróda 6.5
7 IM Matuszewski, Michal POL 2459 2450 TS Wisła Kraków 6.0
8 FM Skawinski, Arkadiusz POL 2346 2300 SzUKS Gostmat 83 Gostynin 6.0
9 IM Polyakov, Maxim UKR 2432 2450 6.0
10 GM Dragun, Kamil POL 2547 2600 KSz Stilon Gorzów Wlkp. 6.0
11 GM Piorun, Kacper POL 2517 2600 KSz Stilon Gorzów Wlkp. 6.0
12 IM Przedmojski, Rafal POL 2367 2400 KU AZS UW w Warszawie 6.0
13 FM Jarmuła, Łukasz POL 2307 2300 KSz HETMAN Katowice 6.0
14 IM Sadzikowski, Daniel POL 2492 2450 KSz Polonia Wrocław 6.0
15 Eggink, Ryszard POL 2236 2200 UKS Łady Raszyn 6.0
16 FM Gazik, Viktor SVK 2283 2300 5.5
17 IM Warakomski, Tomasz POL 2456 2450 Akademia Szachowa Gliwice 5.5
18 Gbyl, Andrzej POL 2171 2200 KKSz Kraków 5.5
19 GM Bernadskiy, Vitaliy UKR 2556 2600 5.5
20 IM Gajek, Radosław POL 2310 2450 UKS Rotmistrz Grudziądz 5.5
21 Polok, Kacper POL 2228 2200 KSz Silesia Racibórz 5.5
22 IM Kaczmarek, Aleksander POL 2316 2400 KMKSz Victoria Kielce 5.5
23 FM Nasuta, Grzegorz POL 2351 2300 MUKS Stoczek 45 Białystok 5.5
24 Gumularz, Szymon POL 2241 2100 KSz Polonia Wrocław 5.5
25 Różycki, Bartłomiej POL 2085 2300 KS LAURA Chylice 5.0
26 Mroziak, Maciej POL 2319 2300 KŚ AZS Politechniki Śląskiej Gliwice 5.0
27 IM Krysztofiak, Marcin POL 2418 2450 ŻTMS Baszta Żnin 5.0
28 IM Lewtak, Damian POL 2340 2400 LKSz GCKiP Czarna 5.0
29 WFM Lach, Aleksandra POL 2208 2100 KSz Warsaw Sharks Warszawa 5.0
30 IM Alexikov, Alexander UKR 2356 2450 5.0
31 IM Chetverik, Maxim RUS 2258 2450 5.0
32 Goluch, Piotr POL 2204 2300 KS AZS Politechnika Wrocław 5.0
33 WFM Warakomska, Anna POL 2216 2100 KSz. Javena Hańcza Suwałki 5.0
34 Lercel, Michał POL 2222 2200 5.0
35 FM Sanchez Saez, Francisco ESP 2279 2300 5.0
36 CM Marie, Maxime FRA 2232 2300 5.0
37 FM Ramirez Garcia, Jorge Alberto MEX 2293 2300 5.0
38 IM Boricsev, Oleg HUN 2365 2450 5.0
39 Halak, Miklos HUN 2234 2300 5.0
40 IM Kołosowski, Mateusz POL 2461 2450 SSz GMINY PAWŁOWICE 4.5
41 Cukrowski, Filip POL 2196 2300 4.5
42 FM Koykka, Pekka FIN 2303 2300 4.5
43 Janik, Igor POL 2182 2100 4.5
44 Psyk, Radosław POL 2068 2100 KSz Piątka Skierniewice 4.5
45 FM Goumas, Georgios GRE 2378 2300 4.5
46 WFM Wiśniowska, Klaudia POL 2187 2100 KSz Stilon Gorzów Wlkp. 4.5
47 WGM Kulkarni Bhakti IND 2292 2400 4.5
48 Kyć, Jerzy POL 2021 2100 TS Wisła Kraków 4.5
49 Mucha, Piotr POL 2106 2100 KSz HETMAN Katowice 4.5
50 WFM Gazikova, Veronika SVK 2148 2100 4.5
51 CM Nitish Belurkar IND 1967 2200 4.5
52 WFM Korniyuk, Mariya UKR 2126 2100 4.5
53 Kozioł, Kamil POL 1987 2200 MKSz Rybnik 4.5
54 FM Kempinski, Tomasz POL 2196 2300 KS KORONA Zakrzewo 4.0
55 Szczepaniak, Łukasz POL 2063 2100 WKS KOPERNIK 4.0
56 Nowak, Łukasz POL 2128 2200 KSz Polonia Warszawa 4.0
57 GM Grabarczyk, Mirosław POL 2467 2600 ŻTMS Baszta Żnin 4.0
58 FM Dietmayer-Kraeutler, Marco AUT 2264 2300 4.0
59 Wątorek, Marcin POL 2110 2200 MLKSz Myślenice 4.0
60 Buś, Konrad POL 2117 2200 MKS MOS Wieliczka 4.0
61 Eggink, Mateusz POL 2247 2200 UKS Łady Raszyn 4.0
62 WIM Jakubiec, Edyta POL 2184 2250 SzSON ZAGŁĘBIE Dąbrowa Górnicza 4.0
63 Lizak, Jakub POL 2056 2100 KŚ AZS Politechniki Śląskiej Gliwice 4.0
64 Żochowski, Kacper POL 2120 2200 MUKS Stoczek 45 Białystok 4.0
65 WIM Gasik, Anna POL 2183 2250 MLKS Nadnarwianka Pułtusk 4.0
66 Gołek, Jagoda POL 2009 2000 LKS Chrobry Gniezno 4.0
67 Chkhaidze, Nikoloz GEO 2203 2300 4.0
68 WGM Kulon, Klaudia POL 2332 2400 MKS przy MDK Trzcianka 3.5
69 FM Mertanen, Janne FIN 2240 2300 3.5
70 FM Martins, David Pires Tavares POR 2345 2300 3.5
71 WCM Woźniak, Mariola POL 1983 2000 KSz Polonia Wrocław 3.5
72 Paszewski, Mateusz POL 2191 2200 UKS Hetman Częstochowa 3.5
73 IM Borsos, Bogdan UKR 2230 2450 3.5
74 Sychevskyy, Andriy UKR 2193 2200 3.5
75 CM Dubiński, Mateusz POL 2223 2200 KSz Stilon Gorzów Wlkp. 3.5
76 WFM Adamowicz, Katarzyna POL 2194 2100 MLKSz Myślenice 3.5
77 Kowalczyk, Rafał POL 2180 2200 LKS PARK Starzenice 3.5
78 Kumor, Lukasz POL 2166 2200 KS Korona Kraków 3.5
79 Stankiewicz, Paweł POL 2128 2200 WKS KOPERNIK 3.0
80 Parol, Paweł POL 2057 2100 MTSz Mińsk Mazowiecki 3.0
81 Praczukowski, Stanisław POL 1962 2100 KS LAURA Chylice 3.0
82 Teglas, Balazs HUN 2252 2300 3.0
83 Hristodoulaki, Antonia GRE 1981 2000 3.0
84 FM Obruśnik, Michał POL 2324 2300 KSz Silesia Racibórz 2.5
85 Angelousis, Athanaslos GRE 2068 2100 2.5
86 WFM Chlost, Marlena POL 2197 2100 Akademia Szachowa Gliwice 2.5
87 Chylewski, Patryk POL 1932 2100 KS LAURA Chylice 2.5
88 Wiśniewski, Michał POL 2102 2100 UKS Rodło Opole 2.0
89 FM Ramondino, Renzo ITA 2255 2300 2.0
90 Marzano, Carlo ITA 2166 2200 2.0
91 GM Popov, Ivan RUS 2622 2600 0.0
91 GM Stupak, Kirill BLR 2557 2600 0.0
91 GM Kovalev, Vladislav BLR 2539 2600 0.0
91 GM Oral, Tomas CZE 2498 2600 0.0
91 GM Podolchenko, Evgeniy BLR 2435 2600 0.0
91 Szuper, Paul USA 2173 2200 0.0
91 WFM Gościniak, Maria POL 2090 2100 TS Wisła Kraków 0.0

Chess Club “Bošnjaci” organized the 20th jubilee edition of Bosnjaci Open 2015 from 3rd to 9th January, 2015, in Bošnjaci, eastern Croatia.

The event was sponsored by Municipality Bošnjaci, in collaboration with Croatian Chess federation, Chess federation of VS county, Sladorana d.d. Županja, VS county,“Komunalac“ Županja, “Admiral Tisak“ Cerna, Pizzeria AQUARIUS, NARCOR d.o.o. Županja and the main media sponsor „Glas Slavonije“.

The tournament was played in a 9-round Swiss format with tempo of play 90′ + 30″ and prize fund in the amount of 5.000 €.

135 players from 5 different countries took part in the event, including 5 GMs, 7 IMs, 14 FMs and 1 WIM.

GM Emir Dizdarevic (BIH) and IM Zdenko Plenkovic (CRO) tied for the first with 7,5/9 points, but Dizdarevic prevailed on a better tie-break score and lifted the trophy for second year in a row.

The third place was shared in a four-way by Goran Vajic (BIH), IM Rudolf Sertic (CRO), FM Pero Ascic (CRO) and Josip Stocko (CRO) on 7 points each. You can see the full standings below.

Replay the games with analysis

Replay the games and enjoy the photo report below, kindly provided by the tournament organizer Branko Vidackovic!

GM Emir DIzdarevic with second consecutive trophy from Bosnjaci (courtesy of Antun Jelic)

courtesy of Antun Jelic

courtesy of Antun Jelic

From left to right: Tajana Turk, WIM Ana Berke and Mihaela Blazeka (courtesy of Antun Jelic)

WIM Ana Berke is the best female player (courtesy of Antun Jelic)

Traditional dinner after the closing ceremony

courtesy of Antun Jelic

Final standings:

1 GM Dizdarević Emir BIH 2537 7,5
2 IM Plenković Zdenko CRO 2390 7,5
3 Vajić Goran BIH 2348 7
4 IM Sertić Rudolf CRO 2353 7
5 FM Aščić Pero CRO 2275 7
6 NM Stočko Josip CRO 2327 7
7 GM Žaja Ivan CRO 2480 6,5
8 FM Trbojević Mladen CRO 2417 6,5
9 IM Kovačević Blažimir CRO 2468 6,5
10 GM Kurajica Bojan BIH 2502 6,5
11 MK Jelečević Ivo CRO 2144 6,5
12 IM Biti Ozren CRO 2353 6
13 GM Leventić Ivan CRO 2451 6
14 IM Mrkonjić Nenad CRO 2379 6
15 IM Živković Vjekoslav CRO 2358 6
16 FM Kljako Damir CRO 2176 6
17 FM Bobanac Miro CRO 2270 6
18 MK Matanović Luka CRO 2178 6
19 FM Abdil Halil BIH 2196 6
20 FM Rosić Slavko BIH 2263 6
21 FM Blažeka Matej CRO 2258 6
22 MK Pavić Filip CRO 2173 6
23 MK Lazor Vladimir SRB 2202 6
24 MK Babić Zvonko CRO 2151 6
25 GM Jovanović Zoran CRO 2541 5,5
26 IM Armanda Ivica CRO 2350 5,5
27 MK Patarčić Domagoj CRO 2157 5,5
28 MK Ljikar Zoran CRO 2224 5,5
29 FM Zovko Mario CRO 2296 5,5
30 MK Nemec Vjekoslav CRO 2163 5,5
31 MK Blagojević Marijan CRO 2148 5,5
32 WIM Berke Ana CRO 2075 5,5
33 Ivanov Stojan Emilov BUL 2213 5,5
34 MK Monjac Mislav CRO 2162 5,5
35 I Boban Sten CRO 1993 5,5
36 Burović Rijad BIH 2138 5,5
37 MK Bošnjak Nino CRO 2176 5,5
38 NM Turk Tajana CRO 1938 5,5
39 II Skočibušić Davor CRO 1681 5,5
40 MK Kovačević Srećko CRO 2085 5
41 FM Burović Ismet BIH 2398 5
42 II Nikić Patrick CRO 1955 5
43 MK Perišić Robert CRO 2023 5
44 NM Blažeka Mihaela CRO 1761 5
45 MK Dejanović Mladen CRO 2042 5
46 MK Knežević Igor CRO 2149 5
47 II Grubišić Ivica CRO 1943 5
48 Hadžipašić Emir BIH 2096 5
49 MK Lešić Krunoslav CRO 2067 5
50 II Novak Ivo CRO 1865 5
51 I Vranković Ivan CRO 1987 5
52 NM Cvitan Ena CRO 1883 5
53 I Golubičić Luka CRO 2017 5
54 I Škvorc Emanuel CRO 1906 5
55 II Leaković Martin CRO 1747 5
56 FM Aščić Anto CRO 2193 5
57 FM Macanga Branko CRO 1998 5
58 III Jelić Slavko CRO 1797 5
59 I Džaja Martin Zorislav CRO 1924 4,5
60 I Tucaković Zdravko CRO 2004 4,5
61 I Dvorski Renato CRO 1889 4,5
62 Drobne Marjan SLO 2055 4,5
63 MK Mićan Karmela CRO 1702 4,5
64 MK Ljikar Tamara CRO 1845 4,5
65 FM Ožanić Marijan CRO 2114 4,5
66 II Blažeka Đuro CRO 1868 4,5
67 MK Ikica Ante CRO 1977 4,5
68 II Rajković Mario CRO 1830 4,5
69 I Samblić Silvano CRO 1934 4,5
70 II Damjanović Ilija CRO 1886 4,5
71 Vukić Anto CRO 1804 4,5
72 III Raguž Ivan CRO 1811 4,5
73 III Marinković Danilo CRO 1715 4,5
74 II Lombarović Marko CRO 1868 4,5
75 MK Tomić Ivan CRO 1878 4
76 Pašalić Adnan BIH 2107 4
77 II Pejić Ivo CRO 1895 4
78 FM Lukić Milutin CRO 1953 4
79 II Vranjić Marko CRO 1885 4
80 II Tomljenović Mile CRO 1805 4
81 I Petričević Ivan CRO 2027 4
82 III Pišković Jozo CRO 1626 4
83 IV Slobođanac Siniša CRO 1850 4
84 I Turk Vesna CRO 1700 4
85 MK Dejanović Tereza CRO 1444 4
86 III Dabić Stjepan CRO 1392 4
87 III Tokić Vjekoslav CRO 1861 4
88 MK Jošić Stevan CRO 1996 4
89 IV Baričević Ivan CRO 1523 4
90 II Mutapčić Ilija CRO 1865 4
91 II Mezak Damir CRO 1705 4
II Mićan Mato CRO 1689 4
93 II Draškić Skender CRO 1831 4
94 Pešic Josip CRO 0 4
95 II Vidaković Mato CRO 1863 3,5
96 II Tadić Drago CRO 1917 3,5
97 III Novosad Ivan CRO 1736 3,5
98 II Ilišević Adam CRO 1863 3,5
99 MK Golub Nikolina CRO 1601 3,5
100 I Blažeka Ivana CRO 1582 3,5
101 II Čaušević Miro CRO 1595 3,5
102 III Pejić Mirko CRO 1861 3,5
103 Perči Franjo CRO 0 3,5
104 IV Golubičić Mato CRO 1704 3,5
105 I Tomašević Ivana CRO 1817 3,5
106 II Živković Zvonimir CRO 1628 3,5
107 Rončević Lovro SLO 1195 3,5
108 Rendulić Dragan CRO 0 3,5
109 FM Vernački Srđan CRO 2354 3
110 IV Jakovljević Tadija CRO 1645 3
111 III Špoljar Zvonimir CRO 1785 3
112 III Kukolj Drago CRO 1745 3
113 Mikić Ivana BIH 1486 3
114 Kolić Vladimir CRO 0 3
115 II Petričević Ivana Antoaneta CRO 1641 3
116 II Maroslavac Ivana CRO 1541 3
117 II Iveković Jelena CRO 1399 3
118 I Petričević Marija CRO 1595 2,5
119 Ilišević Ivica CRO 0 2,5
120 IV Raguž Frano CRO 0 2,5
121 Golubičić Đuka CRO 0 2,5
122 Madžarević Mario CRO 0 2,5
123 III Drenški Mijo CRO 1770 2,5
124 Vukojević Toni CRO 0 2,5
125 Baotić Borna CRO 0 2,5
126 Žigić Ela CRO 0 2,5
127 IV Labrović Jakov CRO 1868 2
128 Oršolić Jela BIH 1544 2
129 Petričević Ivan Mihael CRO 0 2
130 Janković Antonio CRO 0 2
131 Baotić Marko CRO 0 2
132 Šarić Klaudija CRO 0 2
133 I Matošević Ivica CRO 1865 1,5
134 Šarčević Mario CRO 0 1,5
135 Vašarhelji Sven CRO 0 0,5

Tamil Nadu talent M Kunal crashed through the defenses of GM Sabino Brunello of Italy on a tough second round for higher rated Grandmasters in the 13^th Parsvnath International Grandmasters chess tournament now underway here at Ludlow Castle sports complex.

Kunal’s victory over Brunello came out of an irregular opening with white pieces where in the Indian showed a lot of maturity and trapped his opponent’s queen as early as on the 19^th move. The rest was child’s play.

It was a day of big upsets as many Grandmasters found the going tough. Apart from Brunello, GM Eldar Gasanov of Ukraine, Duc Hoa Nguyen of Vietnam, Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh and Vladimir Lazarev of France bit the dust against their respective Indian opponents.

R A Pradeep Kumar turned out to be one of the bigger gainer of the day as he accounted for Gasanov with black pieces. Kumar was a treat to watch once he gained the upper hand and capitalised on further errors by Gasanov to be on two points from as many games.

M G Gahan made merry at the expense of Nguyen who was shocked by the Karnataka player in a fine display of positional chess.

Abhishek Kelkar and Nishant Malhotra played an identical Slav defense with black pieces and the former defeated Bangladesh’s Rahman, a winner of many Indian international tournaments. Malhotra was also seen at his best in tackling the vast experience of Lazarev who was outdone in the middle game.

At the top of the tables, top seed defending champion Abhijeet Gupta maintained a clean slate with a finely crafted victory over Nr Vignesh. The Catalan opening by Gupta as white yielded a slightly better position which was nurtured to perfection by the former world junior champion.

Among other Indians, Delhi’s Aradhya Garg caused an upset defeating V A V Rajesh while Delhi’s GM Sahaj Grover accounted for B S Shivananda after a hard-fought game.

Official website/ List of participants/ LIVE games with analysis

Important Results Round-2
GM Abhijeet Gupta (2) beat Vignesh N R (1);
GM Anton Demchenko of Russia (1.5) drew with Ravi Teja S (1.5);
FM Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel of Spain (1) lost to GM Alberto David of Italy (2);
Kunal M (2) beat GM Brunello Sabino of Italy (1);
GM Cristhian Cruz of Peru (2) beat Himal Gusain (1);
Harsha Bharathakoti (1) lost to GM Andrey Baryshpolets of Ukrain (2);
GM Alexander Evdokimov of Russia (2) beat IM Sameer Kathmale (1);
IM Shivananda B S (1) lost to GM Sahaj Grover (2);
GM Eldar Gasanov of Ukraine (1) lost to Pradeep Kumar R A (2);
Gahan M G (2) beat GM Nguyen Duc Hoa of Vietnam (1);
GM Marat Dzhumaev of Uzbekistan (1.5) drew with Mehar Chinna Reddy (1.5);
IM Murali Krishnan B T (1.5) drew with GM Axel Rombaldoni of Italy (1.5);
GM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh (1) lost to Abhishek Kelkar (2);
Abhilash Reddy (1.5) drew with GM Debashis Das (1.5);
Rakesh Kulkarni (1.5) drew with GM Shyam Sundar M (1.5);
GM Abhijit Kunte (1.5) drew with IM Chakravarthi Reddy (1.5);
WIM Irina Andrenko of Ukraine (1) lost to GM Deepan Chakkaravarthy (2);
IM N Srinath (2) beat WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (1);
Harikrishnan A Ra (2) beat IM Thejkumar M S (1);
Bodda Pratyusha (1) lost to IM Jonathan Cruz (2)

Kunal & Brunello

Abhishek Kelkar

Gahan M G

Pradeep Kumar

The 131st MGU Open 2015 was held from 10th to 11th January, 2015, at Chess Club MGU, in Sofia, capital and largest city of Bulgaria.

The event was organized by FA Dimitar Iliev and Chess Club “An Pasan” in a 6-round Swiss FIDE format, open to all players rated below 2200 and it will be valid for FIDE and national rating.

The youngsters Vladimir Sergeev Petrov (14 y.o.) and Martin Vassilev (12 y.o.) tied for the first with 5/6 points each, but Petrov finished first on a superior tie-break score.

Nikola Kolev scored 4 points to grabbed the bronze, while Aleksandrina Koleva was the best female player with 3,5/6 points.

You can see the full standings and replay the games below.

Official website

Final standings:

1 Petrov Vladimir Sergeev BUL 2092 5
2 Vassilev Martin BUL 1980 5
3 Kolev Nikola BUL 1776 4
4 Koleva Aleksandrina BUL 1666 3,5
5 Ivanov Oleg BUL 1809 3,5
6 Kamenov Valentin BUL 1802 3
7 Georgiev Nikolay BUL 1639 3
8 Stoyanov Georgi BUL 1589 2,5
9 Tashev Aleksandar BUL 1725 2,5
10 Bakalov Milko BUL 1540 2
11 Petrov Anton BUL 1647 2
12 Sabov Borislav BUL 1531 2
13 Genov Emanuil BUL 1262 1,5
14 Bakalov Vladimir BUL 1491 1
15 Grabcheva Natalia BUL 1555 0,5

The Planetwin365 – All Stars 2014 Blitz Tournament was held on 29th December at the Tadic Chess Club in Medakovic, Belgrade.

26 players competed in the round robin tournament with the time control 3′+2”. There were 16 Grandmasters in the field.

Grandmasters Nikola Sedlak and Dusan Popovic shared the first place with 20,0/25 points each. Sedlak claimed the top prize of 200 USD on better tie-break.

Replay games with analysis

The “unofficial” blitz championship of Serbia was sponsored by planetwin365 and organized by GM Branko Tadic.

Chief Arbiter was IA Nebojsa Baralic and the prize fund was 1000 USD. Standings below.

2013 Serbian Champion GM Boban Bogosavljevic making his move against co-winner GM Dusan Popovic

Final standings:

1-2. GM Sedlak Nikola 2561 and GM Popovic Dusan 2582 – 20
3. GM Markus Robert 2608 – 19
4-5. GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2591 and GM Bogosavljevic Boban 2507 – 18
6. GM Perunovic Milos 2632 – 17,5
7. GM Milanovic Danilo 2516 – 17
8. GM Damljanovic Branko 2486 – 16
9. GM Indjic Aleksandar 2551 – 15,5
10. IM Marinkovic Ivan 2463 – 15
11-12. IM Roganovic Milos 2514 and GM Cabrilo Goran 2524 – 14,5
13-14. FM Jovic Aleksandar 2418 and GM Kovacevic Aleksandar 2514 – 14
15-16. GM Pavlovic Milos 2494 and GM Tadic Branko 2552 – 13,5
17. GM Vuckovic Bojan 2558 – 13
18. GM Miljkovic Miroslav D 2503 – 12
19. IM Arsovic Goran 2472 – 9
20. Tisma Ivan 2125 – 7
21-22. GM Abramovic Bosko 2395 and Radovanovic Mihajlo 1893 – 6
23. Stankovic Ivan G 2165 – 4,5
24. IM Marcetic Nikola 2257 – 4
25. Andrejic Vladica 2268 – 3
26. Babic Branko 0 – 0,5

2014 Serbian Champion GM Aleksandar Indjic making a move against talented junior Mihajlo Radovanovic (member of Tadic Chess Club)

GM Branko Damljanovic and IM Milos Roganovic. GM Milos Pavlovic and IM Goran Arsovic on second board.

Indjic-Tadic, Perunovic-Miljkovic and Sedlak-Kovacevic

Bosko Abramovic – Mihajlo Radovanovic and Ivan G Stankovic – Bojan Vuckovic