Master Tournament

    Image Podium of the Master Tournament: GM Dennis Wagner (GER, 2nd), GM Suri Vaibhav (IND, winner) and GM Pavel Eljanov (UKR, 3rd)
    Podium of the Master Tournament: GM Dennis Wagner (GER, 2nd), GM Suri Vaibhav (IND, winner) and GM Pavel Eljanov (UKR, 3rd)
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    Rank#NameFEDEloPts.BHBHSum
    119GMVaibhav Suri IND25567.048.0416.0
    218GMWagner Dennis GER25586.549.0422.5
    31GMEljanov Pavel UKR27066.548.0424.5
    421GMKuljasevic Davorin CRO25456.547.0423.0
    53GMSalem A.R. Saleh UAE26426.547.0419.5
    629IMBilguun Sumiya MGL24906.546.0410.0
    79GMDonchenko Alexander GER26016.545.0424.5
    824GMLalith Babu M R IND25296.545.0411.0
    923GMAbdusattorov Nodirbek UZB25346.543.5421.0
    1012GMBaklan Vladimir UKR25956.045.5411.0
    1136IMPrithu Gupta IND24366.045.5409.5
    1248Arjun Kalyan IND23706.045.5401.5
    1315GMKovchan Alexander UKR25726.044.5421.5
    1417GMMoussard Jules FRA25596.044.0401.5
    157GMKarthikeyan Murali IND26096.042.0401.0
    166GMAntipov Mikhail Al. RUS26266.041.5410.5
    178GMBartel Mateusz POL26046.041.5394.5
    185GMRomanov Evgeny RUS26366.041.0403.0
    1916GMMichalik Peter CZE25626.039.5378.5
    202GMIturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN26525.546.0416.0
    2145IMTania Sachdev IND23935.544.5402.0
    2220IMLampert Jonas GER25465.544.0398.5
    2328FMErigaisi Arjun IND24995.544.0392.0
    244GMGordievsky Dmitry RUS26385.543.0388.5
    2513GMDragun Kamil POL25945.542.5404.0
    2633IMKaczmarczyk Dennis GER24445.542.0397.0
    2738IMGähwiler Gabriel SUI24195.542.0383.5
    2825GMZoler Dan ISR25285.541.5386.0
    2940IMRadovanovic Mihajlo SRB24025.540.0376.5
    3010GMIndjic Aleksandar SRB25995.539.5386.0
    3114GMKrejci Jan CZE25785.538.0376.0
    3222GMAryan Chopra IND25365.045.5415.0
    3326IMFlom Gabriel FRA25155.045.0400.0
    3411GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND25975.044.0403.5
    3530GMStojanovic Mihajlo SRB24865.044.0388.0
    3632IMIniyan P IND24515.043.5382.0
    3735IMIkeda Junta AUS24375.042.5372.0
    38112CMRohith Krishna S IND20155.041.5391.0
    3939IMMeins Gerlef GER24095.041.0366.5
    4083Chinguun Sumiya MGL21625.040.0383.0
    4150IMRavi Teja S. IND23605.039.5361.0
    4252IMOmar Noaman UAE23535.039.0380.0
    4344IMKaasen Tor Fredrik NOR23965.039.0373.0
    4431IMBellaiche Anthony FRA24595.038.5352.5
    4580Poliakov Artem RUS21755.038.0366.0
    4642IMPfreundt Jakob GER23995.038.0359.0
    4759WGMMamedjarova Turkan AZE23095.036.5380.5
    4857FMGantner Matthias SUI23235.036.5373.0
    4951Soham Das IND23595.035.0375.0
    5027GMAL-Sayed Mohammed QAT25115.035.0357.5
    5155FMPaterek Michal POL23275.034.5356.0
    5266Lederer Yoav ISR22705.034.0362.5
    5369Abhilash Reddy M.L. IND22475.033.5367.0
    5454FMKumar Nikhil USA23005.033.5343.5
    5571Stijve Theo SUI22355.033.0357.5
    5663WIMVantika Agrawal IND22954.540.0384.0
    5741IMKrishna C R GIND23994.540.0371.0
    5868WIMYuan Yuanling CAN22474.539.0372.0
    5953FMSchnepp Gunnar AUT23364.538.5382.0
    6064FMKamber Bruno SUI22924.538.0367.0
    6146IMWallace John Paul AUS23904.538.0365.0
    6286CMMullick Raahil IND21284.537.5365.0
    6367Schärer Julian SUI22644.537.5359.0
    6443FMGindi Shachar ISR23974.537.0379.0
    6547FMBaenziger Fabian SUI23824.537.0371.5
    6662IMFlorescu Codrut-Constantin ROU22954.536.5356.5
    6772Vignesh B IND22314.536.5341.0
    6849IMVidenova Iva FID23694.535.5350.5
    6956FMAeschbach Philipp SUI23234.535.0366.0
    7060FMPranav Anand IND23054.532.0353.5
    7137IMNezad Husein Aziz QAT24254.041.0363.5
    7284Ghazarian Kirk USA21534.038.5359.0
    7382FMLim Zhuo Ren MAS21654.036.0341.0
    7475WFMGeorgescu Lena SUI22184.035.5368.0
    7561IMDonchenko Anatoly GER23014.035.0363.0
    76107Schaffner David SUI20274.034.0300.0
    7774FMHugentobler Patrik SUI22254.032.0338.5
    7858Mertens Heiko GER23134.031.5347.0
    7977Arne Mike USA22034.031.5346.5
    8079Bex Pierre-Alain SUI21824.031.5345.5
    81104Arbinger Roland Dr.GER20414.031.5328.0
    8296Heinis Vincent FRA20844.029.0319.5
    8381Angst Robin SUI21693.540.0365.0
    8473Ryba Andrew USA22303.538.0363.5
    8565Masse Hugues CAN22783.538.0349.5
    86102Asaka Samuel AUS20453.537.0346.0
    87117Krithigga K IND19943.537.0338.5
    8895WFMZahn Alina GER20843.534.0338.0
    89116Papadiamandis Elliot FRA20033.534.0300.5
    9070Fecker Noah SUI22373.533.5345.5
    91114Gaffagan Steven USA20103.533.5334.5
    92113Velez Romero Juan Luis ESP20123.532.5343.5
    93100Deuber Roman SUI20583.532.5334.5
    94105Lucca Kevin SUI20393.532.0300.5
    9576Gikas Andreas Basilius GER22073.530.0332.0
    9694Kleibaumhueter Klaus GER20993.530.0326.0
    9778Giacomini Hector FRA21963.529.5330.5
    9899Carlsen Henrik NOR20583.528.5321.5
    99108Nunbhakdi Tawin Matthew THA20263.038.5352.5
    10034IMAkash Pc Iyer IND24423.035.5278.5
    10191Kornitzky Tino GER21043.034.0337.0
    10285WFMOkuyaz Duru TUR21393.034.0322.5
    103106Barbosa Paulo Jorge Pereira POR20343.033.5323.5
    104101Marentini Marcel SUI20473.033.5315.5
    10587Schmid Christoph SUI21273.031.0288.0
    10688CMPersson Andreas SWE21263.029.0326.5
    10789Heller Achim GER21203.029.0285.0
    108110Delmonico Nils SUI20193.028.5286.0
    109115Rusconi Benito SUI20042.533.5313.5
    11097Angst Oliver SUI20822.532.5324.0
    11190Kumar Naman USA20312.531.0328.5
    112111Poetschke Wolfgang GER20172.530.5305.0
    11392Terraz Christian SUI21032.530.0316.5
    114109Bonferroni Thierry SUI20252.529.5288.0
    115103Balzer Lars GER20452.529.5266.5
    11698Liepins Oliver LAT20762.033.0311.5
    11793Pernutz Hans-Gerhard GER21012.030.0318.5

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    #NameFEDElo
    1GMEljanov Pavel UKR2706
    2GMIturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN2652
    3GMSalem A.R. Saleh UAE2642
    4GMGordievsky Dmitry RUS2638
    5GMRomanov Evgeny RUS2636
    6GMAntipov Mikhail Al. RUS2626
    7GMKarthikeyan Murali IND2609
    8GMBartel Mateusz POL2604
    9GMDonchenko Alexander GER2601
    10GMIndjic Aleksandar SRB2599
    11GMAravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND2597
    12GMBaklan Vladimir UKR2595
    13GMDragun Kamil POL2594
    14GMKrejci Jan CZE2578
    15GMKovchan Alexander UKR2572
    16GMMichalik Peter CZE2562
    17GMMoussard Jules FRA2559
    18GMWagner Dennis GER2558
    19GMVaibhav Suri IND2556
    20IMLampert Jonas GER2546
    21GMKuljasevic Davorin CRO2545
    22GMAryan Chopra IND2536
    23GMAbdusattorov Nodirbek UZB2534
    24GMLalith Babu M R IND2529
    25GMZoler Dan ISR2528
    26IMFlom Gabriel FRA2515
    27GMAL-Sayed Mohammed QAT2511
    28FMErigaisi Arjun IND2499
    29IMBilguun Sumiya MGL2490
    30GMStojanovic Mihajlo SRB2486
    31IMBellaiche Anthony FRA2459
    32IMIniyan P IND2451
    33IMKaczmarczyk Dennis GER2444
    34IMAkash Pc Iyer IND2442
    35IMIkeda Junta AUS2437
    36IMPrithu Gupta IND2436
    37IMNezad Husein Aziz QAT2425
    38IMGähwiler Gabriel SUI2419
    39IMMeins Gerlef GER2409
    40IMRadovanovic Mihajlo SRB2402
    41IMKrishna C R GIND2399
    42IMPfreundt Jakob GER2399
    43FMGindi Shachar ISR2397
    44IMKaasen Tor Fredrik NOR2396
    45IMTania Sachdev IND2393
    46IMWallace John Paul AUS2390
    47FMBaenziger Fabian SUI2382
    48Arjun Kalyan IND2370
    49IMVidenova Iva FID2369
    50IMRavi Teja S. IND2360
    51Soham Das IND2359
    52IMOmar Noaman UAE2353
    53FMSchnepp Gunnar AUT2336
    54FMKumar Nikhil USA2300
    55FMPaterek Michal POL2327
    56FMAeschbach Philipp SUI2323
    57FMGantner Matthias SUI2323
    58Mertens Heiko GER2313
    59WGMMamedjarova Turkan AZE2309
    60FMPranav Anand IND2305
    61IMDonchenko Anatoly GER2301
    62IMFlorescu Codrut-Constantin ROU2295
    63WIMVantika Agrawal IND2295
    64FMKamber Bruno SUI2292
    65Masse Hugues CAN2278
    66Lederer Yoav ISR2270
    67Schärer Julian SUI2264
    68WIMYuan Yuanling CAN2247
    69Abhilash Reddy M.L. IND2247
    70Fecker Noah SUI2237
    71Stijve Theo SUI2235
    72Vignesh B IND2231
    73Ryba Andrew USA2230
    74FMHugentobler Patrik SUI2225
    75WFMGeorgescu Lena SUI2218
    76Gikas Andreas Basilius GER2207
    77Arne Mike USA2203
    78Giacomini Hector FRA2196
    79Bex Pierre-Alain SUI2182
    80Poliakov Artem RUS2175
    81Angst Robin SUI2169
    82FMLim Zhuo Ren MAS2165
    83Chinguun Sumiya MGL2162
    84Ghazarian Kirk USA2153
    85WFMOkuyaz Duru TUR2139
    86CMMullick Raahil IND2128
    87Schmid Christoph SUI2127
    88CMPersson Andreas SWE2126
    89Heller Achim GER2120
    90Kumar Naman USA2031
    91Kornitzky Tino GER2104
    92Terraz Christian SUI2103
    93Pernutz Hans-Gerhard GER2101
    94Kleibaumhueter Klaus GER2099
    95WFMZahn Alina GER2084
    96Heinis Vincent FRA2084
    97Angst Oliver SUI2082
    98Liepins Oliver LAT2076
    99Carlsen Henrik NOR2058
    100Deuber Roman SUI2058
    101Marentini Marcel SUI2047
    102Asaka Samuel AUS2045
    103Balzer Lars GER2045
    104Arbinger Roland Dr.GER2041
    105Lucca Kevin SUI2039
    106Barbosa Paulo Jorge Pereira POR2034
    107Schaffner David SUI2027
    108Nunbhakdi Tawin Matthew THA2026
    109Bonferroni Thierry SUI2025
    110Delmonico Nils SUI2019
    111Poetschke Wolfgang GER2017
    112CMRohith Krishna S IND2015
    113Velez Romero Juan Luis ESP2012
    114Gaffagan Steven USA2010
    115Rusconi Benito SUI2004
    116Papadiamandis Elliot FRA2003
    117Krithigga K IND1994

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    Master Tournament (MTO)

    Date / Time July 23 - August 1, 2018; 2:00 p.m.
    (August 1: 12 noon).
    Rest day on July 28.
    Mode of playing 9 rounds Swiss system.
    Time control 90 minutes for the first 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
    Prizes CHF 6'000, 4'500, 3'500, 3'000, 2'500, 2'000, 1'500, 1'200, 1'000, 800, 700, 600, 2x500, 3x300, 3x200. Best women players: CHF 500, 300. Best senior (1958-), best junior (1998+), best child (2002+): each CHF 500. Best players with Elo <2200 and <2100: CHF 500, 400, 300, 200, 100. Best Swiss players (with CH-passport): CHF 1'000, 600, 300. Total prize fund: CHF 37'000.
    Final standings will be established according to number of points scored, truncated Buchholz and truncated Sum of Buchholz. The worst score in each case will be disregarded. Prizes will be shared upon the final ranking (“Hort System” won’t be used).
    Special prizes are only granted to players scoring 50% or more. This restriction isn't valid for Elo category prizes.
    For rating band prizes and pairing calculation, FIDE rating is considered first. The rating of July 2018 shall prevail.
    Prizes are valid from 100 participants. With fewer participants, they are reduced pro rata.
    Admission Players with FIDE-rating (list May, June or July 2018) or national rating (e.g. Swiss ELO list 2/2018 or 3/2018) ELO 2000 and more.
    The final admission of a player is the exclusive decision of the organization. This decision is irrevocable.
    Inscription CHF 180 (1998+: CHF 110), by bank transfer until July 18, 2018, based on the invoice received by e-mail during the online registration, After this date cash payment on site with a surcharge of CHF 20. Deadline: July 23, 10:00 a.m..
    For GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs the participation is free of charge.
    Registrations are confirmed after payment of entry fees. The player then appears on the list of participants, published on our website.
    Players who paid their entry fees (and invited players) who aren’t displayed on the list of participants or who appear there with the status "unconfirmed" are requested to show up at the tournament desk before July 23, 2018 12:00 noon.
    Miscellaneous The pairings of round 1 will be released at 1:30 p.m. For the following rounds they will be published on our website one hour after the end of each round.
    A delay of 30 minutes is allowed at the start of the round. If a player is more than 30 minutes late, his game will be considered lost by forfeit.
    At the end of the game, players are responsible for submitting their scoresheets and results by themselves; otherwise the game will be evaluated as 0-0.
    The tournament is rated for the Swiss and FIDE ratings. Possibility of obtaining a FIDE norm.
    Smoking strictly prohibited within the building.
    It is forbidden to enter the playing hall with electronic devices.
    In case of disagreement with an arbiter's decision, the player must contest orally without delay by the main arbiter. The decision of the main arbiter is then final.
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    23
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    14:00 MTO Round 1

    24
    Jul

    14:00 MTO Round 2

    25
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    14:00 MTO Round 3

    26
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    14:00 MTO Round 4

    27
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    14:00 MTO Round 5

    28
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    MTO Rest Day

    29
    Jul

    14:00 MTO Round 6

    30
    Jul

    14:00 MTO Round 7

    31
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    14:00 MTO Round 8

    01
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    12:00 MTO Round 9

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