In the Grand Master Tournament, the new triathlon form combined of Classic, Rapid and Blitz games brought a lot of satisfaction to the players and the audience. The Grand Master Tournament offered excellent chess, the games were all very competitive until the very end. After 28 games there was a definite winner, the Indian grandmaster Santosh Vidit. He was clearly the strongest player with the classic reflection time, scored the most points in the Blitz games and was also at the front in the Rapid games. With his +4 victory record in the classic games, he gains about 15 Elopoints and is on the 35th place in the constantly updated world rankings with 2718 Elo.
Sam Shankland might not be completely satisfied despite his second place. In the last round he could defend his second place in the overall table with a draw against GM Peter Leko.
The three grandmasters Peter Leko (Hungary), Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran) and Jorge Cori ended up in midfield, probably slightly below their expectations.
Only 14-year-old Norbirek Abdusattorov showed a solid tournament with the second-best result in the classic games and broke through the barrier of 2600 Elopoints with an Elo win of 10 points.
The two Swiss players ended up in the last places, but these ranks are mainly due to their poor results in the Blitz and Rapid games. There they lost valuable points. In the classic games they were able to keep up well and even win some Elopoints. The results could have been better for both of them if both Swiss players had made the most of their potential.
In the last round of this year's Master Open, a quick draw was agreed in the first games and the only player who could prevent the victory of the 18-year-old Iranian GM M.amin Tabatabaei lost his game. GM Tabatabaei was set back by a defeat in the third round but could subsequently achieve four wins and two draws and win the tournament with 7.0 points. He is the first player from Iran to win the Master Open. He is followed by ten players with 6.5 points. The former challenger for the world championship title GM Gata Kamsky from the USA has the best tie-break score. Third place goes to GM Alexander Donchenko from Germany. As best non-GM, IM Vincent Keymer (Germany) follows with 6.0 points on place 15. Best woman was the Indian grandmaster Dronavalli Harika with 5.5 points on place 27. Best non-title winner is Roee Zemach with 5.5 points on place 36.
The following players each achieved a norm for the International Champion: FM Anand Pranav (India) and Jianwen Wong (Malaysia).
The best Swiss players are FM Bruno Kamber with 4.0 points on 74th place, WFM Lena Georgescu with 4.0 points on 82nd place and Jonathan Monteverde with 4.0 points on 83rd place.
A total of 132 players took part in the Master Open. Among them were 34 Grand Masters and 22 International Champions (a total of 80 title holders). The players came from 33 nations, most of them from India, Germany and Switzerland. The small number of players from Switzerland in particular is astonishing, but it should also be considered, that the Swiss Individual Championships have just taken place.
In the Main Tournament the already announced winner Achim Schneuwly (Düdingen) made a draw in the last game and won the tournament with 8.5 points out of nine games. Gilda Thode (Zurich) could win again in the new round after her defeat against the tournament winner in the eighth round and secured her second place with 7.0 points. With 7.0 points, as well, Niels Stijve (Payerne) took third place on the podium.
A total of 169 players from 14 nations took part in the General Tournament. Thereof 124 players from Switzerland, 17 from Germany, 9 from France and 7 from India.
The next Biel International Chess Festival will take place from 18 July to 29 July 2020.
Closing rankings Grand Master Tournament
|
Rank |
Name |
Games |
Points Classic |
Points Rapid |
Points Blitz |
Points Total |
|
1 |
GM Santosh Vidit (IND) |
28 |
15 |
8 |
11 |
34 |
|
2 |
GM Sam Shankland (USA) |
28 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
28 |
|
3 |
GM Peter Leko (UNG) |
28 |
9 |
10 |
6.5 |
25.5 |
|
4 |
GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRN) |
28 |
7 |
8 |
9.5 |
24.5 |
|
5 |
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) |
28 |
10 |
5 |
8 |
23 |
|
6 |
GM Jorge Cori (PER) |
28 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
22 |
|
7 |
GM Nico Georgiadis (SUI) |
28 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
15 |
|
8 |
GM Sebastian Bogner (SUI) |
28 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
12 |
Results Master Tournament
Link: http://chess-results.com/tnr457115.aspx?lan=0&art=1&rd=9
Results Main Tournament
Link: http://chess-results.com/tnr457109.aspx?lan=0&art=1&rd=9
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