IM Denis Rombaldoni wins the tournament, five qualify for the Final

The Semifinal of the 70th Italian Chess Championship took place from 20th to 27th June in Torino, in the same venue where the 2006 Chess Olympiad was played. After nine rounds of play, IM Denis Rombaldoni took a clear first place with 7.0 points.

IM Sabino Brunello, IM Danyl Dvyrny, IM Axel Rombaldoni and IM Pierluigi Piscopo shared the second with 6.5 points each. These five players qualify to join GM Lexy Ortega, GM Michele Godena and IM Carlo D’Amore (top three in 2009 Championship) in the lineup for the Final of the Italian Championship, will will be held from 22nd November to 4th December in Siena.

To complete the field of 12 players who will compete in round robin, winner of the Under-20 Championship will qualify at the end of August, and the last three players will be invited according to elo, most likely GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Daniele Vocaturo and another one not yet known.

News by Adolivio Capece

The President of CONI – Regione Piemonte, Mr Gianfranco Porqueddu, plays the first move for the priest Don Stefano Vassallo from Genova. The first Italian Championship for priests will be played next November.

The President of Italian Chess Federation, Mr Gianietro Pagnoncelli, with the winners – IM Sabino Brunello, IM Denis Rombaldoni, IM Danyl Dvyerny and IM Axel Rombaldoni

Carlsen leading, three players above 2800

July FIDE rating list has been published and Magnus Carlsen continues to lead the world chess ranking. For a fourth consecutive time Carlsen is rated number one, after January (ELO 2810), March (2813), and May (2813), he sets his own personal record of 2826 in the July rating list. The result came after the successful performance at Kings Tournament, where he gained the impressive 13 points after a +5 score.

This rating puts Carlsen on the second highest spot ever in the world rankings, only Garry Kasparov has had historically higher rating. On the July 1999 and January 2000 FIDE rating lists Kasparov reached a 2851 Elo rating.

The July 2010 rating list, however, will be remembered with one more important feature. There are three players that are above the mythical 2800 mark. Besides Carlsen, these are Veselin Topalov (for the 8th consecutive time) and the new entrant – the World Champion Viswanathan Anand. The Indian has exactly 2800 points after successfully winning the World Chess Championship and one game from the Hungarian Chess League, and enters the 2800+ rating list for the third time (after April 2006 and April 2008).

The 2700 club

There are no significant movements on the 2700 club list for July. The list of players above 2700 remains the same in number – 37 players, with Nielsen, Onischuk, Nepomniachtchi, and Adams returning to the club.

Among the highest rating gainers in the 2700 list are GM Vitiugov (+15 ELO), GM Navara (+13 ELO), GM Vachier-Lagrave (+13 ELO), and Magnus Carlsen (+13 ELO).

From the rest of the top 100 players rating increase can also be noted, with biggest rating gainers Anish Giri (+30), Bologan (+27), Van Wely (+24), Caruana (+22), Cheparinov (+21)

Women July rating list

Judith Polgar is without any doubt the top women player again on the July rating list. She has 2682 points and increases the gap to the second Humpy Koneru with 22 points to a total of 82 ELO points. Koneru lost 22 points in 11 games leaving Polgar as the clear favorite. However, the distance between Koneru and the chasing players does not reduce – Yifan Hou loses 12 points rating in the 36 games played in the period and Antoaneta Stefanova was inactive. Tatiana Kosintseva is contrasting, with 28 points gain from 11 games all from the Women GP series in Nalchik.

Facts and changes

The male rating list of top 100 players sees the first significant inflation of rating since September 2009. For several lists in a row the numbers of average top 100 rating were moving between 2689 and 2690. On the July rating list the average is 2693, which means that in the past period players have gained a total of 300 ELO points.

As noted, the female July rating list suffers deflation, with total of 200 ELO points lost by the top 100, and an average decrease of 2 ELO points to 2440.

As it is normal with juniors, there is strong rating inflation there and an increase of +4 ELO points average. Girls, however, crash a total of minus 13 points on average, to reach one of the lowest ratings since 2003.

Top 100 players, July

1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2826

2 Topalov, Veselin BUL 2803

3 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2800

4 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2790

5 Aronian, Levon ARM 2783

6 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2761

7 Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2760

8 Eljanov, Pavel UKR 2755

9 Shirov, Alexei ESP 2749

10 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2748

11 Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2747

12 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2739

13 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2739

14 Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2734

15 Svidler, Peter RUS 2734

16 Leko, Peter HUN 2734

17 Malakhov, Vladimir RUS 2732

18 Navara, David CZE 2731

19 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2729

20 Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2726

21 Wang, Hao CHN 2724

22 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2723

23 Movsesian, Sergei SVK 2723

24 Vitiugov, Nikita RUS 2722

25 Bacrot, Etienne FRA 2720

26 Gashimov, Vugar AZE 2719

27 Almasi, Zoltan HUN 2717

28 Wang, Yue CHN 2716

29 Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 2716

30 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2715

31 Kamsky, Gata USA 2713

32 Jobava, Baadur GEO 2710

33 Tomashevsky, Evgeny RUS 2708

34 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2706

35 Adams, Michael ENG 2706

36 Onischuk, Alexander USA 2701

37 Nielsen, Peter Heine DEN 2700

38 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2699

39 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2697

40 Fressinet, Laurent FRA 2697

41 Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2697

42 Bologan, Viktor MDA 2695

43 Alekseev, Evgeny RUS 2691

44 Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2691

45 Timofeev, Artyom RUS 2690

46 Short, Nigel D ENG 2690

47 Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2689

48 Rublevsky, Sergei RUS 2688

49 Miroshnichenko, Evgenij UKR 2686

50 Motylev, Alexander RUS 2685

51 Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 2684

52 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROU 2683

53 Riazantsev, Alexander RUS 2682

54 Polgar, Judit HUN 2682

55 Le, Quang Liem VIE 2681

56 Sasikiran, Krishnan IND 2679

57 Van Wely, Loek NED 2677

58 Bu, Xiangzhi CHN 2676

59 Georgiev, Kiril BUL 2675

60 So, Wesley PHI 2674

61 Sargissian, Gabriel ARM 2673

62 Giri, Anish NED 2672

63 Najer, Evgeniy RUS 2672

64 Inarkiev, Ernesto RUS 2671

65 Berkes, Ferenc HUN 2670

66 Smeets, Jan NED 2669

67 Zhou, Jianchao CHN 2668

68 Grachev, Boris RUS 2668

69 Khismatullin, Denis RUS 2667

70 Moiseenko, Alexander UKR 2667

71 Fedorchuk, Sergey A. UKR 2665

72 Sutovsky, Emil ISR 2665

73 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2664

74 Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2663

75 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw POL 2663

76 Kurnosov, Igor RUS 2662

77 Cheparinov, Ivan BUL 2661

78 Volokitin, Andrei UKR 2661

79 Dreev, Alexey RUS 2660

80 Mamedov, Rauf AZE 2660

81 Korobov, Anton UKR 2657

82 Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2656

83 Zvjaginsev, Vadim RUS 2656

84 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2655

85 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro CUB 2653

86 Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2650

87 Gharamian, Tigran FRA 2650

88 Meier, Georg GER 2648

89 Kobalia, Mikhail RUS 2648

90 Harikrishna, P. IND 2646

91 Smirin, Ilia ISR 2646

92 Socko, Bartosz POL 2646

93 Ni, Hua CHN 2645

94 Fridman, Daniel GER 2645

95 Roiz, Michael ISR 2645

96 Milov, Vadim SUI 2644

97 Gustafsson, Jan GER 2643

98 Aleksandrov, Aleksej BLR 2642

99 Sokolov, Ivan BIH 2641

100 Macieja, Bartlomiej POL 2639

Top 100 players, July, women

1 Polgar, Judit HUN 2682

2 Koneru, Humpy IND 2600

3 Hou, Yifan CHN 2577

4 Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS 2562

5 Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 2560

6 Kosintseva, Nadezhda RUS 2551

7 Lahno, Kateryna UKR 2535

8 Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2527

9 Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU 2527

10 Sebag, Marie FRA 2519

11 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 2519

12 Cramling, Pia SWE 2517

13 Chiburdanidze, Maia GEO 2514

14 Harika, Dronavalli IND 2504

15 Pogonina, Natalija RUS 2501

16 Zhukova, Natalia UKR 2499

17 Dzagnidze, Nana GEO 2498

18 Ju, Wenjun CHN 2496

19 Xu, Yuhua CHN 2488

20 Paehtz, Elisabeth GER 2485

21 Galliamova, Alisa RUS 2482

22 Ruan, Lufei CHN 2480

23 Socko, Monika POL 2477

24 Krush, Irina USA 2476

25 Zhu, Chen QAT 2476

26 Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2474

27 Dembo, Yelena GRE 2470

28 Zatonskih, Anna USA 2470

29 Javakhishvili, Lela GEO 2469

30 Mkrtchian, Lilit ARM 2468

31 Ushenina, Anna UKR 2468

32 Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman IND 2466

33 Gaponenko, Inna UKR 2465

34 Zhao, Xue CHN 2462

35 Gunina, Valentina RUS 2462

36 Tan, Zhongyi CHN 2461

37 Skripchenko, Almira FRA 2458

38 Hunt, Harriet V ENG 2454

39 Muzychuk, Mariya UKR 2452

40 Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan SCO 2451

41 Polgar, Sofia HUN 2450

42 Huang, Qian CHN 2447

43 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina RUS 2447

44 Rajlich, Iweta POL 2446

45 Atalik, Ekaterina TUR 2444

46 Khurtsidze, Nino GEO 2443

47 Melia, Salome GEO 2442

48 Moser, Eva AUT 2440

49 Shen, Yang CHN 2435

50 Repkova, Eva SVK 2434

51 Houska, Jovanka ENG 2433

52 Danielian, Elina ARM 2431

53 Khotenashvili, Bela GEO 2423

54 Matnadze, Ana GEO 2422

55 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag MGL 2421

56 Peptan, Corina-Isabela ROU 2416

57 Zawadzka, Jolanta POL 2415

58 Romanko, Marina RUS 2411

59 Khukhashvili, Sopiko GEO 2409

60 Peng, Zhaoqin NED 2403

61 Cori T., Deysi PER 2403

62 Jackova, Jana CZE 2402

63 Madl, Ildiko HUN 2401

64 Ovod, Evgenija RUS 2401

65 Stockova, Zuzana SVK 2400

66 Vasilevich, Tatjana UKR 2399

67 Zaiatz, Elena RUS 2398

68 Bodnaruk, Anastasia RUS 2397

69 Tania, Sachdev IND 2396

70 Turova, Irina RUS 2394

71 Rudolf, Anna HUN 2393

72 Michna, Marta GER 2393

73 Savina, Anastasia RUS 2392

74 Zhang, Xiaowen CHN 2390

75 Pokorna, Regina SVK 2388

76 Maric, Alisa SRB 2387

77 Ding, Yixin CHN 2385

78 Galojan, Lilit ARM 2384

79 Tsereteli, Tamar GEO 2384

80 Batsiashvili, Nino GEO 2383

81 Zdebskaja, Natalia UKR 2383

82 Gara, Anita HUN 2382

83 Foisor, Cristina-Adela ROU 2381

84 Alexandrova, Olga ESP 2381

85 Molchanova, Tatjana RUS 2381

86 Matveeva, Svetlana RUS 2379

87 Karavade, Eesha IND 2378

88 Kovanova, Baira RUS 2376

89 Girya, Olga RUS 2376

90 Stepovaia, Tatiana RUS 2375

91 Kononenko, Tatiana UKR 2374

92 Shadrina, Tatiana RUS 2374

93 Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina ESP 2373

94 Fierro Baquero, Martha L. ECU 2372

95 Cosma, Elena-Luminita ROU 2370

96 Lomineishvili, Maia GEO 2370

97 Wang, Yu A. CHN 2369

98 Djingarova, Emilia BUL 2368

99 Bojkovic, Natasa SRB 2368

100 Milliet, Sophie FRA 2367

Top 100 July, juniors

1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2826

2 Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2747

3 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2723

4 Nepomniachtchi, Ian RUS 2706

5 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2697

6 Le, Quang Liem VIE 2681

7 So, Wesley PHI 2674

8 Giri, Anish NED 2672

9 Andreikin, Dmitry RUS 2650

10 Hammer, Jon Ludvig NOR 2636

11 Kuzubov, Yuriy UKR 2628

12 Khairullin, Ildar RUS 2620

13 Edouard, Romain FRA 2620

14 Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2617

15 Howell, David W L ENG 2616

16 Negi, Parimarjan IND 2615

17 Feller, Sebastien FRA 2611

18 Sjugirov, Sanan RUS 2610

19 Salgado Lopez, Ivan ESP 2607

20 Popov, Ivan RUS 2606

Top 100 July, girls

1 Hou, Yifan CHN 2577

2 Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2527

3 Harika, Dronavalli IND 2504

4 Ju, Wenjun CHN 2496

5 Tan, Zhongyi CHN 2461

6 Muzychuk, Mariya UKR 2452

7 Cori T., Deysi PER 2403

8 Bodnaruk, Anastasia RUS 2397

9 Savina, Anastasia RUS 2392

10 Ding, Yixin CHN 2385

11 Girya, Olga RUS 2376

12 Kashlinskaya, Alina RUS 2352

13 Paikidze, Nazi GEO 2346

14 Severiukhina, Zoja RUS 2341

15 Pustovoitova, Daria RUS 2338

16 Ohme, Melanie GER 2326

17 Rakic, Marija SRB 2317

18 Vojinovic, Jovana MNE 2302

19 Havlikova, Kristyna CZE 2299

20 Charochkina, Daria RUS 2298

21 Guramishvili, Sopiko GEO 2298

22 Repina, Varvara RUS 2298

IM Dejan Nestorovic and GM Miroslav Tosic share the first place

IM Dejan Nestorovic

The 5th Srebrno Jezero (Silver Lake) Open was held on 19-27th June in Veliko Gradiste on Danube river. 72 players took part in the event with nine rounds of play and FIDE time control. The prize fund was 2.000 EUR worth.

IM Dejan Nestorovic, head of the famous chess school “Nestor”, and GM Miroslav Tosic beat the Grandmaster opposition in the final round and shared the first place with 7.0 points each. The strongest twins in the world, brothers Goran and Zoran Arsovic, are in the group of people with 6.5 points each.

Final standings:

1 IM Nestorovic Dejan SRB 2423 – 7

2 GM Tosic Miroslav SRB 2426 – 7

3 GM Lajthajm Borko SRB 2504 – 6.5

4 IM Govedarica Radovan SRB 2395 – 6.5

5 IM Arsovic Goran SRB 2434 – 6.5

6 IM Arsovic Zoran SRB 2446 – 6.5

7 IM Certic Branimir SRB 2416 – 6.5

8 GM Rajkovic Dusan SRB 2463 – 6

9 mk Potpara Nikola MNE 1974 – 6

10 nm Radovanovic Dusan SRB 2369 – 6

11 GM Kosanovic Goran A SRB 2375 – 6

12 GM Todorovic Goran M SRB 2461 – 6

13 mk Milosevic Rade SRB 2120 – 6

14 IM Markovic Zoran S SRB 2351 – 6

15 mk Dimitrijevic Radmilo SRB 2211 – 5.5

16 Jovic Branko SRB 1980 – 5.5

17 GM Abramovic Bosko SRB 2486 – 5.5

18 wmk Miladinovic Lena SRB 2042 – 5.5

19 mk Antanaskovic Predrag SRB 2155 – 5.5

20 Petrovski Igor MKD 2054 – 5.5

21 mk Madjar Stanislav SRB 2154 – 5.5

22 mk Milovanovic Srboljub SRB 2223 – 5.5

23 mk Jocev Milan SRB 2046 – 5.5

24 Markovic Nikola SRB 2088 – 5

25 WGM Chelushkina Irina SRB 2332 – 5

26 Velikic Adela SRB 1619 – 5

27 Krstonijevic Stjepan MNE 1927 – 5

28 mk Tosic Nebojsa SRB 2219 – 5

29 mk Zarkovic Mila SRB 1888 – 5

30 Markovic Tamara SRB 1827 – 5

31 Misovic Sanja MNE 1907 – 5

32 Kisic Bozidar MNE 1754 – 4.5

33 mk Jovic Slavko SRB 1941 – 4.5

34 mk Vucinic Gojko SRB 2038 – 4.5

35 mk Karaklajic Milutin SRB 2123 – 4.5

36 Ostojic Slobodan SRB 1907 – 4.5

37 Bubanja Milica MNE 1745 – 4.5

38 FM Djokic Nebojsa SRB 2232 – 4

39 Gagic Miroljub SRB 1878 – 4

40 mk Ratkovic Tihomir SRB 2006 – 4

41 Markovic Aleksandar SRB 1790 – 4

42 Maljevic Aleksa SRB 1662 – 4

43 Krstic Natasa SRB 1658 – 4

44 Krstin Petar SRB 1798 – 4

45 Osap Nikola SRB 1640 – 4

46 Ivanovic Aleksandar SRB 1641 – 4

47 Zivotic Milomir SRB 1841 – 4

48 Svicevic Mirko SRB 1822 – 4

49 Stanojevic Stanoje SRB 1884 – 4

50 Mihajlovic Pavle SRB 1800 – 4

51 Malbasa Nikola SRB 0 – 4

52 Milosevic Milica SRB 0 – 4

53 mk Simic Dragan SRB 2061 – 3.5

54 Bobusic Milan SRB 1992 – 3.5

55 Milosevic Jovana SRB 1703 – 3.5

56 Mitrovic Slavoljub SRB 0 – 3.5

57 Zobenica Darinka SRB 0 – 3.5

58 mk Zivkovic Zivko SRB 2061 – 3

59 Injac Teodora SRB 0 – 3

60 Petrovic Tijana SRB 0 – 3

61 Zarkovic Milos SRB 0 – 3

62 Ristoski Teodora SRB 0 – 3

63 Vojkic Aleksandar SRB 0 – 3

64 Supeljak Jelena SRB 0 – 3

65 Petrovic Tamara SRB 0 – 3

66 Karaklajic Dimitrije SRB 0 – 3

67 Nickovic Teodora SRB 0 – 2.5

68 Cimesa Katarina SRB 0 – 2

69 Jovanovic Marko SRB 0 – 2

70 Kocic Nikola SRB 0 – 2

71 Karaklajic Jelena SRB 0 – 1

400 participants, 26th June to 2nd July in Kalithea, Halkidiki

The 2010 Greek Youth Chess Championships are taking place from 26th June to 2nd July in Kalithea, Halkidiki. Around 400 juniors are playing under excellent conditions in the Hotel Athos Palace, which was also the host of the 2008 European Club Cup and 80th FIDE Congress.

The spacious playing hall in the Hotel Athos Palace

Chief organizer Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou

Eleven players share first place, GM Arthur Kogan with best tiebreak

The 2nd Abierto Internacional de Ajedrez Carlos I was held from 19th to 27th June in Sanxenxo (Pontevedra), the most exclusive beach resort in Galicia, Spain. 93 players from 13 federations took part in the event, among them Grandmasters Jesus De La Villa Garcia (Spain), Jorge Cori and WGM Deysi Cori (Peru), Arthur Kogan (Israel, but Catalonia resident) and last year winner Dragan Paunovic (Serbia, but local Galicia resident).

The tournament rules allowed the players to take up to three timeouts (bye) until the 8th round, each of them bringing half a point. Siblings Cori used this possibility on the first two days as they were busy playing the Ruy Lopez Rapid.

At the end of the ninth round there was a massive tie on the first place, with as many as eleven players sporting 6.5 points. It is interesting that only three players finished with 6.0 points. Total prize fund was 7500 EUR, there are also special prizes for rating and age categories, and local “Gallego” players.

Sanxenxo from air

Round 9 top results:

IM Reinaldo Castiñeira Roi – GM Paunovic Dragan ½ – ½

GM Kogan Artur – GM De La Villa Garcia Jesus Maria ½ – ½

IM Recuero Guerra David – FM Arribas Lopez Angel ½ – ½

IM Guerra Bastida Diego – IM Gomez Garrido Camilo 0 – 1

WGM Cori T Deysi – IM Pozo Vera Sandro 0 – 1

IM Khaetsky Roman – IM Gomez Ledo Roberto Carlos 0 – 1

Perez Mauricio Xoel – IM Pena Gomez Manuel 0 – 1

GM Cori Jorge – IM Garcia Castro Pablo 0 – 1

IM Guerra Mendez Jose Angel – Torrado Quintela Julio 1 – 0

Estevez Rodriguez Luis A. – IM Rodriguez Lopez Rafael 1 – 0

Saborido Bua Jorge – IM Adrian Claude ½ – ½

FM Perez Fungueiro Manuel – Senlle Caride Miguel 1 – 0

Paredes Cordo Jacobo Borja – Lopez Lopez Alfredo 1 – 0

Final standings:

1 GM Kogan Artur ISR 2525 6.5

2 IM Reinaldo Castiñeira Roi ESP 2511 6.5

3 IM Pozo Vera Sandro CUB 2453 6.5

4 GM Paunovic Dragan SRB 2553 6.5

5 FM Arribas Lopez Angel ESP 2432 6.5

6 GM De La Villa Garcia Jesus Maria ESP 2496 6.5

7 IM Recuero Guerra David ESP 2470 6.5

8 IM Gomez Garrido Camilo CUB 2498 6.5

9 IM Garcia Castro Pablo ESP 2377 6.5

10 IM Gomez Ledo Roberto Carlos CUB 2445 6.5

11 IM Pena Gomez Manuel ESP 2432 6.5

12 Estevez Rodriguez Luis A. ESP 2086 6

13 IM Guerra Mendez Jose Angel CUB 2471 6

14 FM Perez Fungueiro Manuel ESP 2255 6

15 IM Guerra Bastida Diego ESP 2431 5.5

16 Fernandez Saavedra Jose Luis ESP 2118 5.5

17 IM Khaetsky Roman UKR 2385 5.5

18 WGM Cori T Deysi PER 2409 5.5

19 Perez Mauricio Xoel ESP 2259 5.5

20 IM Adrian Claude FRA 2297 5.5

21 Saborido Bua Jorge ESP 1987 5.5

22 CM Solomons Deon RSA 2168 5.5

23 Paredes Cordo Jacobo Borja ESP 2254 5.5

24 Lemeaux David FRA 2237 5.5

25 Adams Philip ENG 2133 5.5

26 Fernandez Vazquez Jorge ESP 1883 5.5

27 GM Cori Jorge PER 2486 5

28 IM Rodriguez Lopez Rafael ESP 2308 5

29 Senlle Caride Miguel ESP 2172 5

30 Torrado Quintela Julio ESP 2233 5

31 Hookham Jamie SCO 2002 5

32 FM Del Barrio Gomez Jesus Maria ESP 2204 5

33 Torres Dominguez David ESP 2137 5

34 Perez Negro Jose M. ESP 2159 5

35 Baldwin Del Castillo Ricardo ESP 2011 5

36 Nedobora Gregori ESP 2072 5

37 Gonzalez Roca Pablo ESP 2007 5

38 Bello Filgueira Joaquin Antoni ESP 1872 5

39 Blazquez Criado Sergio ESP 1769 5

40 FM Lasinskas Povilas LTU 2180 4.5

41 Lopez Lopez Alfredo ESP 2080 4.5

42 Faber Michel FRA 2207 4.5

43 Rocks Daniel SCO 2045 4.5

44 Santiago Pereira Miguel Angel ESP 1913 4.5

45 Varasa Paredes Javier ESP 2077 4.5

46 Pena Torres Jose Carlos ESP 2093 4.5

47 Bouza-Brey Teijeiro Gonzalo ESP 1899 4.5

48 Cabanas Rodriguez Roi ESP 0 4.5

49 Prol Lusquiños Jose Manuel ESP 1778 4.5

50 Outeiro Padin Heladio ESP 1937 4.5

51 Babo Miguel POR 1936 4.5

52 Nisbet Alex Ian SCO 1989 4.5

53 Salgado Gonzalez Julio ESP 1870 4.5

54 WIM Solomons Anzel RSA 1936 4.5

55 Ingunza Lopez Txema ESP 2039 4.5

56 Martinez Rubio Felipe ESP 1920 4.5

57 De Leon Justo Alejandro ESP 2070 4

58 Doyle Hugh IRL 1884 4

59 Chans Fariña Juan Francisco ESP 1950 4

60 Pinho Fernando POR 1905 4

61 Blanco Dans Manuel ESP 1592 4

62 Varela Fernandez Andres ESP 1595 4

63 Brandao Alvaro Sousa POR 1765 4

64 Alonso Gonzalez Fernando ESP 1779 4

65 Bayon Rolo Juan Andres ESP 1597 4

66 Redondo Varela Celestino ESP 1795 4

67 Salgado Lopez Oscar ESP 2257 3.5

68 Cruz Guerra Samuel ESP 1804 3.5

69 Maltsev Leonid UKR 1886 3.5

70 Abal Cores Lucas ESP 1615 3.5

71 Pereiro Rodriguez Diego ESP 1738 3.5

72 Suarez Gomez Julio ESP 1600 3.5

73 Alvarez Dominguez Breixo ESP 1833 3.5

74 Martinez Justo Jesus ESP 1464 3.5

75 Lueje Beltran Carlos ESP 1723 3.5

76 Grande Palacios Diego ESP 1697 3.5

77 Montans Lopez Adrian ESP 1591 3

78 Mcintosh William SCO 0 3

79 Llacuna Roca Josep ESP 1762 3

80 Dieste Pineiro Samuel ESP 1397 3

81 Esteve Perez Manuel Fulgencio ESP 1702 3

82 Perez Cameselle Francisco ESP 1957 3

83 Lamas Luana Jacobo ESP 0 3

84 Suarez Vallejo Manuel ESP 0 3

85 Charlin Samuel ESP 0 2.5

86 Perez Andrade Silvia ESP 0 2.5

87 Otero Dominguez David ESP 0 2

88 Bouzas Bello Rafael ESP 1616 2

89 De Santiago Rodriguez Jorge ESP 0 2

90 Vila Gonzalez Daniel ESP 2067 1.5

91 Fernandez Rey Jorge ESP 1717 1.5

92 Segura Santos Jorge ESP 0 1.5

Three players sharing lead prior to the final round

CS Eforie Siciliana, SCM Bucharest, Apa Nova Bucharest and ACS Central Chess Club Bucharest, together with the County Sports Hall of Constanta and Authority Eforie are organizing the International Chess Festival Eforie 2010, which is taking place on 17-27th June in Eforie-Nord, on the Black Sea coastline.

The tournament will be played with Swiss pairings and over 11 rounds. Total prize fund is increased from 12000 to 13560 EUR. An impressive number of 180 players are taking participation.

Romanian Grandmaster Marius Manolache defeated the earlier leader GM Daniele Vocaturo and prior to the last round three players are sharing the first place – Manolache, GM Alexei Gavrilov and top seeded GM Maxim Turov, winner of the last year’s Festival and winner of the Chennai Open 2010.

GM Aleksandr Fier scores an important victory against GM Pontus Carlsson and joins his compatriot IM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian on the shared 4th place, half a point behind the leaders.

GM Aleksandr Fier

GM Daniele Vocaturo (photo courtesy of Scacchierando.net)

Official web page: www.clubulregilor.ro

Round 10 top results:

GM Manolache Marius – GM Fedorov Alexei ½ – ½

GM Turov Maxim – GM Nevednichy Vladislav 1 – 0

GM Chatalbashev Boris – GM Gavrilov Alexei 0 – 1

IM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag – GM Vocaturo Daniele ½ – ½

GM Fier Alexandr – GM Carlsson Pontus 1 – 0

GM Berescu Alin-Mile – GM Lupulescu Constantin ½ – ½

GM Sulskis Sarunas – FM Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian 1 – 0

IM Vioreanu Bogdan-Gabriel – GM Dziuba Marcin ½ – ½

IM Turova Irina – GM Gajewski Grzegorz 0 – 1

IM Moldovan Daniel – GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ½ – ½

GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian – WGM Peptan Corina-Isabela 1 – 0

GM Badea Bela – IM Grunberg Mihai-Lucian 1 – 0

IM Bogdan Dan – IM Nabaty Tamir 0 – 1

IM Berbatov Kiprian – FM Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru 0 – 1

IM Filip Lucian – FM Dragomirescu Calin 1 – 0

Round 10 standings:

1-3. GM Turov Maxim RUS 2624, GM Gavrilov Alexei RUS 2494 and GM Manolache Marius ROU 2527 – 8.0
4-7. GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2493, GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2618, IM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag BRA 2499 and GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2581 – 7.5
8-20. GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2479, GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2572, GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2593, GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2560, GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2554, IM Filip Lucian ROU 2469, GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2593, IM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2493, GM Berescu Alin-Mile ROU 2464, GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian ROU 2515, GM Badea Bela ROU 2495, IM Thesing Matthias GER 2425 and FM Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru ROU 2381 – 7.0 etc

Round 11 top pairings:

GM Gavrilov Alexei – GM Turov Maxim

GM Fier Alexandr – GM Manolache Marius

GM Fedorov Alexei – IM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag

GM Lupulescu Constantin – GM Vocaturo Daniele

IM Nabaty Tamir – GM Chatalbashev Boris

GM Gajewski Grzegorz – IM Filip Lucian

GM Nevednichy Vladislav – GM Berescu Alin-Mile

IM Thesing Matthias – GM Sulskis Sarunas

FM Dragomirescu Robin-Alexandru – GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian

GM Carlsson Pontus – GM Badea Bela

FM Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian – GM Dziuba Marcin

FM Dobre Claudiu-Cristian – GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula

IM Caspi Israel – FM Ogleznev Alexandr

CM Burlacu Bogdan – IM Moldovan Daniel

GM Robert Zelcic takes the trophy on superior tiebreak

The 24th Pula Open chess tournament took place on 19-26th June at the hotel “Histria”, under management of the Croatian Chess Federation and local Chess Club “Pula”. The competition was held over nine rounds of Swiss system and with time control of 90 min + 30 sec increment. Former World Champion Boris Spassky was the special guest of the tournament.

The event saw a massive turnout as 287 players from 23 countries signed to participate. After Croatia, the largest groups arrive from Austria (38) and Slovenia (30). Twelve Grandmasters and 15 International Masters fought for the 11.000 EUR worth prize fund.

Croatian Grandmasters Robert Zelcic and Ognjen Jovanic and Serbian Sinisa Drazic shared the first place with 7.5 points each. Drazic had a furious finish with five straight victories, but the trophy went to Zelcic who had the best tiebreak score.

The top seed Borki Predojevic finished on shared 4th place

Round 9 top results:

GM Zelcic Robert CRO 2538 – GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2534 ½ – ½

GM Predojevic Borki BIH 2628 – GM Jovanic Ognjen CRO 2530 ½ – ½

GM Saric Ivan CRO 2580 – GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2531 0 – 1

IM Martinovic Sasa CRO 2515 – IM Kuljasevic Davorin CRO 2539 ½ – ½

GM Felgaer Ruben ARG 2585 – FM Stokke Kjetil NOR 2399 1 – 0

IM Biti Ozren CRO 2376 – GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2573 0 – 1

GM Fercec Nenad CRO 2492 – FM Guenthner Oliver GER 2270 1 – 0

IM Rukavina Josip CRO 2397 – GM Saric Ante CRO 2489 1 – 0

GM Likavsky Tomas SVK 2473 – Bajramovic Halid BIH 2211 1 – 0

FM Fahrner Kurt AUT 2302 – IM Kovacevic Blazimir CRO 2471 ½ – ½

Mihalincic Tomislav CRO 2232 – IM Doric Darko CRO 2452 0 – 1

Wanderer Thomas AUT 2216 – FM Fodor Tamas Jr HUN 2420 0 – 1

IM Barle Janez SLO 2404 – FM Bykov Alexey RUS 2255 1 – 0

FM Plenca Julijan CRO 2286 – IM Feletar Darko CRO 2390 ½ – ½

Final standings:

1-3. GM Zelcic Robert CRO 2538, GM Jovanic Ognjen CRO 2530 and GM Drazic Sinisa SRB 2531 – 7.5

4-11. IM Kuljasevic Davorin CRO 2539, GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2573, GM Predojevic Borki BIH 2628, GM Fercec Nenad CRO 2492, GM Felgaer Ruben ARG 2585, IM Rukavina Josip CRO 2397, GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2534 and IM Martinovic Sasa CRO 2515 – 7.0

12-23. FM Sklyarov Dmitry V RUS 2373, GM Saric Ivan CRO 2580, Nordenbaek Jan DEN 2215, IM Doric Darko CRO 2452, FM Fodor Tamas Jr HUN 2420, IM Barle Janez SLO 2404, FM Sandhu Mario AUT 2324, IM Doric Nenad CRO 2320, Osmanovic Faruk GER 2093, IM Molnar Bela HUN 2340, IM Franic Milan CRO 2390 and GM Likavsky Tomas SVK 2473 – 6.5 etc

GM Daniele Vocaturo sole leader after round seven

CS Eforie Siciliana, SCM Bucharest, Apa Nova Bucharest and ACS Central Chess Club Bucharest, together with the County Sports Hall of Constanta and Authority Eforie are organizing the International Chess Festival Eforie 2010, which is taking place on 17-27th June in Eforie-Nord, on the Black Sea coastline.

The tournament will be played with Swiss pairings and over 11 rounds. Total prize fund is increased from 12000 to 13560 EUR. An impressive number of 180 players are taking participation.

Italian GM Daniele Vocaturo neatly outplayed GM Sarunas Sulskis in round seven and maintained sole lead with fantastic score of 6.5 points. Bulgaria 2010 champion Boris Chatalbashev punished IM Bjorn Thorfinnsson’s extravagant play and moved to the shared second place, together with Alexei Fedorov of Belarus and top seeded GM Maxim Turov, winner of the last year’s Festival and winner of the strong Chennai Open 2010.

GM Daniele Vocaturo (photo courtesy of Scacchierando.net)

Official web page: www.clubulregilor.ro

Round 7 top results:

GM Vocaturo Daniele – GM Sulskis Sarunas 1 – 0

GM Gajewski Grzegorz – GM Turov Maxim 0 – 1

GM Fedorov Alexei – IM Caspi Israel 1 – 0

IM Thorfinnsson Bjorn – GM Chatalbashev Boris 0 – 1

GM Lupulescu Constantin – IM Berbatov Kiprian 1 – 0

IM Thesing Matthias – GM Fier Alexandr 0 – 1

GM Nevednichy Vladislav – IM Filip Lucian 1 – 0

IM Cosma Ioan – GM Manolache Marius 0 – 1

IM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag – IM Turova Irina 1 – 0

WGM Peptan Corina-Isabela – GM Badea Bela ½ – ½

GM Carlsson Pontus – IM Moldovan Daniel 1 – 0

FM Dobre Claudiu-Cristian – GM Dziuba Marcin ½ – ½

GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula – Maksimov Oleg 1 – 0

Round 7 standings:

1. GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2493 – 6.5

2-4. GM Turov Maxim RUS 2624, GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2593 and GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2618 – 6.0

5-10. IM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag BRA 2499, GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2479, GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2560, GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2581, GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2593 and GM Manolache Marius ROU 2527 – 5.5

11-26. GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2572, IM Thorfinnsson Bjorn ISL 2390, GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2554, GM Gavrilov Alexei RUS 2494, IM Caspi Israel ISR 2438, WGM Peptan Corina-Isabela ROU 2416, IM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2493, IM Itkis Boris ROU 2434, GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian ROU 2515, GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula ROU 2546, IM Vioreanu Bogdan-Gabriel ROU 2418, GM Berescu Alin-Mile ROU 2464, IM Vedmediuc Serghei MDA 2438, GM Badea Bela ROU 2495, IM Bogdan Dan ROU 2350 and IM Beinoras Mindaugas LTU 2386 5.0 etc

Round 8 top pairings:

GM Chatalbashev Boris – GM Vocaturo Daniele

GM Turov Maxim – GM Fedorov Alexei

GM Manolache Marius – GM Lupulescu Constantin

GM Fier Alexandr – IM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag

GM Nevednichy Vladislav – GM Carlsson Pontus

IM Caspi Israel – GM Gajewski Grzegorz

GM Sulskis Sarunas – IM Vedmediuc Serghei

IM Itkis Boris – GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula

GM Nanu Costica-Ciprian – IM Vioreanu Bogdan-Gabriel

GM Badea Bela – IM Thorfinnsson Bjorn

WGM Peptan Corina-Isabela – GM Gavrilov Alexei

IM Beinoras Mindaugas – IM Nabaty Tamir

IM Bogdan Dan – GM Berescu Alin-Mile

19th to 27th June in exclusive resort Sanxenxo (Pontevedra)

The 2nd Abierto Internacional de Ajedrez Carlos I is taking place from 19th to 27th June in Sanxenxo (Pontevedra), the most exclusive beach resort in Galicia, Spain. 93 players from 13 federations are taking part in the event, among them Grandmasters Jesus De La Villa Garcia (Spain), Jorge Cori and WGM Deysi Cori (Peru), Arthur Kogan (Israel, but Catalonia resident) and last year winner Dragan Paunovic (Serbia, but local Galicia resident).

Seven players are sharing the first place with 3.5 points each after four rounds. The tournament rules allow players to take up to three timeouts (bye) until the 8th round, each of them bringing half a point. Siblings Cori used this possibility on the first two days as they were busy playing the Ruy Lopez Rapid.

Total prize fund is 7500 EUR, with 1200 EUR reserved for the winner. There are also special prizes for rating and age categories, and local “Gallego” players.

GM Dragan Paunovic with the last year’s trophy

Sanxenxo from air

Round 4 standings:

1 IM Pozo Vera Sandro CUB 2453 - 3.5

2 GM Paunovic Dragan SRB 2553 - 3.5

3 FM Arribas Lopez Angel ESP 2432 - 3.5

4 IM Khaetsky Roman UKR 2385 - 3.5

5 IM Reinaldo Castiñeira Roi ESP 2511 - 3.5

6 IM Recuero Guerra David ESP 2470 - 3.5

7 GM Kogan Artur ISR 2525 - 3.5

8 IM Guerra Bastida Diego ESP 2431 - 3

9 GM De La Villa Garcia Jesus Maria ESP 2496 - 3

10 IM Gomez Ledo Roberto Carlos CUB 2445 - 3

11 WGM Cori T Deysi PER 2409 - 3

12 IM Adrian Claude FRA 2297 - 3

13 Perez Negro Jose M. ESP 2159 - 3

14 Fernandez Saavedra Jose Luis ESP 2118 - 3

15 FM Lasinskas Povilas LTU 2180 - 3

16 IM Rodriguez Lopez Rafael ESP 2308 - 2.5

17 IM Garcia Castro Pablo ESP 2377 - 2.5

18 Pinho Fernando POR 1905 - 2.5

19 GM Cori Jorge PER 2486 - 2.5

20 Estevez Rodriguez Luis A. ESP 2086 - 2.5

21 IM Gomez Garrido Camilo CUB 2498 - 2.5

IM Guerra Mendez Jose Angel CUB 2471 - 2.5

23 Perez Mauricio Xoel ESP 2259 - 2.5

24 Lemeaux David FRA 2237 - 2.5

25 FM Del Barrio Gomez Jesus Maria ESP 2204 - 2.5

26 Hookham Jamie SCO 2002 - 2.5

27 Cruz Guerra Samuel ESP 1804 - 2.5

28 Torrado Quintela Julio ESP 2233 - 2.5

29 CM Solomons Deon RSA 2168 - 2.5

30 Faber Michel FRA 2207 - 2.5

31 Paredes Cordo Jacobo Borja ESP 2254 - 2.5

32 Adams Philip ENG 2133 - 2.5

33 Lopez Lopez Alfredo ESP 2080 - 2.5

34 Torres Dominguez David ESP 2137 - 2.5

35 Outeiro Padin Heladio ESP 1937 - 2.5

36 Babo Miguel POR 1936 - 2.5

37 Saborido Bua Jorge ESP 1987 - 2.5

38 Rocks Daniel SCO 2045 - 2.5

39 FM Perez Fungueiro Manuel ESP 2255 - 2.5

40 Salgado Lopez Oscar ESP 2257 - 2.5

41 WIM Solomons Anzel RSA 1936 - 2.5

42 Pena Torres Jose Carlos ESP 2093 - 2.5

43 IM Pena Gomez Manuel ESP 2432 - 2

44 Senlle Caride Miguel ESP 2172 - 2

45 Prol Lusquiños Jose Manuel ESP 1778 - 2

46 Alonso Gonzalez Fernando ESP 1779 - 2

47 De Leon Justo Alejandro ESP 2070 - 2

48 Gonzalez Roca Pablo ESP 2007 - 2

49 Bouza-Brey Teijeiro Gonzalo ESP 1899 - 2

50 Doyle Hugh IRL 1884 - 2

51 Chans Fariña Juan Francisco ESP 1950 - 2

52 Mcintosh William SCO 0 - 2

53 Baldwin Del Castillo Ricardo ESP 2011 - 2

54 Bello Filgueira Joaquin Antoni ESP 1872 - 1.5

55 Montans Lopez Adrian ESP 1591 - 1.5

56 Santiago Pereira Miguel Angel ESP 1913 - 1.5

57 Pereiro Rodriguez Diego ESP 1738 - 1.5

58 Varasa Paredes Javier ESP 2077 - 1.5

59 Vila Gonzalez Daniel ESP 2067 - 1.5

60 Charlin Samuel ESP 0 - 1.5

61 Grande Palacios Diego ESP 1697 - 1.5

62 Fernandez Vazquez Jorge ESP 1883 - 1.5

63 Brandao Alvaro Sousa POR 1765 - 1.5

64 Varela Fernandez Andres ESP 1595 - 1.5

65 Blazquez Criado Sergio ESP 1769 - 1.5

66 Nedobora Gregori ESP 2072 - 1.5

67 Maltsev Leonid UKR 1886 - 1.5

68 Alvarez Dominguez Breixo ESP 1833 - 1.5

Cabanas Rodriguez Roi ESP 0 - 1.5

70 Lamas Luana Jacobo ESP 0 - 1.5

71 Dieste Pineiro Samuel ESP 1397 - 1.5

72 Perez Cameselle Francisco ESP 1957 - 1.5

73 Abal Cores Lucas ESP 1615 - 1.5

74 Esteve Perez Manuel Fulgencio ESP 1702 - 1.5

75 Salgado Gonzalez Julio ESP 1870 - 1.5

76 Ingunza Lopez Txema ESP 2039 - 1.5

77 Blanco Dans Manuel ESP 1592 - 1

78 Fernandez Rey Jorge ESP 1717 - 1

79 Otero Dominguez David ESP 0 - 1

80 Llacuna Roca Josep ESP 1762 - 1

81 Suarez Gomez Julio ESP 1600 - 1

82 Redondo Varela Celestino ESP 1795 - 1

83 Lueje Beltran Carlos ESP 1723 - 1

84 Segura Santos Jorge ESP 0 - 1

85 Martinez Justo Jesus ESP 1464 - 1

86 Nisbet Alex Ian SCO 1989 - 1

87 Martinez Rubio Felipe ESP 1920 - 1

88 Bayon Rolo Juan Andres ESP 1597 - 0.5

89 Suarez Vallejo Manuel ESP 0 - 0.5

90 Perez Andrade Silvia ESP 0 - 0.5

91 De Santiago Rodriguez Jorge ESP 0 - 0.5

92 FM Gonzalez Perez Arian CUB 2403 - 0

93 Bouzas Bello Rafael ESP 1616 - 0

GM Aleksandar Kovacevic with perfect score after round five

The 24th Pula Open chess tournament is taking place on 19-26th June at the hotel “Histria”, under management of the Croatian Chess Federation and local Chess Club “Pula”. The competition will be held over nine rounds of Swiss system and with time control of 90 min + 30 sec increment.

Former World Champion Boris Spassky is the special guest of the tournament. He received a plaque from the organizers, the text is reading “His name marks an epoch”.

The event saw a massive turnout as 287 players from 23 countries signed to participate. After Croatia, the largest groups arrive from Austria (38) and Slovenia (30). Twelve Grandmasters and 15 International Masters are eying the 11.000 EUR worth prize fund.

Serbian Grandmaster Aleksandar Kovacevic is leading the race with perfect five points from that many rounds, but already tomorrow he is facing the top-seeded GM Borki Predojevic on the first board. Nine players share second place with 4.5 points each.

Aleksandar Kovacevic and Borki Predojevic

Round 5 top results:

IM Barle Janez SLO 2404 – GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2573 0 – 1

IM Kuljasevic Davorin CRO 2539 – GM Zelcic Robert CRO 2538 ½ – ½

GM Felgaer Ruben ARG 2585 – FM Fodor Tamas Jr HUN 2420 ½ – ½

GM Predojevic Borki BIH 2628 – GM Shalnev Nikolai GER 2450 1 – 0

GM Saric Ivan CRO 2580 – FM Stokke Kjetil NOR 2399 1 – 0

IM Doric Darko CRO 2452 – GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2534 ½ – ½

GM Jovanic Ognjen CRO 2530 – IM Feletar Darko CRO 2390 1 – 0

FM Sklyarov Dmitry V RUS 2373 – IM Martinovic Sasa CRO 2515 1 – 0

GM Fercec Nenad CRO 2492 – IM Bukal Vladimir Jr CRO 2388 1 – 0

FM Valenti Giuseppe ITA 2128 – GM Saric Ante CRO 2489 0 – 1

FM Hamitevici Vladimir MDA 2421 – FM Hess Christian GER 2303 ½ – ½

FM Aschenbrenner Robert AUT 2223 – IM Kovacevic Blazimir CRO 2471 ½ – ½

Round 5 standings:

1. GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2573 – 5.0

2-10. GM Zelcic Robert CRO 2538, FM Fodor Tamas Jr HUN 2420, FM Sklyarov Dmitry V RUS 2373, GM Jovanic Ognjen CRO 2530, GM Saric Ivan CRO 2580, IM Kuljasevic Davorin CRO 2539, GM Predojevic Borki BIH 2628, GM Saric Ante CRO 2489 and GM Fercec Nenad CRO 2492 – 4.5

11-28. GM Felgaer Ruben ARG 2585, IM Barle Janez SLO 2404, GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2534, IM Doric Darko CRO 2452, Mihalincic Tomislav CRO 2232, IM Rukavina Josip CRO 2397, Nordenbaek Jan DEN 2215, Cop Tomislav CRO 2254, FM Fahrner Kurt AUT 2302, FM Plenca Julijan CRO 2286, FM Hess Christian GER 2303, Nemeth Gergely HUN 1835, IM Doric Nenad CRO 2320, IM Biti Ozren CRO 2376, WIM Kopinits Anna-Christina AUT 2158, FM Djurovic Goran CRO 2318, WFM Novkovic Julia AUT 2146 and IM Molnar Bela HUN 2340 – 4.0 etc

Round 6 top pairings:

GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2573 – GM Predojevic Borki BIH 2628

GM Fercec Nenad CRO 2492 – GM Saric Ivan CRO 2580

GM Saric Ante CRO 2489 – IM Kuljasevic Davorin CRO 2539

GM Zelcic Robert CRO 2538 – FM Sklyarov Dmitry V RUS 2373

FM Fodor Tamas Jr HUN 2420 – GM Jovanic Ognjen CRO 2530

FM Hess Christian GER 2303 – GM Felgaer Ruben ARG 2585

GM Cvitan Ognjen CRO 2534 – FM Fahrner Kurt AUT 2302

FM Plenca Julijan CRO 2286 – IM Doric Darko CRO 2452

Mihalincic Tomislav CRO 2232 – IM Barle Janez SLO 2404

Cop Tomislav CRO 2254 – IM Rukavina Josip CRO 2397

Nordenbaek Jan DEN 2215 – IM Biti Ozren CRO 2376

WIM Kopinits Anna-Christina AUT 2158 – IM Molnar Bela HUN 2340

IM Doric Nenad CRO 2320 – WFM Novkovic Julia AUT 2146