The highest rated player Anton Korobov (2657 from the Ukraine) won the main event for the second year in a row. There were 41 GMs in the open-A and the whole event attracted 44 nationalities!
The Final standings:
1 | GM | Anton Korobov | UKR | 2657 | 8 |
2 | IM | Hans Tikkanen | SWE | 2469 | 7 |
3 | IM | S.P Sethuraman | IND | 2513 | 7 |
4 | GM | Martyn Kravtsiv | UKR | 2559 | 7 |
5 | GM | Sergey Grigoriants | RUS | 2566 | 7 |
6 | GM | Artur Gabrielian | RUS | 2559 | 7 |
7 | GM | Alexander Rakhmanov | RUS | 2590 | 6.5 |
8 | GM | Konstantin Maslak | RUS | 2560 | 6.5 |
9 | GM | Ehsan Ghaem Maghami | IRI | 2585 | 6.5 |
10 | GM | Jiri Stocek | CZE | 2587 | 6.5 |
11 | GM | Eltaj Safarli | AZE | 2603 | 6.5 |
12 | GM | Pawel Jaracz | POL | 2541 | 6.5 |
13 | IM | Davorin Kuljasevic | CRO | 2551 | 6.5 |
14 | IM | Alexandre Danin | RUS | 2509 | 6.5 |
15 | GM | Viacheslav Zakhartsov | RUS | 2608 | 6.5 |
16 | IM | Aleksei Pridorozhni | RUS | 2553 | 6.5 |
17 | IM | Andrey Baryshpolets | UKR | 2450 | 6.5 |
18 | IM | Musunuri Rohit Lalith Babu | IND | 2502 | 6.5 |
19 | IM | Ilja Schneider | GER | 2515 | 6.5 |
20 | GM | Vasif Durarbeyli | AZE | 2501 | 6.5 |
21 | IM | Peter Michalik | SVK | 2453 | 6.5 |
22 | GM | Anton Shomoev | RUS | 2561 | 6.5 |
Pardubice is a magnet for many players looking for a total chess experience in mid-summer. The three players on the podium certainly enjoyed their trip as Tikkanen achieved a GM-norm (there were two others this year as well as nine IM norms!)and the young Seturaman continues to impress.
There were many other events including four lower-ranking opens, a rapid (the Czech open) featuring Navara and Movsesian (won by Alexander Rakhmanov of Russia).
The three blitz tournaments were won by travelling GMs: Sergei Iskusnyh (Russia), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) and Ghaem Magrami (Iran)
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