Ni Hua wins Masters

Ni Hua

The traditional Masters Open in Biel always seems to attract strong GMs from all over the world. The winner was Ni Hua from China with an unbeaten 8.5/11. Top seed Boris Grachev was one of the quartet in second place.

Here is the top part of the final standings:

Rank	Name	Title	rating	Country	Points	Tie-break
1.	Ni,Hua	GM	2662	CHN	8.5	73.0
2.	Gharamian,Tigran	GM	2670	FRA	8.0	72.0
3.	Kovchan,Alexander	GM	2554	UKR	8.0	71.5
4.	Brkic,Ante	GM	2598	CRO	8.0	68.5
5.	Grachev,Boris	GM	2680	RUS	8.0	66.5
6.	Al-Sayed,Mohammed	GM	2498	QAT	7.5	74.5
7.	Stevic,Hrvoje	GM	2619	CRO	7.5	69.5
8.	Miezis,Normunds	GM	2520	LAT	7.5	69.0
9.	Baklan,Vladimir	GM	2620	UKR	7.5	68.0
10.	Bauer,Christian	GM	2637	FRA	7.5	67.0
11.	Bogner,Sebastian	GM	2528	GER	7.5	66.0
12.	Khmelniker,Ilya	GM	2510	ISR	7.5	65.5
13.	Shankland,Samuel	GM	2539	USA	7.5	65.0
14.	Ulibin,Mikhail	GM	2538	RUS	7.5	64.5
15.	Bu,Xiangzhi	GM	2675	CHN	7.0	73.5
16.	Rodshtein,Maxim	GM	2637	ISR	7.0	70.0
17.	Tischbierek,Raj	GM	2436	GER	7.0	66.0
18.	Maze,Sebastien	GM	2578	FRA	7.0	66.0
19.	Holzke,Frank	GM	2497	GER	7.0	65.5
20.	Wirig,Anthony	GM	2510	FRA	7.0	65.5
21.	Nyzhnyk,Illya	GM	2589	UKR	7.0	64.0
22.	Gleizerov,Evgeny	GM	2590	RUS	7.0	63.5
23.	Haimovich,Tal	IM	2419	ISR	7.0	61.0
24.	Heimann,Andreas	IM	2498	GER	7.0	58.0
25.	Pruess,David	IM	2363	USA	6.5	67.0
26.	Sokolov,Andrei	GM	2579	FRA	6.5	66.0
27.	Cherniaev,Alexand	GM	2440	RUS	6.5	66.0
28.	Arnold,Marc	IM	2445	USA	6.5	65.5
29.	Megaranto,Susanto	GM	2544	INA	6.5	64.5
30.	Barus,Cerdas	GM	2420	INA	6.5	64.5
31.	Cheparinov,Ivan	GM	2669	BUL	6.5	64.0
32.	Klauser,Markus	IM	2386	SUI	6.5	63.5
33.	Paehtz,Elisabeth	IM	2463	GER	6.5	61.5
34.	Alsina Leal,Danie	GM	2549	ESP	6.5	60.5
35.	Lioe,Dede	IM	2386	INA	6.5	60.0
36.	Raetsky,Alexander	GM	2425	RUS	6.5	59.5
37.	Delorme,Axel	IM	2448	FRA	6.5	59.5
38.	Meins,Gerlef	IM	2505	GER	6.5	59.0
39.	Tseitlin,Mark	GM	2407	ISR	6.5	58.5
40.	Edouard,Romain	GM	2587	FRA	6.0	71.0
41.	Sukandar,Irine Kh	WGM	2366	INA	6.0	65.0
42.	Saleh,Salem A. R.	GM	2493	UAE	6.0	64.0
43.	Paikidze,Nazi	WGM	2416	GEO	6.0	64.0

and so on.

There were 131 players in this section, 35 of whom were GMs.

Nine players were 2600+, and as many as 26 were 2500+.

More information on the official site:

http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/en/master-tournament/