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Easter opens in Canberra, Deizisau, Philly (and Victoria)

Easter opens in Canberra, Deizisau and Philly

During the Easter weekend a number of traditional open tournaments were held on different continents. Adam Horvath edged out Gergely-Andras Szabo, Levente Vajda and K. Rathnakaran on tiebreak at the Doeberl Cup in Canberra (Australia), Andrei Istratescu was the strongest at the Neckar Open in Deizisau (Germany) and Magesh Panchanathan won in Philadelphia (USA). Hikaru Nakamura played chess as well.

Doeberl Cup

The Doeberl Cup was held April 4-9 at the Olympus Room of the Hellenic Club of Canberra, Australia. To celebrate the 50th anniversary a impressive book about half a century of Doeberl Cups was presented during the tournament.

As always the schedule was tough: a 9-rounder with on the first four days two games a day and one on the last day. The time control was 40 moves in 90 minutes plus 30 minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds per move from move 1. Besides the Premier tournament there were smaller events for lower rating groups.

Shaun Press blogged on a daily basis about the tournament. About the finish he wrote:

The 2012 O2C Doeberl Cup ended in a 4 way tie for first place, after Indian IM K Rathnakaran defeated countryman IM P Karthikeyan in a dramatic last round game. Once the result of that game was known, GM's Adam Horvath and Gergely Szabo immediately shook hands to ensure a share of first place. On board 3 GM Levente Vajda then ground out a win against GM Deep Sengupta to become the fourth player on 7/9. Not only did the win for Rathnakaran leave him in first place, but he also scored a GM norm, and picked up a bonus $1000 as the sole recipient of the tournaments fighting fund. However the ultimate destination of the Doeberl Cup trophy was GM Adam Horvath who had the best tie-break of the 4 players.


GM Ian Rogers mentioned to us that Karthikeyan was the star of the event. He beat 4 GMs in 5 rounds, but lost the last from a great position. This cost him $4,500, the Cup and a GM norm. He needed only a draw...

Doeberl Cup 2012 | Final Standings (top 40)


Pos Pts ID T Name Rtg PRtg Fed BucT Buc1 Cmlt
1 7.0 5 GM Horvath Adam 2487 2614   54.0 49.5 38.0
2 7.0 4 GM Szabo Gergely-Andras 2553 2583   52.0 48.0 35.0
3 7.0 1 GM Vajda Levente 2597 2626   50.5 47.0 37.0
4 7.0 13 IM Rathnakaran K. 2410 2605   50.5 46.5 37.0
5 6.5 11 IM Karthikeyan P. 2414 2564   53.0 49.5 36.5
6 6.0 9 GM Rodriguez Cepedes Am 2440 2511   51.5 48.0 34.5
7 6.0 15 IM Solomon Stephen J. 2375 2446   49.0 45.0 31.0
8 6.0 18 IM Yang Kaiqi 2360 2472   47.5 44.0 33.5
9 6.0 17 IM Lane Gary W. 2368 2430   46.0 44.0 32.0
10 6.0 10 IM Zeng Chongsheng 2435 2445   46.0 42.5 31.0
11 6.0 6 GM Czebe Attila 2477 2382   45.0 42.0 31.5
12 6.0 12 IM Akshat Khamparia 2411 2437   44.5 41.0 31.0
13 6.0 19 IM Morris James 2354 2297   42.0 38.5 28.5
14 6.0 14 IM Ly Moulthun 2402 2287   40.0 36.5 26.0
15 5.5 2 GM Sengupta Deep 2572 2474   54.5 50.0 33.0
16 5.5 7 IM Xie George Wendi 2456 2367   50.5 45.5 31.0
17 5.5 24 FM Chan Yi Ren Daniel 2342 2321   45.5 42.0 28.0
18 5.5 8 GM Johansen Darryl K. 2444 2335   44.5 40.5 29.5
19 5.5 20 FM Illingworth Max 2352 2321   44.0 40.5 30.5
20 5.5 40 -- Li Zuhao Luke 2170 2357   44.0 40.5 27.0
21 5.5 28 IM Sandler Leonid 2284 2190   41.5 38.5 25.5
22 5.5 30 FM Wallis Christopher 2265 2196   37.5 35.5 26.5
23 5.0 22 FM Cheng Bobby 2344 2388   48.0 45.5 29.5
24 5.0 26 FM Bjelobrk Igor 2326 2283   44.5 41.0 28.0
25 5.0 16 FM Ikeda Junta 2373 2236   43.5 39.5 26.5
26 5.0 33 IM Brown Andrew 2221 2210   41.5 38.0 27.0
27 5.0 35 -- Bird Andrew 2201 2281   40.5 38.5 25.5
28 5.0 45 -- Stevens Tristan 2134 2360   40.5 38.5 24.5
29 5.0 25 FM Dragicevic Domagoj 2328 2152   40.5 37.0 23.5
30 5.0 37 -- Wright Neil 2183 2175   40.0 37.0 25.5
31 5.0 29 WIM Caoili Arianne 2269 2107   39.5 36.0 24.0
32 5.0 36 -- Schon Eugene 2197 2025   31.0 29.0 19.5
33 4.5 49 -- Liu Yi 2116 2357   50.5 46.0 26.0
34 4.5 32 -- Bai Jinshi 2231 2275   44.5 42.5 27.5
35 4.5 68 -- Yu Sally 1960 2220   44.0 39.5 22.0
36 4.5 27 FM Stojic Dusan 2296 2207   43.5 41.0 25.0
37 4.5 42 -- Gorka Carl 2149 2168   42.0 38.5 23.0
38 4.5 61 -- Stojic Svetozar 2011 2253   42.0 38.0 23.0
39 4.5 34 -- Bliznyuk Andrey 2205 2153   41.5 39.5 24.0
40 4.5 64 -- Cameron Alistair 1988 2206   41.5 38.0 22.0



During the tournament GM Ian Rogers gave commentary during every round, and this was captured in the following videos produed by Macauley Peterson. Below you'll find some games in the game viewer.

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Neckar Open

The Neckar Open was held April 5-9 as well, at the Public Hall and the Gymnasium of Deizisau (Stuttgart Region), Germany. And like in Canberra, the players had to play two games a day, but in Deizisau they started with one game on Friday and ended with two on Monday. The rate of play was the more classical 2 hours for 40 moves plus 30 minutes finish the game, so no increment. The tournament was devided into three rating groups (>1800, <2000 and <1400).

Andrei Istratescu became the winner of the 16th edition of the largest chess tournament in Germany. The Frenchman finished on 7.5/9, like Konstantine Shanava but he had a higher Bucholz score. Third came Etienne Bacrot, who had the best tiebreak of thirteen players who scored 7/9.

GM Andrei Istratescu | Photo: Georgios Souleidis


Neckar Open 2012 | Final Standings (top 40)


Place Title Name Rating M/F Club/Region Fed W D L Points Buchh
1. GM Istratescu,Andrei 2633 M   FRA 6 3 0 7.5 53.5
2. GM Shanava,Konstantine 2586 M   GEO 6 3 0 7.5 53.5
3. GM Bacrot,Etienne 2715 M OSG Baden-Baden FRA 6 2 1 7.0 56.5
4. GM Petr,Martin 2522 M TSV Bindlach Aktionär-Schachabte CZE 5 4 0 7.0 55.5
5. GM Edouard,Romain 2607 M SAbt SV Werder Bremen FRA 5 4 0 7.0 55.0
6. GM Milanovic,Danilo 2520 M   SRB 6 2 1 7.0 54.5
7. GM Erdös,Viktor 2631 M SG Trier HUN 5 4 0 7.0 54.5
8. GM Rapport,Richard 2559 M SAbt SV Werder Bremen HUN 6 2 1 7.0 54.5
9. GM Bischoff,Klaus 2521 M Chess Tigers Schach-Förderverein GER 5 4 0 7.0 53.5
10. GM Baklan,Vladimir 2612 M Schachgemeinschaft Porz e.V. UKR 5 4 0 7.0 52.0
11. GM Solodovnichenko,Yuri 2630 M Schachfreunde Gerresheim 86 e.V. UKR 5 4 0 7.0 50.0
12. GM Naiditsch,Arkadij 2718 M OSG Baden-Baden GER 6 2 1 7.0 50.0
13. GM Shishkin,Vadim 2498 M Schachclub Wiedenbrück UKR 6 2 1 7.0 50.0
14. GM Sanikidze,Tornike 2597 M SG Trier GEO 6 2 1 7.0 48.5
15. IM Lindberg,Bengt 2418 M   SWE 5 4 0 7.0 47.5
16. IM Strunski,Andreas 2328 M Stuttgarter SF 1879 GER 5 3 1 6.5 52.5
17. IM Bok,Benjamin 2504 M SC 1950 Remagen NED 6 1 2 6.5 52.0
18.   Jaeschke,Benno 2224 M SK 1947 Sandhausen e.V. GER 5 3 1 6.5 51.5
19. IM Philippe,Christophe 2416 M SV Saarbrücken 1970 e.V. FRA 5 3 1 6.5 51.0
20. GM Baramidze,David 2618 M SV Hockenheim GER 5 3 1 6.5 51.0
21. IM Heimann,Andreas 2480 M OSG Baden-Baden GER 5 3 1 6.5 50.0
22. IM Burg,Twan 2467 M Schachklub Turm Emsdetten e.V. NED 5 3 1 6.5 49.5
23. GM Farago,Ivan 2500 M SC Rottal HUN 5 3 1 6.5 48.5
24. GM Maiwald,Jens-Uwe 2462 M USV TU Dresden GER 5 3 1 6.5 48.0
25. IM Moser,Eva 2460 W OSG Baden-Baden AUT 5 3 1 6.5 48.0
26. IM Moor,Olivier 2378 M   SUI 5 3 1 6.5 47.5
27. FM Lötscher,Roland 2368 M SC Garching 1980 e.V. SUI 6 1 2 6.5 46.0
28. IM Thinius,Marco 2363 M Sfrd. Berlin 1903 e.V. GER 5 3 1 6.5 45.0
29. IM Gschnitzer,Oswald,Dr. 2481 M SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim GER 5 3 1 6.5 45.0
30. FM Trella,Thomas 2410 M Schachverein Dinslaken 1923 e.V. GER 4 5 0 6.5 44.5
31. GM Wirig,Anthony 2483 M SV Saarbrücken 1970 e.V. FRA 4 5 0 6.5 44.5
32.   Lubbe,Nikolas 2429 M Hagener SV GER 6 1 2 6.5 43.0
33. IM Reich,Thomas 2388 M FC Bayern München e.V. GER 5 3 1 6.5 42.0
34. IM Schneider,Ilja 2480 M Sfrd. Berlin 1903 e.V. GER 6 1 2 6.5 40.0
35. GM Perunovic,Milos 2582 M   SRB 5 2 2 6.0 54.0
36. IM Rau,Hannes 2464 M SV Hockenheim GER 6 0 3 6.0 54.0
37. FM Blübaum,Matthias 2407 M Schachclub Hansa Dortmund e.V. GER 5 2 2 6.0 52.0
38. FM Sipila,Vilka 2364 M   FIN 5 2 2 6.0 52.0
39. IM Kurmann,Oliver 2480 M SC Böblingen 1975 e.V. SUI 5 2 2 6.0 51.5
40. IM Neuman,Petr 2468 M TSV Bindlach Aktionär-Schachabte CZE 4 4 1 6.0 50.5

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Philadelphia Open

The Philadelphia Open was held April 4-8 at the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA). Besides an open groups there were also sections for under 2200, under 2000, under 1800, under 1600, under 1400, under 1200 and even under 1000, as well as several side events. The time control was 40 moves in 90 minutes plus 30 minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds per move from move 1.

GM Magesh Panchanathan finished atop the standings in the open with 7/9. This was a surprising result as Panchanathan beat GM Tamaz Gelashvili in the final round from what seemed to be a worse position around the time control. The Indian thus secured victory after the other GMs that were tied with him going into the round all drew. There was a logjam of GMs just a half-point behind the leader.

Magesh Panchanathan | Photo: Chris Bird


Philadelphia Open 2012 | Final Standings (top 40)


# Name Rating State Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Tot Prize
1 GM Magesh Panchanathan 2557 IND W47 D42 W22 W17 D4 L2 W19 W16 W10 7.0 $5483.00
2 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2621 CA W37 D17 D15 W36 W14 W1 D3 D4 D5 6.5 $1044.43
3 GM Sergey Erenburg 2616 ISR W31 W18 D7 W6 H— W13 D2 D5 D4 6.5 $1044.43
4 GM Jon Ludvig Hammer 2606 NOR W38 W26 W62 D12 D1 D7 W9 D2 D3 6.5 $1044.43
5 GM Sam Shankland 2580 CA W45 D20 W27 W15 W11 D12 D7 D3 D2 6.5 $1044.43
6 GM Alexander Stripunsky 2566 NJ W46 W53 W14 L3 D16 D19 W25 D10 W13 6.5 $1044.43
7 GM Axel Bachmann 2556 PAR W48 W23 D3 D16 W63 D4 D5 D12 W14 6.5 $1044.43
8 GM Mikheil Kekelidze 2473 GEO D67 D34 W44 H— H— W64 D13 W11 W12 6.5 $1044.43
9 IM Daniel Naroditsky 2479 CA D34 W67 D63 W64 D19 W24 L4 D18 W26 6.0 $305.00
10 GM Tamaz Gelashvili 2619 GEO W30 D63 W20 L13 W18 D25 W26 D6 L1 5.5 $76.25
11 GM Giorgi Kacheishvili 2612 GEO W44 W19 D13 W25 L5 L16 W53 L8 W28 5.5 $76.25
12 GM Gregory Kaidanov 2598 KY W39 W21 W24 D4 D13 D5 D16 D7 L8 5.5 $76.25
13 GM Alexander Shabalov 2523 PA W77 W43 D11 W10 D12 L3 D8 W17 L6 5.5 $76.25
14 IM Greg Shahade 2475 PA W66 W57 L6 W31 L2 D53 W23 W38 L7 5.5 $76.25
15 IM Rafael Prasca Sosa 2475 VEN W49 W64 D2 L5 D53 W48 D38 D26 D19 5.5 $76.25
16 GM Dmitry Gurevich 2466 IL D69 W50 W33 D7 D6 W11 D12 L1 D21 5.5 $76.25
17 IM Irina Krush 2461 NY W56 D2 W69 L1 D48 D32 W55 L13 W38 5.5 $76.25
18 IM Justin Sarkar 2391 NY W58 L3 D46 W34 L10 W33 W40 D9 D22 5.5 $380.84
19 FM Teddy Coleman 2356 NY W80 L11 W55 W56 D9 D6 L1 W32 D15 5.5 $380.84
20 IM Ronald Burnett 2352 TN W59 D5 L10 W66 D62 L38 D37 W33 W39 5.5 $380.84
21 IM Rusudan Goletiani 2344 NY W73 L12 L40 W77 L38 W56 W65 W30 D16 5.5 $380.84
22 FM Seth Homa 2306 MI D76 W41 L1 D67 L32 W68 W46 W31 D18 5.5 $380.84
23 Erik Santarius 2292 WI W72 L7 D66 D50 D45 W47 L14 W40 W37 5.5 $380.84
24 IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2489 CAN W40 W28 L12 W54 D26 L9 D31 W48 U— 5.0  
25 IM Nikoloz Managadze 2475 GEO D50 W68 W42 L11 W27 D10 L6 L28 W45 5.0  
26 IM Rulsan Kashtanov 2361 RUS W52 L4 W39 W40 D24 W62 L10 D15 L9 5.0  
27 IM Mauricio Arias Santana 2335 CRC D41 W75 L5 W46 L25 D65 D44 W55 D34 5.0  
28 John Rouleau 2290 MD W71 L24 L34 L32 W73 W70 W67 W25 L11 5.0  
29 WGM Katerina Nemcova 2275 CZE W60 L62 L56 W68 D47 L40 D52 W51 W48 5.0  
30 WGM Nadya Ortiz 2255 COL L10 L66 W80 W57 L33 W51 W69 L21 W49 5.0  
31 Deepak Aaron 2234 NY L3 W58 W72 L14 W67 D35 D24 L22 W47 5.0  
32 Kevin Mo 2180 PA L62 W78 L36 W28 W22 D17 D35 L19 W42 5.0  
33 David A Hua 2154 NJ H— W76 L16 D42 W30 L18 W64 L20 W43 5.0  
34 Atulya A Shetty 2148 MI D9 D8 W28 L18 D54 L37 W56 W65 D27 5.0  
35 IM Dean Ippolito 2452 NJ L57 W79 L38 W70 W69 D31 D32 D37 U— 4.5  
36 IM Jay Richard Bonin 2313 NY H— H— W32 L2 D40 D44 D39 D45 D41 4.5  
37 FM Eugene Yanayt 2245 CA L2 L56 D73 W75 W58 W34 D20 D35 L23 4.5  
38 Luke Harmon-Vellotti 2212 ID L4 W52 W35 L63 W21 W20 D15 L14 L17 4.5  
39 Justus D Williams 2197 NY L12 W80 L26 L51 W74 W57 D36 W54 L20 4.5  
40 Sean Vibbert 2180 IN L24 W61 W21 L26 D36 W29 L18 L23 W54 4.5  

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Grand Pacific Open

Another open tournament, held over Easter weekend, was the Grand Pacific Open in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The reason we mention it is the participation of none less than super GM Hikaru Nakamura. The American scored 6/6 in a (for him) very weak field and collected 4,8 rating points. On March 7th, Nakamura tweeted:

After seeing people picking up rating points off of beating weaker players, I am convinced chess ratings should be weighted like in tennis.

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1 year 2 months ago

Like the Doeberl Cup, the Neckar Open had (or could have had) an unexpected star: untitled Benno Jaeschke drew against GM Swinkels and scored 4.5/5 against IMs. It seems that a last-round draw against GM Erdos wouldn't have been enough for a GM norm (his TPR would have been 2597); as things went he got an IM norm and gained 35 rating points. Unlike young Karthikeyan (*1990), Jaeschke - born in 1964 - isn't exactly a rising star.
Slight correction: the single round was on Thursday (evening), followed by double rounds on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

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