16th Lienz Open

16th Lienz Open
12th to 19th February in Lienz, Austria

The 16th Lienz Open was organised by the Schachklub Volksbank Lienz from 12th to 19th February in Lienz, Austria. 217 players took part in the 9-round Swiss event, and among them were 10 Grandmasters and 13 International Masters. The total prize fund amounted to 8000 EUR.

IM Vladimir Okhotnik from France defeated the local Candidate Master Daniel Hartl, who earlier caused some major upsets in the tournament, in the final round to catch GM Viesturs Meijers on the shared first place. The two players have collected 7.5 points each.

Final standings:

1 IM Okhotnik Vladimir FRA 2428 – 7.5
2 GM Meijers Viesturs LAT 2463 – 7.5
3 GM Petrov Marijan BUL 2535 – 7
4 GM Radulski Julian BUL 2590 – 7
5 IM Sebenik Matej SLO 2526 – 7
6 GM Sedlak Nikola SRB 2556 – 7
7 GM Popovic Dusan SRB 2557 – 7
8 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2546 – 7
9 FM Heinig Wolfram Dr GER 2323 – 7
10 MK Hartl Daniel AUT 2242 – 6.5
11 GM Lanka Zigurds LAT 2468 – 6.5
12 FM Testor Sebastian AUT 2365 – 6.5
13 GM Tratar Marko SLO 2482 – 6.5
14 FM Schnider Gert AUT 2349 – 6.5
15 GM Schmittdiel Eckhard GER 2492 – 6.5
16 IM Diermair Andreas AUT 2387 – 6.5
17 IM Borsos Bogdan UKR 2298 – 6.5
18 IM Krejci Jan CZE 2443 – 6
19 FM Csonka Attila HUN 2378 – 6
20 IM Kelecevic Nedeljko SUI 2281 – 6
21 IM Zozulia Anna BEL 2347 – 6
22 IM Bergez Luc FRA 2411 – 6
23 IM Dimitrov Atanas GRE 2355 – 6
24 Loberg Jo Kristian NOR 1950 – 6
25 Neff Gregor Ing. AUT 2167 – 6
26 IM Kreisl Robert AUT 2398 – 6
27 IM Chetverik Maxim RUS 2306 – 6
28 MK Weinwurm Wolfgang Dr. AUT 2201 – 6
29 IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2466 – 6
30 Wertjanz David AUT 2201 – 6
31 WGM Semenova Irina RUS 2252 – 6
32 Mueller Marcus GER 2159 – 6
33 Mesaros Florian AUT 0 – 6
34 WIM Borisova Borislava SWE 2097 – 6

Full standings here: http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2011/lienz-open