IM Marijan Petrov wins Thessaloniki Open
Tiebreak separates the first four at the open event of Games Festival
IM Marijan Petrov conquered the Thessaloniki Open that took place in Greece April 04th-11th, 2010, as part of the Games Festival. IM Petrov scored 7,0/9, the same points as IM Esen Barris, GM Daniele Vocaturo, and GM Krum Georgiev, but better tiebreak gave him the gold medal. IM Petrov started with 4 straight victories and did not lose a single game to the end to get the first place at the Thessaloniki Open and add 8 points ELO.
The women section was won by IM Masha Klinova ahead of Ekaterini Pavlidou.
Full standings and round results at the official website. Photos from the event will be available at the photo gallery.
1 IM Petrov Marijan BUL 2526 7
2 IM Esen Baris TUR 2506 7
3 GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2489 7
4 GM Georgiev Krum BUL 2447 7
5 GM Antic Dejan SRB 2502 6.5
6 IM Poley Vladimir BLR 2328 6.5
7 GM Bezgodov Alexei RUS 2497 6.5
8 GM Velikov Petar BUL 2423 6
9 IM Piscopo Pierluigi ITA 2418 6
10 IM Grigorov Grigor BUL 2510 6
Full article here: http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/petrov-thessaloniki-open
Even more important is my cousin Robert Hess won the St. Louis Open.