Firman wins Geller Memorial

Efim Geler Memorial

Sunday, 28 August 2011 19:35

The 7th Efim Geller Memorial was organized by the Odessa Chess Federation from 20th to 28th August in Odessa, Ukraine. 54 players, 3 Grandmasters and 19 Masters, competed in the 9-round Open tournament. In addition, 114 unrated players participate in the Group B.

GM Nazar Firman dominated the tournament, conceded only two draws to his fellow Grandmasters, and convincingly won the race with a total of 8 points, point and a half ahead of the opposition. Full standings bellow.

Efim Petrovich Geller was a Soviet chess player, a Grandmaster of world class at his peak. He won the Soviet Championship twice, in 1955 and 1979. Geller was a Candidate for the World Championship on six occasions (1953, 1956, 1962, 1965, 1968, and 1971). He won four Ukrainian Championship titles, in 1950, 1957, 1958, and 1959. He shared first in the 1991 World Seniors’ Championship, and won the title outright in 1992. Geller was also a coach to World Champions Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov. He grew up in Odessa.

Final top 15 standings:

1 GM Firman Nazar UKR 2517 – 8

2 GM Legky Nicolay A FRA 2430 – 6.5

3 Tregubov Andrei RUS 2372 – 6.5

4 IM Kharchenko Boris UKR 2450 – 6

5 IM Bogdanovich Stanislav UKR 2517 – 6

6 Tovmasian Vardges ARM 2371 – 6

7 FM Volovikov Anton UKR 2275 – 6

8 GM Matjushin Gennady UKR 2476 – 6

9 IM Pavlov Maxim UKR 2378 – 6

10 IM Sivuk Vitaly UKR 2422 – 6

11 Sodol Georgiy UKR 2296 – 6

12 IM Kozel Roman UKR 2354 – 5.5

13 Tregubov Vadim UKR 2330 – 5.5

14 Mirzoev Emil UKR 2138 – 5.5

15 FM Kigel Dmytro UKR 2210 – 5.5

16 Kutsykh Mikle UKR 2323 – 5.5

17 WFM Shvayger Yuliya UKR 2157 – 5.5

18 Garifulin Alexander UKR 2270 – 5.5