GM Andrey Vovk clear first in Sommer-Open Baden-Baden 2012

The Sommer-Open 2012 was held on 6-10th August at the Crystal Hall of Chess Center LA8, Lichtentaler Allee 8, D-76530 Baden-Baden, Germany.

The Open A was available for all players while Open B was reserved for the players rated U1700 DWZ. The playing system in both groups was 7 round Swiss, with time control 40 moves/120min + 30 min/rest.

The capacity of the playing hall (180 players) was reached days before the start of the event.

Ukrainian Grandmaster Andrey Vovk scored a key last round victory against the top seeded GM Rainer Buhmann to take a clear first place with 6.5/7 points.

GM Vadim Malakhatko and the 15-years old local hope FM Dennis Wagner shared the 2nd place with 6 points each.

Reinhold Becker and Klaus Künitz are the joint winners of Open B, both finishing with 6/7 points. Full standings bellow.

Prize fund: About 4,000 EUR (A-Open approx. 2,500 EUR, B-Open approx. 1,600 EUR)

Official website

Sommer-Open Baden-Baden 2012 – Open A (top 10 finishers):

1 GM Vovk Andrey UKR 2543 – 6.5
2 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2528 – 6
3 FM Wagner Dennis GER 2439 – 6
4 GM Levin Felix GER 2510 – 5.5
5 Carow Johannes GER 2216 – 5.5
6 IM Fernandez Daniel Howard SIN 2370 – 5.5
7 GM Buhmann Rainer GER 2571 – 5
8 IM Zeller Frank GER 2400 – 5
9 FM Volodin Ivan RUS 2257 – 5
10 FM Kunz Konstantin GER 2303 – 5

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