The 16th International Chess Festival of Trieste took place from 30th August to 6th September 2014 in the city of Trieste, Italy.

The 9-round Swiss Open tournament was convincingly won by Ukrainian GM Andrey Vovk, who scored 7,5 points and left the runner-up a full point behind. The champion lifted the trophy and grabbed the first prize of 1.200 €.

IM David Eggleston from England took the silver on 6,5 points, having a great tournament. He played at performance of FIDE Elo 2580, 182 points higher than his own rating.

Third place was shared in a five way-tie by GM Csaba Horvath (Hungary), GM Ognjen Jovanic (Croatia), GM Zdenko Kozul (Croatia), GM Marko Tratar (Slovenia) and GM Andrey Sumets (Ukraine) on 6 points each.

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Final standings:

1 GM Vovk Andrey 2614 2700 UKR 7.5
2 IM Eggleston David J 2398 2580 ENG 6.5
3 GM Horvath Csaba 2540 2547 HUN 6.0
4 GM Jovanic Ognjen 2461 2488 CRO 6.0
5 GM Kozul Zdenko 2608 2513 CRO 6.0
6 GM Tratar Marko 2490 2505 SLO 6.0
7 GM Sumets Andrey 2622 2382 UKR 6.0
8 15 FM Wallis Christopher 2348 2439 AUS 5.5
9 IM Stark Lars 2453 2396 GER 5.5
10 GM Horvath Jozsef 2501 2383 HUN 5.5
11 GM Dvirnyy Danyyil 2530 2417 ITA 5.5
12 FM Moroni Luca Jr 2344 2441 ITA 5.5
13 FM Lyell Mark 2202 2368 ENG 5.5
14 FM Altini Nicola 2413 2257 ITA 5.5
15 WIM Franciskovic Borka 2318 2347 CRO 5.5
16 Plenca Jadranko 2184 2303 CRO 5.0
17 Larmuseau Michiel 2143 2315 BEL 5.0
18 GM Drazic Sinisa 2433 2269 SRB 5.0
19 IM Mazi Leon 2361 2246 SLO 5.0
20 FM De Schampheleire Glen 2307 2263 BEL 5.0

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