13 year old Hungaria phenom Richard Rapport won again in round 8 to lead the 2010 Gotth’ Art Cup. He also earned his final GM norm with one round to spare.
Round 8 results:
| Portisch, Lajos | – Ftacnik, Lubomir | ½-½ | |||
| Prohaszka, Peter | – Vajda, Levente | ½-½ | |||
| Neubauer, Martin | – Banusz, Tamas | ½-½ | |||
| Bokros, Albert | – Beliavsky, Alexander | ½-½ | |||
| Fodor, Tamas jr | – Rapport, Richard | 0-1 |
Standings after 8 rounds:
| 1. | Rapport, Richard | f | HUN | 2444 | 6 | 2705 | ||||||||||
| 2. | Beliavsky, Alexander | g | SLO | 2657 | 5½ | 2639 | ||||||||||
| 3. | Portisch, Lajos | g | HUN | 2519 | 5 | 2607 | ||||||||||
| 4. | Banusz, Tamas | m | HUN | 2517 | 4½ | 2551 | ||||||||||
| 5. | Prohaszka, Peter | m | HUN | 2501 | 4 | 2502 | ||||||||||
| 6-7. | Vajda, Levente | g | ROU | 2519 | 3½ | 2467 | ||||||||||
| 6-7. | Neubauer, Martin | m | AUT | 2465 | 3½ | 2467 | ||||||||||
| 8-9. | Ftacnik, Lubomir | g | SVK | 2546 | 3 | 2415 | ||||||||||
| 8-9. | Bokros, Albert | m | HUN | 2479 | 3 | 2421 | ||||||||||
| 10. | Fodor, Tamas jr | f | HUN | 2417 | 2 | 2305 |
B Group
| 1. | Rudolf, Anna | wg | HUN | 2283 | 6 | 2530 | ||||||||||
| 2. | Gergacz, Attila | f | HUN | 2421 | 5½ | 2448 | ||||||||||
| 3-4. | Lorand, Norbert | f | HUN | 2346 | 5 | 2429 | ||||||||||
| 3-4. | Nagy, Gabor | HUN | 2278 | 5 | 2438 | |||||||||||
| 5. | Paschall, William | m | USA | 2398 | 4½ | 2350 | ||||||||||
| 6. | Szabo, Bence | HUN | 2261 | 4 | 2334 | |||||||||||
| 7-8. | Baratosi, Daniel | f | ROU | 2396 | 3½ | 2275 | ||||||||||
| 7-8. | Biro, Sandor | m | ROU | 2298 | 3½ | 2294 | ||||||||||
| 9-10. | Feher, Adam | HUN | 2260 | 1½ | 2092 | |||||||||||
| 9-10. | Banas, Jan | m | SVK | 2341 | 1½ | 2067 |
Official website: http://www.chesspremier.com/gotart.html
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Amazing
Its clear now my childhood was wasted on meaningless things.
5th youngest to get there after Karjakin, Negi, Carlsen and Bu Xianzhi!
Congrats young man! We already had our pre-teen GM…I’m still waiting for the single-digit aged GM…9 year old GM or younger!