Bulgarian Grandmaster Kiril Georgiev took the winner’s trophy in the 2016 Karpos Open after concluding the event with 7,5/9 points.
In the final round Georgiev defeated the overnight leader GM Dmitry Svetushkin to repeat the success from 2014.
The 2016 Karpos Open was held from 1-7th April at the Hotel Aleksandar Palace in Skopje, FYR Macedonia.
The 9-round Swiss tournament had a prize fund of 10,000 EUR. A total of 206 players from 24 countries competed, among them being 27 Grandmasters and 30 International Masters.
The event was organized by the Municipality of Karpos and Chess Club Gambit Asseko-See.
Final standings (top 60):
1. GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2631 – 7.5
2. GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2562 – 7
3. GM Dvirnyy Danyyil ITA 2555 – 7
4. GM Markus Robert SRB 2651 – 7
5. GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2538 – 7
6. GM Saric Ante CRO 2587 – 7
7. GM Neelotpal Das IND 2457 – 7
8. GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2635 – 7
9. IM Ali Marandi Cemil Can TUR 2473 – 7
10. GM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2559 – 6.5
11. GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2651 – 6.5
12. GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2641 – 6.5
13. GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2547 – 6.5
14. GM Milanovic Danilo SRB 2485 – 6.5
15. IM Enchev Ivajlo BUL 2470 – 6.5
16. FM Livaic Leon CRO 2380 – 6.5
17. IM Kanmazalp Ogulcan TUR 2444 – 6.5
18. Radovanovic Nikola SRB 2395 – 6.5
19. IM Annaberdiev Meilis TKM 2460 – 6
20. IM Berzinsh Roland LAT 2394 – 6
21. GM Nedev Trajko MKD 2474 – 6
22. GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2520 – 6
23. Gokerkan Cem Kaan TUR 2295 – 6
24. GM Abramovic Bosko SRB 2388 – 6
25. GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2474 – 6
26. IM Vojinovic Goran SRB 2449 – 6
27. GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2600 – 6
28. IM Firat Burak TUR 2460 – 6
29. GM Blagojevic Dragisa MNE 2509 – 6
30. IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy IND 2368 – 6
31. GM Brkic Ante CRO 2598 – 6
32. IM Zlatanovic Boroljub SRB 2375 – 6
33. IM Nikolov Sasho BUL 2346 – 6
34. IM Danchevski Orce MKD 2366 – 6
35. FM Andonovski Ljubisa MKD 2293 – 6
36. FM Koksal Ege TUR 2322 – 6
37. GM Tosic Miroslav SRB 2418 – 6
38. FM Percivaldi Martin DEN 2306 – 5.5
39. IM Valsecchi Alessio ITA 2492 – 5.5
40. Polatel Ali TUR 2106 – 5.5
41. IM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina ESP 2381 – 5.5
42. IM L’ami Alina ROU 2348 – 5.5
43. IM Atakisi Umut TUR 2315 – 5.5
44. FM Ozen Bahadir TUR 2221 – 5.5
45. GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2563 – 5.5
46. Danov Lyubomir BUL 2326 – 5.5
47. WIM Tsolakidou Stavroula GRE 2355 – 5.5
48. Saraci Nderim KOS 2243 – 5.5
49. Dhanush Bharadwaj IND 2221 – 5.5
50. WFM Injac Teodora SRB 2240 – 5.5
51. GM Colovic Aleksandar MKD 2463 – 5.5
52. FM Sevgi Volkan TUR 2201 – 5.5
53. FM Veleski Robert MKD 2162 – 5.5
54. FM Lazov Toni MKD 2341 – 5.5
55. IM Grigoriadis Alexandros GRE 2171 – 5.5
56. GM Drenchev Petar BUL 2480 – 5.5
57. IM Stojanovski Dejan MKD 2437 – 5
58. IM Piasetski Leon CAN 2282 – 5
59. FM Plenca Jadranko CRO 2400 – 5
60. FM Nikolovski Nikola MKD 2197 – 5