GM Bogdan Lalic in best form again at First Saturday Budapest GM Tournament 01-10th September 2012
The experienced Croatian Grandmaster last won a GM tournament at the zenith of his career in 1996 winning Hastings GM defeating leading English GM-s. This year he feels to reach the same strength again. After winning an extremely strong rapid tournament at Pardubicze(CZE) he was unstoppable in Budapest too. He won convincingly and was the only player who could remain undefeated. No player could achieve any Title-norms this time but Ashwin Jarayam (IND) and Toth Ervin (HUN) were the closest to it.
Final standings
| Rank | Name | Score | Fed. | Rating | TPR | W-We | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1 | GM Lalic, Bogdan | 6.5 | CRO | 2475 | 2584 | +1.31 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 2 | IM Ashwin, Jayaram | 6.0 | IND | 2473 | 2543 | +0.83 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 3 | IM Toth, Ervin | 5.5 | HUN | 2473 | 2498 | +0.33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ |
| 4 | IM Skytte, Rasmus | 5.0 | DEN | 2398 | 2469 | +0.84 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ |
| 5 | GM Flumbort, Andras Dr. | 4.5 | HUN | 2503 | 2415 | -1.06 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 6 | GM Todorovic, Goran M | 4.5 | SRB | 2502 | 2415 | -1.06 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 |
| 7 | IM Johansson, Jan | 4.5 | SWE | 2410 | 2425 | +0.20 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 8 | IM Battey, Alexander | 3.5 | USA | 2364 | 2350 | -0.19 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 |
| 9 | FM Kantor, Gergely | 3.0 | HUN | 2310 | 2311 | +0.03 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ |
| 10 | IM Konnyu, Janos | 2.0 | HUN | 2328 | 2214 | -1.23 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
He still plays chess?
“leading English GM-s”?? Who??
Fatttter!
gsssour 24Lalic is still very strong, he was 2600 in 1997.