The 4th International Chess Festival Riga Technical University Open was held on 15-24th August 2014 in the Latvian capital Riga.
The event was a 9-round Swiss Open with a guaranteed first prize in the amount of 3.000 €. 212 players from 36 different countries took part in the tournament, including 35 GMs, 34 IMs, 3 WGMs and 4 WIMs.
The Armenian GM Hrant Melkumyan and the young Hungarian prodigy GM Richard Rapport shared first place on 7,5 points.
Six players tied for the third place on 7 points each: GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (Venezuela), GM Daniel Naroditsky (USA), GM Boris Savchenko (Russia), GM Tamas Banusz (Hungary) and GM Daniel Fridman (Germany). However, Iturrizaga took the bronze on superior tie-break score.
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Final standings:
1 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2655 7,5
2 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2704 7,5
3 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2653 7
4 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2587 7
5 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2596 7
6 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2585 7
7 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2639 7
8 IM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2467 7
9 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2587 6,5
10 GM Molner Mackenzie USA 2509 6,5
11 GM Boruchovsky Avital ISR 2483 6,5
12 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2604 6,5
13 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2595 6,5
14 GM Werle Jan NED 2511 6,5
15 GM Danin Alexandre RUS 2572 6,5
16 IM Steinberg Nitzan ISR 2420 6,5
17 GM Baron Tal ISR 2519 6,5
18 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2650 6
19 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2527 6
20 GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2546 6
21 GM Yemelin Vasily RUS 2573 6
22 GM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2572 6
23 Sarana Alexey RUS 2341 6
24 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2508 6
25 IM Swayams Mishra IND 2479 6
26 IM Krivonosov Oleg LAT 2442 6
27 FM Ben Artzi Ido ISR 2395 6
28 IM Vavulin Maksim RUS 2425 6
29 IM Ris Robert NED 2408 6
30 GM Gavrilov Alexei RUS 2505 6
31 IM Kantans Toms LAT 2496 6
32 GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2562 6
33 GM Erdos Viktor HUN 2638 6
34 IM Pileckis Emilis LTU 2447 6
35 GM Prohaszka Peter HUN 2595 6
36 IM Laurusas Tomas LTU 2435 6
37 IM Biolek Richard Jr. CZE 2438 5,5
38 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2567 5,5
39 Stremavicius Titas LTU 2359 5,5
40 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2709 5,5
41 GM Popilski Gil ISR 2494 5,5
42 FM Meskovs Nikita LAT 2441 5,5
43 FM Khatoev Eduard RUS 2417 5,5
44 IM Franco Alonso Alejandro ESP 2471 5,5
45 FM Schoorl Rob NED 2334 5,5
46 GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2524 5,5
47 FM Kobo Ori ISR 2365 5,5
48 FM Loetscher Roland SUI 2414 5,5
49 GM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2507 5,5
50 IM Nakar Eylon ISR 2434 5,5
Genius.