The Tschaturanga Open 2014 was held from 5th to 11th May, 2014 at Cafe Schönbrunn, in Vienna, Austria, in a 7 round Swiss Open format with total prize fund of 1600 €.

The top seeded GM Rainer Buhmann from Germany, the European Team champion from ETCC 2011, emerged clear first with 6.5/7 points, half a point ahead of the runner-up.

IM Siegfried Baumegger from Austria took second place with 6/7 points, while the bronze was shared in a 3-way tie by the local IM Khaled Mahdy, GM Andrei Kovalev from Belarus and Robin Jacobi from Germany with 5.5/7 points each.

Replay the games from the tournament here or visit the official website.

Final standings (top finishers):

1 GM Buhmann Rainer GER 2579 6,5
2 IM Baumegger Siegfried AUT 2469 6
3 IM Mahdy Khaled AUT 2376 5,5
4 GM Kovalev Andrei BLR 2470 5,5
5 Jacobi Robin GER 2204 5,5
6 GM Kostic Vladimir SRB 2399 5
7 FM Sadilek Peter AUT 2256 5
8 IM Weinzettl Ernst AUT 2312 5
9 IM Ganaus Hannes AUT 2285 5
10 FM Karner Christoph AUT 2335 5

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