The 44th International Chess Tournament “Bosna 2014″took place from 30th May to 6th June, 2014 at the Radon Plaza Hotel, in Sarajevo, the capital and largest city of Bosna and Herzegovina.

GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov (RUS) was convincing in Open A (for players rated over 2300 ELO). The Russian Grandmaster emerged clear winner with 7/9 points, performing at 2773 ELO.

The runner-up GM Matej Sebenik (SLO) took the silver with 6,5/9 points, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind.

Third place was shared in a three-way tie by the Croatian GMs Zdenko Kozul, Hrvoje Stevic and Mladen Palac, but the former European champion for men Zdenko Kozultook the bronze on superior tie-break score.

Open B (for players below 2300 ELO) was won by Amar Salihovic (BIH) with 7,5/9 points, who added full 30 points to his ELO rating.

Second place was shared in a three-way tie by IM Rajko Bogdanovic (BIH), Goran Vajic (BIH) and WFM Mila Zarkovic (SRB) with 7/9 points.

Tournament website

Open A final standings (top finishers):

1 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2610 7
2 GM Sebenik Matej SLO 2497 6,5
3 GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2595 6
4 GM Stevic Hrvoje CRO 2613 6
5 GM Palac Mladen CRO 2569 6
6 GM Stojanovic Dalibor BIH 2493 5,5
7 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2541 5,5
8 GM Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2564 5,5
9 GM Jovanovic Zoran CRO 2546 5,5
10 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2605 5,5
11 GM Kovacevic Aleksandar SRB 2560 5,5
12 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2542 5,5
13 GM Kurajica Bojan BIH 2499 5,5
14 GM Dizdarevic Emir BIH 2509 5
15 GM Ulibin Mikhail RUS 2498 5
16 GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2534 5
17 GM Bistric Faruk BIH 2363 5
18 IM Kadric Denis BIH 2479 5
19 FM Marjanovic Dejan BIH 2330 4,5
20 IM Kohlweyer Bernd GER 2422 4,5

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