The 19th edition of Vienna Chess Open included a Blitz tournament which was held on August 16th, 2015.
137 players from 25 different countries took part in the 11-round Swiss event with time control 3′ + 2″.
English GM Matthew Sadler emerged a convincing winner with the amazing 11/11 score. Sadler won all the games, playing at performance Elo 3156.
IM Justin Tan took the silver with 9 points, while GM Simen Agdestein from Norway and FM Sumiya Bilguun from Mongolia tied for the third place with 8,5 points.
Final standings (top 25):
1 GM Sadler Matthew D ENG 2572 11
2 IM Tan Justin AUS 2336 9
3 GM Agdestein Simen NOR 2568 8,5
4 FM Bilguun Sumiya MGL 2487 8,5
5 GM Kurajica Bojan BIH 2513 8
6 GM Dizdarevic Emir BIH 2540 8
7 FM Ruff Maximilian GER 2336 8
8 GM Heberla Bartlomiej POL 2518 8
9 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2608 7,5
10 FM Sahidi Samir SVK 2106 7,5
11 GM Manik Mikulas SVK 2441 7,5
12 IM Maier Christian GER 2368 7,5
13 FM Schwabeneder Florian AUT 2434 7,5
14 FM Huber Martin Christian AUT 2224 7,5
15 FM Sandhöfner Florian AUT 2288 7,5
16 NM Schwab Rene Mag.(fh) AUT 2254 7,5
17 FM Kokol Peter SLO 2242 7,5
18 FM Lenaerts Lennert BEL 2269 7
19 FM Webersberger Johann Frank DI. AUT 2362 7
20 Schwab Lukas AUT 1905 7
21 IM Mahdy Khaled AUT 2327 7
22 GM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2493 7
23 FM Vitouch Anatol AUT 2256 7
24 Saglier Paul FRA 2099 7
25 Martin Julian GER 2261 7