The 4th Rethymno International Chess Tournament 2012 was organized by the Municipality of Rethymno and Rethymno Chess Club on 7-14th July. 153 players competed in the 9-round Swiss event.
Armenian Grandmaster and top seed in the tournament Gabriel Sargissian emerged winner after collecting 7.5 points and leaving the group of players half a point behind. In 2010 Sargissian shared the first place in Rethymno Open.
Indian IM Akshayraj Kore performed splendidly to finish 2nd on tie-break and take a GM norm with the elo performance of 2660! Stany G A, also from India, claimed the IM norm.
Most of the players will continue the Cretan chess tour in the 5th Paleochora International Tournament 2012.
Photos by the Chief Arbiter Sotiris Logothetis
Rethymno is the principal city of Rethymno prefecture (with population 27.868 recorded in 2001). It is situated on the northern side of the Almiros gulf and is the third largest city on Crete, following Heraklion and Chania. Rethymno city represents the administrative, commercial and communicative centre of Rethymno prefecture.
Final standings (top 50):
1. GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2685 – 7.5
2. IM Akshayraj Kore IND 2454 – 7
3. GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2672 – 7
4. GM Rychagov Andrey RUS 2517 – 7
5. GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2574 – 7
6. GM Banikas Hristos GRE 2626 – 6.5
7. GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2635 – 6.5
8. IM Shyam Sundar M IND 2486 – 6.5
9. GM Pap Misa SRB 2500 – 6.5
10. GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2592 – 6.5
11. GM Neelotpal Das IND 2456 – 6.5
12. GM Kharitonov Alexandr RUS 2538 – 6.5
13. GM David Alberto LUX 2605 – 6.5
14. IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2476 – 6.5
15. Mamikonyan Tigran ARM 2283 – 6.5
16. GM Borovikov Vladislav UKR 2569 – 6
17. GM Kapnisis Spyridon GRE 2480 – 6
18. GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2594 – 6
19. Stany G A IND 2393 – 6
20. GM Zinchenko Yaroslav UKR 2544 – 6
21. GM Romero Holmes Alfonso ESP 2523 – 6
22. IM Colovic Aleksandar MKD 2435 – 6
23. IM Ansell Simon T ENG 2376 – 6
24. IM Bellia Fabrizio ITA 2428 – 6
25. Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2291 – 6
26. GM Zubarev Alexander UKR 2596 – 6
27. FM Bisby Daniel L ENG 2285 – 6
28. FM Vedder Richard NED 2283 – 6
29. Michelakos Panagiotis GRE 2168 – 6
30. Nasuta Grzegorz POL 2236 – 6
31. IM Sivuk Vitaly UKR 2467 – 5.5
32. GM Postny Evgeny ISR 2653 – 5.5
33. GM Skembris Spyridon GRE 2460 – 5.5
34. GM Kuljasevic Davorin CRO 2564 – 5.5
35. IM Fernandez Daniel Howard SIN 2349 – 5.5
36. IM Filip Lucian ROU 2481 – 5.5
37. Tzouganakis Panteleimon GRE 2096 – 5.5
38. WGM Nadig Kruttika IND 2206 – 5.5
39. Iasman Inna FRA 1970 – 5.5
40. Royset Pal NOR 2190 – 5.5
41. IM Kekki Petri FIN 2365 – 5.5
42. WGM Videnova Iva BUL 2328 – 5.5
43. Segerberg Tomas SWE 1933 – 5.5
44. Minko Vladimir RUS 2254 – 5.5
45. Dijkhuis Tycho NED 2006 – 5.5
46. IM Nitin S IND 2417 – 5.5
47. Theodorou Nikolas GRE 2079 – 5.5
48. FM Valenti Giuseppe ITA 2190 – 5.5
49. Delfino Luigi ITA 2195 – 5.5
50. GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2505 – 5
He should be 2700.