The 18th edition of the Vienna Chess Open was held on 17th – 25th August 2013 at the Vienna Town Hall – Stiege 1, Lichtenfelsgasse 2 – in the Austrian Capital.

The event consisted of four playing groups:
Group A, Open to all / 9 rounds CH-system
Group B, rating Elo U2000 / 9 rounds CH-system
Group C, rating Elo U1600 / 9 rounds CH-system
Group D, rating Elo U1600 / 5 rounds CH-system

The Group A had 397 participants from 39 countries, including 22 Grandmasters and 31 International Masters.

At the end of the tournament, seven players were tied on the first place with 7,5/9 points each: GM Stanislav Novikov RUS 2545, IM Batuhan Dastan TUR 2417, IM Hagen Poetsch GER 2446, GM Alexey Kim KOR 2477, GM Ralf Akesson SWE 2467, IM Jonathan Hawkins ENG 2521 and IM Kacper Drozdowski POL 2437.

Stanislav Novikov is awarded the winner’s trophy thanks to the best tie-break.

Batuhan Dastan and Hagen Poetsch have earned GM norms. Dastan completed his norms and at the age of 16 becomes the youngest Turkish Grandmaster.

The Group B had 221 participants from 30 countries. Dominik Horvath (AUT 1784) took a clear first place with 8,0/9 points.

The Group C had 91 players from seven federations. Local players Nebojsa Ritopecki and Bertalan Molnar shared the first place with 7,5/9 points each.

The Group D had 28 participants. After five rounds of play, Iuliia Zaitceva (RUS) and Thomas Spitzer (AUT) shared the first place with 4,5 points each.

Tournament website

Open A final standings (top finishers):

1. GM Novikov Stanislav RUS 2545 – 7.5
2. IM Dastan M.Batuhan TUR 2417 – 7.5
3. IM Poetsch Hagen GER 2446 – 7.5
4. GM Kim Alexey KOR 2477 – 7.5
5. GM Akesson Ralf SWE 2467 – 7.5
6. IM Hawkins Jonathan ENG 2521 – 7.5
7. IM Drozdowski Kacper POL 2437 – 7.5

8. GM Buhmann Rainer GER 2583 – 7
9. FM Deglmann Ludwig GER 2332 – 7
10. GM Stanec Nikolaus AUT 2516 – 7
11. GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2595 – 7
12. GM Arkell Keith ENG 2444 – 7
13. GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2523 – 7
14. GM Cherniaev Alexander RUS 2451 – 7
15. GM Guliyev Namig AZE 2562 – 7

16. GM Krivoborodov Egor RUS 2502 – 6.5
17. IM Pirrot Dieter GER 2377 – 6.5
18. Vavulin Maxim RUS 2360 – 6.5
19. GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2656 – 6.5
20. FM Minko Vladimir RUS 2287 – 6.5
21. FM Lugovskoy Maxim RUS 2372 – 6.5
22. GM Shengelia David AUT 2565 – 6.5
23. IM Manea Alexandru ROU 2390 – 6.5
24. GM Shchekachev Andrei FRA 2527 – 6.5
25. IM Mahdy Khaled AUT 2397 – 6.5

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