The 5th International Open Chess Tournament Rethymno took place from 28th July to 4th August at the Municipal House of Culture (“Mikrasiaton” square, old town), in Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
The tournament was organized by the Municipality of Rethymno and Chess Club Rethymno, with support from the Region of Rethymno and Greek Chess Federation.
Grandmaster Dmitry Svetushkin from Moldova clinched a clear first place in the tournament with a last round win against IM Ankit R. Rajpara. Svetushkin collected 7,5 points from nine rounds.
Greek Grandmasters Hristos Banikas and Spyridon Kapnisis were also victorious in their final games to share the second place with 7,0 points each. Full standings below.
Tournament director was Anagnostakis Emmanouil and chief arbiter was Logothetis Sotiris.
Final standings:
1. GM Svetushkin Dmitry MDA 2603 – 7.5
2. GM Banikas Hristos GRE 2609 – 7
3. GM Kapnisis Spyridon GRE 2449 – 7
4. IM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2421 – 6.5
5. GM David Alberto ITA 2589 – 6.5
6. GM Tukhaev Adam UKR 2520 – 6.5
7. GM Borovikov Vladislav UKR 2564 – 6.5
8. GM Skembris Spyridon GRE 2458 – 6.5
9. GM Baron Tal ISR 2469 – 6.5
10. GM Kharitonov Alexandr RUS 2538 – 6.5
11. Krishna C.R.G. IND 2339 – 6.5
12. GM Popilski Gil ISR 2506 – 6
13. GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2538 – 6
14. IM Georgiadis Ioannis GRE 2449 – 6
15. GM Pap Misa SRB 2489 – 6
16. Goumas Georgios GRE 2381 – 6
17. FM Simeonidis Ioannis GRE 2238 – 6
18. Sturt Raven M USA 2308 – 6
19. Theodorou Nikolas GRE 2125 – 6
20. IM Lekic Dusan MNE 2430 – 6
21. IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2470 – 5.5
22. GM Zinchenko Yaroslav UKR 2536 – 5.5
23. GM Rychagov Andrey RUS 2544 – 5.5
24. FM Berezovics Alexander RUS 2225 – 5.5
25. Markidis Konstantinos GRE 2376 – 5.5
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