The 17th International Chess Festival “Citta di Padova” took place on 14-21st December 2014 in Padova, Italy.

The event was a 9-round Swiss tournament, open to all players rated above 1800 FIDE Elo.

Ukrainian GM Yuri Vovk emerged a clear winner on 7/9 points, leaving the nearest followers half a point behind.

Second place was shared in a five-way tie by GM Kiril Georgiev 2628 (Bulgaria), GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan 2565 (Armenia), GM Danyyil Dvirnyy 2515 (Italy), GM Michele Godena 2495 (Italy) and IM Gojko Laketic 2389 (Serbia) with 6.5 points each, but Georgiev prevailed on a superior tie-break score and took the silver.

You can see the full standings and replay the games below.

Official website/ LIVE games with analysis

Final standings (top finishers):

1 7 GM Vovk Yuri 2592 2700 UKR
2 6.5 GM Georgiev Kiril 2628 2610 BUL
3 6.5 GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes 2565 2617 ARM
4 6.5 GM DVIRNYY Danyyil 2515 2564 ITA
5 6.5 GM GODENA Michele 2495 2544 ITA
6 6.5 IM Laketic Gojko 2389 2486 SRB
7 6 GM Delchev Aleksander 2627 2500 BUL
8 6 FM MORONI Luca jr 2321 2457 ITA
9 6 GM Sumets Andrey 2578 2516 UKR
10 6 GM Lazic Miroljub 2459 2369 SRB
11 6 GM Drazic Sinisa 2438 2397 SRB
12 5.5 GM Palac Mladen 2584 2518 CRO
13 5.5 IM VALSECCHI Alessio 2432 2403 ITA
14 5.5 FM BRUNELLO Marina 2254 2419 ITA
15 5.5 IM CODENOTTI Marco 2345 2403 ITA
16 5.5 IM VEZZOSI Paolo 2291 2473 ITA
17 5.5 GM ROMBALDONI Axel 2505 2362 ITA
18 5.5 IM BORGO Giulio 2357 2346 ITA
19 5.5 GM Naumkin Igor 2436 2346 RUS
20 5.5 M PESCATORE Lorenzo 2234 2270 ITA
21 5.5 GM Petkov Vladimir 2527 2305 BUL
22 5 Brezovar Matjaz 2264 2436 SLO
23 5 GM Lajthajm Borko 2462 2338 SRB
24 5 IM BRUNO Fabio 2437 2299 ITA
25 5 FM AGHAYEV Miragha 2372 2293 ITA

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