Wojtaszek winner of Vladimir Petrov Memorial 2013

Polish GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek grabbed the winner’s trophy at the Vladimir Petrov Memorial 2013 after edging Russian GM Vladimir Malakhov on tie-break. Both players finished with 10,5 points from 14 games.

Vassily Ivanchuk was in great position to fight for the top prize but the last round defeat against Sandipan Chanda pushed him down to the shared third place.

Vladimir Petrov Memorial 2013 is organized by the Latvian Chess Federation and Grandmaster Alexei Shirov with the aim to pay tribute to one of the brightest representatives of Latvian Chess ever who tragically died in Soviet camps during the Second World War.

The 14-round Swiss with the rapid time control 15min+6sec was held on 15-17 February at the Jurmala City museum in Jurmala, Latvia.

Final standings:

1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2710 – 10.5
2 GM Malakhov Vladimir RUS 2730 – 10.5
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2714 – 10
4 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2590 – 10
5 GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2541 – 9.5
6 GM Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2656 – 9.5
7 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2601 – 9.5
8 GM Grachev Boris RUS 2691 – 9.5
9 GM Alekseev Evgeny RUS 2672 – 9.5
10 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2728 – 9
11 GM Kovalenko Igor UKR 2635 – 9
12 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2575 – 9
13 GM Gleizerov Evgeny RUS 2570 – 9
14 GM Krasenkow Michal POL 2642 – 9
15 IM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2523 – 9
16 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2628 – 9
17 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2603 – 9
18 IM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2455 – 8.5
19 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2615 – 8.5
20 GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2475 – 8.5
21 NM Bernotas Arturs LAT 2323 – 8.5
22 GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2572 – 8.5
23 GM Yevseev Denis RUS 2528 – 8.5
24 FM Kantans Toms LAT 2360 – 8.5
25 IM Chigaev Maksim RUS 2417 – 8.5
26 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2785 – 8
27 GM Agrest Evgenij SWE 2599 – 8
28 IM Dragun Kamil POL 2484 – 8
29 GM Peralta Fernando ARG 2632 – 8
30 GM Kurnosov Igor RUS 2679 – 8
31 FM Lavendelis Egons LAT 2301 – 8
32 GM Kryakvin Dmitry RUS 2460 – 8
33 IM Shkapenko Pavel RUS 2384 – 8
34 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny LAT 2566 – 8
35 GM Lanka Zigurds LAT 2430 – 8
36 GM Luther Thomas GER 2540 – 8
37 GM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2571 – 7.5
38 GM Maiorov Nikita BLR 2539 – 7.5
39 GM Nyback Tomi FIN 2631 – 7.5
40 IM Sveshnikov Vladimir LAT 2425 – 7.5
41 GM Volodin Aleksandr EST 2488 – 7.5
42 FM Meskovs Nikita LAT 2436 – 7.5
43 MK Belousov Gennadiy RUS 2232 – 7.5
44 MK Ladva Ottomar EST 2252 – 7.5
45 NM Putka Verners LAT 2296 – 7.5