The International Chess Open Graz 2015 took place on 13-20th February 2015 at the beautiful and modern Hotel Spa Novapark in Graz, the second-largest city in Austria.
The event was a 9-round Swiss open with tempo of play 90′/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.
126 players from 21 countries participated in the tournament, including 12 GMs, 2 WGMs, 20 IMs, 24 FMs and 3 WFMs.
Polish GM Bartosz Socko won the event with 7,5/9 points and took the first prize in the amount of 1.400 €.
French GM Andrei Istratescu edged GM Markus Ragger from Austria, IM Leandro Krysa from Argentine and Italian junior FM Francesco Rambaldi on a better tie-break score to take the silver, after the whole group finished the event with 7 points.
You can see the full results and replay the games below.
Official website/ More information/ Games with analysis
Final standings:
1 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2611 7,5 2746
2 GM Istratescu Andrei FRA 2628 7 2639
3 GM Ragger Markus AUT 2652 7 2616
4 IM Krysa Leandro ARG 2457 7 2562
5 FM Rambaldi Francesco ITA 2490 7 2551
6 GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2598 6,5 2579
7 GM Heberla Bartlomiej POL 2558 6,5 2515
8 FM Thakur Akash IND 2304 6,5 2483
9 GM Bogner Sebastian SUI 2559 6,5 2474
10 IM Kuzmicz Krystian POL 2473 6 2571
11 GM Socko Monika POL 2452 6 2538
12 IM Baldauf Marco GER 2401 6 2529
13 IM Bellia Fabrizio ITA 2405 6 2522
14 IM Pichot Alan ARG 2486 6 2498
15 IM Korpa Bence HUN 2417 6 2493
16 FM Jarmula Lukasz POL 2358 6 2476
17 FM Gaehwiler Gabriel SUI 2342 6 2414
18 FM Padeiro Jose POR 2304 6 2329
19 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2547 5,5 2479
20 FM Markoja Boris SLO 2306 5,5 2475
21 GM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2479 5,5 2448
22 FM Tomazini Zan SLO 2390 5,5 2440
23 IM Schreiner Peter AUT 2431 5,5 2435
24 FM Halvax Georg AUT 2316 5,5 2429
25 FM Bagi Mate HUN 2385 5,5 2419
26 IM Gledura Benjamin HUN 2461 5,5 2386
27 WGM Ozturk Kubra TUR 2250 5,5 2382
28 GM Perez Ponsa Federico ARG 2558 5,5 2374
29 FM Kvetny Mark GER 2294 5,5 2367
30 Frank Paul Dr.Di AUT 2194 5,5 2356
31 IM Schachinger Mario AUT 2443 5,5 2355
32 Dehlinger Alexander GER 2236 5,5 2351
33 IM Freitag Manfred AUT 2388 5,5 2288
34 Abbas Daniel ENG 2146 5,5 2284
35 CM Nguyen Thai Dai Van CZE 2352 5,5 2281
36 GM Popovic Dusan SRB 2507 5 2419
37 IM Studer Noel SUI 2407 5 2383
38 IM Kurmann Oliver SUI 2437 5 2363
39 FM Sadilek Peter AUT 2339 5 2353
40 FM Gazik Viktor SVK 2320 5 2340