The Elite Hotels Open and Lilla Elite Hotels Open took place from 13-15th February, 2015, in Vaxjo, a city in Sweden.
The events were played in an 8-round Swiss format with tempo of play 15′ + 5″ for the first 4 rounds and 90′ + 30″ for the second half of the tournament.
German Olympian and Webster University Senior GM Georg Meier won The Master Section convincingly with 7,5/8 points, leaving the nearest followers full point behind.
GM Erik Blomqvist from Sweden edged Ukrainian GM Yuri Solodovnichenko, FM Drazen Dragicevic from Serbia and GM Ralf Akesson from Sweden on a better tie-break score after the whole group finished the event with 6,5 points.
Swedish players Filip Björkman and Margo Polovnikova SWE tied for the first place in Lilla Elite Hotels Open with Norwegian Svein Dale on 6,5/8 points each, but Björkman prevailed on a superior tie-break score and took the gold.
You can see the full standings and replay the games below.
Tournament website/ Elite Hotels Open Vaxjo/ Lilla Elite Hotels Open Vaxjo LIVE games
Elite Hotels Open final standings:
1 GM Meier Georg GER 2641 7,5 (Webster U Senior)
2 GM Blomqvist Erik SWE 2521 6,5
3 GM Solodovnichenko Yuri UKR 2577 6,5
4 FM Dragicevic Drazen SWE 2248 6,5
5 GM Åkesson Ralf SWE 2451 6,5
6 GM Berg Emanuel SWE 2543 6
7 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2552 6
8 FM Hedman Erik SWE 2376 6
9 IM Johansson Linus SWE 2394 6
10 IM Smith Axel SWE 2488 6
11 GM Semcesen Daniel SWE 2466 6
12 GM Ernst Thomas SWE 2369 6
13 FM Livner Anders SWE 2343 6
14 GM Brynell Stellan SWE 2452 6
15 IM Sjödahl Pontus SWE 2428 5,5
16 IM Westerberg Jonathan SWE 2430 5,5
17 FM Lindgren Philip SWE 2340 5,5
18 Schneider Stefan SWE 2387 5,5
19 FM Kockum Anton Frisk SWE 2375 5,5
20 WIM Agrest Inna SWE 2174 5,5 (Webster U Grad)
21 FM Henriksson Johan SWE 2241 5,5
Lind Jan-Olov SWE 2238 5,5
23 FM Arman Deniz TUR 2276 5,5
Ottenklev Niklas SWE 2115 5,5
25 IM Lindberg Bengt SWE 2385 5,5
26 Eriksson Kristian SWE 2153 5,5
27 Lindh Fredrik SWE 2219 5,5
28 Olofsson-Dolk Mattis SWE 2228 5
29 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel ESP 2368 5
30 Johansson Roland SWE 1963 5