Oslo Chess International: Rainer Buhmann, Eduardas Rozentalis share first place

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GM Buhmann vs. GM Del Rio De Angelis

Time for some chess tournament news. Chessdom has translated a nice report on the Oslo Chess International 2012 organised as a cooperation between IA IO Hans Olav Lahlum and the Akademisk chess club from the Oslo University during the Norwegian autumn holiday 30 September – 7 October at Thon Hotel Ullevaal Stadion.

The tournament system was same as in 2011, meaning a GM-group for players above 2150 and an ELO-group for players below 2150.

The GM-group saw several leaders throughout the competition, but ultimately Grandmasters Rainer Buhmann and Eduardas Rozentalis shared the first place with 7/9 points each after winning their last round games against GM Salvador Del Rio De Angelis and IM Frode Urkedal respectively.

Rainer Buhmann takes the winner’s trophy on better additional criteria. Noregian GM Rune Djurhuus was in good position to claim the tournament, but the last round defeat against GM Marci Narciso Dublan of Spain pushed him down to the shared 3rd place.

GM Stephen Gordon had a flying start with 5,5/6 points but then he suffered a pair of losses and finally completed the event with 6/9 points. The only norm in the tournament was won by FM Jan Lundin (SWE 2245), a career Swedish diplomat who was very active in Belgrade tournaments during his service, who earned his 4th IM norm. The ELO-group had 73 players. Svein Rishovd (NOR 1996) took a clear first place with 7,5/9 points.

Final standings GM-group (40 participants):1-2. GM Rainer Buhmann GER 2578 and GM Eduardas Rozentalis LTU 2570 – 7,0
3-4. GM Rune Djurhuus NOR 2436 and GM Marc Narciso Dublan ESP 2523 – 6,5
5-6. GM Stephen J Gordon ENG 2556 and IM Atle Grønn NOR 2364 – 6,0
7-9. IM Axel Rombaldoni ITA 2458, IM Jovanka Houska ENG 2398 and IM Øystein Hole NOR 2366 – 5,5 etc

Report based on the article at BergenSjakk. 
Photos courtesy of the official website.

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Sommer Chess Open: GM Andrey Vovk Wins Clear First

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The latest chess news via Chessdom is that GM Andrey Vovk has won a clear first at the Sommer Chess Open 2012 that was held from August 6-10 at the Crystal Hall of Chess Center LA8, Lichtentaler Allee 8, D-76530 Baden-Baden, Germany.

GM Andrey Vovk

The Open A was for all players while Open B was reserved for the players rated U1700 DWZ. The playing system in both groups was 7 round Swiss, with time control 40 moves/120min + 30 min/rest. Ukrainian Grandmaster Andrey Vovk scored a key last round victory against the top seeded GM Rainer Buhmann to take a clear first place with 6.5/7 points. GM Vadim Malakhatko and the 15-years old local hope FM Dennis Wagner shared the 2nd place with 6 points each. Reinhold Becker and Klaus Künitz are the joint winners of Open B, both finishing with 6/7 points. Prize fund: About 4,000 EUR (A-Open approx. 2,500 EUR, B-Open approx. 1,600 EUR). You can access the official website for more details.

Top standings
1 GM Vovk Andrey UKR 2543 – 6.5
2 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2528 – 6
3 FM Wagner Dennis GER 2439 – 6
4 GM Levin Felix GER 2510 – 5.5
5 Carow Johannes GER 2216 – 5.5
6 IM Fernandez Daniel Howard SIN 2370 – 5.5
7 GM Buhmann Rainer GER 2571 – 5
8 IM Zeller Frank GER 2400 – 5
9 FM Volodin Ivan RUS 2257 – 5
10 FM Kunz Konstantin GER 2303 – 5
11 Bohnert Dominik GER 1891 – 5
12 FM Wiley Tom E ENG 2283 – 5
13 Tennert Simon GER 2075 – 5
14 Schott Reimund FRA 1946 – 5
15 Arnold Max GER 2090 – 4.5
16 FM Mühlenhaus Sven GER 2209 – 4.5
17 Braun Georg GER 2204 – 4.5
18 Fichter Fabian GER 2044 – 4.5
19 Naundorf Maik GER 2118 – 4.5
20 Wenninger Philipp GER 2208 – 4.5
21 Doskocil Klaus AUT 2274 – 4.5
22 Wilen Eero FIN 2056 – 4.5
23 Privitera Franco ITA 2088 – 4.5
24 Gibicar Danijel GER 2085 – 4.5
25 Mager Denis GER 1950 – 4.5
26 WFM Kirsanova Ekaterina RUS 2168 – 4.5
27 Cofman Veaceslav GER 2052 – 4.5
28 Graf Andreas GER 2064 – 4.5
29 Becker Matthias GER 2018 – 4.5
30 Bauer Björn-Benny GER 1992 – 4.5
31 Grunau Christoph GER 1953 – 4.5
32 Clancy Jonathan GER 1608 – 4.5
33 Maedler Thomas GER 2225 – 4.5
34 Ahmad Momin GER 1916 – 4.5

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