GM Nils Grandelius Wins 2nd Golden Sands Chess Open 2013

12th Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Latest Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013

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Swedish Grandmaster Nils Grandelius has won the 2nd Golden Sands open tournament that was held 10-18th June in the Bulgarian sea resort Golden Sands. Grandelius defeated Indian GM Arun Prasad in the last round to complete the tournament with 7,5/9 points. Vladislav Nevednichy and MR Venkatesh were also victorious to catch Zbynek Hracek and Vladimir Georgiev in shared second place. WGM Mary Ann Gomes was the best placed woman with 6,5 points. (Chessdom.com) Final standing in the extended post.




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Vladislav Nevednichy Wins Golden Island Krk Chess 2013

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013

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Here is the latest chess tournament news via Fide. Romanian GM Vladislav Nevednichy showed an impressive performance to take clear first place in the International chess tournament Golden Island Krk 2013, which took place on 6-12th April at the Hotel Malin in Malinska, Island Krk, Croatia. Nevednichy was undefeated during the whole tournament and obtained 8/9 points, to end up with a 2736 rating performance. He defeated all his lower-rated opponents and drew with the two top seeds to complete this feat. Croatian GM Ognjen Cvitan and his compatriot IM Goran Durovic finished second and third, respectively, both with 6.5/9 points. The event was organized by the Chess club “Draga” Rijeka and Chess club “Krk”.




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