The Russian Grandmaster Boris Grachev is the winner of the Basel Chess Festival 2013. Grachev scored 5,5/7, the same points as GM Levente Vajda, GM Robin Van Kampen, and GM Andrej Istratescu, but had better tiebreak score. Grachev started with quality 4,0/4, which allowed him to secure the title with three straight draws to the end.
Places 5-12 were shared by some of the top competitors of the Basel Schachfestival – GM Vachier-Lagrave, GM Alexandr Fier, GM Hrant Meklumyan, GM Romain Edouard, GM Ghaem Maghami, GM Yannik Pelletier, GM Vorotnikov, and GM Mateusz Bartel, all with 5,0/7.
Half a point behind them is the Tata Steel B 2013 participant GM Maxim Turov, and the top untitled player of the championship Svetlin Mladenov.
- Boris Grachev with Levente Vajda (left) and Robin Van Kampen (right)
Standings
1 | GM | Grachev,Boris | 2688 | 5.5 |
2 | GM | Vajda,Levente | 2603 | 5.5 |
3 | GM | Van Kampen,Robin | 2581 | 5.5 |
4 | GM | Istratescu,Andrej | 2654 | 5.5 |
5 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave,M | 2711 | 5 |
6 | GM | Fier,Alexandr | 2573 | 5 |
7 | GM | Melkumyan,Hrant | 2656 | 5 |
8 | GM | Edouard,Romain | 2686 | 5 |
9 | GM | Ghaem Maghami,Ehs | 2572 | 5 |
10 | GM | Pelletier,Yannick | 2604 | 5 |
11 | GM | Vorotnikov,Vladis | 2464 | 5 |
12 | GM | Bartel,Mateusz | 2629 | 5 |
13 | GM | Turov,Maxim | 2630 | 4.5 |
14 | Mladenov,Svetlin | 2407 | 4.5 | |
15 | IM | Hansen,Eric | 2568 | 4.5 |
16 | IM | Heimann,Andreas | 2489 | 4.5 |
17 | IM | Milosevic,Goran | 2328 | 4.5 |
18 | IM | Lekic,Dusan | 2411 | 4.5 |
19 | FM | Georgiadis,Nico | 2369 | 4.5 |
20 | IM | Toth,Bela | 2352 | 4.5 |
21 | IM | Maier,Christian | 2354 | 4.5 |
22 | FM | Dann,Matthias | 2432 | 4.5 |
23 | WGM | Maisuradze,Nino | 2306 | 4.5 |
24 | IM | Faibisovich,Vadim | 2349 | 4.5 |
25 | FM | Lötscher,Roland | 2395 | 4 |
26 | IM | Kurmann,Oliver | 2456 | 4 |
27 | GM | Gavrilov,Alexei | 2501 | 4 |
28 | Schmidt-Schäffer, | 2356 | 4 | |
29 | FM | Flückiger,Christi | 2344 | 4 |
30 | IM | Filipovic,Branko | 2369 | 4 |
31 | IM | Bogdanovich,Grigo | 2343 | 4 |
32 | FM | Vulevic,Vjekoslav | 2299 | 4 |
33 | IM | Dimitrov,Atanas | 2346 | 4 |
34 | Tschann,Stephan | 2224 | 4 | |
35 | IM | Hendriks,Willy | 2420 | 4 |
36 | FM | Nuri,Kambez | 2241 | 4 |
37 | IM | Bhend,Edwin | 2248 | 4 |
38 | WIM | Guo,Emma | 2006 | 3.5 |
39 | FM | Aguera Naredo,Jav | 2417 | 3.5 |
40 | FM | Grandadam,Nicolas | 2322 | 3.5 |
41 | Kvetny,Mark | 2201 | 3.5 | |
42 | Balint,Vilmos | 2252 | 3.5 | |
43 | Aerni,Andreas | 2206 | 3.5 | |
44 | Karabalis,Harilos | 2245 | 3.5 | |
45 | Faraone,Ettore | 2003 | 3.5 | |
46 | Sand,Rolf,Dr. | 1949 | 3.5 | |
47 | Schenker,Roberto | 2129 | 3.5 | |
48 | FM | Lutz,Bernhard | 2348 | 3.5 |
49 | FM | Melkumjanc,Nicola | 2256 | 3.5 |
50 | Stoeri,Laura | 2053 | 3.5 | |
51 | FM | Hess,Christian | 2269 | 3.5 |
52 | Winterberg,Lukas | 2212 | 3.5 | |
53 | Eidinger,Helmut | 2137 | 3.5 | |
54 | Staechelin,Ruedi | 2078 | 3.5 | |
55 | Spiess,Thomas | 2028 | 3.5 | |
56 | Giesler,Julius | 2089 | 3 | |
57 | FM | Mäurer,Christoph, | 2291 | 3 |
58 | Müller,Werner | 2033 | 3 | |
59 | Sommerhalder,Eric | 2054 | 3 | |
60 | Grandadam,Patrik | 2204 | 3 | |
61 | FM | Ernst,Rolf | 2131 | 3 |
62 | Villegas,Pierre | 2234 | 3 | |
63 | Stolniceanu,Victo | 2135 | 3 | |
64 | Graeber,Fabien | 2071 | 3 | |
65 | Wirz,Heinz | 2161 | 2.5 | |
66 | Prill,Daniel | 2154 | 2.5 | |
67 | Klumpp,Jochen | 2070 | 2.5 | |
68 | Bagri,Jaspaul | 2178 | 2.5 | |
69 | Curien,Nicolas | 2239 | 2.5 | |
70 | Heinis,Vincent | 2101 | 2.5 | |
71 | Michaelis,Nico | 2165 | 2.5 | |
72 | Bräunlin,Klaus-Ro | 2131 | 2.5 | |
73 | Frey,Matthias | 1958 | 2.5 | |
74 | Düssel,Udo | 2228 | 2.5 | |
75 | Ditzler,Jürg | 2038 | 2.5 | |
76 | FM | Vatter,Hans-Joach | 2318 | 2 |
77 | Deubelbeiss,René | 2015 | 2 | |
78 | FM | Xheladini,Mahmut | 2281 | 2 |
79 | Tillmann,Marc | 1999 | 2 | |
80 | Janasik,Gerhard,D | 2014 | 2 | |
81 | Bender,Dirk | 2047 | 2 | |
82 | Prill,Gerhard | 2056 | 2 | |
83 | Brait,Wolfgang | 2021 | 2 | |
84 | Terraz,Christian | 2098 | 1.5 | |
85 | Kaspereit,Holger | 2094 | 1.5 | |
86 | Wehrle,Uwe | 2117 | 1.5 | |
87 | Jud,Marc | 2032 | 1.5 | |
88 | Stankovic,Zeljko | 2212 | 0.5 | |
89 | Moser,Guido | 2006 | 0.5 |
