The 10th International Chess Festival Highlands Open 2014 was held from 17th to 24th May, 2014 at the Atom Hotel in Trebic, a town in the Vysocina Region of the Czech Republic.
The tournament was organized by AVE-KONTAKT s.r.o. in cooperation with Chess club Caissa Trebic and Regional Chess Association of Vysocina in a 9 round Swiss format with a time control 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds increment starting from move 1.
63 players from 7 different countries took part in the Festival, including 1 GM, 6 IMs and 1 FM. They were competing for the total prize fund in the amount of 20 000 CZK.
IM Sebastian Plischki (Germany), GM Mikhail Ivanov (Russia), IM Andrejs Strebkovs (Latvia) and IM Alexander Chudinovskih (Russia) shared first place with 6.5/9 points each, but IM Plischki took the trophy on superior tie-break score.
Final standings:
1 IM Plischki Sebastian GER 2423 6,5
2 GM Ivanov Mikhail M. RUS 2372 6,5
3 IM Strebkovs Andrejs LAT 2356 6,5
4 IM Chudinovskikh Alexander M. RUS 2282 6,5
5 IM Mishuchkov NikolaI RUS 2313 6
6 IM Piankov Evgenij UKR 2284 6
7 FM Bartos Jan CZE 2232 6
8 Karasek Lukas CZE 2196 6
9 IM Chetverik Maxim RUS 2260 6
10 Richterova Natasa CZE 2053 6
11 Machan Jan CZE 2261 5,5
12 Haba Zdenek CZE 2297 5,5
13 Walek Petr CZE 2125 5,5
14 Heppell Ian ENG 2090 5,5
15 Skorepa Tomas CZE 1812 5,5
16 Miculka Petr CZE 2018 5,5
17 Hrubant Ivan CZE 2068 5
18 Kotva Milan CZE 2027 5
19 Spanton Tim ENG 1961 5
20 Bradac Roman CZE 2031 5
21 Karban Vlastimil CZE 2119 5
22 Andreev Alexandre RUS 2062 5
23 Paldus Petr CZE 2008 5
24 Liduch Filip CZE 1870 5
25 Jelinek Vaclav CZE 1971 5
26 Cieslak Leszek CZE 2007 5
27 Ruzicka Josef CZE 1999 5
28 Svoboda Ivo CZE 1993 5
29 Young Mel ENG 1942 5
30 Tesar Jan CZE 2084 5
31 Pavlis Jaromir CZE 1975 5
32 Veznik Michael CZE 1929 4,5
33 Mezlik Stanislav CZE 1879 4
34 Saroun Radek CZE 1875 4
35 Majerik Vladimir CZE 1884 4
36 Doskar Miloslav CZE 1703 4
37 Suchomelova Simona CZE 1834 4
38 Simkin Alexander RUS 1867 4
39 Von Keyserlingk Chanda GER 1730 4
40 Bazala Vladimir CZE 1812 4
41 Bachan Lukas CZE 1910 4
42 Svizensky Lubos CZE 1922 4
43 Oburka Vladislav CZE 1861 4
44 Kearsley Raymond ENG 1744 4
45 Normann Oyvind NOR 1973 4
46 Kosina Vladimir CZE 1802 4
47 Stork Rostislav CZE 1812 4
48 Skorepa Jakub CZE 1838 4
49 Korinkova Eva CZE 1816 4
50 Svoboda Frantisek CZE 1745 3,5
51 Collins Alan ENG 1730 3,5
52 Divis Jan CZE 1705 3,5
53 Feldvabl Vilem CZE 1746 3,5
54 Burdov Petr RUS 1646 3
55 Gurtovoi Borys UKR 1935 3
56 Ornet Tomas CZE 1686 3
57 Baraniuk Andrej UKR 1682 3
58 Glacner Karel CZE 1579 3
59 Schoeppe Christian GER 1592 2,5
60 Brhlik Antonin CZE 1718 2,5
61 Halbrstat Petr CZE 1513 2,5
62 Richterova Julie CZE 1464 2
63 Horak Jaroslav CZE 1595 2
