Marianske Lazne
The 2016 Marienbad Open Tournament was held from January 16-23, in Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic.
The event was a 10-player single round robin tournament with an average Elo rating of 2446.
GM Dmitry Kononeko from Ukraine emerged a solo winner with 7/9 points, leaving the runner-up IM Ori Kobo from Israel half a point behind.
The 19-year-old Israeli played at Elo performance 2613 to fulfill a GM norm and added 21 new Elo points ti his rating.
IM Ly Moulthum from Australia scored 5 points to take the bronze.
Official website/ Standings and statistics/ LIVE games with analysis
Final standings:
1 GM Kononenko Dmitry UKR 2618 7
2 IM Kobo Ori ISR 2437 6.5
3 IM Moulthun Ly AUS 2474 5
4 GM Kim Alexey KOR 2460 4.5
5 FM Szwed Jacek POL 2369 4.5
6 GM Teske Henrik GER 2461 4.5
7 FM Vykouk Jan CZE 2427 4
8 IM Esserman Marc USA 2419 4
9 IM Padmini Rout IND 2427 3.5
10 Siva Mahadevan IND 2370 1.5
