Brazilian Grandmaster Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian convincingly won the open tournament in Varna, Bulgaria, after concluding the event with 7,5 points from nine games, leaving the chasing pack a full point behind.
The 7th International Chess Tournament Varna Open was held on 19-27th June. The tournament was organized by the Chess Club “Veselin Topalov”.
89 players from 11 countries competed, including 13 Grandmasters and 12 International Masters.
Final standings:
1. GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag BRA 2544 – 7.5
2. GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2502 – 6.5
3. GM Rusev Krasimir BUL 2556 – 6.5
4. IM Dimitrov Radoslav BUL 2429 – 6.5
5. IM Arnaudov G. Petar BUL 2490 – 6.5
6. GM Janev Evgeni BUL 2444 – 6.5
7. IM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2469 – 6.5
8. GM Mareco Sandro ARG 2557 – 6.5
9. IM Molina Roberto Junio Brito BRA 2423 – 6.5
10. IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2472 – 6.5
11. GM Spasov Vasil BUL 2565 – 6
12. GM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2538 – 6
13. IM Filip Lucian ROU 2458 – 6
14. FM Lilov Valeri BUL 2434 – 6
15. IM Vedmediuc Serghei MDA 2460 – 6
16. GM Drenchev Petar BUL 2485 – 5.5
17. Sagar Shah IND 2359 – 5.5
18. GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2560 – 5.5
19. GM Popchev Milko BUL 2433 – 5.5
20. FM Vachev Vladimir BUL 2155 – 5.5
21. IM Kukov Velislav BUL 2396 – 5.5
22. IM Belov Igor RUS 2418 – 5.5
23. Ivelinov Hristo BUL 2180 – 5.5
24. Bizovi Mihai MDA 2137 – 5.5
25. GM Spiridonov Nikola BUL 2248 – 5.5
26. Gurvich Vitaly RUS 1935 – 5.5
27. FM Abdalla Luiz Guilherme Aurell BRA 2288 – 5
28. Banov Boil BUL 2165 – 5
29. IM Gagarin Vasilij RUS 2329 – 5
30. IM Panbukchian Valentin BUL 2331 – 5
31. GM Spassov Liuben BUL 2335 – 5
32. Georgiev Biser BUL 2271 – 5
33. WFM Raghavi N. IND 2113 – 5
34. Kostadinov Teodosi BUL 2174 – 5
35. Karaivanov Alexander BUL 1894 – 5
36. Hristov Petar BUL 1999 – 5
37. Ljangov Petar BUL 2049 – 5
38. Ivanov Ivan Petkov BUL 0 – 5
39. Tishova Svetlana RUS 1702 – 5
40. Petrov Vladimir Sergeev BUL 2038 – 5
41. FM Vavric Pavel MDA 2239 – 4.5
42. Borzov Dmitri UKR 2133 – 4.5
43. Krasovskiy Kirill RUS 2045 – 4.5
44. Petkov Hristo BUL 2054 – 4.5
45. Talmaci Alexandru MDA 2006 – 4.5
46. Petrov Martin BUL 1990 – 4.5
47. Sagaipov Timur RUS 0 – 4.5
48. Nikolov Todor BUL 0 – 4.5
49. Georgiev Konstantin BUL 1952 – 4.5
50. Ilic Slobodan S SRB 2135 – 4
51. Dimov Danail BUL 1905 – 4
52. Karadzhov Iliyan BUL 0 – 4
53. Gidicov Artiom MDA 2037 – 4
54. Apostolov Teodor BUL 0 – 4
55. Koleva Aleksandrina BUL 1654 – 4
56. Gagarin Vasily RUS 1883 – 4
57. Yordanov Lachezar BUL 1614 – 4
58. Zhivkov Georgi BUL 2132 – 4
59. Yanev Bogdan BUL 1779 – 4
60. Zhelyazkov Iliya BUL 0 – 4
61. Yordanov Adrian Daniel BUL 1576 – 4
62. Velikov Neno BUL 0 – 4
63. Hristov Boris BUL 1695 – 4
64. Getov Borislav BUL 1773 – 4
65. Kirkov Mihail BUL 1623 – 4
66. Mitev Valentin BUL 1514 – 3.5
67. Tachev Kamen BUL 1617 – 3.5
68. Talmaci Alexandru MDA 1581 – 3.5
69. Petkova Nadezhda BUL 1606 – 3.5
70. Zharavin Kiril RUS 0 – 3.5
71. Kovachev Radoslav BUL 1572 – 3.5
72. Dimitrov Dejan BUL 2029 – 3
73. Radionov Deni RUS 0 – 3
74. Malinina Alina RUS 1520 – 3
75. Surkova Sofya RUS 0 – 3
76. Tolovikov Ivan RUS 0 – 3
77. Genov Ivaylo BUL 1556 – 3
78. Sarbu Adela ROU 1307 – 3
79. IM Nikolov Sasho BUL 2419 – 2.5
80. Sarbu Zeno-Iulius ROU 1460 – 2.5
81. Pukhov Maksim RUS 0 – 2.5
82. Lupascu Diana-Elena ROU 1341 – 2.5
83. Vinogradov Jevgenij RUS 0 – 2.5
84. Chobanov Ivan BUL 1615 – 2.5
85. Talmaci Chiril MDA 0 – 2.5
86. GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2579 – 1.5
87. Malov Dmitrij RUS 0 – 1.5
88. Wang Shujuan CHN 0 – 1.5
89. Gramatik Maxim RUS 0 – 1
