Tigran Petrosian gets impressive win at Grand Europe Open

Armenian grandmaster Tigran Petrosian showed an astounding level to finish clear first at the Grand Europe Open 2013 which took place on 1-9 June at the Albena Hall in the city of Albena, Bulgaria.

Petrosian had an undefeated performance with seven wins and two draws to leave his closest followers a whole point behind. He arrived to the last round as sole leader, but with no less than four players at a half point distance. However, he defeated Romanian GM Vajda Levente with black to clear all doubts and take the winner’s trophy.

Four players tied on 7/9 points. Another Romanian, Mircea-Emilian Parligras was declared second on tiebreaks, while Armenian Hrant Melkumyan was given the bronze medal.

The tournament awarded 70 prizes that amounted to 30,000 Euros. 1st place – 5,000 Euros; 2nd place – 3,500 Euros; 3rd place – 2,500 Euros.

Thirty different nationalities were represented in the event.

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Final Standings:

1	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	ARM	2649	8
2	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	ROU	2565	7
3	GM	Melkumyan Hrant	ARM	2635	7
4	GM	Nabaty Tamir	ISR	2579	7
5	IM	Bernadskiy Vitaliy	UKR	2475	7
6	GM	Nevednichy Vladislav	ROU	2580	6.5
7	GM	Spasov Vasil	BUL	2565	6.5
8	GM	Mareco Sandro	ARG	2557	6.5
9	GM	Vajda Levente	ROU	2617	6.5
10	GM	Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag	BRA	2544	6.5
11	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	ROU	2655	6.5
12	GM	Solak Dragan	TUR	2598	6.5
13	GM	Sveshnikov Evgeny	LAT	2512	6
14	GM	Chatalbashev Boris	BUL	2560	6
15	IM	Ashwin Jayaram	IND	2472	6
16	IM	Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian	ROU	2375	6
17	GM	Sanduleac Vasile	MDA	2414	6
18	GM	Grigoryan Avetik	ARM	2605	6
19	IM	Arnaudov G. Petar	BUL	2490	6
20	GM	Berescu Alin-Mile	ROU	2461	6
21	FM	Anurag Mhamal	IND	2401	6
22	IM	Givon Asaf	ISR	2415	6
23	FM	Mgeladze Tamaz	GEO	2197	6
24	IM	Javakhadze Zurab	GEO	2450	6
25	IM	Chighladze Iveri	GEO	2396	6
26		Shishkov Minko	BUL	2264	6
27	IM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	IND	2494	5.5
28		Paravyan David	RUS	2373	5.5
29	GM	Drenchev Petar	BUL	2485	5.5
30	GM	Gavrilov Alexei	RUS	2454	5.5
31	IM	Erturan Yakup	TUR	2374	5.5
32	IM	Zarkua Davit	GEO	2441	5.5
33	IM	Enchev Ivajlo	BUL	2473	5.5
34	IM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	IND	2469	5.5
35	GM	Abramovic Bosko	SRB	2458	5.5
36	IM	Gorbatov Alexej	RUS	2350	5.5
37	GM	Solodovnichenko Yuri	UKR	2565	5.5
38	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2600	5.5
39	IM	Nakar Eylon	ISR	2390	5.5
40	IM	Arsovic Zoran	SRB	2433	5.5
41	IM	Kanmazalp Ogulcan	TUR	2382	5.5
42	WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	INA	2364	5.5
43	IM	Cvetkovic Srdjan	SRB	2387	5.5
44	FM	Zalkind Konstantin	ISR	2211	5.5
45	IM	Raznikov Danny	ISR	2491	5.5
46		Matviishen Viktor	UKR	2046	5.5
47	GM	Grigorov Grigor	BUL	2510	5
48	IM	Molina Roberto Junio Brito	BRA	2423	5
49	FM	Guempel Viktor	RUS	2212	5
50		Yurtseven Melih	TUR	2166	5
51	FM	Lilov Valeri	BUL	2434	5
52	IM	Galinsky Timofey	UKR	2439	5
53	FM	Valles Manuel	FRA	2261	5
54	GM	Gruenfeld Yehuda	ISR	2445	5
55	IM	Sveshnikov Vladimir	LAT	2411	5
56	IM	Skomorokhin Roman	RUS	2331	5
57	WIM	Baciu Diana	MDA	2249	5
58	FM	Voiteanu Gabriel	ROU	2248	5
59	WIM	Tarasova Viktoriya	RUS	2292	5
60	WGM	Ziaziulkina Nastassia	BLR	2330	5
61	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	BUL	2531	5
62	FM	Hainke Guntram Dr.	GER	2310	5
63		Danov Radi	BUL	2010	5
64	IM	Kukov Velislav	BUL	2396	5
65		Kostov Galin	BUL	2170	5
66	WGM	Voiska Margarita	BUL	2249	5
67	IM	Al-Ali Hussein Ali Hussein	IRQ	2284	5
68	GM	Radulov Ivan	BUL	2304	5
69		Kolev Atanas Tonchev	BUL	2118	5
70		Sagar Shah	IND	2359	4.5
71	GM	Spassov Liuben	BUL	2335	4.5
72	WIM	Dolzhykova Kateryna	UKR	2301	4.5
73	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	ISL	2396	4.5
74	IM	Dambrauskas Virginijus	LTU	2285	4.5
75	IM	Shurygin Sergey	RUS	2390	4.5
76	IM	Atakisi Umut	TUR	2351	4.5
77	IM	Kohlweyer Bernd	GER	2469	4.5
78		Mlynek Petr	CZE	2196	4.5
79		Primbetov Kazbek	KAZ	2225	4.5
80	FM	Abdalla Luiz Guilherme Aurell	BRA	2288	4.5
81	IM	Todorov Ognjan	BUL	2285	4.5
82	WGM	Dolzhikova Olga	NOR	2263	4.5
83		Tscharotschkin Michael	GER	2217	4.5
84		Mladenov Emil	BUL	2119	4.5
85		Ivelinov Hristo	BUL	2180	4.5
86		Galunova Tsveta	BUL	2016	4.5
87		Sari Yasin	TUR	1967	4.5
88	FM	Skomorokhin Vadim	RUS	2383	4.5
89		Banov Boil	BUL	2165	4.5
90		Will Matthias	GER	2018	4.5
91		Ninov Dayan	BUL	2116	4
92		Dimov Dian	BUL	2304	4
93		Dimitrov Dejan	BUL	2029	4
94		Ozveren Ali Bulent	TUR	2000	4
95	IM	Marholev Dimitar	BUL	2329	4
96		Janev Pavel	BUL	2223	4
97		Vutov Mario	BUL	2348	4
98		Kirchev Krasimir	BUL	1890	4
99		Stefanov Emil	BUL	1929	4
100		Parligras Cosmin	ROU	2299	4
101	IM	Gagarin Vasilij	RUS	2329	4
102		Stoyanov Svetlomir	BUL	1874	4
103		Okus Melih	TUR	2021	4
104		Savov Zheljazko	BUL	1941	4
105		Drogovoz Irina	RUS	2001	4
106	WFM	Raghavi N.	IND	2113	4
107		Peczely Sebastian Zsombor	HUN	2147	4
108		Vassiliev G.	RUS	2202	4
109		Stefanov Evtim	BUL	1979	4
110	IM	Smith Bryan G	USA	2467	3.5
111		Stoinev Metodi	BUL	2236	3.5
112	FM	Reipsch Jens	GER	2221	3.5
113		Petrov Plamen	BUL	1940	3.5
114		Stankov Krasimir	BUL	0	3.5
115		Valkov Vladimir	BUL	2033	3.5
116		Mintenko Heorhiy	HUN	2021	3.5
117		Ljangov Petar	BUL	2049	3.5
118		Rafailov Radostin	BUL	1962	3.5
119		Parvanov Mitko	BUL	1922	3.5
120		Mishkovski Lubomir	BUL	2066	3.5
121		Cavusoglu Yildiz	TUR	1946	3.5
122		Drogovoz Maria	RUS	1891	3.5
123		Ivanov Docho	BUL	1872	3.5
124		Karaivanov Alexander	BUL	1894	3.5
125		Lisnichuk Mykola	UKR	1811	3.5
126		Gagarin Vasily	RUS	1883	3.5
127		Simeonov Svetoslav	BUL	1819	3.5
128		Arnaudov Petar	BUL	2163	3.5
129		Sagaipov Timur	RUS	0	3.5
130		Ivanov Ivan Peychev	BUL	0	3
131		Kostov Stracimir	BUL	1934	3
132		Porfireanu Serban	ROU	1905	3
133		Taylor Robert Graham	WLS	1984	3
134		Miladi Vahideh	IRI	0	3
135	GM	Glek Igor	GER	2464	2.5
136	IM	Nikolov Sasho	BUL	2419	2.5
137		Atanasov Ivaylo	BUL	0	2.5
138		Galinskyi Mykhalo	UKR	1466	2.5
139		Zibarev Timofey	RUS	0	2.5
140		Dodov Tsvetan	BUL	1800	2.5
141		Raondi Yan-Martin	RUS	1659	2.5
142		Sankov Mikhail	RUS	0	2.5
143		Petkova Nadezhda	BUL	1606	2.5
144		Orlovsky Konstantin	RUS	0	2.5
145		Polomoshnova Mariya	RUS	0	2.5
146		Denisenko Aleksandr	RUS	0	2.5
147		Radionov Deni	RUS	0	2.5
148		Slavov Vladislav	RUS	0	2
149		Kolesnikov Alexander	RUS	0	1.5
150		Wang Shujuan	CHN	0	1
151	IM	Gagare Shardul	IND	2407	0
	FM	Stojanov Stanislav	BUL	2307	0
	IM	Bargan Sergei	MDA	2277	0
	WIM	Dragasevic Antonina	SRB	2153	0
		Fedotov Oleksandr	UKR	2097	0
		Mihoubi Saad	ALG	2088	0
		Memarian Milad	IRI	2029	0
		Antonenko Stanislav	RUS	0	0
		Arabadji Constantin	MDA	0	0
		Lozinina Olga	RUS	0	0
		Murinet Alexei	MDA	0	0
162		Aivazov Omar	RUS	0	0
163		Ivanov Svyatoslav	RUS	0	0