London Classic 2012 Open Rd6 Standings

Outstanding Performances
Several players are doing fabulously but the top four should be mentioned.

• Baterdene, Tsogbayar(MGL)
• Mehringer, Joerg(GER)
• Caoili, Arianne(AUS)
• Dale, Ari(AUS)

Dale, Ari(AUS)

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Background

'Ari Dale, an Aussie junior won the Asian Amateur chess championship that took place from June 1-8, 2012 at Parramatta RSL Chess Club in Sydney. Dale, rated 2061, clocked a rating performance of 2290 and remained undefeated. He scored eight points from a 9-round Swiss for 26 players.'- Asianchess 

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	Rating	TPR	W-We
138	Baterdene, Tsogbayar	3	MGL	1673	2057	2.46
135	Mehringer, Joerg	3	GER	1874	2207	2.26
29	WIM Caoili, Arianne	4.5	AUS	2202	2549	2.25
30	Dale, Ari	4.5	AUS	2122	2407	2.24
137	Baasansuren, Erdene	3	MGL	1795	2061	1.9
10	FM Roberson, Peter T	5	ENG	2350	2596	1.89
167	Wood, Peter R	2.5	ENG	1931	2183	1.54
87	Dole, Anant	3.5	RSA	2138	2323	1.52
212	Shierlaw, Hamish	2	NZL	1582	1847	1.48
28	Guerrero, Andres	4.5	VEN	2206	2385	1.44
210	Haddock, Paul	2	ENG	1665	1905	1.39
23	IM Ansell, Simon T	4.5	ENG	2377	2535	1.32
172	Dale, Finley	2.5	AUS	1691	1940	1.32

CAN and HUN
Szabo,Bence(HUN) has climbed to to 4.5/6.

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	Rating	TPR
24	Szabo, Bence	4.5	HUN	2365	2404
93	Szalontay, Mihaly	3.5	HUN	2011	2164
181	Dydak, Mateusz	2	CAN	1992	1770

Women
IM Houska, Jovanka and WIM Caoili, Arianne are tied with 4.5/6.

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	Rating	TPR
21	IM Houska, Jovanka	4.5	ENG	2396	2441
29	WIM Caoili, Arianne	4.5	AUS	2202	2549
51	WIM Iwanow, Anna	4	POL	2188	2322
105	WIM Steil-Antoni, Fiona	3	LUX	2169	2100
120	WFM Yurenok, Maria S	3	ENG	2041	2046
134	Saikhanzaya, Ganbaatar	3	MGL	1924	2056
155	WIM Guo, Emma	2.5	AUS	2000	2103
223	Kazmierczak, Ewa	1.5	POL	1487	1671
241	Spychala, Josefa	0	POL	1521	1094

Overall Standings
GM Melkumyan, Hrant(ARM) remains at the top with 5.5/6.

GM Melkumyan, Hrant

Photo chessdom GM Hrant Melkumyan 2011 European Blitz Champion 

Bio From Wikipedia-Hrant Melkumyan
In 2006, he won the U18 silver medal at the World Youth Chess Championship.^[1]

In 2009, he tied for 1st–5th with Sergey Volkov, Andrey Rychagov, Andrei Deviatkin and Zhou Weiqi in the Chigorin Memorial.^[2]

In 2010, tied for 1st–8th with Sergey Volkov, Viorel Iordachescu, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Gadir Guseinov, David Arutinian, Aleksej Aleksandrov and Tornike Sanikidze in the 12th Dubai Open.^[3]

In 2011, he tied for 2nd–4th with Borki Predojević and Mircea Pârligras in 41st International Bosna Tournament in Sarajevo;^[4] tied for 1st–2nd with Baadur Jobava in the Lake Sevan tournament in Martuni and finished second on tie-break;^[5] tied for 3rd–15th in the open section of the 15th Corsican Circuit.^[6] In December 2011 Melkumyan tied for 1st–3rd with Alexei Dreev and Radoslaw Wojtaszek in the European Blitz Chess Championship and won the event on tie-break.^[7]

2012

Won the 2nd Armenian Chess960 Championship^[8]

Tied for 4th–8th with Alexander Khalifman, Maxim Rodshtein, Fabiano Caruana and Dmitry Andreikin in the 11th Aeroflot Open'

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	Rating	TPR
1	GM Melkumyan, Hrant	5.5	ARM	2649	2780
2	GM Rowson, Jonathan	5	SCO	2586	2587
3	GM Van Kampen, Robin	5	NED	2570	2582
4	GM Hillarp Persson, Tiger	5	SWE	2546	2597
5	IM Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan	5	MGL	2530	2577
6	GM Williams, Simon K	5	ENG	2515	2593
7	IM Hamitevici, Vladimir	5	MDA	2440	2552
8	IM Bartholomew, John	5	USA	2427	2490
9	IM Zhou, Yang-Fan	5	ENG	2419	2569
10	FM Roberson, Peter T	5	ENG	2350	2596
11	GM Hebden, Mark L	4.5	ENG	2547	2506
12	GM Holzke, Frank	4.5	GER	2521	2382
13	IM Hawkins, Jonathan	4.5	ENG	2507	2506
14	IM Schneider, Dmitry	4.5	USA	2477	2467
15	IM Sadzikowski, Daniel	4.5	POL	2449	2430
16	IM Boruchovsky, Avital	4.5	ISR	2448	2413
17	IM Kiik, Kalle	4.5	EST	2437	2387
18	IM D`Costa, Lorin A R	4.5	ENG	2417	2490
19	IM Hanley, Craig A	4.5	ENG	2412	2484
20	IM Ferguson, Mark	4.5	ENG	2402	2403
21	IM Houska, Jovanka	4.5	ENG	2396	2441
22	IM Rendle, Thomas E	4.5	ENG	2381	2397
23	IM Ansell, Simon T	4.5	ENG	2377	2535
24	Szabo, Bence	4.5	HUN	2365	2404
25	Moriuchi, Toshiyuki	4.5	JPN	2316	2440
26	FM Zimmermann, Julian	4.5	GER	2299	2425
27	FM Gunajew, Rafal	4.5	POL	2260	2306
28	Guerrero, Andres	4.5	VEN	2206	2385
29	WIM Caoili, Arianne	4.5	AUS	2202	2549
30	Dale, Ari	4.5	AUS	2122	2407
31	GM Arkell, Keith C	4	ENG	2470	2321
32	IM Pert, Richard G	4	ENG	2454	2251
33	GM Shaw, John	4	SCO	2435	2421
34	IM Golubka, Petr	4	UKR	2418	2399
35	IM Sarakauskas, Gediminas	4	LTU	2408	2409
36	IM Gullaksen, Eirik	4	NOR	2384	2385
37	FM Weber, Tom	4	LUX	2372	2348
38	IM Bates, Richard A	4	ENG	2370	2372
39	FM Kojima, Shinya	4	JPN	2340	2362
40	FM Richardson, John R	4	ENG	2320	2299
41	IM Rudd, Jack	4	ENG	2288	2315
42	FM Croad, Nicolas	4	NZL	2282	2227
43	Player, Edmund C	4	ENG	2248	2254
44	FM Berry, Neil	4	SCO	2247	2265
45	Tan, Justin	4	AUS	2239	2315
46	Jackson, James P	4	ENG	2222	2249
47	Eriksson, Jorgen	4	SWE	2213	2281
48	Gikas, Andreas Basilius	4	GER	2210	2010
49	Jetzl, Joerg	4	AUT	2208	2232
50	Hanssen, Gunnar Berg	4	NOR	2207	2390
51	WIM Iwanow, Anna	4	POL	2188	2322
52	Guthrie, David	4	NZL	2167	2225
53	Ethelontis, Alexandros N	4	ENG	2155	2273
54	Luncasu, Raul-Ionut	4	ROU	2118	2110
55	McKenna, Jason P	4	ENG	2102	2289
56	Seymour, Timothy P	4	ENG	2093	2180
57	GM Cherniaev, Alexander	3.5	RUS	2460	2190
58	GM McDonald, Neil	3.5	ENG	2454	2220
59	IM Slavin, Alexey	3.5	RUS	2397	2101
60	FM Schneider, Igor	3.5	USA	2376	2266
61	FM Radovanovic, Jovica	3.5	SRB	2361	2267
62	FM Kvisvik, Brede	3.5	NOR	2316	2169
63	FM Arvola, Benjamin	3.5	NOR	2285	2346
64	Osborne, Marcus E	3.5	ENG	2280	2210
65	Chapman, Terry P D	3.5	ENG	2279	2264
66	CM Coleman, David J	3.5	ENG	2268	2179
67	FM Ledger, Dave J	3.5	ENG	2266	2356
68	FM Eames, Robert S	3.5	ENG	2263	2080
69	Stephan, Axel	3.5	GER	2233	2245
70	Black, Richard	3.5	BER	2227	2237
71	FM Kocwin, Bartosz	3.5	POL	2226	2264
72	Grant, Jonathan I M	3.5	SCO	2217	2235
73	Anderton, Matthew N	3.5	ENG	2210	2148
74	Stone, Andrew M	3.5	ENG	2203	2097
75	Wallace, Paul	3.5	IRL	2193	2241
76	Spivack, Simon S Y	3.5	ENG	2192	2233
77	Yeo, Michael J	3.5	ENG	2191	2061
78	Jaunooby, Ali R	3.5	ENG	2178	2175
79	Tozer, Philip A A	3.5	ENG	2176	2140
80	Eden, Tomer	3.5	ISR	2172	2110
81	Moloney, Nicholas R	3.5	ENG	2168	2090
82	Lee, Kai Jie Edward	3.5	SIN	2165	2210
83	Holzhauer, Bjoern	3.5	GER	2153	2023
84	Rodriguez, Vidal	3.5	VEN	2148	2221
85	Josse, Mark	3.5	ENG	2142	1967
86	Varnam, Liam D	3.5	ENG	2140	1974
87	Dole, Anant	3.5	RSA	2138	2323
88	Rumsey, Victor B	3.5	ENG	2138 *	1955
89	White, Alastair F	3.5	SCO	2112	2002
90	Hebbes, Tim	3.5	ENG	2111	2102
91	Duncan, Patrick C M	3.5	ENG	2071	2171
92	Jyothilal, N.	3.5	IND	2038	2185
93	Szalontay, Mihaly	3.5	HUN	2011	2164
94	Jeitz, Olivier	3.5	LUX	1987	2180
95	IM Dukaczewski, Piotr	3	POL	2274	2221
96	Roe, Simon J	3	ENG	2265	2097
97	Stachanczyk, Jacek	3	POL	2265	2158
98	FM Britton, Richard L	3	ENG	2233	2165
99	Berthier, Hugo	3	FRA	2220	2208
100	FM Fayard, Alain	3	FRA	2202	2276
101	Bates, Caspar J	3	ENG	2200	2203
102	IM Marusenko, Petr	3	UKR	2197	2259
103	Ilfeld, Etan	3	ISR	2191	2226
104	Semprun Martinez, Fernando	3	ESP	2183	2125
105	WIM Steil-Antoni, Fiona	3	LUX	2169	2100
106	Willmoth, Robert F	3	ENG	2164	2022
107	Eriksson, Bo	3	SWE	2154	1882
108	Zymberi, Astrit	3	ALB	2154	2041
109	Sayers, Ray	3	ENG	2153	2012
110	Maduekwe, Chiedu	3	NGR	2151	1997
111	Ociepka, Adrian	3	POL	2143	2005
112	Quinn, John M	3	ENG	2127	2022
113	CM Friedland, Jon S	3	ENG	2125	2040
114	Wheldon, Philip	3	ENG	2103	2077
115	Steevensz, Carel	3	NED	2096	1970
116	Cannon, Richard J	3	ENG	2071	2154
117	Bass, John W	3	ENG	2065	2044
118	Millward, Richard	3	ENG	2048	2001
119	Hill, Alistair	3	ENG	2042 *	2080
120	WFM Yurenok, Maria S	3	ENG	2041	2046
121	Hoegener, Claude	3	LUX	2037	2169
122	McKerracher, Douglas	3	SCO	2034	2131
123	Shepley, Julien M	3	ENG	2029	2087
124	Andreev, Peter	3	ENG	2017	1987
125	Carlile, Orison	3	IRL	2016	2086
126	Pauw, Martijn	3	NED	2011	1916
127	Casaschi, Paolo	3	ITA	2005	2177
128	Walinga, Eric Jan	3	NED	2004	1882
129	Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli	3	MAS	2001	1978
130	Gibson, Christopher A	3	ENG	1975	1964
131	Vachtfeidl, Petr	3	CZE	1945	2062
132	Stokes, Paul C	3	ENG	1930 *	2123
133	Phillips, Owen S	3	ENG	1926	2045
134	Saikhanzaya, Ganbaatar	3	MGL	1924	2056
135	Mehringer, Joerg	3	GER	1874	2207
136	Othman, Mustapha	3	NGR	1865	2055
137	Baasansuren, Erdene	3	MGL	1795	2061
138	Baterdene, Tsogbayar	3	MGL	1673	2057
139	IM Crouch, Colin S	2.5	ENG	2382	2525
140	Villiers, Thomas	2.5	ENG	2202 *	1951
141	Farrand, Tom	2.5	JCI	2200	1972
142	Hodgson, John H	2.5	ENG	2192	2161
143	Williamson, Roger G	2.5	ENG	2177	2022
144	Harari, Zaki	2.5	ENG	2143	1938
145	Gregory, Philip J	2.5	ENG	2071	1894
146	Lenier, Jude A	2.5	ENG	2069	2226
147	Burke, John S	2.5	ENG	2068	2092
148	Whitehead, David J	2.5	ENG	2059	2010
149	Siddharth, Gopakumar	2.5	IND	2054	2045
150	Knudsen, Andre	2.5	DEN	2050 *	1857
151	CM Reuben, Stewart	2.5	ENG	2045	2649
152	Ditmas, Hugh	2.5	GER	2011	1973
153	Disu, Kayode	2.5	ENG	2010 *	2030
154	Gschwendtner, Stanislav	2.5	CZE	2004	1978
155	WIM Guo, Emma	2.5	AUS	2000	2103
156	Calvert, D Ian	2.5	ENG	1999	2016
157	Cannon, Raymond C	2.5	ENG	1998	1875
158	Pleininger, Rudolf	2.5	SUI	1997	1854
159	Casiot, David J	2.5	ENG	1991	1940
160	Tart, Peter K	2.5	ENG	1989	1847
161	Kreuzer, Christopher R L	2.5	ENG	1977	1702
162	Millward, Kevin P	2.5	ENG	1969	1948
163	Koch, Alain	2.5	FRA	1960	1961
164	Matthew, Ian G	2.5	ENG	1948	1893
165	Faldon, David J	2.5	ENG	1938 *	2036
166	Fields, Francis E	2.5	ENG	1933	1931
167	Wood, Peter R	2.5	ENG	1931	2183
168	Fontaine, Olivier	2.5	FRA	1904	1845
169	De Lagontrie, Jean	2.5	FRA	1858	2096
170	Nettleton, Charlie B	2.5	ENG	1845	1995
171	Dror, Levi	2.5	ISR	1782	2010
172	Dale, Finley	2.5	AUS	1691	1940
173	Mohamed, Islam	2.5	BAN	0	1798
174	Johansson, Toni	2	SWE	2100	2015
175	Compton, Alistair	2	NZL	2090	2052
176	Takahashi, Reiji	2	JPN	2079	1952
177	Skutta, Bernd, Dr.	2	GER	2067	1836
178	De Coverly, Roger D	2	ENG	2038	1893
179	Iyengar, Ilya	2	ENG	2019	1973
180	Obiamiwe, Paul	2	NGR	1997	1826
181	Dydak, Mateusz	2	CAN	1992	1770
182	Rogers, Tim L	2	ENG	1979	1808
183	Barasi, Paul DL	2	ENG	1978 *	1964
184	Hortillosa, Andres D	2	USA	1963	1831
185	Bermingham, Tony	2	IRL	1959	1799
186	Phillips, William	2	ENG	1950	1911
187	Boger, Raymond	2	NOR	1946	1985
188	O`Molloy, Eamonn	2	IRL	1926	1917
189	Tortolero, Cesar	2	VEN	1926	1815
190	Hajenius, Willem	2	BEL	1922	1811
191	McDonnell, James J.	2	IRL	1912	1975
192	Jakobsen, Alf Gjoran	2	NOR	1901	1747
193	Marshall, Michael	2	DEN	1898	1771
194	Veznik, Michael	2	CZE	1877	1949
195	Strand, Oyvin	2	NOR	1854	1928
196	Moan, Francis E	2	ENG	1853	1873
197	Scheele, Marcus	2	GER	1850 *	1935
198	Jones, Chris S	2	ENG	1834	1856
199	Kane, Robert	2	ENG	1827	1781
200	Mc Aleenan, Charles	2	SCO	1813	1898
201	Cotter, Len	2	ENG	1802 *	1779
202	Burnham, Frank D	2	ENG	1792	1911
203	Kalerwa, Edwin M	2	ENG	1783	1834
204	Chilton, James I	2	ENG	1779	1828
205	Watson, Darrell A	2	ENG	1758	1922
206	Sigurdsson, Birkir Karl	2	ISL	1725	1891
207	Whatley, Stephen A J	2	ENG	1707	1984
208	Kouchak, Jason	2	FRA	1703	1874
209	Bratteteig, Tore-Inge	2	NOR	1684	1891
210	Haddock, Paul	2	ENG	1665	1905
211	Sonnis, Steve	2	ENG	1660	1872
212	Shierlaw, Hamish	2	NZL	1582	1847
213	Peck, Silas	2	ENG	0	1749
214	French, Angus J	1.5	ENG	2018	1877
215	Shah, Dipak K	1.5	ENG	1914	1733
216	Rusek, Walter	1.5	AUT	1831	1823
217	Boy Lazoni, Victor Hugo	1.5	PER	1806	1747
218	Rallabandi, Praveen Kumar	1.5	ENG	1793	1304
219	Gupta, Arul	1.5	ENG	1761	1826
220	Fritzer, Friedrich	1.5	AUT	1716	1714
221	Gates, David A	1.5	ENG	1705	1688
222	Miu, Marinel	1.5	ROU	1631	1740
223	Kazmierczak, Ewa	1.5	POL	1487	1671
224	McManus, Gordon	1.5	ENG	0	1684
225	Webster, Richard J	1	ENG	1994	1760
226	Hoekstra, Carl	1	NED	1937	1669
227	Clayton, Tristan	1	ENG	1830	1605
228	Campbell, Eoin	1	SCO	1819	1671
229	Parry, Jacques	1	ENG	1809	1333
230	Reutimann, Hans Peter	1	SUI	1783	1778
231	Kroezen, Roland	1	NED	1726	1245
232	Lie, Terje	1	NOR	1595	1618
239	Pattni, Kishan	0	ENG	1747	1172
240	CM Altman, Joshua	0	ENG	1555	1160
241	Spychala, Josefa	0	POL	1521	1094