London Open 2012 Rd8 Standings

At The Top
Four players share first with 6.5/8 going into round 9.

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Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	GM Melkumyan, Hrant	6.5	ARM	M	2649	2671	0.34
2	GM Van Kampen, Robin	6.5	NED	M	2570	2620	0.61
3	GM Hebden, Mark L	6.5	ENG	M	2547	2584	0.41
4	GM Williams, Simon K	6.5	ENG	M	2515	2625	1.16

Big Gainers
Foreign players are doing well. FM Robertson has 6pts and is having a stellar tournament.

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We
134	Baasansuren, Erdene	4	MGL	M	1795	2081	2.67
135	Kouchak, Jason	4	FRA	M	1703	1997	2.59
133	Mehringer, Joerg	4	GER	M	1874	2188	2.51
167	Baterdene, Tsogbayar	3.5	MGL	M	1673	1973	2.5
18	FM Roberson, Peter T	6	ENG	M	2350	2565	2.34
90	Lenier, Jude A	4.5	ENG	M	2069	2284	2.02
38	Guerrero, Andres	5.5	VEN	M	2206	2389	1.98
87	Dale, Ari	4.5	AUS	M	2122	2308	1.93

Top Hungarians and Canadians
Szabo has climbed to 5.5/8 for a close to 2400 performance.

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We
32	Szabo, Bence	5.5	HUN	M	2365	2396	0.42
150	Szalontay, Mihaly	3.5	HUN	M	2011	2068	0.37
153	Dydak, Mateusz	3.5	CAN	M	1992	1826	-1.58

Top Women
Houska,J is the top scorer with 6/8.

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We
16	IM Houska, Jovanka	6	ENG	F	2396	2512	1.42
75	WIM Caoili, Arianne	4.5	AUS	F	2202	2396	1.72
98	WIM Iwanow, Anna	4	POL	F	2188	2227	0.51
100	WIM Steil-Antoni, Fiona	4	LUX	F	2169	2112	-0.42
117	WFM Yurenok, Maria S	4	ENG	F	2041	2071	0.14
124	WIM Guo, Emma	4	AUS	F	2000	2103	0.66
130	Saikhanzaya, Ganbaatar	4	MGL	F	1924	2059	1.38
214	Kazmierczak, Ewa	2.5	POL	F	1487	1671	0.92
243	Spychala, Josefa	0	POL	F	1521	1047	-1.65

Overall Standings

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	GM Melkumyan, Hrant	6.5	ARM	M	2649	2671	0.34
2	GM Van Kampen, Robin	6.5	NED	M	2570	2620	0.61
3	GM Hebden, Mark L	6.5	ENG	M	2547	2584	0.41
4	GM Williams, Simon K	6.5	ENG	M	2515	2625	1.16
5	GM Rowson, Jonathan	6	SCO	M	2586	2537	-0.32
6	GM Hillarp Persson, Tiger	6	SWE	M	2546	2540	0.18
7	IM Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan	6	MGL	M	2530	2497	-0.19
8	IM Hawkins, Jonathan	6	ENG	M	2507	2511	0.14
9	IM Schneider, Dmitry	6	USA	M	2477	2501	0.37
10	IM Boruchovsky, Avital	6	ISR	M	2448	2438	-0.02
11	IM Hamitevici, Vladimir	6	MDA	M	2440	2530	1.03
12	IM Kiik, Kalle	6	EST	M	2437	2427	0.08
13	IM Zhou, Yang-Fan	6	ENG	M	2419	2505	1.04
14	IM Sarakauskas, Gediminas	6	LTU	M	2408	2464	0.7
15	IM Ferguson, Mark	6	ENG	M	2402	2423	0.27
16	IM Houska, Jovanka	6	ENG	F	2396	2512	1.42
17	IM Bates, Richard A	6	ENG	M	2370	2416	0.58
18	FM Roberson, Peter T	6	ENG	M	2350	2565	2.34
19	FM Gunajew, Rafal	6	POL	M	2260	2396	1.62
20	GM Holzke, Frank	5.5	GER	M	2521	2368	-1.2
21	GM Arkell, Keith C	5.5	ENG	M	2470	2358	-0.92
22	GM Cherniaev, Alexander	5.5	RUS	M	2460	2297	-1.29
23	IM Pert, Richard G	5.5	ENG	M	2454	2304	-1.14
24	IM Sadzikowski, Daniel	5.5	POL	M	2449	2437	0.01
25	IM Bartholomew, John	5.5	USA	M	2427	2445	0.42
26	IM Golubka, Petr	5.5	UKR	M	2418	2414	0.15
27	IM Hanley, Craig A	5.5	ENG	M	2412	2425	0.27
28	IM Gullaksen, Eirik	5.5	NOR	M	2384	2399	0.27
29	IM Rendle, Thomas E	5.5	ENG	M	2381	2381	0.21
30	IM Ansell, Simon T	5.5	ENG	M	2377	2483	1.23
31	FM Weber, Tom	5.5	LUX	M	2372	2353	-0.09
32	Szabo, Bence	5.5	HUN	M	2365	2396	0.42
33	FM Radovanovic, Jovica	5.5	SRB	M	2361	2311	-0.32
34	FM Richardson, John R	5.5	ENG	M	2320	2349	0.43
35	FM Kvisvik, Brede	5.5	NOR	M	2316	2272	-0.27
36	FM Zimmermann, Julian	5.5	GER	M	2299	2424	1.38
37	IM Rudd, Jack	5.5	ENG	M	2288	2351	0.68
38	Guerrero, Andres	5.5	VEN	M	2206	2389	1.98
39	GM Shaw, John	5	SCO	M	2435	2380	-0.48
40	IM D`Costa, Lorin A R	5	ENG	M	2417	2374	-0.33
41	IM Slavin, Alexey	5	RUS	M	2397	2167	-1.8
42	FM Schneider, Igor	5	USA	M	2376	2300	-0.69
43	FM Kojima, Shinya	5	JPN	M	2340	2355	0.24
44	Chapman, Terry P D	5	ENG	M	2279	2348	0.46
45	IM Dukaczewski, Piotr	5	POL	M	2274	2290	0.19
46	CM Coleman, David J	5	ENG	M	2268	2227	-0.37
47	Roe, Simon J	5	ENG	M	2265	2204	-0.51
48	Player, Edmund C	5	ENG	M	2248	2253	0.15
49	FM Berry, Neil	5	SCO	M	2247	2311	0.69
50	Tan, Justin	5	AUS	M	2239	2307	0.71
51	FM Britton, Richard L	5	ENG	M	2233	2247	0.14
52	Berthier, Hugo	5	FRA	M	2220	2274	0.59
53	Grant, Jonathan I M	5	SCO	M	2217	2265	0.49
54	Eriksson, Jorgen	5	SWE	M	2213	2272	0.6
55	Jetzl, Joerg	5	AUT	M	2208	2232	0.35
56	Stone, Andrew M	5	ENG	M	2203	2175	-0.06
57	Bates, Caspar J	5	ENG	M	2200	2267	0.72
58	IM Marusenko, Petr	5	UKR	M	2197	2306	1.15
59	Spivack, Simon S Y	5	ENG	M	2192	2271	0.74
60	Semprun Martinez, Fernando	5	ESP	M	2183	2224	0.55
61	Eriksson, Bo	5	SWE	M	2154	2042	-0.8
62	Ociepka, Adrian	5	POL	M	2143	2116	0.05
63	Luncasu, Raul-Ionut	5	ROU	M	2118	2186	0.97
64	Seymour, Timothy P	5	ENG	M	2093	2222	1.36
65	GM McDonald, Neil	4.5	ENG	M	2454	2184	-2.2
66	Moriuchi, Toshiyuki	4.5	JPN	M	2316	2348	0.3
67	FM Arvola, Benjamin	4.5	NOR	M	2285	2346	0.7
68	FM Ledger, Dave J	4.5	ENG	M	2266	2315	0.51
69	FM Eames, Robert S	4.5	ENG	M	2263	2132	-1.2
70	Stephan, Axel	4.5	GER	M	2233	2236	0.03
71	FM Kocwin, Bartosz	4.5	POL	M	2226	2253	0.32
72	Jackson, James P	4.5	ENG	M	2222	2238	0.21
73	Gikas, Andreas Basilius	4.5	GER	M	2210	2034	-1.43
74	Hanssen, Gunnar Berg	4.5	NOR	M	2207	2332	1.14
75	WIM Caoili, Arianne	4.5	AUS	F	2202	2396	1.72
76	Farrand, Tom	4.5	JCI	M	2200	2104	-0.61
77	Wallace, Paul	4.5	IRL	M	2193	2206	0.22
78	Jaunooby, Ali R	4.5	ENG	M	2178	2179	0.14
79	Tozer, Philip A A	4.5	ENG	M	2176	2140	-0.13
80	Eden, Tomer	4.5	ISR	M	2172	2110	-0.25
81	Moloney, Nicholas R	4.5	ENG	M	2168	2111	-0.41
82	Lee, Kai Jie Edward	4.5	SIN	M	2165	2195	0.37
83	Holzhauer, Bjoern	4.5	GER	M	2153	2099	-0.36
84	Josse, Mark	4.5	ENG	M	2142	2036	-0.78
85	Varnam, Liam D	4.5	ENG	M	2140	2016	-1.08
86	Quinn, John M	4.5	ENG	M	2127	2043	-0.61
87	Dale, Ari	4.5	AUS	M	2122	2308	1.93
88	White, Alastair F	4.5	SCO	M	2112	2034	-0.45
89	Wheldon, Philip	4.5	ENG	M	2103	2051	-0.26
90	Lenier, Jude A	4.5	ENG	M	2069	2284	2.02
91	Whitehead, David J	4.5	ENG	M	2059	2010	-0.46
92	Hill, Alistair	4.5	ENG	M	2042 *	2152	0.5
93	Jyothilal, N.	4.5	IND	M	2038	2191	1.34
94	FM Croad, Nicolas	4	NZL	M	2282	2111	-1.75
95	Black, Richard	4	BER	M	2227	2173	-0.6
96	Anderton, Matthew N	4	ENG	M	2210	2091	-1.06
97	Ilfeld, Etan	4	ISR	M	2191	2168	-0.18
98	WIM Iwanow, Anna	4	POL	F	2188	2227	0.51
99	Williamson, Roger G	4	ENG	M	2177	2033	-1.33
100	WIM Steil-Antoni, Fiona	4	LUX	F	2169	2112	-0.42
101	Guthrie, David	4	NZL	M	2167	2145	-0.09
102	Willmoth, Robert F	4	ENG	M	2164	2057	-0.79
103	Ethelontis, Alexandros N	4	ENG	M	2155	2163	0.2
104	Zymberi, Astrit	4	ALB	M	2154	2017	-1.21
105	Sayers, Ray	4	ENG	M	2153	2011	-0.71
106	Maduekwe, Chiedu	4	NGR	M	2151	2016	-1.17
107	Rodriguez, Vidal	4	VEN	M	2148	2178	0.35
108	Harari, Zaki	4	ENG	M	2143	1990	-1.38
109	Dole, Anant	4	RSA	M	2138	2258	1.29
110	Rumsey, Victor B	4	ENG	M	2138 *	1957	1957
111	Hebbes, Tim	4	ENG	M	2111	2071	-0.31
112	McKenna, Jason P	4	ENG	M	2102	2168	0.52
113	Steevensz, Carel	4	NED	M	2096	1970	-1.32
114	Duncan, Patrick C M	4	ENG	M	2071	2087	0.12
115	Skutta, Bernd, Dr.	4	GER	M	2067	1972	-1.01
116	Bass, John W	4	ENG	M	2065	2061	-0.15
117	WFM Yurenok, Maria S	4	ENG	F	2041	2071	0.14
118	De Coverly, Roger D	4	ENG	M	2038	1939	-1.03
119	Hoegener, Claude	4	LUX	M	2037	2146	0.78
120	Iyengar, Ilya	4	ENG	M	2019	2050	0.21
121	Andreev, Peter	4	ENG	M	2017	2002	-0.13
122	Carlile, Orison	4	IRL	M	2016	2077	0.59
123	Casaschi, Paolo	4	ITA	M	2005	2179	1.21
124	WIM Guo, Emma	4	AUS	F	2000	2103	0.66
125	Jeitz, Olivier	4	LUX	M	1987	2127	1.28
126	Barasi, Paul DL	4	ENG	M	1978 *	2006	2006
127	Hortillosa, Andres D	4	USA	M	1963	1949	-0.14
128	Wood, Peter R	4	ENG	M	1931	2169	1.76
129	Tortolero, Cesar	4	VEN	M	1926	1920	0.03
130	Saikhanzaya, Ganbaatar	4	MGL	F	1924	2059	1.38
131	Fontaine, Olivier	4	FRA	M	1904	1904	0
132	Veznik, Michael	4	CZE	M	1877	2024	1.29
133	Mehringer, Joerg	4	GER	M	1874	2188	2.51
134	Baasansuren, Erdene	4	MGL	M	1795	2081	2.67
135	Kouchak, Jason	4	FRA	M	1703	1997	2.59
136	Osborne, Marcus E	3.5	ENG	M	2280	2153	-1.12
137	Stachanczyk, Jacek	3.5	POL	M	2265	2090	-1.72
138	FM Fayard, Alain	3.5	FRA	M	2202	2223	0.26
139	Villiers, Thomas	3.5	ENG	M	2202 *	1970	1970
140	Hodgson, John H	3.5	ENG	M	2192	2127	-0.36
141	Yeo, Michael J	3.5	ENG	M	2191	2023	-1.64
142	Compton, Alistair	3.5	NZL	M	2090	2052	-0.21
143	Takahashi, Reiji	3.5	JPN	M	2079	1964	-1.13
144	Cannon, Richard J	3.5	ENG	M	2071	2100	0.09
145	Gregory, Philip J	3.5	ENG	M	2071	1973	-1.16
146	Millward, Richard	3.5	ENG	M	2048	2016	-0.48
147	Shepley, Julien M	3.5	ENG	M	2029	2048	0.02
148	Ditmas, Hugh	3.5	GER	M	2011	1983	-0.43
149	Pauw, Martijn	3.5	NED	M	2011	1935	-0.82
150	Szalontay, Mihaly	3.5	HUN	M	2011	2068	0.37
151	Gschwendtner, Stanislav	3.5	CZE	M	2004	1982	-0.36
152	Walinga, Eric Jan	3.5	NED	M	2004	1899	-1.03
153	Dydak, Mateusz	3.5	CAN	M	1992	1826	-1.58
154	Casiot, David J	3.5	ENG	M	1991	1943	-0.44
155	Rogers, Tim L	3.5	ENG	M	1979	1852	-1.4
156	Kreuzer, Christopher R L	3.5	ENG	M	1977	1772	-1.48
157	Millward, Kevin P	3.5	ENG	M	1969	1933	-0.31
158	Koch, Alain	3.5	FRA	M	1960	1941	-0.19
159	Boger, Raymond	3.5	NOR	M	1946	2012	0.57
160	Faldon, David J	3.5	ENG	M	1938 *	1970	1970
161	Fields, Francis E	3.5	ENG	M	1933	1969	0.36
162	O`Molloy, Eamonn	3.5	IRL	M	1926	1908	-0.23
163	Shah, Dipak K	3.5	ENG	M	1914	1789	-0.88
164	Othman, Mustapha	3.5	NGR	M	1865	2022	1.17
165	Nettleton, Charlie B	3.5	ENG	M	1845	2002	1.16
166	Dror, Levi	3.5	ISR	M	1782	2006	1.76
167	Baterdene, Tsogbayar	3.5	MGL	M	1673	1973	2.5
168	CM Friedland, Jon S	3	ENG	M	2125	2040	-0.48
169	Johansson, Toni	3	SWE	M	2100	2015	-0.62
170	Burke, John S	3	ENG	M	2068	2013	-0.84
171	Siddharth, Gopakumar	3	IND	M	2054	1963	-1.14
172	Knudsen, Andre	3	DEN	M	2050 *	1825	1825
173	McKerracher, Douglas	3	SCO	M	2034	2013	-0.38
174	Disu, Kayode	3	ENG	M	2010 *	1959	1959
175	Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli	3	MAS	M	2001	1891	-1.15
176	Calvert, D Ian	3	ENG	M	1999	1903	-1.11
177	Pleininger, Rudolf	3	SUI	M	1997	1850	-1.61
178	Tart, Peter K	3	ENG	M	1989	1851	-1.01
179	Gibson, Christopher A	3	ENG	M	1975	1925	-0.6
180	Bermingham, Tony	3	IRL	M	1959	1836	-1.27
181	Matthew, Ian G	3	ENG	M	1948	1888	-0.61
182	Vachtfeidl, Petr	3	CZE	M	1945	1969	0.14
183	Hoekstra, Carl	3	NED	M	1937	1763	-1.43
184	Stokes, Paul C	3	ENG	M	1930 *	2030	2030
185	Phillips, Owen S	3	ENG	M	1926	1968	0.29
186	Hajenius, Willem	3	BEL	M	1922	1825	-0.98
187	McDonnell, James J.	3	IRL	M	1912	1975	0.43
188	Jakobsen, Alf Gjoran	3	NOR	M	1901	1775	-1.16
189	Marshall, Michael	3	DEN	M	1898	1783	-0.94
190	De Lagontrie, Jean	3	FRA	M	1858	2007	0.94
191	Moan, Francis E	3	ENG	M	1853	1948	0.65
192	Scheele, Marcus	3	GER	M	1850 *	1948	1948
193	Jones, Chris S	3	ENG	M	1834	1943	0.53
194	Clayton, Tristan	3	ENG	M	1830	1733	-0.97
195	Kane, Robert	3	ENG	M	1827	1850	0.02
196	Campbell, Eoin	3	SCO	M	1819	1802	-0.32
197	Burnham, Frank D	3	ENG	M	1792	1917	1.08
198	Watson, Darrell A	3	ENG	M	1758	1952	1.64
199	Sigurdsson, Birkir Karl	3	ISL	M	1725	1909	1.58
200	IM Crouch, Colin S	2.5	ENG	M	2382	2525	0.58
201	CM Reuben, Stewart	2.5	ENG	M	2045	2649	0.32
202	French, Angus J	2.5	ENG	M	2018	1841	-1
203	Cannon, Raymond C	2.5	ENG	M	1998	1817	-1.75
204	Phillips, William	2.5	ENG	M	1950	1822	-1.4
205	Rusek, Walter	2.5	AUT	M	1831	1776	-0.59
206	Mc Aleenan, Charles	2.5	SCO	M	1813	1853	0.21
207	Gupta, Arul	2.5	ENG	M	1761	1785	0.09
208	Fritzer, Friedrich	2.5	AUT	M	1716	1780	0.37
209	Whatley, Stephen A J	2.5	ENG	M	1707	1916	1.24
210	Gates, David A	2.5	ENG	M	1705	1788	0.39
211	Dale, Finley	2.5	AUS	M	1691	1858	1.07
212	Sonnis, Steve	2.5	ENG	M	1660	1811	0.79
213	Miu, Marinel	2.5	ROU	M	1631	1774	1.15
214	Kazmierczak, Ewa	2.5	POL	F	1487	1671	0.92
215	McManus, Gordon	2.5	ENG	M	0	1591	1591
216	Mohamed, Islam	2.5	BAN	M	0	1665	1665
217	Peck, Silas	2.5	ENG	M	0	1763	1763
218	Obiamiwe, Paul	2	NGR	M	1997	1746	-1.63
219	Strand, Oyvin	2	NOR	M	1854	1823	-0.38
220	Parry, Jacques	2	ENG	M	1809	1658	-1.16
221	Cotter, Len	2	ENG	M	1802 *	1751	1751
222	Kalerwa, Edwin M	2	ENG	M	1783	1761	-0.33
223	Chilton, James I	2	ENG	M	1779	1706	-0.53
224	Kroezen, Roland	2	NED	M	1726	1582	-1.12
225	Bratteteig, Tore-Inge	2	NOR	M	1684	1787	0.72
226	Haddock, Paul	2	ENG	M	1665	1798	0.92
227	Shierlaw, Hamish	2	NZL	M	1582	1752	1.16
228	Boy Lazoni, Victor Hugo	1.5	PER	M	1806	1747	-0.59
229	Rallabandi, Praveen Kumar	1.5	ENG	M	1793	1223	-1.53
230	Reutimann, Hans Peter	1.5	SUI	M	1783	1723	-0.68
231	CM Altman, Joshua	1.5	ENG	M	1555	1595	0.13
232	Webster, Richard J	1	ENG	M	1994	1760	-1.14
233	Healeas, Simon	1	ENG	M	1803	2408	0.32
234	Lie, Terje	1	NOR	M	1595	1541	-0.47
241	Pattni, Kishan	0	ENG	M	1747	1172	-1.28
242	Obihara, Jason	0	ENG	M	1679	1142	-0.24
243	Kazmierczak, Ewa	0	POL	F	1521	1047	-1.65