TWIC 947 HUN-CAN Summary

21st Donau Open 2012
Veteran GM Horvath,Jozef came =2nd with 5.5/7.

GM Horvath,Jozef

1 Handler,L 2369 6.0/7
2 Horvath,Jo(HUN) 2539 5.5/7
3 Froewis,G 2399 5.5/7

12 Juhasz,Kr(HUN) 2343 4.0/7
29 Szabolcsi,J(HUN) 2387 1.0/3
46 Horvath,Re(HUN) 2042

ch-CAN Junior 2012 Cjcc 2012
Reported elsewhere in blog. IM Richard Wang won with 6.5/9.

Larrry Bevand(l) presenting the trophy to new champion IM Richard Wang(r)

88th Hastings Masters 2012(In progress)Hastingschess
1 Sulskis,S                2550 -½ +1 -1 +1 3.5/4
2 Vocaturo,D           2521 -1 +½ -1 +1 3.5/4
3 Alsina Leal,D         2511 -1 +½ -1 +1 3.5/4
4 Duff,R                    2114 -½ +1 -1 +1 3.5/4
56 Panjwani,R(CAN) 2402 +½ -0 +1 1.5/3

Groningen Open A 2012 Schaakstad Groningen

Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating
1 GM Andriasian, Zaven 7 ARM M 2605
2 GM Kovchan, Alexander 7 UKR M 2579
3 GM Ernst, Sipke 7 NED M 2562
4 GM Kampen van, Robin 6.5 NED M 2570
5 IM Pancevski, Filip 6.5 MKD M 2512
6 IM Hansen, Eric 6.5 CAN M 2539

XLII Rilton Cup 2012(In Progress)

1 Krasenkow,M 2628 -1 +1 -1 +1 4.0/4
2 Shimanov,A 2630 +1 -1 +½ -1 3.5/4
55 Wenzel,B(CAN) 2092 +½ -½ +½ -0 1.5/4

22nd North American Open 2012  North-american-open'The 22nd Annual North American Open was held at Bally’s Casino Resort, 3645 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, Nevada.

GM Timur Gareev finished with an undefeated 8/9, a full point ahead of his nearest rival, to convincingly claim the title of North American Open Champion along with a prize of nearly $10,000 for his efforts throughout the week. FM John Bryant finished in 2nd place with 7/9, scoring a GM norm in the process, to claim a prize of $4704.

IM Zhanibek Amanov also scored a GM norm, finishing in a group of four players with 6.5/9, as well as taking the Under 2500 prize. FMs Yian Liou and Michael Bodek both scored IM norms.'

Bally’s Casino Resort-Las Vegas

Photo-Tournament website

1 Gareev,T 2663 8.0/9 2 Li Chao2 2670 6.5/9
3 Ramirez,Alej 2554 6.5/9
22 Cheng,Bindi(CAN) 2397 5.5/9
46 Behrooz Ebrahim-Shirazi 2036 CAN 4.0 /9
47 FM Jason Cao 2004 CAN 4.0/9

PAN-AM
GM Boros D(HUN)
IM Calugar A(CAN)
WGM Greeff M(RSA)