TWIC 960(HUN) INDEX-April 3,2013

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17th Neckar Open  2013
Rapport scored 7/9 and took first on tiebreaks. Other Hungarians were

• GM Erdos,V 6.5/9
• GM Farago,I  6/9
• GM Banusz,T  5.5/9

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The 17th edition of the Neckar Open had a dramatic finish with 13 players sharing the first place after obtaining 7/9 points each. Hungarian GM Richard Rapport took the top prize thanks to his tiebreak score.  GM Arkadij Naiditsch, who eventually landed on fourth, arrived to the last round in the best position, as he had a good tiebreak score and had to face a lower rated opponent with the white pieces.

GM Richard Rapport

However, Polish GM Kacper Piorun (2529) proved to be up to the task and gained advantage in the game. Naiditsch offered the draw to avoid a painful loss. 

This is the opposite to what happened in the B group of the Tata Steel tournament this year, where Naiditsch edged Rapport on tiebreaks and earned the ticket for next year’s A Group.

Rank	Title	Name	FIDE	FED	Pts
1	GM	Rapport,Richard	2673	HUN	7
2	GM	Bacrot,Etienne	2705	FRA	7
3	GM	Solodovnichenko,Yuri	2559	UKR	7
4	GM	Naiditsch,Arkadij	2706	GER	7
4	GM	Saric,Ivan	2616	CRO	7
6	GM	Istratescu,Andrei	2651	FRA	7
7	GM	Nisipeanu,Liviu-Dieter	2677	ROU	7
8	GM	Edouard,Romain	2680	FRA	7
8	GM	Wirig,Anthony	2490	FRA	7
8	IM	Neuman,Petr	2465	CZE	7
11	IM	Anton Guijarro,David	2546	ESP	7
12	GM	Piorun,Kacper	2529	POL	7
12	IM	Zaragatski,Ilja	2467	GER	7

O2C Doeberl Cup Premier 2013
GM Li Chao won with 7.5/9. Hungarians playing were 

• GM Horvath A 6.5/9
• GM Czebe,A 5/9
• GM Varga Z 5.5/9

ChessDom-GM Li Chao wins O2C Doeberl Cup 2013
GM Li Chao won the O2C Doeberl Cup 2013 which was held on 28 March – 1 April at the Olympus Room of the Hellenic Club of Canberra in Australia.

 The Chinese arrived as rating favorite and got clear first place with 7.5/9 points, despite a big setback on the 5th round, when he lost against Hungarian GM Attila Czebe. Li Chao followed with four straight wins to take the $4,000 first prize.

GM Li Chao

He repeated the success from 2010 when he won the same event. Czech GM Jiri Stocek and Dutch GM Loek van Wely both finished with 7/9. Stocek got the second place on tiebreaks.

Rank	Title	Name	FIDE	Total
1	GM	Li Chao	2686	7.5
2	GM	Stocek Jiri	2557	7
3	GM	Van Wely Loek	2684	7
4	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2532	6.5
5	GM	Horvath Adam	2509	6.5
6	IM	Ly Moulthun	2428	6.5
7	GM	Vajda Levente	2632	6
8	–	Li Zuhao Luke	2285	6
9	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	2537	6
10	–	Smirnov Anton	2194	5.5
11	IM	Lane Gary W.	2412	5.5
12	GM	Johansen Darryl K.	2430	5.5
13	–	Lei Tingjie	2232	5.5
14	FM	Cheng Bobby	2425	5.5
15	FM	Wallis Christopher	2261	5.5
16	WFM	Otgonjargal Sengerav	2171	5.5
17	FM	Stojic Dusan	2228	5.5
18	IM	Illingworth Max	2423	5.5
19	–	Garner David J	2150	5.5
20	GM	Varga Zoltan	2446	5.5
21	IM	Akshat Khamparia	2383	5.5
22	IM	Solomon Stephen J.	2390	5
23	GM	Czebe Attila	2492	5
24	FM	Dragicevic Domagoj	2204	5
25	GM	Laxman R.R.	2435	5
26	IM	Palit Somak	2442	5
27	–	Dale Ari	2225	5
28	IM	Morris James	2388	5
29	–	Rishi Sardana	2232	5
30	–	Schon Eugene	2169	5
31	IM	Stany G.A.	2449	5
32	–	Zelesco Karl	2148	5

Budapest Spring Festival 2013
FM Hujbert, Florian and Koczo, Kristof tied for first with 7/9. 40 players took part, the lowest turnout on record.

Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Rp	Pts.
1	FM	Hujbert Florian	HUN	2429	2434	7
2		Koczo Kristof	HUN	2219	2324	7
3	IM	Nagy Ervin	HUN	2256	2351	6.5
4	FM	Kubacsny Laszlo	HUN	2256	2266	6.5
5	IM	Szalanczy Emil	HUN	2237	2268	6.5
6		Piroska Istvan	HUN	2082	2218	6
7	FM	Keschitz Gyorgy	HUN	2223	2254	5.5
8		Farkas Richard	HUN	2121	2237	5.5
9		Juracsik Jozsef	HUN	2136	2148	5.5