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Riga Technical University Open 2014 – Tournament A

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Melkumyan and Rapport tied for 1st with 7.5 points but Melkumyan had better tie-break.

Results of top 5 boards

1 GM Savchenko Boris 2596 6½ ½ – ½ 7 GM Rapport Richard 2704
2 GM Banusz Tamas 2585 6½ ½ – ½ 7 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655
3 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2527 6 0 – 1 6 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2653
4 GM Fridman Daniel 2639 6 1 – 0 6 Sarana Alexey 2341
5 GM Molner Mackenzie 2509 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2595

Top 10 players

1 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2655 7.5 43.0 55.5 2792
2 GM Rapport Richard U18 HUN 2704 7.5 43.0 55.0 2809
3 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2653 7.0 42.0 54.0 2731
4 GM Naroditsky Daniel U20 USA 2587 7.0 41.5 53.5 2712
5 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2596 7.0 41.0 52.5 2693
6 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2585 7.0 40.0 51.5 2674
7 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2639 7.0 39.0 50.0 2641
8 IM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. U16 IND 2467 7.0 38.5 49.5 2718
9 GM Bok Benjamin U20 NED 2587 6.5 39.0 51.0 2600
10 GM Molner Mackenzie USA 2509 6.5 39.0 50.0 2630

Few games of the last round

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Riga Technical University Open 2014 – Tournament A

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Melkumyan drew and Rapport caught up with him by winning against Bok. They both are on 7 points out of 8. Savchenko and Banusz have 6.5.

Results of top 5 boards of the 8th round

1 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655 6½ ½ – ½ 6 GM Savchenko Boris 2596
2 GM Bok Benjamin 2587 5½ 0 – 1 6 GM Rapport Richard 2704
3 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2546 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Fridman Daniel 2639
4 GM Banusz Tamas 2585 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Goganov Aleksey 2604
5 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2595 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2527

Top 10 players after 8 rounds

1 GM Rapport Richard U18 HUN 2704 7.0 32.5 44.0 2865
2 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2655 7.0 32.0 43.0 2846
3 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2596 6.5 30.0 40.5 2695
4 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2585 6.5 30.0 40.0 2680
5 GM Naroditsky Daniel U20 USA 2587 6.0 32.5 43.5 2678
6 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2653 6.0 32.0 43.0 2702
7 GM Molner Mackenzie USA 2509 6.0 30.0 40.0 2641
8 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2527 6.0 30.0 39.5 2645
9 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2639 6.0 30.0 39.5 2624
10 IM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. U16 IND 2467 6.0 29.0 38.0 2664

Some games of the round

Pairings of top 5 boards of the 9th (and last) round

1 GM Savchenko Boris 2596 6½ – 7 GM Rapport Richard 2704
2 GM Banusz Tamas 2585 6½ – 7 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655
3 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2527 6 – 6 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2653
4 GM Fridman Daniel 2639 6 – 6 Sarana Alexey 2341
5 GM Molner Mackenzie 2509 6 – 6 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2595

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Melkumyan

Melkumyan


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Melkumyan, who was leading the event with 6 out of 6, drew against Rapport and is still a sole leader with 6.5 points. Rapport and Savchenko are on 6.

Results of top 5 boards of the 7th round

1 GM Rapport Richard 2704 5½ ½ – ½ 6 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655
2 GM Goganov Aleksey 2604 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2546
3 GM Popilski Gil 2494 5 0 – 1 5 GM Savchenko Boris 2596
4 GM Boruchovsky Avital 2483 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Banusz Tamas 2585
5 GM Molner Mackenzie 2509 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Shirov Alexei 2709

Top 10 players after 7 rounds

1 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2655 6.5 23.5 33.5 2920
2 GM Rapport Richard U18 HUN 2704 6.0 24.0 34.0 2830
3 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2596 6.0 20.5 28.5 2723
4 GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2604 5.5 22.5 31.0 2664
5 GM Bok Benjamin U20 NED 2587 5.5 22.0 30.5 2625
6 GM Oparin Grigoriy U18 RUS 2546 5.5 22.0 30.5 2609
7 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2585 5.5 21.5 30.5 2633
8 GM Boruchovsky Avital U18 ISR 2483 5.5 20.5 29.5 2631
9 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2527 5.5 20.5 28.5 2661
10 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2639 5.5 20.5 28.5 2645

Some games of the 7th round

Pairings of top 5 boards of the 8th round

1 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655 6½ – 6 GM Savchenko Boris 2596
2 GM Bok Benjamin 2587 5½ – 6 GM Rapport Richard 2704
3 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2546 5½ – 5½ GM Fridman Daniel 2639
4 GM Banusz Tamas 2585 5½ – 5½ GM Goganov Aleksey 2604
5 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2595 5½ – 5½ GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2527

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