Texas Tech Knight Raider IM Gabor Papp is closing on his third and final GM norm in Croatia. After 8 (of 9) rounds, his performance is 2642. He needs a draw against GM Brkić Ante with Black in the final round to clinch his GM title.
If he is successful, he would be the 3rd Texas Tech Knight Raider in the past 6 months to become a GM (Davorin Kuljasevic and Gergely Antal).
Here are his results so far:
| Kolo | SNo | Ime | RtgI | FED | Bod. | Rez. | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 41 | FM | Đurović Goran | 2328 | CRO | 4,0 | s 1 | 0,76 | 0,24 | 10 | 2,40 |
| 2 | 3 | GM | Stević Hrvoje | 2621 | CRO | 4,5 | w ½ | 0,37 | 0,13 | 10 | 1,30 |
| 3 | 5 | GM | Kovačević Aleksandar | 2594 | SRB | 5,5 | s ½ | 0,41 | 0,09 | 10 | 0,90 |
| 4 | 10 | GM | Sedlak Nikola | 2546 | SRB | 5,0 | w 1 | 0,47 | 0,53 | 10 | 5,30 |
| 5 | 1 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2680 | HUN | 5,5 | s 0 | 0,29 | -0,29 | 10 | -2,90 |
| 6 | 2 | GM | Predojević Borki | 2632 | BIH | 5,5 | w ½ | 0,36 | 0,14 | 10 | 1,40 |
| 7 | 23 | IM | Kovačević Blažimir | 2447 | CRO | 4,0 | s 1 | 0,61 | 0,39 | 10 | 3,90 |
| 8 | 14 | GM | Jovanović Zoran | 2527 | CRO | 5,5 | w ½ | 0,50 | 0,00 | 10 | 0,00 |
| 9 | 8 | GM | Brkić Ante | 2564 | CRO | 4,5 | s |
Full tournament results here: http://www.crochess.com/turniri/zadar/10/index.shtm
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Good luck Gabor!
Gabor Papp drew last game! Congrats on GM title!
Congratulations!
GM Papp!