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GM Vitaly Kunin sweeps through Heart of Finland
WGM Anna Rudolf top woman of the competition
The German grandmaster Vitaly Kunin won the first place at the strong Heart of Finland chess tournament. He finished a full point ahead of competition and proved to be in top form gaining 8,0/9. The silver medal went to the Russian GM Maxim Novik, while the bronze was won by the high rated international master from the Netherlands Robin Swinkels.
The top seeded player of the competition GM Evgeniy Solozhenkin took the 4th place with 6,5/9, the same points as the highest placed player from FInland – FM Petri Lehtivaara.
The top woman of the event, and 6th in the general standigs with 6,5/9, is WGM Anna Rudolf. One more time she proved to be going for higher challenges, managing to hold a strong grandmaster and defeat other higher rated players in the process.
Top finishers:
1 GM Kunin Vitaly GER 2532 8
2 GM Novik Maxim RUS 2464 7
3 IM Swinkels Robin NED 2516 6.5
4 GM Solozhenkin Evgeniy RUS 2543 6.5
5 FM Lehtivaara Petri FIN 2376 6.5
6 WGM Rudolf Anna HUN 2313 6.5
7 FM Ivanov Sergey A RUS 2386 6.5
8 FM Larsen Karsten DEN 2337 6.5
9 IM Gladyszev Oleg RUS 2447 6.5
10 Michielsen Joost NED 2359 6.5
11 Valli Frans FIN 2158 6.5
Full report on chessdom.com
She’s hot.
Beware, she has FRITZ in her lipstick…
I wish I was in her lipstick.