Co-founder of Chess Evolution breaks 2700!

Arkadij Naiditsch wins convincingly the 15th International Neckar Open
Naiditsch breaks the 2700 barrier with the victory

GM Arkadij Naiditsch achieved a convincing victory at the 15th International Neckar Open. He scored the amazing 8,5/9, finishing a full point ahead of GM Arik Braun and GM David Baramidze. In the group of players with 7,0/9 we find the winner of Cappelle La Grande GM Grzegorz Gajewski, as well as the Hungarian talents Viktor Erdös and Peter Prohaszka, as well as many renowened players. The women’s first prize went to Joanna Majdan-Gajewska, who clinched an important victory in the last round.

More than 400 participants played the A group and total of 753 participants in the festival. The victory of Naiditsch confirms his status as the number one player in Germany and guaranteed him the title and the 3000 eur winner’s check from the prize fund.

Starting with the May rating list GM Arkadij Naiditsch will be with his highest ever ELO – 2701 points. This ELO includes the EICC and the Bundesliga games, Neckar finished just 5 days before the rating list and if included the ELO of Naiditsch will be 2716. In the same month of May he will be commenting the Candidates Matches 2011 live on Chessdom.com together with GM Bacrot and the Chess Evolution team.

More about the Candidates: Pairings / Live / Topalov – Kamsky preview / Kramnik – Radjabov preview / Levon Aronian preparing

International Neckar Open final standings (top 30)

1 Naiditsch,Arkadij 2684 8.5
2 Braun,Arik 2542 7.5
3 Baramidze,David 2554 7.5
4 Huschenbeth,Nicla 2465 7
5 Erdo”s,Viktor 2597 7
6 Greenfeld,Alon 2571 7
7 Gajewski,Grzegorz 2567 7
8 Shytaj,Luca 2475 7
9 Schneider,Ilja 2511 7
10 Epishin,Vladimir 2567 7
11 Prohaszka,Peter 2545 7
12 Piorun,Kacper 2521 7
13 Svetushkin,Dmitri 2543 7
14 Heimann,Andreas 2491 7
15 Bindrich,Falko 2523 6.5
16 Burg,Twan 2432 6.5
17 Spirin,Oleg 2474 6.5
18 Yemelin,Vasily 2575 6.5
19 Grimberg,Boris 2333 6.5
20 Moor,Roger 2395 6.5
21 Rombaldoni,Axel 2449 6.5
22 Hirneise,Tobias 2431 6.5
23 Raykhman,Alexande 2372 6.5
24 Skembris,Spyridon 2461 6.5
25 Kotainy,Jens 2370 6.5
26 Lobzhanidze,Davit 2489 6.5
27 Bogner,Sebastian 2541 6.5
28 Petr,Martin 2499 6.5
29 Fedorovsky,Michae 2411 6.5
30 Blu”baum,Matthias 2246 6.5
31 Rietze,Clemens 2226 6.5
32 Van Ketel,Raoul 2285 6.5
33 Banusz,Tamas 2563 6.5