Kiril Georgiev takes clear first in Open Karposh 2012

Kiril Georgiev takes clear first in Open Karposh 2012

Municipality of Karposh and Chess Club Gambit Aseko-See organized the Open Karposh 2012 from 7th to 14th April in Skopje, FYR Macedonia.

The 9-round Swiss open featured the prize fund of 17500 EUR: 1) 3500 EUR, 2) 2500 EUR, 3) 1500 EUR, 4) 1200 EUR, 5) 1000 EUR, 6) 800 EUR, 7) 700 EUR, 8) 600 EUR etc

GM Kiril Georgiev took a clear first place with 7.5 points in the field that featured 31 Grandmasters and 22 International Masters.

Top seed Ferenc Berkes, three-times Bulgarian champion Boris Chatalbashev and reigning Turkish champion Dragan Solak shared the 2nd place with 7 points each.

CM Cankut Emiroglu from Turkey finished as best place junior with 6 points.

147 players from 16 federations took part in the tournament.

Final standings (top 40):

1. GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2671 – 7.5
2. GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2682 – 7
3. GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2570 – 7
4. GM Solak Dragan TUR 2602 – 7
5. GM Markus Robert SRB 2625 – 6.5
6. GM Delchev Aleksander BUL 2622 – 6.5
7. GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2562 – 6.5
8. GM Palac Mladen CRO 2593 – 6.5
9. GM Hera Imre Jr HUN 2555 – 6.5
10. GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2513 – 6.5
11. GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2645 – 6.5
12. GM Yemelin Vasily RUS 2567 – 6.5
13. GM Antic Dejan SRB 2513 – 6.5
14. GM Bogdanovski Vlatko MKD 2435 – 6.5
15. GM Berescu Alin-Mile ROU 2494 – 6
16. IM Vojinovic Goran SRB 2429 – 6
17. GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios GRE 2631 – 6
18. GM Rusev Krasimir BUL 2516 – 6
19. GM Georgiev Vladimir MKD 2531 – 6
20. GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2510 – 6
21. IM Krivokapic Marko MNE 2415 – 6
22. IM Potapov Pavel RUS 2473 – 6
23. GM Todorovic Goran M SRB 2499 – 6
24. GM Savic Miodrag R SRB 2518 – 6
25. GM Damljanovic Branko SRB 2582 – 6
26. CM Emiroglu Cankut TUR 2214 – 6
27. FM Piskur Mitja SLO 2303 – 6
28. IM Saric Sinisa SRB 2480 – 6
29. IM D`costa Lorin A R ENG 2420 – 5.5
30. GM Likavsky Tomas SVK 2486 – 5.5
31. GM Drenchev Petar BUL 2499 – 5.5
32. IM Pancevski Filip MKD 2470 – 5.5
33. IM Erturan Yakup TUR 2370 – 5.5
34. GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 2602 – 5.5
35. GM Blagojevic Dragisa MNE 2523 – 5.5
36. IM Arsovic Goran SRB 2422 – 5.5
37. IM Hunt Adam C ENG 2454 – 5.5
38. FM Kastelic Marian SLO 2286 – 5.5
39. Makoli Perparim * 0 – 5.5
40. CM Dastan Muhammed Batuhan TUR 2239 – 5.5
41. IM Nestorovic Lazar SRB 2374 – 5.5
42. Ratkovic Milovan SRB 2183 – 5.5
43. Dimitrijevic Radmilo SRB 2240 – 5.5