GM Hrant Melkumyan wins Benasque Open on tie-break
Jul 13, 2014
The 34th edition of Benasque International Chess Tournament took place from 4th to 12th July 2014 in Benasque, a town in the heart of the Spanish Pyrenees.
395 players from 36 countries competed in the 9-round Swiss event. Among them were 37 Grandmasters and 33 International Masters.
Seven players shared the first place with 7,5 points each but GM Hrant Melkumyan from Armenia claimed the winner’s trophy on superior tie-break score. Full standings below.
Final standings:
1. GM MELKUMYAN Hrant ARM 2647 – 7.5
2. GM CORI Jorge PER 2608 – 7.5
3. GM ILLESCAS CORDOBA Miguel ESP 2607 – 7.5
4. GM SANDIPAN Chanda IND 2597 – 7.5
5. GM MOZHAROV Mikhail RUS 2540 – 7.5
6. GM GOPAL G.N. IND 2544 – 7.5
7. GM CRUZ Cristhian PER 2563 – 7.5
8. GM POPOV Ivan RUS 2618 – 7
9. GM DURARBAYLI Vasif AZE 2590 – 7
10. GM MARIN Mihail ROU 2579 – 7
11. GM NARODITSKY Daniel USA 2577 – 7
12. GM RAHMAN Ziaur BAN 2515 – 7
13. IM GONZALEZ ACOSTA Bernal CRC 2458 – 7
14. GM LALIC Bogdan CRO 2482 – 7
15. GM VASQUEZ SCHROEDER Rodrigo CHI 2551 – 7
16. IM MATSENKO Sergei RUS 2474 – 7
17. GM MOVSZISZIAN Karen ARM 2520 – 7
18. GM BACHMANN Axel PAR 2652 – 6.5
19. GM BURMAKIN Vladimir RUS 2590 – 6.5
20. GM STOCEK Jiri CZE 2545 – 6.5
21. GM ANTON GUIJARRO David ESP 2631 – 6.5
22. GM LEVIN Felix GER 2507 – 6.5
23. GM GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio E PER 2674 – 6.5
24. GM VISHNU Prasanna. V IND 2459 – 6.5
25. MA Zhonghan CHN 2459 – 6.5
26. GM ZOLER Dan ISR 2513 – 6.5
27. WGM SADUAKASSOVA Dinara KAZ 2336 – 6.5
28. LEI Tingjie CHN 2450 – 6.5
29. GM NAUMKIN Igor RUS 2445 – 6.5
30. GM ARUN PRASAD S. IND 2472 – 6.5
Impressive.