13 year old Hungarian phenom Richard Rapport is on pace to earn his 3rd and final GM norm at the 2010 Gotth’ Art Cup. He is in a tie for the lead with super GM Beliavsky with just 2 rounds to go. His performance is almost 2700!
With a win today, veteran world class GM Portisch is just 1/2 point behind.
Standings after 7 rounds:
| 1-2. | Beliavsky, Alexander | g | SLO | 2657 | 5 | 2659 | ||||||||||
| 1-2. | Rapport, Richard | f | HUN | 2444 | 5 | 2684 | ||||||||||
| 3. | Portisch, Lajos | g | HUN | 2519 | 4½ | 2609 | ||||||||||
| 4. | Banusz, Tamas | m | HUN | 2517 | 4 | 2564 | ||||||||||
| 5. | Prohaszka, Peter | m | HUN | 2501 | 3½ | 2499 | ||||||||||
| 6-7. | Vajda, Levente | g | ROU | 2519 | 3 | 2461 | ||||||||||
| 6-7. | Neubauer, Martin | m | AUT | 2465 | 3 | 2459 | ||||||||||
| 8-9. | Ftacnik, Lubomir | g | SVK | 2546 | 2½ | 2397 | ||||||||||
| 8-9. | Bokros, Albert | m | HUN | 2479 | 2½ | 2385 | ||||||||||
| 10. | Fodor, Tamas jr | f | HUN | 2417 | 2 | 2348 |
B Group
| 1. | Rudolf, Anna | wg | HUN | 2283 | 5½ | 2576 | ||||||||||
| 2-4. | Lorand, Norbert | f | HUN | 2346 | 4½ | 2435 | ||||||||||
| 2-4. | Nagy, Gabor | HUN | 2278 | 4½ | 2453 | |||||||||||
| 2-4. | Gergacz, Attila | f | HUN | 2421 | 4½ | 2416 | ||||||||||
| 5. | Szabo, Bence | HUN | 2261 | 4 | 2372 | |||||||||||
| 6-7. | Paschall, William | m | USA | 2398 | 3½ | 2309 | ||||||||||
| 7. | Biro, Sandor | m | ROU | 2298 | 3½ | 2329 | ||||||||||
| 8. | Baratosi, Daniel | f | ROU | 2396 | 2½ | 2224 | ||||||||||
| 9. | Feher, Adam | HUN | 2260 | 1½ | 2105 | |||||||||||
| 10. | Banas, Jan | m | SVK | 2341 | 1 | 2005 |
Official website: http://www.chesspremier.com/gotart.html
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Will he be the youngest Hungarian GM ever?
What makes Beliavsky, who is nowhere near the world top 50, a “super” GM? Can anyone here name a tennis player or golfer outside the top 50, and would you describe him as a “super” player? Can we please stop inflating the reputations of chess players?
Will Rapport still be playing at a 2600 performance-level in 60 years??? =)
Amazing that Portisch is still doing so well at 73!
Rapport won in round eight (2700+ Performance!!!) and thus he completed his third GM norm. He is the youngest Hungarian GM ever (13 years 11 months 5 days) and fifth youngest in the world. He beat the record of Leko and Judit Polgar as well.
Congratulation!