
IM Gabor Papp of Texas Tech University needs a draw in the last round for his 2nd GM norm.
Round 8 results:
| Br. | 10 | Elo | – | 9 | Elo | 2 : 2 | ||
| 1.1 | GM | Lenic Luka | 2592 | – | GM | Bosiocic Marin | 2562 | 1 – 0 |
| 1.2 | GM | Borisek Jure | 2561 | – | GM | Jovanovic Zoran | 2520 | ½ – ½ |
| 1.3 | IM | Zorko Jure | 2440 | – | IM | Martinovic Sasa | 2515 | ½ – ½ |
| 1.4 | Tomazini Aljosa | 2231 | – | IM | Doric Darko | 2452 | 0 – 1 | |
| Br. | 1 | Elo | – | 8 | Elo | 2 : 2 | ||
| 2.1 | IM | Simacek Pavel | 2518 | – | GM | Ragger Markus | 2614 | ½ – ½ |
| 2.2 | IM | Zilka Stepan | 2509 | – | IM | Neubauer Martin | 2458 | ½ – ½ |
| 2.3 | IM | Krejci Jan | 2455 | – | IM | Kreisl Robert | 2374 | ½ – ½ |
| 2.4 | GM | Talla Vladimir | 2505 | – | FM | Platzgummer Fabian | 2340 | ½ – ½ |
| Br. | 2 | Elo | – | 7 | Elo | 1½:2½ | ||
| 3.1 | IM | Huschenbeth Niclas | 2457 | – | GM | Jenni Florian | 2520 | 0 – 1 |
| 3.2 | GM | Bindrich Falko | 2539 | – | GM | Gallagher Joseph G | 2493 | ½ – ½ |
| 3.3 | GM | Prusikin Michael | 2520 | – | IM | Hug Werner | 2463 | ½ – ½ |
| 3.4 | GM | Baramidze David | 2534 | – | FM | Buss Ralph | 2430 | ½ – ½ |
| Br. | 3 | Elo | – | 6 | Elo | 2 : 2 | ||
| 4.1 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2675 | – | GM | Rapport Richard | 2509 | ½ – ½ |
| 4.2 | GM | Godena Michele | 2554 | – | IM | Papp Gabor | 2534 | ½ – ½ |
| 4.3 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | 2493 | – | IM | Szabo Krisztian | 2506 | 1 – 0 |
| 4.4 | IM | Brunello Sabino | 2467 | – | IM | Pap Gyula | 2496 | 0 – 1 |
| Br. | 4 | Elo | – | 5 | Elo | 2½:1½ | ||
| 5.1 | IM | Jurcik Marian | 2487 | – | GM | Fargere Francois | 2489 | ½ – ½ |
| 5.2 | IM | Meszaros Michal | 2393 | – | IM | Monroy Charles | 2459 | 1 – 0 |
| 5.3 | FM | Pacher Milan | 2396 | – | IM | Roser Kevin | 2429 | 1 – 0 |
| 5.4 | Petenyi Tamas | 2381 | – | FM | Tripoteau Nicolas | 2425 | 0 – 1 |
Top individual performance:
| Nr. | Name | Elo | Team | Rp | Pkt. | Anz | % | Br. | |
| 1 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2675 | Italien | 2780 | 6,5 | 8 | 81,3 | 1 |
| 2 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | 2493 | Italien | 2751 | 5,0 | 6 | 83,3 | 2 |
| 3 | GM | Jenni Florian | 2520 | Schweiz | 2682 | 5,0 | 7 | 71,4 | 1 |
| 4 | IM | Pap Gyula | 2496 | Ungarn | 2659 | 4,5 | 6 | 75,0 | 4 |
| 5 | IM | Papp Gabor | 2534 | Ungarn | 2652 | 5,5 | 8 | 68,8 | 2 |
| 6 | IM | Rombaldoni Denis | 2484 | Italien | 2637 | 4,0 | 5 | 80,0 | 4 |
| 7 | IM | Brunello Sabino | 2467 | Italien | 2597 | 5,5 | 8 | 68,8 | 3 |
| 8 | GM | Rapport Richard | 2509 | Ungarn | 2591 | 4,5 | 8 | 56,3 | 1 |
| 9 | GM | Bindrich Falko | 2539 | Deutschland | 2590 | 5,0 | 8 | 62,5 | 2 |
| 10 | GM | Godena Michele | 2554 | Italien | 2589 | 3,0 | 5 | 60,0 | 2 |
Full standings: http://chess-results.com/tnr33539.aspx?art=5&lan=0&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Good luck Gabor!
He did it! Draw agreed! Congrats!
Gabor! Gabor! Gabor!