TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
Riga Technical University Open 2013 (Games and Results)
Riga Technical University Open 2013
Mark Crowther - Monday 12th August 2013
The Riga Technical University Open 2013 took place 5th to 15th August 2013. GM Bartosz Socko won the event with 7/9 games, edging out grandmaster Robin van Kampen on tiebreaks. Short report and games below.
Matiss Silis report on Riga Technical University Open
"Riga Technical University Open" has ended in Riga, Latvia yesterday. 183 players from 28 federations competed in the main event, making it the biggest chess festival in the Baltic States and one of the biggest in Northern Euorope. There where 27 grandmasters among the participants, including six rated over 2600 – Igor Kovalenko (Latvia, 2646), Bartosz Socko (Poland, 2646), Aleksej Alksandrov (Belarus, 2626), Jaan Ehlvest (USA, 2606), Yuri Vovk (Ukraine, 2608) and Robin van Kampen (Netherlands, 2606).
Grandmaster Bartosz Socko won the event with 7 points in 9 games, edging out grandmaster Robin van Kampen on tiebreaks.
Here is a short description of the event with some key games mentioned:
After the first four rounds two unexpected leaders emerged – Lithuanian GM Aloyzas Kveinys (2491, ranked 25th in the starting list) and the young Russian IM Mikhail Antipov (2488, ranked 27th in the starting list). Kveinys beat IM Bjorn Thorfinnsson in a nice 3rd round game.
Both leaders played great games in round four – Kveinys crushed IM Vilka Sipila with black, while Antipov won against IM Daniel Naroditsky.
Only after the 6th round did GM Robin van Kampen manage to catch up with the leaders by beating IM Cyril Ponizil in an impressive game.
After the seventh round Czech GM Igor Rausis and American IM Daniel Naroditsky joined the leaders. Before the final round leaders group had grown to six people, with the rating favorites Igor Kovalenko (who won an instructive game against GM Evgeniy Solozhenkin) and Bartosz Socko (who made chess seem a simple game in his win over IM Bjorn Ahlander) among others catching up.
In the last round Bartosz Socko beat Kveinys by capitalizing on the latter's tactical mistake. Robin van Kampen outplayed Sakalauskas on the black side of Kings Indian and joined Socko in the lead. As the other leaders drew their games, the eventual winner was decided on tiebreak between Socko and van Kampen.
Several GM norms where achieved in the event. Mikhail Antipov scored his second GM norm, while Daniel Naroditsky, Helgi Dam Ziska and Mindaugas Beinoras scored their first.
A lot of IM norms where achieved as well – the young Norwegian Tari Aryan scored a norm as did Russians Maxim Lugoskoy and David Paravyan, as well as Alan B Merry from England, Ido Be Azri from Israel, Ilja Sirosh from Estonia and Tomas Tvarijonas from Lithuania. Also two local players – Matiss Mustaps and Kristaps Kretainis – scored their third and second IM norms respectively.
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Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Socko Bartosz | GM | POL | 2646 | 7.0 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 2608 |
| 2 | Van Kampen Robin | GM | NED | 2606 | 7.0 | 39.5 | 50.5 | 2644 |
| 3 | Antipov Mikhail Al. | IM | RUS | 2488 | 6.5 | 40.5 | 51.0 | 2640 |
| 4 | Burmakin Vladimir | GM | RUS | 2565 | 6.5 | 40.0 | 51.0 | 2565 |
| 5 | Kovalenko Igor | GM | LAT | 2646 | 6.5 | 39.0 | 50.0 | 2620 |
| 6 | Naroditsky Daniel | IM | USA | 2503 | 6.5 | 38.5 | 49.5 | 2601 |
| 7 | Collins Sam E. | IM | IRL | 2463 | 6.5 | 38.0 | 48.5 | 2553 |
| 8 | Lugovskoy Maxim | FM | RUS | 2372 | 6.5 | 37.0 | 47.0 | 2563 |
| 9 | Rausis Igors | GM | CZE | 2552 | 6.5 | 37.0 | 46.5 | 2525 |
| 10 | Vovk Yuri | GM | UKR | 2608 | 6.5 | 36.5 | 46.0 | 2553 |
| 11 | Kulaots Kaido | GM | EST | 2581 | 6.5 | 36.0 | 46.5 | 2519 |
| 12 | Hera Imre Jr. | GM | HUN | 2567 | 6.5 | 35.0 | 45.0 | 2515 |
| 13 | Dragun Kamil | GM | POL | 2546 | 6.5 | 33.5 | 43.0 | 2495 |
| 14 | Kveinys Aloyzas | GM | LTU | 2491 | 6.0 | 41.0 | 52.5 | 2604 |
| 15 | Vovk Andrey | GM | UKR | 2581 | 6.0 | 39.0 | 49.5 | 2513 |
| 16 | Gleizerov Evgeny | GM | RUS | 2567 | 6.0 | 38.5 | 49.5 | 2483 |
| 17 | Baghdasaryan Vahe | IM | ARM | 2414 | 6.0 | 37.5 | 48.0 | 2477 |
| 18 | Carlstedt Jonathan | IM | GER | 2387 | 6.0 | 37.0 | 47.0 | 2545 |
| 19 | Boruchovsky Avital | IM | ISR | 2441 | 6.0 | 37.0 | 45.5 | 2490 |
| 20 | Neiksans Arturs | GM | LAT | 2557 | 6.0 | 36.5 | 46.5 | 2503 |
| 21 | Vysochin Spartak | GM | UKR | 2531 | 6.0 | 36.5 | 46.5 | 2491 |
| 22 | Yemelin Vasily | GM | RUS | 2564 | 6.0 | 36.5 | 45.5 | 2516 |
| 23 | Paravyan David | RUS | 2426 | 6.0 | 36.0 | 46.5 | 2568 | |
| 24 | Berzinsh Roland | IM | LAT | 2400 | 6.0 | 34.5 | 45.0 | 2476 |
| 25 | Ben Artzi Ido | ISR | 2341 | 6.0 | 33.5 | 41.5 | 2501 | |
| 26 | Mustaps Matiss | LAT | 2261 | 6.0 | 32.0 | 41.5 | 2411 | |
| 27 | Sakalauskas Vaidas | IM | LTU | 2399 | 6.0 | 30.0 | 39.5 | 2423 |
| 28 | Beinoras Mindaugas | IM | LTU | 2378 | 5.5 | 41.0 | 51.5 | 2597 |
| 29 | Dastan Muhammed Batuhan | IM | TUR | 2417 | 5.5 | 41.0 | 51.0 | 2522 |
| 30 | Ziska Helgi Dam | IM | FAI | 2468 | 5.5 | 40.5 | 50.5 | 2600 |
| 31 | Baburin Alexander | GM | IRL | 2520 | 5.5 | 38.5 | 48.5 | 2462 |
| 32 | Popilski Gil | GM | ISR | 2508 | 5.5 | 37.5 | 47.5 | 2415 |
| 33 | Mishuchkov Nikolai M. | IM | RUS | 2367 | 5.5 | 37.0 | 47.5 | 2398 |
| 34 | Miezis Normunds | GM | LAT | 2557 | 5.5 | 37.0 | 47.0 | 2457 |
| 35 | Sipila Vilka | IM | FIN | 2474 | 5.5 | 36.5 | 47.0 | 2457 |
| 36 | Sirosh Ilja | EST | 2039 | 5.5 | 36.0 | 46.5 | 2460 | |
| 37 | Tari Aryan | FM | NOR | 2401 | 5.5 | 36.0 | 46.0 | 2461 |
| 38 | Ulibin Mikhail | GM | RUS | 2553 | 5.5 | 36.0 | 46.0 | 2398 |
| 39 | Raznikov Danny | IM | ISR | 2489 | 5.5 | 36.0 | 46.0 | 2377 |
| 40 | Ponizil Cyril | IM | CZE | 2421 | 5.5 | 36.0 | 45.5 | 2430 |
| 41 | Tvarijonas Tomas | LTU | 2119 | 5.5 | 35.5 | 45.0 | 2467 | |
| 42 | Solozhenkin Evgeniy | GM | RUS | 2476 | 5.5 | 35.0 | 45.5 | 2398 |
| 43 | Stockova Zuzana | IM | SVK | 2359 | 5.5 | 35.0 | 44.0 | 2397 |
| 44 | Dunaveckis Deniss | LAT | 2083 | 5.5 | 34.5 | 45.0 | 2449 | |
| 45 | Socko Monika | GM | POL | 2431 | 5.5 | 34.5 | 45.0 | 2430 |
| 46 | Stocek Jiri | GM | CZE | 2558 | 5.5 | 34.5 | 45.0 | 2415 |
| 47 | Korpa Bence | FM | HUN | 2329 | 5.5 | 34.5 | 44.0 | 2441 |
| 48 | Merry Alan B | ENG | 2283 | 5.5 | 34.5 | 42.0 | 2388 | |
| 49 | Ahlander Bjorn | IM | SWE | 2446 | 5.5 | 33.0 | 43.5 | 2411 |
| 50 | Saulespurens Valdis | FM | USA | 2324 | 5.5 | 33.0 | 42.0 | 2390 |
| 51 | Kretainis Kristaps | LAT | 2248 | 5.5 | 32.5 | 41.5 | 2492 | |
| 52 | Pedersen Christian Kyndel | IM | DEN | 2442 | 5.5 | 32.0 | 42.0 | 2299 |
| 53 | Luukkonen Tommi | FM | FIN | 2284 | 5.5 | 31.0 | 39.5 | 2308 |
| 54 | Gogin Maksim | RUS | 2031 | 5.5 | 30.5 | 39.5 | 2396 | |
| 55 | Yakimenko Alexander A. | RUS | 2199 | 5.5 | 29.5 | 37.5 | 2330 | |
| 56 | Vlassow Valentin | FM | RUS | 2335 | 5.5 | 28.5 | 36.0 | 2268 |
| 57 | Laurusas Tomas | LTU | 2377 | 5.0 | 41.0 | 50.5 | 2507 | |
| 58 | Agopov Mikael | IM | FIN | 2439 | 5.0 | 40.5 | 51.5 | 2442 |
| 59 | Lanka Zigurds | GM | LAT | 2427 | 5.0 | 38.5 | 49.0 | 2409 |
| 60 | Thorfinnsson Bragi | IM | ISL | 2493 | 5.0 | 38.5 | 48.5 | 2408 |
| 61 | Rogule Laura | WGM | LAT | 2337 | 5.0 | 36.5 | 46.0 | 2437 |
| 62 | Aleksandrov Aleksej | GM | BLR | 2626 | 5.0 | 35.0 | 45.0 | 2320 |
| 63 | Pileckis Emilis | IM | LTU | 2467 | 5.0 | 34.5 | 45.5 | 2381 |
| 64 | Sulskis Sarunas | GM | LTU | 2550 | 5.0 | 34.5 | 45.0 | 2355 |
| 65 | Sagit Rauan | FM | SWE | 2364 | 5.0 | 33.5 | 43.0 | 2336 |
| 66 | D`costa Lorin A R | IM | ENG | 2408 | 5.0 | 32.0 | 41.0 | 2336 |
| 67 | Petrosyan Tigran S. | FM | ARM | 2346 | 5.0 | 31.5 | 42.0 | 2299 |
| 68 | Hauge Lars Oskar | NOR | 2206 | 5.0 | 31.5 | 41.0 | 2316 | |
| 69 | Roubalik Jakub | CZE | 2344 | 5.0 | 30.5 | 41.0 | 2247 | |
| 70 | Gevorgyan David | ARM | 2416 | 5.0 | 29.0 | 38.5 | 2248 | |
| 71 | Smirnov Artem | IM | RUS | 2439 | 5.0 | 29.0 | 37.0 | 2262 |
| 72 | Reizniece-Ozola Dana | WGM | LAT | 2295 | 5.0 | 28.5 | 37.5 | 2216 |
| 73 | Zaksaite Salomeja | WIM | LTU | 2157 | 5.0 | 28.5 | 35.0 | 2320 |
| 74 | Naslund Mikael | FM | SWE | 2112 | 5.0 | 27.5 | 35.5 | 2257 |
| 75 | Klenburg Mikhail | IM | UKR | 2371 | 4.5 | 39.5 | 50.0 | 2367 |
| 76 | Niemi Kalle | FM | FIN | 2320 | 4.5 | 36.5 | 45.5 | 2303 |
| 77 | Thorfinnsson Bjorn | IM | ISL | 2403 | 4.5 | 36.0 | 46.0 | 2239 |
| 78 | Ladva Ottomar | EST | 2321 | 4.5 | 34.5 | 44.0 | 2305 | |
| 79 | Krupenski Juri | EST | 2317 | 4.5 | 34.0 | 43.5 | 2225 | |
| 80 | Lavendelis Egons | FM | LAT | 2300 | 4.5 | 34.0 | 43.0 | 2291 |
| 81 | Payen Arnaud | IM | FRA | 2318 | 4.5 | 34.0 | 42.5 | 2313 |
| 82 | Salomon Johan | NOR | 2222 | 4.5 | 33.5 | 43.5 | 2305 | |
| 83 | Basso Pier Luigi | ITA | 2208 | 4.5 | 33.5 | 43.0 | 2300 | |
| 84 | Strugnell Carl | FM | FRA | 2306 | 4.5 | 32.0 | 40.0 | 2212 |
| 85 | Schuetze Norman | GER | 2245 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 41.0 | 2327 | |
| 86 | Topi-Hulmi Teemu | FM | FIN | 2234 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 41.0 | 2249 |
| 87 | Yrjola Jouni | GM | FIN | 2377 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 40.5 | 2259 |
| 88 | Tokranovs Dmitrijs | LAT | 2214 | 4.5 | 31.5 | 39.5 | 2315 | |
| 89 | Player Edmund C | ENG | 2264 | 4.5 | 31.0 | 40.5 | 2208 | |
| 90 | Lindgren Philip | SWE | 2290 | 4.5 | 30.0 | 38.5 | 2135 | |
| 91 | Bernotas Arturs | LAT | 2282 | 4.5 | 30.0 | 38.5 | 2128 | |
| 92 | Griffiths Ryan Rhys | FM | IRL | 2388 | 4.5 | 30.0 | 38.0 | 2168 |
| 93 | Olsen Peter Erik | DEN | 2194 | 4.5 | 29.5 | 39.0 | 2187 | |
| 94 | Pavlova Alina | WFM | RUS | 2124 | 4.5 | 28.5 | 37.5 | 2300 |
| 95 | Bar Aviv | ISR | 2136 | 4.5 | 28.5 | 35.5 | 2198 | |
| 96 | Karasik Evgeni | ISR | 2228 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 36.5 | 2171 | |
| 97 | Erneste Inguna | WGM | LAT | 2190 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 34.5 | 2140 |
| 98 | Rehn Ralf | FIN | 2150 | 4.5 | 26.5 | 33.5 | 2152 | |
| 99 | Sakovich Igor | FM | LAT | 2189 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 34.5 | 2142 |
| 100 | Ehlvest Jaan | GM | USA | 2615 | 4.0 | 35.0 | 45.0 | 2238 |
| 101 | Sanders Isaac B | ENG | 2254 | 4.0 | 35.0 | 42.5 | 2337 | |
| 102 | Agafonov Yuri | LAT | 2218 | 4.0 | 33.5 | 42.5 | 2178 | |
| 103 | Skuja Aivars | LAT | 2134 | 4.0 | 33.0 | 42.0 | 2199 | |
| 104 | Bivol Alina | WIM | RUS | 2230 | 4.0 | 32.5 | 42.5 | 2215 |
| 105 | Bedouin Xavier | IM | FRA | 2367 | 4.0 | 32.5 | 41.0 | 2168 |
| 106 | Zuckovs Aleksejs | LAT | 2236 | 4.0 | 32.0 | 41.5 | 2264 | |
| 107 | Haavamae Henrik | EST | 1985 | 4.0 | 32.0 | 41.0 | 2238 | |
| 108 | Shatilov Alexandr | FM | RUS | 2277 | 4.0 | 32.0 | 41.0 | 2152 |
| 109 | Ni Viktorija | WIM | USA | 2169 | 4.0 | 32.0 | 40.0 | 2243 |
| 110 | Bartos Jan | FM | CZE | 2265 | 4.0 | 32.0 | 40.0 | 2192 |
| 111 | Jankovskis Guntis | LAT | 2322 | 4.0 | 31.5 | 41.0 | 2188 | |
| 112 | Daudzvardis Janis | LAT | 2153 | 4.0 | 31.5 | 40.5 | 2257 | |
| 113 | Svoboda Rostislav | CZE | 2031 | 4.0 | 31.5 | 40.5 | 2226 | |
| 114 | Meier Volker | FM | GER | 2270 | 4.0 | 31.5 | 39.0 | 2131 |
| 115 | Stremavicius Titas | LTU | 2235 | 4.0 | 31.0 | 40.0 | 2303 | |
| 116 | Starcevs Dmitrijs | LAT | 2154 | 4.0 | 30.5 | 39.0 | 2162 | |
| 117 | Sermons Uldis | LAT | 2177 | 4.0 | 30.5 | 37.5 | 2204 | |
| 118 | Parkkinen Jyrki | FIN | 2205 | 4.0 | 30.0 | 39.5 | 2155 | |
| 119 | Issakainen Ari | FIN | 2203 | 4.0 | 29.5 | 38.5 | 2169 | |
| 120 | Batkovskyte Dominyka | LTU | 2104 | 4.0 | 29.0 | 36.0 | 2133 | |
| 121 | Lindgren Fredrik | SWE | 2221 | 4.0 | 28.5 | 36.5 | 2239 | |
| 122 | Stepins Edgars | LAT | 2142 | 4.0 | 28.5 | 36.0 | 2116 | |
| 123 | Leidorf Sebastian | GER | 2037 | 4.0 | 28.0 | 35.5 | 2191 | |
| 124 | Menendez Rey Francisco Javier | ESP | 2265 | 4.0 | 27.5 | 35.0 | 2091 | |
| 125 | Sirokov Jevgenijs | LAT | 1853 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 34.0 | 2147 | |
| 126 | Hodovsky Jiri | CZE | 2135 | 4.0 | 26.5 | 34.0 | 2101 | |
| 127 | Egorov Daniil | RUS | 1891 | 4.0 | 25.5 | 33.0 | 2137 | |
| 128 | Logallo Claudio | ITA | 2058 | 4.0 | 25.5 | 32.5 | 2069 | |
| 129 | Nielsen Klaus | DEN | 2102 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 31.5 | 2082 | |
| 130 | Narva Triin | WCM | EST | 2069 | 4.0 | 23.0 | 29.5 | 2073 |
| 131 | Kazakovskiy Valeriy | BLR | 2017 | 3.5 | 35.5 | 45.5 | 2173 | |
| 132 | Stasans Aivars | LAT | 2128 | 3.5 | 35.0 | 46.5 | 2306 | |
| 133 | Lamser Jan | CZE | 2179 | 3.5 | 32.0 | 41.0 | 2147 | |
| 134 | Kenneskog Theodor | SWE | 2297 | 3.5 | 31.0 | 38.5 | 2110 | |
| 135 | Miknevicius Laurynas | LTU | 2001 | 3.5 | 30.5 | 39.0 | 2172 | |
| 136 | Aharon Ofir | FM | ISR | 2307 | 3.5 | 29.0 | 37.5 | 2163 |
| 137 | Smilga Kristaps | LAT | 2133 | 3.5 | 28.0 | 35.5 | 2129 | |
| 138 | Tolhuizen Ludo | NED | 2155 | 3.5 | 26.5 | 36.0 | 2082 | |
| 139 | Gonzalez Gonzalez Alfonso | ESP | 2109 | 3.5 | 26.0 | 34.5 | 2092 | |
| 140 | Izotov Sergei | RUS | 2189 | 3.5 | 26.0 | 34.0 | 2080 | |
| 141 | Petrovskis Olegs | LAT | 2033 | 3.5 | 26.0 | 34.0 | 2045 | |
| 142 | Krustkalns Kristaps | FM | LAT | 2201 | 3.0 | 30.5 | 39.5 | 2034 |
| 143 | Holm Kristian Stuvik | FM | NOR | 2279 | 3.0 | 29.5 | 39.0 | 2076 |
| 144 | Ceponis Tadas | LTU | 1942 | 3.0 | 29.5 | 38.0 | 2091 | |
| 145 | Van Den Bersselaar Jeroen | NED | 2163 | 3.0 | 29.5 | 37.5 | 2067 | |
| 146 | Morozli Grigorijs | LAT | 1700 | 3.0 | 29.5 | 37.5 | 1958 | |
| 147 | Lokander Martin | SWE | 2248 | 3.0 | 28.5 | 36.5 | 1993 | |
| 148 | Miettinen Teemu | FIN | 2009 | 3.0 | 28.0 | 34.5 | 2004 | |
| 149 | Brouwer Rein | NED | 1995 | 3.0 | 27.5 | 35.0 | 2107 | |
| 150 | Chukavin Kirill | EST | 1861 | 3.0 | 27.0 | 35.0 | 2056 | |
| 151 | Yapar Nedim | TUR | 1896 | 3.0 | 27.0 | 34.5 | 2046 | |
| 152 | Rasa Gints | LAT | 2103 | 3.0 | 26.5 | 34.0 | 1949 | |
| 153 | Klyszcz Michael | GER | 1999 | 3.0 | 26.5 | 33.5 | 2069 | |
| 154 | Jones Iolo C | CM | WLS | 2225 | 3.0 | 26.0 | 34.5 | 1976 |
| 155 | Nesterov Arseniy | RUS | 1834 | 3.0 | 25.5 | 32.5 | 1954 | |
| 156 | Kreyssig Robert | GER | 2085 | 3.0 | 25.5 | 32.0 | 1947 | |
| 157 | Kassani Sam | SWE | 2115 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 31.5 | 1939 | |
| 158 | Valantiejus Vaidotas | LTU | 1965 | 3.0 | 24.0 | 31.0 | 2056 | |
| 159 | Schmitt Carsten | GER | 1951 | 3.0 | 23.5 | 30.5 | 1941 | |
| 160 | Grichkevitch Gilles | FRA | 2149 | 3.0 | 23.5 | 30.0 | 1906 | |
| 161 | Whitehead David J | ENG | 2022 | 3.0 | 20.5 | 26.5 | 1943 | |
| 162 | Grahn Lars | SWE | 1994 | 3.0 | 18.5 | 24.5 | 1826 | |
| 163 | Mierins Eriks | LAT | 2088 | 2.5 | 30.5 | 37.5 | 2022 | |
| 164 | Batakovs Olegs | LAT | 2122 | 2.5 | 26.5 | 34.5 | 1966 | |
| 165 | Bit-Narva David | SWE | 1942 | 2.5 | 22.0 | 28.5 | 1931 | |
| 166 | Tirrito Luca | ITA | 2068 | 2.5 | 21.0 | 26.5 | 1942 | |
| 167 | Lammi Jyri | FIN | 2151 | 2.0 | 27.0 | 34.5 | 1868 | |
| 168 | Pitkanen Juhani | FIN | 1758 | 2.0 | 26.5 | 33.5 | 1795 | |
| 169 | Weber Bernhard | GER | 1952 | 2.0 | 26.0 | 32.5 | 1852 | |
| 170 | Walta Paivi | WFM | FIN | 1822 | 2.0 | 23.5 | 30.0 | 1832 |
| 171 | Wibe Per H. | NOR | 1831 | 2.0 | 22.0 | 28.5 | 1789 | |
| 172 | Becker Carsten | GER | 1993 | 1.5 | 24.0 | 31.0 | 1934 | |
| 173 | Bondarenko Dmitry | RUS | 1948 | 1.5 | 21.5 | 28.5 | 1663 | |
| 173 players | ||||||||
