Vincent Blom decimates Arona Chess Festival Blitz Open 2024, Savitha Shri third
FM Vincent Blom (NED) scored 8.5/9 to win Arona Chess Festival Blitz Rating Open 2024. He finished a half point ahead of the field. GM Bartosz Socko (POL) scored sole 8/9 to finish second. WGM Savitha Shri B and Miguoel Admiraal (NED) scored 6.5/9. They were placed second and third according to tie-breaks. Total prize fund of the tournament was €20000. The top three prizes were: 1st - ChessBase 17 Premium + Fritz 19, 2nd - Komodo Dragon 3.2 + Kasparov: How to play Najdorf and 3rd - Fritz 19 + Kasparov: How to play Najdorf. In the Classical Rating Open, GM Sankalp Gupta and GM Abhijeet Gupta scored 7/10 each. They secured fifth and seventh place respectively. FM Goutham Krishna H scored his fourth IM-norm. Photo: Official site
Classical: Goutham Krishna H scores his fourth IM-norm
FM Goutham Krishna H scored 6/9 to secure his fourth IM-norm. He performed at 2438 and gained 43.8 Elo rating points. Although he did not need to score another IM-norm, an extra is always good.
A total of 48 players including 2 GMs, 2 IMs and a WGM and 2 WIMs took part from 19 countries across the world in this one-day nine-round Swiss League Rating Open. The tournament was organized by Arona Chess Club - CDA Grademar at Arona Gran Hotel & Spa in Tenerife, Spain on 29th June. The time control of the event was 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | FM | Blom, Vincent | NED | 2288 | 8,5 | 2600 | 48,5 | 49,50 | |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Socko, Bartosz | POL | 2552 | 8 | 2555 | 49 | 44,50 | |
| 3 | 12 | WGM | Savitha, Shri B | w | IND | 2171 | 6,5 | 2313 | 49 | 33,50 |
| 4 | 2 | IM | Admiraal, Miguoel | NED | 2419 | 6,5 | 2243 | 44,5 | 34,00 | |
| 5 | 9 | FM | O`gorman, Tom | IRL | 2267 | 6 | 2302 | 50 | 32,00 | |
| 6 | 3 | FM | Chinguun, Sumiya | MGL | 2386 | 6 | 2293 | 48,5 | 30,75 | |
| 7 | 6 | GM | Socko, Monika | w | POL | 2288 | 6 | 2218 | 47,5 | 28,50 |
| 8 | 15 | FM | Yezhel, Valiantsin | FID | 2031 | 6 | 2200 | 47 | 29,75 | |
| 9 | 17 | Rappazzo, Johannes | SUI | 1986 | 6 | 2137 | 45 | 26,50 | ||
| 10 | 11 | Podolskyi, Mykhailo | UKR | 2233 | 6 | 2125 | 42,5 | 25,00 |
Links
Tournament details: Blitz and Classical
