Riga Open 2015

[John Higgs]

Good luck to our players for round 8 which starts at 5pm local - last round is tomorrow at 11am local.

[Mick Norris]

Round 8 draw is up:

28 71 FM Merry Alan B 2340 4½ 4½ IM Kjartansson Gudmundur 2447 40
47 99 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab 2250 3½ 3½ FM Sanders Isaac B 2338 72
51 83 Mustaps Matiss 2300 3½ 3½ Player Edmund C 2196 120
53 87 FM Kuzmin Egor 2290 3½ 3½ Taylor Adam C 2189 124

Alan & Isaac lost, Edmund drew and Adam won

[LawrenceCooper]

Good luck to our players for round 8 which starts at 5pm local - last round is tomorrow at 11am local.

A win for Adam and a draw for Edmund but sadly losses for Alan & Isaac.

Final round pairings:

29 37 IM Ladva Ottomar 2452 4½ 4½ FM Merry Alan B 2340 71
37 124 Taylor Adam C 2189 4½ 4½ FM Oganian Miran 2380 59
43 120 Player Edmund C2196 4 4 FM Perske Thore 2408 53
59 72 FM Sanders Isaac B 2338 3½ 3½ Kraus Yair 2190 123

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Adam is finishing strongly and gaining lots of rating points. Hopefully Alan will gain rating points as well and edge towards the 2400 rating he needs for the IM title. Isaac and Edmund appear to have struggled more, though Isaac Sanders has suffered a bit from the yo-yo effect. All four players got a lot of titled players and look to have gained a lot of experience from this tournament. Best of luck to them in the final round (which may have started by now, or will start soon).

[LawrenceCooper]

Good luck to our players for round 8 which starts at 5pm local - last round is tomorrow at 11am local.

A win for Adam and a draw for Edmund but sadly losses for Alan & Isaac.

Final round pairings:

29 37 IM Ladva Ottomar 2452 4½ 4½ FM Merry Alan B 2340 71
37 124 Taylor Adam C 2189 4½ 4½ FM Oganian Miran 2380 59
43 120 Player Edmund C2196 4 4 FM Perske Thore 2408 53
59 72 FM Sanders Isaac B 2338 3½ 3½ Kraus Yair 2190 123

An excellent last round result for Alan who won to finish on 5.5. Adam drew to finish on 5, Edmund also drew and finished on 4.5. Sadly, Isaac lost to finish on 3.5.

[John Higgs]

Final ranking cross table:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr165750. ... =30&wi=821

Well done boys!!

[Mick Norris]

Individual performance including rating change

Alan

Adam

Edmund

Isaac

Tough for Isaac, who has played elsewhere in Europe this summer of course and may be fatigued to some extent, playing 3 GMs, a WGM and 2 WIMs and in total against players form 8 different countries, which suggests this is a good tournament for aspiring players to target next summer