Zhao Zong-Yuan Wins Bangkok Open

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Sunday, 21 April 2013

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GM Zhao Zong-Yuan

Over 200 players took part in Bangkok Open (April 14-21), among them 24 GMs and 3 WGMs. The top seed, British chess legend Nigel Short performed relatively poorly and finished at 11th place, losing 12 rating points. "Had the satisfaction of finishing a very disappointing tournament with an outrageous swindle :)" - he commented on FaceBook.

Koneru Humpy, the world's third highest-rated female chess player, finished 10th, despite being seeded 4th.

Chinese-born Australian GM Zhao Zong-Yuan won the event with a score of 7.5/9. The critical game happened in the penultimate round, when he managed to defeat Nigel Short with the Black pieces.

Top-10:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB2	Rp	rtg+/-
1	GM	Zhao Zong-Yuan	AUS	2537	7.5	51.5	2695	18.5
2	IM	Wan Yunguo	CHN	2494	7.0	54.5	2607	14.5
3	GM	Gustafsson Jan	GER	2621	7.0	54.5	2647	5.1
4	GM	Vajda Levente	ROU	2632	7.0	53.5	2584	-0.9
5	GM	Hansen Sune Berg	DEN	2561	7.0	53.5	2633	9.5
6	GM	Laylo Darwin	PHI	2491	7.0	51.5	2592	12.9
7	GM	Barbosa Oliver	PHI	2563	7.0	50.5	2581	3.1
8	GM	Antonio Rogelio Jr	PHI	2527	6.5	55.5	2609	12.2
9	IM	Wang Chen	CHN	2485	6.5	54.5	2571	13.2
10	GM	Koneru Humpy	IND	2597	6.5	53.5	2568	-0.3