Politiken Cup 2015 gathers 431 players in Denmark |
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Monday, 27 July 2015 17:20 |
The Politiken Cup Chess Tournament is taking place from July 25 through August 2, 2015, at the Konventum in Helsingør, Denmark.
The event is a 10-round Swiss FIDE open that gathers 431 players from 23 different federations, including 27 GMs and 17 IMs.
The first prize is € 2,700, while top seed is GM Laurent Fressinet of France (2707).
37 players are in the lead with perfect score after the first three rounds.
The biggest surprise of the third round is English player Ravi Haria (2261) who upset GM Gawain Jones (2647) with Black pieces.
www.ksu.dk/politiken_cup
Standings after Round 3:
1 IM Schroeder Jan-Christian GER 2461 SV1920 Hofheim 3 2 Thogersen Rasmus DEN 2192 Skive 3 3 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2707 Clichy-Echecs-92 3 4 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2663 3 5 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER 2654 OSG Baden-Baden 3 6 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2626 3 7 GM Hector Jonny SWE 2485 Nordkalotten 3 8 IM Holm Kristian Stuvik NOR 2398 Vålerenga 3 9 FM Jacobsen Mikkel Manosri DEN 2370 BMS 3 10 FM Fossan Petter NOR 2308 Stavanger 3 11 FM Haldorsen Benjamin NOR 2302 Bergen 3 12 GM Ragger Markus AUT 2688 SG Solingen 3 13 GM Marin Mihail ROU 2579 3 14 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2575 Bois-Colombes 3 15 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2571 Helsingør 3 16 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2563 Brønshøj 3 17 GM Glud Jakob Vang DEN 2531 Philidor 3 18 GM Schandorff Lars DEN 2520 Hillerød 3 19 IM Delorme Axel FRA 2484 Clichy-Echecs-92 3 20 IM Smith Axel SWE 2449 Lunds ASK 3 21 Kollars Dmitrij GER 2437 Hamburg 3 22 GM Hoi Carsten DEN 2383 Brønshøj 3 23 FM Haubro Martin DEN 2382 BMS 3 24 FM Aabling-Thomsen Jakob DEN 2333 Brønshøj 3 25 Haria Ravi ENG 2261 HABS 3 26 FM Adan Bermudez Sergio ESP 2402 K41 3 27 GM Chabanon Jean-Luc FRA 2493 Cavalier Bleu Drancy 3 28 FM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2409 Vålerenga 3 29 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2622 3 30 GM Timman Jan H NED 2566 SG Porz e.V. 3 31 IM Antonsen Mikkel DEN 2469 Næstved 3 32 IM Jepson Christian SWE 2428 Limhamn 3 33 IM Sjodahl Pontus SWE 2425 Västerås 3 34 IM Tan Justin AUS 2417 Woodbridge School 3 35 IM Johansson Linus SWE 2379 Limhamn 3 36 IM Carstensen Jacob DEN 2336 Brønshøj 3 37 GM Brunello Sabino ITA 2539 3 etc
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