Slovakia Chess Open 2024 concluded in Piestany. Held with financial support from the FIDE Aid Package, the chess festival featured two tournaments Open A and Open B running from July 09-17. Both competitions, 9-round Swiss tournaments with classical time control, attracted about 200 players representing 19 national federations.
The Open A tournament saw a minor sensation as the 17th seed, 14-year-old FM Pawel Sowinski of Poland (pictured below, right), navigated a strong field to score an impressive 7/9. The second seed, Tomas Laurusas, also netted 7/9 but finished runner-up due to the inferior Buchholz tiebreaker.
Both finished the event unbeaten, picking up 25 and 8 rating points, respectively.
A large group of players tied for the third position with another youngster, Ilamparthi A R of India, completing the podium.
Final standings Open A
|
1 |
FM |
Sowinski, Pawel |
POL |
2433 |
7 |
|
2 |
GM |
Laurusas, Tomas |
LTU |
2563 |
7 |
|
3 |
IM |
Ilamparthi, A R |
IND |
2434 |
6½ |
|
4 |
GM |
Shyam, Sundar M. |
IND |
2493 |
6½ |
|
5 |
GM |
Demchenko, Anton |
SLO |
2609 |
6½ |
|
6 |
GM |
Aczel, Gergely |
HUN |
2498 |
6½ |
|
7 |
IM |
Moksh, Amit Doshi |
IND |
2368 |
6½ |
|
8 |
IM |
Haring, Filip |
SVK |
2497 |
6½ |
|
9 |
IM |
Aradhya, Garg |
IND |
2418 |
6 |
|
10 |
IM |
Hrbek, Stepan |
CZE |
2402 |
6 |
Complete final standings Open A
Complete finals standings Open B
Photos: Slovakia Chess Open Facebook
Official website: slovakiachessopen.sk/piestany_2024/
