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BTCh Monday 6-Board Rd11
MTK beat Pestzentimre 4-2
I struggled with White to eventually draw against Szoukup,I on board 2. It seems I forgot how to play chess
MTK finished 2nd overall and could have used another half point during the match,I
Yip-Szoukup,I
Board 2
After 16.Qe3(Diagram)
Things are not going well for White.
What do you recommend for Black?
After 16.Qe3
Much later in the game
After 70.Ke4(Diagram)
White was cruising to a draw, or so I thought.
What do you recommend for Black?
After 70.Ke4
European Individual Chess Championship 2018 Rd8
Round 8
IM Kantor,G won and all other Hungarians drew
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 8 | GM | Dubov Daniil | 2701 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 6 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2651 | 30 |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2738 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | GM | Demchenko Anton | 2672 | 18 |
| 3 | 29 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2652 | 5½ | ½ – ½ | 5½ | GM | Navara David | 2737 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | 2690 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | 2655 | 27 |
| 5 | 34 | GM | McShane Luke J | 2647 | 5½ | 1 – 0 | 5½ | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2683 | 16 |
| 6 | 6 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2709 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5½ | GM | Paravyan David | 2613 | 59 |
| 7 | 1 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2746 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2639 | 40 |
| 8 | 7 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | 2707 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | 2609 | 62 |
| 9 | 51 | GM | Bok Benjamin | 2622 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2693 | 10 |
| 10 | 69 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2601 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | 2685 | 14 |
| 11 | 15 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2684 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2600 | 72 |
| 12 | 71 | GM | Bologan Victor | 2600 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2677 | 17 |
| 13 | 21 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2664 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Brkic Ante | 2590 | 78 |
| 14 | 146 | IM | Santos Ruiz Miguel | 2488 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Saric Ivan | 2657 | 26 |
| 15 | 92 | GM | Sarana Alexey | 2577 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Piorun Kacper | 2653 | 28 |
| 16 | 33 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2647 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | IM | Lomasov Semen | 2551 | 103 |
| 17 | 75 | GM | Predke Alexandr | 2595 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2646 | 36 |
| 18 | 19 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2671 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | 2521 | 123 |
| 19 | 85 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | 2586 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2697 | 9 |
| 20 | 86 | GM | Pashikian Arman | 2585 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2664 | 22 |
| 21 | 87 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep M. | 2584 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Meier Georg | 2648 | 32 |
| 22 | 35 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2646 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | FM | Esipenko Andrey | 2581 | 90 |
| 23 | 39 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | 2642 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | 2569 | 94 |
| 24 | 41 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2639 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Chigaev Maksim | 2560 | 98 |
| 25 | 93 | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | 2572 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2637 | 42 |
| 26 | 101 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | 2553 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | 2632 | 44 |
| 27 | 47 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2627 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Boruchovsky Avital | 2542 | 110 |
| 28 | 97 | GM | Skoberne Jure | 2563 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2627 | 48 |
| 29 | 99 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2559 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Romanov Evgeny | 2619 | 54 |
| 30 | 112 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2541 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2617 | 56 |
| 31 | 105 | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | 2549 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | 2613 | 60 |
| 32 | 114 | GM | Arutinian David | 2536 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Abasov Nijat | 2608 | 64 |
| 33 | 65 | GM | Andersen Mads | 2605 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | IM | Diermair Andreas | 2507 | 132 |
| 34 | 141 | GM | Gabrielian Artur | 2493 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Martinovic Sasa | 2604 | 66 |
| 35 | 139 | IM | Hakobyan Aram | 2497 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Bindrich Falko | 2602 | 68 |
| 36 | 81 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2588 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | IM | Flom Gabriel | 2493 | 142 |
| 37 | 144 | IM | Ferreira Jorge Viterbo | 2492 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Gajewski Grzegorz | 2588 | 82 |
| 38 | 200 | Nesterov Arseniy | 2388 | 4½ | 0 – 1 | 4½ | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2587 | 84 | |
| 39 | 5 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2713 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4½ | IM | Pijpers Arthur | 2453 | 162 |
| 40 | 116 | IM | Triapishko Alexandr | 2530 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2689 | 12 |
| 41 | 13 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2685 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | GM | Kelires Andreas | 2523 | 122 |
| 42 | 117 | GM | Baron Tal | 2529 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2669 | 20 |
| 43 | 23 | GM | Lenic Luka | 2662 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | IM | Kriebel Tadeas | 2520 | 124 |
| 44 | 119 | IM | Kantor Gergely | 2527 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2659 | 24 |
| 45 | 31 | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | 2650 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Godena Michele | 2505 | 134 |
| 46 | 37 | GM | Krasenkow Michal | 2644 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | IM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | 2517 | 126 |
| 47 | 121 | GM | Djukic Nikola | 2523 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Kovalenko Igor | 2642 | 38 |
| 48 | 43 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2632 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Maghalashvili Davit | 2508 | 130 |
| 49 | 125 | GM | Steinberg Nitzan | 2518 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Indjic Aleksandar | 2623 | 50 |
| 50 | 127 | GM | Matinian Nikita | 2514 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | 2622 | 52 |
| 51 | 53 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | 2620 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | GM | Sanikidze Tornike | 2501 | 136 |
| 52 | 55 | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2619 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2491 | 145 |
| 53 | 147 | GM | Mikaelyan Arman | 2486 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Khalifman Alexander | 2614 | 58 |
| 54 | 63 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2609 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | IM | Pavlov Sergey | 2485 | 149 |
| 55 | 67 | GM | Can Emre | 2603 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | IM | Sargsyan Shant | 2481 | 152 |
| 56 | 154 | IM | Sadikhov Ulvi | 2477 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | GM | Kovchan Alexander | 2596 | 74 |
| 57 | 76 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2594 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Jurcik Marian | 2473 | 155 |
| 58 | 77 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2593 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | IM | Lobanov Sergei | 2468 | 158 |
| 59 | 79 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2589 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | IM | Beradze Irakli | 2464 | 160 |
| 60 | 159 | GM | Minasian Artashes | 2467 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Bogner Sebastian | 2588 | 80 |
| 61 | 83 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2587 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | IM | Pechac Jergus | 2440 | 167 |
| 62 | 182 | IM | Berchtenbreiter Max | 2414 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | IM | Vavulin Maksim | 2583 | 88 |
| 63 | 189 | FM | Blohberger Felix | 2409 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2581 | 89 |
| 64 | 91 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2579 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | IM | Rzayev Bahruz | 2390 | 199 |
| 65 | 95 | GM | Stocek Jiri | 2567 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | IM | Mirzoev Emil | 2403 | 193 |
| 66 | 102 | IM | Moiseenko Vadim | 2552 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | FM | Konaplev Anton | 2337 | 218 |
| 67 | 104 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2550 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | FM | Danielyan Vahe | 2331 | 219 |
| 68 | 243 | Manafov Vugar | 2263 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Shevchenko Kirill | 2545 | 108 | |
| 69 | 113 | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | 2537 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | Oboladze Luka | 2318 | 225 | |
| 70 | 25 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2659 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 4 | FM | Suleymanli Aydin | 2210 | 255 |
| 71 | 143 | IM | Zanan Evgeny | 2493 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Solak Dragan | 2629 | 46 |
| 72 | 49 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | 2625 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Golubov Saveliy | 2495 | 140 |
| 73 | 57 | GM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | 2616 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | Neverov Valeriy | 2480 | 153 |
| 74 | 61 | GM | Bosiocic Marin | 2611 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | FM | Zarubitski Viachaslau | 2425 | 174 |
| 75 | 166 | IM | Mindlin Alon | 2442 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Jojua Davit | 2601 | 70 |
| 76 | 73 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | 2599 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | FM | Drori Saar | 2420 | 178 |
| 77 | 161 | GM | Firat Burak | 2453 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Wagner Dennis | 2566 | 96 |
| 78 | 198 | FM | Tutisani Noe | 2394 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | IM | Santos Latasa Jaime | 2549 | 106 |
| 79 | 107 | GM | Palac Mladen | 2546 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Korchmar Vasiliy | 2411 | 187 |
| 80 | 111 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | 2542 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Soysal Serkan | 2406 | 191 |
| 81 | 129 | GM | Kantans Toms | 2508 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Arabidze Meri | 2369 | 209 |
| 82 | 131 | GM | Shengelia David | 2508 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | FM | Davtyan Artur | 2351 | 213 |
| 83 | 135 | IM | Golubka Petro | 2503 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Gokhvat Peter | 2248 | 249 | |
| 84 | 137 | IM | Harutyunian Tigran K. | 2501 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | Qalagashvili Pridon | 2153 | 265 | |
| 85 | 231 | FM | Mgeladze Tamaz | 2303 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Kobo Ori | 2500 | 138 |
| 86 | 190 | FM | Ozen Deniz | 2407 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2630 | 45 |
Rank after Round 8
| Rk. | SNo | Name | Typ | sex | Gr | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | Rp | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 11 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | ISR | 2690 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 38,0 | 42,5 | 2832 | 10 | 13,6 | |||
| 2 | 30 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ACP | ENG | 2651 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 39,0 | 2829 | 10 | 17,2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | ACP | POL | 2738 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 35,0 | 38,5 | 2831 | 10 | 9,1 | ||
| 4 | 34 | GM | McShane Luke J | ACP | ENG | 2647 | 6,5 | 0,0 | 34,5 | 37,5 | 2807 | 10 | 15,3 | ||
| 5 | 29 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2652 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 36,5 | 40,0 | 2777 | 10 | 12,7 | |||
| 6 | 8 | GM | Dubov Daniil | ACP | RUS | 2701 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 35,5 | 38,5 | 2769 | 10 | 6,9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | GM | Navara David | ACP | CZE | 2737 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 34,5 | 38,5 | 2742 | 10 | 1,6 | ||
| 8 | 21 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2664 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 33,5 | 36,5 | 2751 | 10 | 8,8 | |||
| 9 | 7 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | ACP | RUS | 2707 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 33,0 | 36,5 | 2717 | 10 | 1,3 | ||
| 10 | 6 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2709 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 31,0 | 34,5 | 2719 | 10 | 1,5 |
Results of the last round for HUN
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 8 | 18 | 19 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2671 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | 2521 | 123 |
| 8 | 27 | 47 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2627 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Boruchovsky Avital | 2542 | 110 |
| 8 | 44 | 119 | IM | Kantor Gergely | 2527 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2659 | 24 |
| 8 | 89 | 118 | GM | Ruck Robert | 2529 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | IM | Huber Martin Christian | 2372 | 205 |
Player details for HUN
| Rd. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. | K | rtg+/- | ||
| GM Berkes Ferenc 2671 HUN Rp:2655 Pts. 5,0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 170 | FM | Bernotas Arturs | 2436 | LAT | 3,0 | s 1 | 10 | 2,10 | |
| 2 | 108 | GM | Shevchenko Kirill | 2545 | UKR | 4,5 | w 1 | 10 | 3,30 | |
| 3 | 76 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2594 | ISR | 5,0 | s ½ | 10 | -1,10 | |
| 4 | 74 | GM | Kovchan Alexander | 2596 | UKR | 5,0 | w ½ | 10 | -1,00 | |
| 5 | 72 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2600 | GEO | 5,5 | s ½ | 10 | -1,00 | |
| 6 | 68 | GM | Bindrich Falko | 2602 | GER | 5,0 | w ½ | 10 | -1,00 | |
| 7 | 86 | GM | Pashikian Arman | 2585 | ARM | 5,0 | s ½ | 10 | -1,20 | |
| 8 | 123 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | 2521 | RUS | 5,5 | w ½ | 10 | -2,00 | |
| 9 | 87 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep M. | 2584 | ESP | 5,0 | s | |||
| GM Erdos Viktor 2627 HUN Rp:2609 Pts. 5,0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 199 | IM | Rzayev Bahruz | 2390 | AZE | 4,0 | s ½ | 10 | -3,00 | |
| 2 | 197 | FM | Bosman Michiel | 2398 | NED | 4,0 | w 1 | 10 | 2,10 | |
| 3 | 124 | IM | Kriebel Tadeas | 2520 | CZE | 4,0 | s 1 | 10 | 3,50 | |
| 4 | 114 | GM | Arutinian David | 2536 | GEO | 5,0 | w ½ | 10 | -1,20 | |
| 5 | 88 | IM | Vavulin Maksim | 2583 | RUS | 5,0 | s ½ | 10 | -0,60 | |
| 6 | 92 | GM | Sarana Alexey | 2577 | RUS | 5,5 | w ½ | 10 | -0,70 | |
| 7 | 94 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | 2569 | ARM | 4,5 | s ½ | 10 | -0,80 | |
| 8 | 110 | GM | Boruchovsky Avital | 2542 | ISR | 5,0 | w ½ | 10 | -1,20 | |
| 9 | 122 | GM | Kelires Andreas | 2523 | GRE | 5,0 | s | |||
| GM Ruck Robert 2529 HUN Rp:2407 Pts. 3,5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 270 | Simonyan Latush | 2111 | ARM | 2,5 | w 1 | 10 | 1,10 | ||
| 2 | 29 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2652 | RUS | 6,0 | s 0 | 10 | -3,30 | |
| 3 | 220 | FM | Aliyev Ravan | 2330 | AZE | 3,5 | w 1 | 10 | 2,40 | |
| 4 | 31 | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | 2650 | BLR | 4,5 | s ½ | 10 | 1,60 | |
| 5 | 14 | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | 2685 | UKR | 5,5 | s 0 | 10 | -2,90 | |
| 6 | 187 | IM | Korchmar Vasiliy | 2411 | RUS | 3,5 | w ½ | 10 | -1,60 | |
| 7 | 199 | IM | Rzayev Bahruz | 2390 | AZE | 4,0 | s 0 | 10 | -6,90 | |
| 8 | 205 | IM | Huber Martin Christian | 2372 | AUT | 3,5 | w ½ | 10 | -2,10 | |
| 9 | 209 | IM | Arabidze Meri | 2369 | GEO | 3,5 | s | |||
| IM Kantor Gergely 2527 HUN Rp:2504 Pts. 5,0 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 271 | Mochalin Faddey | 2110 | RUS | 2,0 | s 1 | 10 | 1,10 | ||
| 2 | 34 | GM | McShane Luke J | 2647 | ENG | 6,5 | w 0 | 10 | -3,40 | |
| 3 | 221 | FM | Petriashvili Nikoloz | 2329 | GEO | 3,5 | s ½ | 10 | -2,60 | |
| 4 | 203 | FM | Voit Daria | 2382 | RUS | 3,0 | w 0 | 10 | -6,90 | |
| 5 | 212 | FM | Belous Mikhail | 2355 | UKR | 2,5 | s 1 | 10 | 2,70 | |
| 6 | 189 | FM | Blohberger Felix | 2409 | AUT | 4,5 | w ½ | 10 | -1,60 | |
| 7 | 201 | IM | Bashirli Nail | 2384 | AZE | 3,5 | s 1 | 10 | 3,10 | |
| 8 | 24 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2659 | UKR | 4,0 | w 1 | 10 | 6,80 | |
| 9 | 64 | GM | Abasov Nijat | 2608 | AZE | 5,0 | s | |||
European Individual Chess Championship 2018 Rd7
Round 7
GM Ruck lost but IM Kantor,G won.
Berkes,F and Erdos,V remain the top Hungarians with 4.5/7
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 16 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2683 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2738 | 2 |
| 2 | 11 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | 2690 | 5 | ½ – ½ | 5 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2652 | 29 |
| 3 | 30 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2651 | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2684 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 | GM | Navara David | 2737 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Bok Benjamin | 2622 | 51 |
| 5 | 36 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2646 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2746 | 1 |
| 6 | 8 | GM | Dubov Daniil | 2701 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2639 | 41 |
| 7 | 10 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2693 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2601 | 69 |
| 8 | 18 | GM | Demchenko Anton | 2672 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | 2586 | 85 |
| 9 | 26 | GM | Saric Ivan | 2657 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Predke Alexandr | 2595 | 75 |
| 10 | 27 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | 2655 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Skoberne Jure | 2563 | 97 |
| 11 | 28 | GM | Piorun Kacper | 2653 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | IM | Santos Ruiz Miguel | 2488 | 146 |
| 12 | 123 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | 2521 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2647 | 33 |
| 13 | 34 | GM | McShane Luke J | 2647 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2559 | 99 |
| 14 | 59 | GM | Paravyan David | 2613 | 4½ | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2646 | 35 |
| 15 | 72 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2600 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2713 | 5 |
| 16 | 6 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2709 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2593 | 77 |
| 17 | 74 | GM | Kovchan Alexander | 2596 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | 2707 | 7 |
| 18 | 78 | GM | Brkic Ante | 2590 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2685 | 13 |
| 19 | 14 | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | 2685 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2589 | 79 |
| 20 | 17 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2677 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Bogner Sebastian | 2588 | 80 |
| 21 | 86 | GM | Pashikian Arman | 2585 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2671 | 19 |
| 22 | 89 | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2581 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2664 | 21 |
| 23 | 22 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2664 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | 2572 | 93 |
| 24 | 90 | FM | Esipenko Andrey | 2581 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | 2642 | 39 |
| 25 | 40 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2639 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Stocek Jiri | 2567 | 95 |
| 26 | 42 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2637 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Chigaev Maksim | 2560 | 98 |
| 27 | 92 | GM | Sarana Alexey | 2577 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2632 | 43 |
| 28 | 94 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | 2569 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2627 | 47 |
| 29 | 48 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2627 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | 2553 | 101 |
| 30 | 103 | IM | Lomasov Semen | 2551 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | 2620 | 53 |
| 31 | 54 | GM | Romanov Evgeny | 2619 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | 2549 | 105 |
| 32 | 56 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2617 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Boruchovsky Avital | 2542 | 110 |
| 33 | 62 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | 2609 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Djukic Nikola | 2523 | 121 |
| 34 | 114 | GM | Arutinian David | 2536 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Andersen Mads | 2605 | 65 |
| 35 | 66 | GM | Martinovic Sasa | 2604 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | IM | Hakobyan Aram | 2497 | 139 |
| 36 | 68 | GM | Bindrich Falko | 2602 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | IM | Ferreira Jorge Viterbo | 2492 | 144 |
| 37 | 122 | GM | Kelires Andreas | 2523 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | GM | Bologan Victor | 2600 | 71 |
| 38 | 9 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2697 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 4 | Oboladze Luka | 2318 | 225 | |
| 39 | 108 | GM | Shevchenko Kirill | 2545 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2669 | 20 |
| 40 | 24 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2659 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | 2537 | 113 |
| 41 | 112 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2541 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2659 | 25 |
| 42 | 116 | IM | Triapishko Alexandr | 2530 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | 2650 | 31 |
| 43 | 32 | GM | Meier Georg | 2648 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Palac Mladen | 2546 | 107 |
| 44 | 130 | GM | Maghalashvili Davit | 2508 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Krasenkow Michal | 2644 | 37 |
| 45 | 44 | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | 2632 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | 2542 | 111 |
| 46 | 132 | IM | Diermair Andreas | 2507 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | 2625 | 49 |
| 47 | 50 | GM | Indjic Aleksandar | 2623 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Baron Tal | 2529 | 117 |
| 48 | 147 | GM | Mikaelyan Arman | 2486 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2619 | 55 |
| 49 | 58 | GM | Khalifman Alexander | 2614 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Matinian Nikita | 2514 | 127 |
| 50 | 60 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | 2613 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Shengelia David | 2508 | 131 |
| 51 | 160 | IM | Beradze Irakli | 2464 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2609 | 63 |
| 52 | 64 | GM | Abasov Nijat | 2608 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Golubka Petro | 2503 | 135 |
| 53 | 70 | GM | Jojua Davit | 2601 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | Gabrielian Artur | 2493 | 141 |
| 54 | 162 | IM | Pijpers Arthur | 2453 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | 2599 | 73 |
| 55 | 174 | FM | Zarubitski Viachaslau | 2425 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2588 | 81 |
| 56 | 82 | GM | Gajewski Grzegorz | 2588 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Zanan Evgeny | 2493 | 143 |
| 57 | 84 | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2587 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Neverov Valeriy | 2480 | 153 |
| 58 | 178 | FM | Drori Saar | 2420 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep M. | 2584 | 87 |
| 59 | 88 | IM | Vavulin Maksim | 2583 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Minasian Artashes | 2467 | 159 |
| 60 | 193 | IM | Mirzoev Emil | 2403 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2579 | 91 |
| 61 | 96 | GM | Wagner Dennis | 2566 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | Nesterov Arseniy | 2388 | 200 | |
| 62 | 12 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2689 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3½ | FM | Tutisani Noe | 2394 | 198 |
| 63 | 164 | IM | Draskovic Luka | 2447 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Lenic Luka | 2662 | 23 |
| 64 | 38 | GM | Kovalenko Igor | 2642 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Asadli Vugar | 2449 | 163 |
| 65 | 142 | IM | Flom Gabriel | 2493 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Bosiocic Marin | 2611 | 61 |
| 66 | 167 | IM | Pechac Jergus | 2440 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2630 | 45 |
| 67 | 46 | GM | Solak Dragan | 2629 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Firat Burak | 2453 | 161 |
| 68 | 52 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | 2622 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Perunovic Miodrag | 2429 | 173 |
| 69 | 176 | GM | Ushenina Anna | 2423 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Can Emre | 2603 | 67 |
| 70 | 76 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2594 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Haria Ravi | 2424 | 175 |
| 71 | 181 | IM | Erenberg Ariel | 2415 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Ivanisevic Ivan | 2587 | 83 |
| 72 | 102 | IM | Moiseenko Vadim | 2552 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Sousa Andre Ventura | 2417 | 179 |
| 73 | 104 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2550 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Gadimbayli Abdulla | 2416 | 180 |
| 74 | 187 | IM | Korchmar Vasiliy | 2411 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | IM | Santos Latasa Jaime | 2549 | 106 |
| 75 | 189 | FM | Blohberger Felix | 2409 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Meskovs Nikita | 2536 | 115 |
| 76 | 199 | IM | Rzayev Bahruz | 2390 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Ruck Robert | 2529 | 118 |
| 77 | 201 | IM | Bashirli Nail | 2384 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | IM | Kantor Gergely | 2527 | 119 |
| 78 | 120 | IM | Repka Christopher | 2524 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | IM | Berchtenbreiter Max | 2414 | 182 |
| 79 | 124 | IM | Kriebel Tadeas | 2520 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Danielian Elina | 2413 | 184 |
| 80 | 218 | FM | Konaplev Anton | 2337 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Bellaiche Anthony | 2485 | 148 |
| 81 | 203 | FM | Voit Daria | 2382 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Steinberg Nitzan | 2518 | 125 |
| 82 | 207 | FM | Hayrapetyan Artavazd R. | 2370 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | IM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | 2517 | 126 |
| 83 | 134 | GM | Godena Michele | 2505 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Schekachikhin Maksim | 2406 | 192 |
| 84 | 136 | GM | Sanikidze Tornike | 2501 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Kalashian David | 2399 | 194 |
| 85 | 209 | IM | Arabidze Meri | 2369 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | IM | Harutyunian Tigran K. | 2501 | 137 |
| 86 | 213 | FM | Davtyan Artur | 2351 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Kobo Ori | 2500 | 138 |
| 87 | 145 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2491 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Muradli Mahammad | 2398 | 196 |
| 88 | 149 | IM | Pavlov Sergey | 2485 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Polivanov Anatoliy | 2383 | 202 |
| 89 | 219 | FM | Danielyan Vahe | 2331 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | WGM | Girya Olga | 2482 | 150 |
| 90 | 152 | IM | Sargsyan Shant | 2481 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Aliyev Ravan | 2330 | 220 |
| 91 | 154 | IM | Sadikhov Ulvi | 2477 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Pogosyan Stefan | 2322 | 222 |
| 92 | 155 | GM | Jurcik Marian | 2473 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Gvetadze Sofio | 2308 | 230 |
| 93 | 156 | IM | Kanmazalp Ogulcan | 2473 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | Manafov Vugar | 2263 | 243 | |
| 94 | 255 | FM | Suleymanli Aydin | 2210 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Miron Lucian-Costin | 2471 | 157 |
| 95 | 158 | IM | Lobanov Sergei | 2468 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Yeritsyan Hayk | 2149 | 267 | |
| 96 | 261 | Abdullayev Elshad | 2168 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 2½ | GM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | 2616 | 57 | |
| 97 | 100 | GM | Moroni Luca Jr | 2559 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | FM | Tsoi Dmitry | 2347 | 215 |
| 98 | 217 | FM | Krykun Yuriy | 2339 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | GM | Kantans Toms | 2508 | 129 |
| 99 | 223 | FM | Martynov Roman | 2319 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Fernandez Daniel H. | 2505 | 133 |
| 100 | 140 | IM | Golubov Saveliy | 2495 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | FM | Demianjuk Alexander | 2313 | 227 |
| 101 | 229 | IM | Shevelev Arkady | 2309 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | IM | Mindlin Alon | 2442 | 166 |
| 102 | 170 | FM | Bernotas Arturs | 2436 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | FM | Mgeladze Tamaz | 2303 | 231 |
| 103 | 240 | Hakobyan Hovhannes H. | 2280 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Baghdasaryan Vahe | 2431 | 171 | |
| 104 | 172 | IM | Zavgorodniy Sergiy | 2430 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | FM | Nuber Blasius | 2284 | 236 |
| 105 | 241 | FM | Tifferet Shaked | 2274 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | FM | Janik Igor | 2422 | 177 |
| 106 | 183 | IM | Schnider Gert | 2414 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | FM | Ahmadzada Ahmad | 2283 | 238 |
| 107 | 185 | FM | Can Isik | 2413 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | CM | Aleksanyan Hrant | 2250 | 247 |
| 108 | 249 | Gokhvat Peter | 2248 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | IM | Abdulov Orkhan | 2412 | 186 | |
| 109 | 253 | Babazada Khazar | 2230 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Bagaturov Giorgi | 2410 | 188 | |
| 110 | 259 | FM | Nikolaidis Konstantinos | 2184 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | FM | Ozen Deniz | 2407 | 190 |
| 111 | 191 | IM | Soysal Serkan | 2406 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | WGM | Abdulla Khayala | 2248 | 248 |
| 112 | 195 | FM | Tate Alan | 2399 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Oglaza Oskar | 2240 | 250 | |
| 113 | 197 | FM | Bosman Michiel | 2398 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Mkrtchyan Sargis R. | 2224 | 254 | |
| 114 | 205 | IM | Huber Martin Christian | 2372 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Tarun Kanyamarala | 1920 | 290 | |
| 115 | 265 | Qalagashvili Pridon | 2153 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | FM | Torosyan Norayr | 2371 | 206 |
Results of the last round for HUN
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 7 | 21 | 86 | GM | Pashikian Arman | 2585 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2671 | 19 |
| 7 | 28 | 94 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | 2569 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2627 | 47 |
| 7 | 76 | 199 | IM | Rzayev Bahruz | 2390 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Ruck Robert | 2529 | 118 |
| 7 | 77 | 201 | IM | Bashirli Nail | 2384 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | IM | Kantor Gergely | 2527 | 119 |
Rank after Round 7
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | Rp | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 30 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2651 | 6,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,5 | 2869 | 10 | 16,5 |
| 2 | 11 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | ISR | 2690 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 33,0 | 2800 | 10 | 9,1 |
| 3 | 16 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | RUS | 2683 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,5 | 2822 | 10 | 11,6 |
| 4 | 29 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2652 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,0 | 2792 | 10 | 11,5 |
| 5 | 18 | GM | Demchenko Anton | RUS | 2672 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | 2792 | 10 | 9,7 |
| 59 | GM | Paravyan David | RUS | 2613 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,5 | 2764 | 10 | 13,2 | |
| 7 | 3 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2737 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 30,0 | 2764 | 10 | 2,8 |
| 8 | 27 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2655 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,0 | 2724 | 10 | 6,1 |
| 9 | 2 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2738 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,5 | 2797 | 10 | 5,0 |
| 10 | 34 | GM | McShane Luke J | ENG | 2647 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,0 | 2768 | 10 | 9,8 |
| 11 | 8 | GM | Dubov Daniil | RUS | 2701 | 5,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 26,5 | 2795 | 10 | 7,6 |
| 12 | 75 | GM | Predke Alexandr | RUS | 2595 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 31,5 | 2747 | 10 | 15,0 |
| 13 | 69 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2601 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 28,5 | 31,5 | 2756 | 10 | 15,2 |
| 14 | 15 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2684 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,5 | 2743 | 10 | 5,8 |
| 15 | 26 | GM | Saric Ivan | CRO | 2657 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 30,5 | 2735 | 10 | 7,7 |
| 78 | GM | Brkic Ante | CRO | 2590 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 30,5 | 2709 | 10 | 11,8 | |
| 17 | 28 | GM | Piorun Kacper | POL | 2653 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 30,5 | 2692 | 10 | 3,9 |
| 18 | 146 | IM | Santos Ruiz Miguel | ESP | 2488 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 29,5 | 2650 | 10 | 21,2 |
| 19 | 1 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | RUS | 2746 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,0 | 2681 | 10 | -1,8 |
| 20 | 123 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | RUS | 2521 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 28,0 | 2716 | 10 | 20,3 |
| 21 | 10 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | FID | 2693 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,5 | 2708 | 10 | 1,7 |
| 22 | 72 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | GEO | 2600 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,0 | 2732 | 10 | 13,0 |
| 23 | 17 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2677 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 28,0 | 2727 | 10 | 5,0 |
| 24 | 62 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | RUS | 2609 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,5 | 2748 | 10 | 13,4 |
| 25 | 36 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2646 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,5 | 2699 | 10 | 5,5 |
| 26 | 51 | GM | Bok Benjamin | NED | 2622 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,0 | 2718 | 10 | 9,3 |
| 27 | 7 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | RUS | 2707 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 28,0 | 2670 | 10 | -2,4 |
| 28 | 33 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | ESP | 2647 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 28,0 | 2686 | 10 | 4,0 |
| 29 | 21 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2664 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 27,0 | 2712 | 10 | 4,8 |
| 30 | 92 | GM | Sarana Alexey | RUS | 2577 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 26,5 | 2690 | 10 | 12,0 |
| 31 | 71 | GM | Bologan Victor | MDA | 2600 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 27,0 | 2614 | 10 | 2,3 |
| 32 | 6 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2709 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 26,5 | 2671 | 10 | -2,2 |
| 33 | 40 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2639 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 26,5 | 2671 | 10 | 3,2 |
| 34 | 103 | IM | Lomasov Semen | RUS | 2551 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 22,5 | 24,5 | 2535 | 10 | 1,3 |
| 35 | 14 | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | UKR | 2685 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 22,0 | 24,0 | 2675 | 10 | -0,3 |
| 36 | 97 | GM | Skoberne Jure | SLO | 2563 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 29,5 | 33,0 | 2690 | 10 | 13,3 |
| 37 | 85 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | ARM | 2586 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 29,0 | 32,0 | 2679 | 10 | 9,8 |
| 38 | 35 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2646 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,5 | 2649 | 10 | 0,8 |
| 39 | 93 | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2572 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 28,0 | 31,0 | 2625 | 10 | 6,4 |
| 40 | 41 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2639 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 27,5 | 31,0 | 2645 | 10 | 1,3 |
| 41 | 110 | GM | Boruchovsky Avital | ISR | 2542 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 30,0 | 2694 | 10 | 15,7 |
| 42 | 114 | GM | Arutinian David | GEO | 2536 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 29,5 | 2680 | 10 | 15,1 |
| 43 | 56 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | RUS | 2617 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 27,0 | 29,0 | 2657 | 10 | 4,4 |
| 44 | 65 | GM | Andersen Mads | DEN | 2605 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,0 | 2628 | 10 | 3,4 |
| 45 | 64 | GM | Abasov Nijat | AZE | 2608 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,0 | 2637 | 10 | 3,4 |
| 46 | 60 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | RUS | 2613 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 29,0 | 2598 | 10 | -0,6 |
| 47 | 105 | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | GER | 2549 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,5 | 28,5 | 2602 | 10 | 6,4 |
| 48 | 47 | GM | Erdos Viktor | HUN | 2627 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 29,0 | 2612 | 10 | -0,7 |
| 49 | 19 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | HUN | 2671 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 28,5 | 2667 | 10 | 0,1 |
| 50 | 99 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | BLR | 2559 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 28,0 | 2636 | 10 | 8,8 |
| 51 | 139 | IM | Hakobyan Aram | ARM | 2497 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 26,0 | 27,5 | 2608 | 10 | 15,5 |
| 52 | 87 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep M. | ESP | 2584 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 28,0 | 2597 | 10 | 2,5 |
| 53 | 82 | GM | Gajewski Grzegorz | POL | 2588 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,5 | 27,5 | 2660 | 10 | 7,7 |
| 54 | 48 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2627 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 25,0 | 28,5 | 2600 | 10 | -2,0 |
| 55 | 39 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2642 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 27,0 | 2593 | 10 | -3,6 |
| 56 | 54 | GM | Romanov Evgeny | RUS | 2619 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 27,0 | 2653 | 10 | 3,8 |
| 68 | GM | Bindrich Falko | GER | 2602 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,5 | 27,0 | 2612 | 10 | 1,7 | |
| 58 | 141 | GM | Gabrielian Artur | RUS | 2493 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 27,0 | 2553 | 10 | 11,4 |
| 59 | 44 | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | UKR | 2632 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 27,0 | 2604 | 10 | -1,9 |
| 60 | 22 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2664 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 27,0 | 2648 | 10 | -1,0 |
| 66 | GM | Martinovic Sasa | CRO | 2604 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 27,0 | 2568 | 10 | -2,3 | |
| 62 | 86 | GM | Pashikian Arman | ARM | 2585 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 27,0 | 2649 | 10 | 7,1 |
| 63 | 132 | IM | Diermair Andreas | AUT | 2507 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 26,5 | 2572 | 10 | 9,1 |
| 64 | 162 | IM | Pijpers Arthur | NED | 2453 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 26,0 | 2544 | 10 | 11,6 |
| 65 | 9 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | UKR | 2697 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 24,0 | 25,5 | 2498 | 10 | -11,2 |
| 66 | 101 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | ARM | 2553 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 26,5 | 2545 | 10 | 0,4 |
| 67 | 112 | GM | Stupak Kirill | BLR | 2541 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 23,5 | 26,5 | 2658 | 10 | 12,5 |
| 68 | 142 | IM | Flom Gabriel | FRA | 2493 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 23,0 | 24,0 | 2504 | 10 | 7,1 |
| 69 | 84 | GM | Svane Rasmus | GER | 2587 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 22,5 | 25,5 | 2588 | 10 | 1,0 |
| 70 | 144 | IM | Ferreira Jorge Viterbo | POR | 2492 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 22,5 | 25,0 | 2621 | 10 | 10,7 |
| 71 | 98 | GM | Chigaev Maksim | RUS | 2560 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 22,0 | 25,0 | 2537 | 10 | -0,7 |
| 72 | 94 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | ARM | 2569 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,5 | 23,5 | 2563 | 10 | 0,6 |
| 73 | 42 | GM | Fridman Daniel | GER | 2637 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,5 | 22,5 | 2443 | 10 | -7,9 |
| 74 | 90 | FM | Esipenko Andrey | RUS | 2581 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 24,0 | 2523 | 10 | -4,1 |
| 75 | 32 | GM | Meier Georg | GER | 2648 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 22,0 | 2567 | 10 | -6,4 |
| 76 | 200 | Nesterov Arseniy | RUS | 2388 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 21,0 | 2420 | 20 | 12,6 | |
| 77 | 81 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2588 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,0 | 2485 | 10 | -8,1 |
Art Pub March 2018
Today’s work included looking at my games from last tournament
Yip-Karacsonyi,G
Queen’s Gambit Declined
Art Pub Open rd4
After some adventures in the early part of the game, I built up a nice position. Then funny things started to happen before the game ended in an exiting draw.
Critical Position 1
After 23..Qf7(Diagram)
White is fully invested in a kingside attack.
What do you recommend for White?
After 23..Qf7
Critical Position 2
After 41.Qxb6(Diagram)
The position looks murky.
What do you recommend for Black?
After 41.Qxb6

Sulyok Eszter on the way to a nice rating gain
One more game to check after this.
Then a break!
European Individual Chess Championship 2018 Rd6
Round 6
All Hungarians drew this round
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 51 | GM | Bok Benjamin | 2622 | 4½ | ½ – ½ | 4½ | GM | Nabaty Tamir | 2690 | 11 |
| 2 | 2 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2738 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4½ | GM | Saric Ivan | 2657 | 26 |
| 3 | 15 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2684 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Romanov Evgeny | 2619 | 54 |
| 4 | 53 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | 2620 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2683 | 16 |
| 5 | 69 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2601 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Demchenko Anton | 2672 | 18 |
| 6 | 27 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | 2655 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Paravyan David | 2613 | 59 |
| 7 | 75 | GM | Predke Alexandr | 2595 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Piorun Kacper | 2653 | 28 |
| 8 | 29 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2652 | 4 | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Arutinian David | 2536 | 114 |
| 9 | 121 | GM | Djukic Nikola | 2523 | 4 | 0 – 1 | 4 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2651 | 30 |
| 10 | 85 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | 2586 | 4 | ½ – ½ | 4 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2646 | 36 |
| 11 | 1 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2746 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | 2609 | 62 |
| 12 | 3 | GM | Navara David | 2737 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Abasov Nijat | 2608 | 64 |
| 13 | 5 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2713 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Martinovic Sasa | 2604 | 66 |
| 14 | 61 | GM | Bosiocic Marin | 2611 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | Dubov Daniil | 2701 | 8 |
| 15 | 63 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2609 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2693 | 10 |
| 16 | 65 | GM | Andersen Mads | 2605 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | 2685 | 14 |
| 17 | 17 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2677 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Kovchan Alexander | 2596 | 74 |
| 18 | 19 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2671 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Bindrich Falko | 2602 | 68 |
| 19 | 21 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2664 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2600 | 72 |
| 20 | 80 | GM | Bogner Sebastian | 2588 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2664 | 22 |
| 21 | 33 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2647 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Gajewski Grzegorz | 2588 | 82 |
| 22 | 87 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep M. | 2584 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | McShane Luke J | 2647 | 34 |
| 23 | 35 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2646 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2587 | 84 |
| 24 | 39 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | 2642 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Pashikian Arman | 2585 | 86 |
| 25 | 89 | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2581 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2639 | 40 |
| 26 | 41 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2639 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Vavulin Maksim | 2583 | 88 |
| 27 | 97 | GM | Skoberne Jure | 2563 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | 2632 | 44 |
| 28 | 47 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2627 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Sarana Alexey | 2577 | 92 |
| 29 | 49 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | 2625 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | Yuffa Daniil | 2521 | 123 |
| 30 | 99 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2559 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Indjic Aleksandar | 2623 | 50 |
| 31 | 105 | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | 2549 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2617 | 56 |
| 32 | 146 | IM | Santos Ruiz Miguel | 2488 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | 2613 | 60 |
| 33 | 7 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | 2707 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3½ | IM | Diermair Andreas | 2507 | 132 |
| 34 | 106 | IM | Santos Latasa Jaime | 2549 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2709 | 6 |
| 35 | 9 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2697 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2541 | 112 |
| 36 | 110 | GM | Boruchovsky Avital | 2542 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2689 | 12 |
| 37 | 13 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2685 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Repka Christopher | 2524 | 120 |
| 38 | 23 | GM | Lenic Luka | 2662 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Kelires Andreas | 2523 | 122 |
| 39 | 107 | GM | Palac Mladen | 2546 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2659 | 24 |
| 40 | 31 | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | 2650 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Maghalashvili Davit | 2508 | 130 |
| 41 | 111 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | 2542 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Meier Georg | 2648 | 32 |
| 42 | 126 | IM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | 2517 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2637 | 42 |
| 43 | 43 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2632 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Sanikidze Tornike | 2501 | 136 |
| 44 | 138 | GM | Kobo Ori | 2500 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2627 | 48 |
| 45 | 139 | IM | Hakobyan Aram | 2497 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | 2622 | 52 |
| 46 | 55 | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2619 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | IM | Flom Gabriel *) | 2493 | 142 |
| 47 | 141 | GM | Gabrielian Artur | 2493 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Khalifman Alexander | 2614 | 58 |
| 48 | 143 | IM | Zanan Evgeny | 2493 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Jojua Davit | 2601 | 70 |
| 49 | 71 | GM | Bologan Victor | 2600 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Pavlov Sergey | 2485 | 149 |
| 50 | 73 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | 2599 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Mikaelyan Arman | 2486 | 147 |
| 51 | 144 | IM | Ferreira Jorge Viterbo | 2492 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2594 | 76 |
| 52 | 77 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2593 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Sargsyan Shant | 2481 | 152 |
| 53 | 148 | IM | Bellaiche Anthony *) | 2485 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Brkic Ante | 2590 | 78 |
| 54 | 79 | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2589 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Pechac Jergus | 2440 | 167 |
| 55 | 161 | GM | Firat Burak | 2453 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | FM | Esipenko Andrey | 2581 | 90 |
| 56 | 91 | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2579 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | FM | Zarubitski Viachaslau | 2425 | 174 |
| 57 | 93 | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | 2572 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Voit Daria | 2382 | 203 |
| 58 | 180 | IM | Gadimbayli Abdulla | 2416 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | 2569 | 94 |
| 59 | 95 | GM | Stocek Jiri | 2567 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Arabidze Meri | 2369 | 209 |
| 60 | 198 | FM | Tutisani Noe | 2394 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Wagner Dennis | 2566 | 96 |
| 61 | 98 | GM | Chigaev Maksim | 2560 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Hayrapetyan Artavazd R. | 2370 | 207 |
| 62 | 101 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | 2553 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | FM | Davtyan Artur | 2351 | 213 |
| 63 | 225 | Oboladze Luka | 2318 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | IM | Moiseenko Vadim | 2552 | 102 | |
| 64 | 103 | IM | Lomasov Semen | 2551 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | Abdullayev Elshad | 2168 | 261 | |
| 65 | 20 | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2669 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 3 | Yeritsyan Hayk | 2149 | 267 |
Results of the last round for HUN
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 6 | 18 | 19 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2671 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Bindrich Falko | 2602 | 68 |
| 6 | 28 | 47 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2627 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Sarana Alexey | 2577 | 92 |
| 6 | 77 | 118 | GM | Ruck Robert | 2529 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | IM | Korchmar Vasiliy | 2411 | 187 |
| 6 | 78 | 119 | IM | Kantor Gergely | 2527 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | FM | Blohberger Felix | 2409 | 189 |
Rank after Round 6
The leading group has 5/6
GMs Berkes and Erdos are the top Hungarians with 4/6
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | Rp | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 11 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | ISR | 2690 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 23,0 | 2830 | 10 | 9,6 |
| 16 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | RUS | 2683 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 23,0 | 2841 | 10 | 10,8 | |
| 3 | 30 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2651 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 22,5 | 2812 | 10 | 11,0 |
| 4 | 15 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2684 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,5 | 2847 | 10 | 11,3 |
| 5 | 51 | GM | Bok Benjamin | NED | 2622 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 21,0 | 2803 | 10 | 12,7 |
| 6 | 2 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2738 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 21,0 | 2821 | 10 | 5,8 |
| 7 | 29 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2652 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 21,0 | 2813 | 10 | 11,0 |
| 8 | 97 | GM | Skoberne Jure | SLO | 2563 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,5 | 24,0 | 2770 | 10 | 17,0 |
| 9 | 28 | GM | Piorun Kacper | POL | 2653 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 24,0 | 2734 | 10 | 6,1 |
| 10 | 75 | GM | Predke Alexandr | RUS | 2595 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 21,0 | 23,5 | 2771 | 10 | 14,1 |
| 11 | 18 | GM | Demchenko Anton | RUS | 2672 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 22,5 | 2751 | 10 | 5,9 |
| 85 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | ARM | 2586 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,5 | 22,5 | 2754 | 10 | 13,6 | |
| 13 | 59 | GM | Paravyan David | RUS | 2613 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 20,0 | 22,0 | 2708 | 10 | 7,7 |
| 14 | 35 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2646 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 22,5 | 2729 | 10 | 6,3 |
| 15 | 26 | GM | Saric Ivan | CRO | 2657 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 22,0 | 2767 | 10 | 8,6 |
| 16 | 69 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2601 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 21,5 | 2776 | 10 | 13,9 |
| 17 | 123 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | RUS | 2521 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,5 | 21,0 | 2736 | 10 | 18,6 |
| 18 | 146 | IM | Santos Ruiz Miguel | ESP | 2488 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 19,0 | 20,5 | 2658 | 10 | 19,0 |
| 19 | 10 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | FID | 2693 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 21,5 | 2734 | 10 | 3,0 |
| 20 | 1 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | RUS | 2746 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 21,5 | 2695 | 10 | -0,4 |
| 21 | 34 | GM | McShane Luke J | ENG | 2647 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 21,0 | 2727 | 10 | 6,0 |
| 22 | 33 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | ESP | 2647 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,5 | 21,0 | 2723 | 10 | 5,7 |
| 23 | 27 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2655 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,5 | 2675 | 10 | 2,4 |
| 24 | 36 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2646 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,5 | 2700 | 10 | 4,1 |
| 41 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2639 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,5 | 2709 | 10 | 5,4 | |
| 26 | 8 | GM | Dubov Daniil | RUS | 2701 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 18,0 | 20,0 | 2746 | 10 | 3,5 |
| 27 | 99 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | BLR | 2559 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 17,5 | 19,5 | 2708 | 10 | 12,6 |
| 28 | 3 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2737 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 16,5 | 19,5 | 2713 | 10 | -0,6 |
Player overview for HUN

| SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts. | Rk. | Rp | K | rtg+/- | |
| 19 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2671 | HUN | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4,0 | 41 | 2687 | 10 | 1,30 |
| 47 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2627 | HUN | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4,0 | 54 | 2626 | 10 | 0,10 |
| 118 | GM | Ruck Robert | 2529 | HUN | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 3,0 | 140 | 2473 | 10 | -3,00 |
| 119 | IM | Kantor Gergely | 2527 | HUN | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 3,0 | 185 | 2372 | 10 | -11,00 |
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Round 5
IM Kantor,G won.
Results of the last round for HUN
| Rd. | Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 5 | 16 | 72 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2600 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2671 | 19 |
| 5 | 28 | 88 | IM | Vavulin Maksim | 2583 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2627 | 47 |
| 5 | 36 | 14 | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | 2685 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | GM | Ruck Robert | 2529 | 118 |
| 5 | 95 | 212 | FM | Belous Mikhail | 2355 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | IM | Kantor Gergely | 2527 | 119 |
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 11 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | 2690 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 4 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2601 | 69 |
| 2 | 59 | GM | Paravyan David | 2613 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 2684 | 15 |
| 3 | 26 | GM | Saric Ivan | 2657 | 3½ | 1 – 0 | 3½ | GM | Bosiocic Marin | 2611 | 61 |
| 4 | 30 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2651 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | 2586 | 85 |
| 5 | 97 | GM | Skoberne Jure | 2563 | 3½ | 0 – 1 | 3½ | GM | Bok Benjamin | 2622 | 51 |
| 6 | 62 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | 2609 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | 2620 | 53 |
| 7 | 54 | GM | Romanov Evgeny | 2619 | 3½ | ½ – ½ | 3½ | GM | Djukic Nikola | 2523 | 121 |
| 8 | 56 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | 2617 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2746 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2738 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2619 | 55 |
| 10 | 60 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | 2613 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Navara David | 2737 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | GM | Dubov Daniil | 2701 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2609 | 63 |
| 12 | 10 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | 2693 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Andersen Mads | 2605 | 65 |
| 13 | 16 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 2683 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Bologan Victor | 2600 | 71 |
| 14 | 68 | GM | Bindrich Falko | 2602 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2677 | 17 |
| 15 | 18 | GM | Demchenko Anton | 2672 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | 2599 | 73 |
| 16 | 72 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2600 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | 2671 | 19 |
| 17 | 74 | GM | Kovchan Alexander | 2596 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2664 | 21 |
| 18 | 24 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2659 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Predke Alexandr | 2595 | 75 |
| 19 | 76 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2594 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | 2655 | 27 |
| 20 | 28 | GM | Piorun Kacper | 2653 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Pantsulaia Levan | 2593 | 77 |
| 21 | 78 | GM | Brkic Ante | 2590 | 3 | 0 – 1 | 3 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2652 | 29 |
| 22 | 80 | GM | Bogner Sebastian | 2588 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2647 | 33 |
| 23 | 34 | GM | McShane Luke J | 2647 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Paichadze Luka | 2581 | 89 |
| 24 | 86 | GM | Pashikian Arman | 2585 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2646 | 35 |
| 25 | 36 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | 2646 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 3 | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | 2572 | 93 |
| 26 | 82 | GM | Gajewski Grzegorz | 2588 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | 2639 | 41 |
| 27 | 44 | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | 2632 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | 2559 | 99 |
| 28 | 88 | IM | Vavulin Maksim | 2583 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2627 | 47 |
| 29 | 92 | GM | Sarana Alexey | 2577 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | 2625 | 49 |
| 30 | 50 | GM | Indjic Aleksandar | 2623 | 3 | ½ – ½ | 3 | IM | Santos Ruiz Miguel | 2488 | 146 |
| 31 | 114 | GM | Arutinian David | 2536 | 3 | 1 – 0 | 2½ | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | 2716 | 4 |
| 32 | 108 | GM | Shevchenko Kirill | 2545 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2713 | 5 |
| 33 | 110 | GM | Boruchovsky Avital | 2542 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2697 | 9 |
| 34 | 12 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2689 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Palac Mladen | 2546 | 107 |
| 35 | 112 | GM | Stupak Kirill | 2541 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2685 | 13 |
| 36 | 14 | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | 2685 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | GM | Ruck Robert | 2529 | 118 |
| 37 | 22 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2664 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | GM | Kantans Toms | 2508 | 129 |
| 38 | 120 | IM | Repka Christopher | 2524 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Lenic Luka | 2662 | 23 |
| 39 | 123 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | 2521 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2659 | 25 |
| 40 | 126 | IM | Nguyen Thai Dai Van | 2517 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | 2650 | 31 |
| 41 | 132 | IM | Diermair Andreas | 2507 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | GM | Krasenkow Michal | 2644 | 37 |
| 42 | 134 | GM | Godena Michele | 2505 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | 2642 | 39 |
| 43 | 40 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | 2639 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | IM | Harutyunian Tigran K. | 2501 | 137 |
| 44 | 42 | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2637 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Maghalashvili Davit | 2508 | 130 |
| 45 | 138 | GM | Kobo Ori | 2500 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2632 | 43 |
| 46 | 48 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | 2627 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | IM | Hakobyan Aram | 2497 | 139 |
| 47 | 52 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | 2622 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Gabrielian Artur | 2493 | 141 |
| 48 | 58 | GM | Khalifman Alexander | 2614 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | IM | Bellaiche Anthony | 2485 | 148 |
| 49 | 64 | GM | Abasov Nijat | 2608 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | WGM | Girya Olga | 2482 | 150 |
| 50 | 66 | GM | Martinovic Sasa | 2604 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | GM | Neverov Valeriy | 2480 | 153 |
| 51 | 70 | GM | Jojua Davit | 2601 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Firat Burak | 2453 | 161 |
| 52 | 152 | IM | Sargsyan Shant | 2481 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Hracek Zbynek | 2589 | 79 |
| 53 | 84 | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2587 | 2½ | 1 – 0 | 2½ | IM | Muradli Mahammad | 2398 | 196 |
| 54 | 201 | IM | Bashirli Nail | 2384 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep M. | 2584 | 87 |
| 55 | 203 | FM | Voit Daria | 2382 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Postny Evgeny | 2579 | 91 |
| 56 | 94 | GM | Petrosyan Manuel | 2569 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | FM | Tutisani Noe | 2394 | 198 |
| 57 | 207 | FM | Hayrapetyan Artavazd R. | 2370 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | GM | Stocek Jiri | 2567 | 95 |
| 58 | 98 | GM | Chigaev Maksim | 2560 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | Oboladze Luka | 2318 | 225 | |
| 59 | 209 | IM | Arabidze Meri | 2369 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | IM | Moiseenko Vadim | 2552 | 102 |
| 60 | 213 | FM | Davtyan Artur | 2351 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | IM | Lomasov Semen | 2551 | 103 |
| 61 | 215 | FM | Tsoi Dmitry | 2347 | 2½ | 0 – 1 | 2½ | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | 2549 | 105 |
| 62 | 261 | Abdullayev Elshad | 2168 | 2½ | ½ – ½ | 2½ | IM | Santos Latasa Jaime | 2549 | 106 | |
| 63 | 154 | IM | Sadikhov Ulvi | 2477 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | 2709 | 6 |
| 64 | 155 | GM | Jurcik Marian | 2473 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | 2707 | 7 |
| 65 | 156 | IM | Kanmazalp Ogulcan | 2473 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | GM | Motylev Alexander | 2669 | 20 |
| 66 | 32 | GM | Meier Georg | 2648 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | FM | Vykouk Jan | 2445 | 165 |
| 67 | 157 | IM | Miron Lucian-Costin | 2471 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | GM | Aleksandrov Aleksej | 2630 | 45 |
| 68 | 46 | GM | Solak Dragan | 2629 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | IM | Beradze Irakli | 2464 | 160 |
| 69 | 166 | IM | Mindlin Alon | 2442 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | GM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | 2616 | 57 |
| 70 | 167 | IM | Pechac Jergus | 2440 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | GM | Can Emre | 2603 | 67 |
| 71 | 170 | FM | Bernotas Arturs | 2436 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2588 | 81 |
| 72 | 90 | FM | Esipenko Andrey | 2581 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | IM | Yankelevich Lev | 2437 | 169 |
| 73 | 96 | GM | Wagner Dennis | 2566 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | IM | Perunovic Miodrag | 2429 | 173 |
| 74 | 174 | FM | Zarubitski Viachaslau | 2425 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | GM | Moroni Luca Jr | 2559 | 100 |
| 75 | 176 | GM | Ushenina Anna | 2423 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | GM | Ter-Sahakyan Samvel | 2553 | 101 |
| 76 | 178 | FM | Drori Saar | 2420 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 2550 | 104 |
| 77 | 109 | GM | Sanal Vahap | 2543 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | IM | Gadimbayli Abdulla | 2416 | 180 |
| 78 | 181 | IM | Erenberg Ariel | 2415 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | 2542 | 111 |
| 79 | 185 | FM | Can Isik | 2413 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | 2537 | 113 |
| 80 | 116 | IM | Triapishko Alexandr | 2530 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | IM | Abdulov Orkhan | 2412 | 186 |
| 81 | 193 | IM | Mirzoev Emil | 2403 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | GM | Baron Tal | 2529 | 117 |
| 82 | 122 | GM | Kelires Andreas | 2523 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | FM | Schekachikhin Maksim | 2406 | 192 |
| 83 | 195 | FM | Tate Alan | 2399 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | GM | Shengelia David | 2508 | 131 |
| 84 | 205 | IM | Huber Martin Christian | 2372 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | IM | Golubka Petro | 2503 | 135 |
| 85 | 136 | GM | Sanikidze Tornike | 2501 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | FM | Mirzoyan David | 2350 | 214 |
| 86 | 140 | IM | Golubov Saveliy | 2495 | 2 | ½ – ½ | 2 | FM | Aliyev Ravan | 2330 | 220 |
| 87 | 210 | FM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | 2369 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | IM | Flom Gabriel | 2493 | 142 |
| 88 | 211 | FM | Kacharava Nikolozi | 2362 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | IM | Zanan Evgeny | 2493 | 143 |
| 89 | 217 | FM | Krykun Yuriy | 2339 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | IM | Ferreira Jorge Viterbo | 2492 | 144 |
| 90 | 147 | GM | Mikaelyan Arman | 2486 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | Atakishiyev Elmar | 1999 | 284 | |
| 91 | 219 | FM | Danielyan Vahe | 2331 | 2 | 0 – 1 | 2 | IM | Pavlov Sergey | 2485 | 149 |
| 92 | 267 | Yeritsyan Hayk | 2149 | 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2481 | 151 | |
| 93 | 38 | GM | Kovalenko Igor | 2642 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | FM | Torosyan Norayr | 2371 | 206 |
| 94 | 208 | Lewtak Damian | 2370 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | GM | Meskovs Nikita | 2536 | 115 | |
| 95 | 212 | FM | Belous Mikhail | 2355 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | IM | Kantor Gergely | 2527 | 119 |
| 96 | 124 | IM | Kriebel Tadeas | 2520 | 1½ | 1 – 0 | 1½ | FM | Baglan Esat | 2341 | 216 |
| 97 | 218 | FM | Konaplev Anton | 2337 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | GM | Steinberg Nitzan | 2518 | 125 |
| 98 | 223 | FM | Martynov Roman | 2319 | 1½ | 0 – 1 | 1½ | GM | Matinian Nikita | 2514 | 127 |
| 99 | 128 | IM | Sprenger Jan Michael Dr. | 2513 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | FM | Petriashvili Nikoloz | 2329 | 221 |
| 100 | 226 | FM | Murzin Volodar | 2316 | 1½ | ½ – ½ | 1½ | GM | Fernandez Daniel H. | 2505 | 133 |
Rank after Round 5
Three players share the lead with 4.5/5
GMs Berkes and Erdos are the top scorers for Hungary with 3.5/5
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 11 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | ISR | 2690 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 13,5 | 15,5 |
| 2 | 51 | GM | Bok Benjamin | NED | 2622 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 14,5 |
| 3 | 26 | GM | Saric Ivan | CRO | 2657 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 14,5 |
| 4 | 28 | GM | Piorun Kacper | POL | 2653 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 14,0 | 17,0 |
| 5 | 69 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | ARM | 2601 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 14,0 | 16,0 |
| 6 | 75 | GM | Predke Alexandr | RUS | 2595 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 14,0 | 15,5 |
| 7 | 53 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | ITA | 2620 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 13,5 | 15,5 |
| 8 | 18 | GM | Demchenko Anton | RUS | 2672 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 13,5 | 15,5 |
| 59 | GM | Paravyan David | RUS | 2613 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 13,5 | 15,5 | |
| 62 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | RUS | 2609 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 13,5 | 15,5 | |
| 11 | 16 | GM | Najer Evgeniy | RUS | 2683 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 13,0 | 16,0 |
| 12 | 15 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2684 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 13,0 | 15,5 |
| 13 | 30 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2651 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 13,0 | 15,5 |
| 14 | 85 | GM | Martirosyan Haik M. | ARM | 2586 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 13,0 | 15,0 |
| 15 | 121 | GM | Djukic Nikola | MNE | 2523 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 13,0 | 14,0 |
| 16 | 54 | GM | Romanov Evgeny | RUS | 2619 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 14,5 |
| 17 | 29 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | RUS | 2652 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 12,0 | 14,0 |
| 18 | 114 | GM | Arutinian David | GEO | 2536 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 12,0 | 13,5 |
| 19 | 2 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2738 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 11,0 | 13,0 |
| 20 | 36 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2646 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 10,5 | 12,5 |
| 21 | 27 | GM | Rakhmanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2655 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 10,5 | 12,0 |
| 22 | 97 | GM | Skoberne Jure | SLO | 2563 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 15,5 | 17,0 |
| 23 | 61 | GM | Bosiocic Marin | CRO | 2611 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 14,5 | 17,0 |
| 24 | 17 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2677 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 14,0 | 15,5 |
| 25 | 5 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2713 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 13,5 | 16,0 |
| 26 | 35 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2646 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 13,5 | 16,0 |
| 27 | 146 | IM | Santos Ruiz Miguel | ESP | 2488 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 13,5 | 15,0 |
| 28 | 123 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | RUS | 2521 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 13,5 | 14,0 |
| 29 | 105 | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | GER | 2549 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 13,0 | 15,0 |
| 30 | 56 | GM | Alekseev Evgeny | RUS | 2617 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 13,0 | 15,0 |
| 31 | 87 | GM | Lopez Martinez Josep M. | ESP | 2584 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 13,0 | 14,5 |
| 32 | 64 | GM | Abasov Nijat | AZE | 2608 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 13,0 | 14,5 |
| 33 | 82 | GM | Gajewski Grzegorz | POL | 2588 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 13,0 | 14,5 |
| 34 | 1 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | RUS | 2746 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 15,5 |
| 35 | 19 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | HUN | 2671 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 15,0 |
| 33 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | ESP | 2647 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 15,0 | |
| 41 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2639 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 15,0 | |
| 47 | GM | Erdos Viktor | HUN | 2627 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 15,0 | |
| 39 | 10 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | FID | 2693 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 15,0 |
| 50 | GM | Indjic Aleksandar | SRB | 2623 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 15,0 | |
| 41 | 21 | GM | Korobov Anton | UKR | 2664 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 14,5 |
| 63 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | POL | 2609 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 14,5 | |
| 43 | 22 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2664 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 14,5 |
| 44 | 8 | GM | Dubov Daniil | RUS | 2701 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 14,5 |
| 45 | 60 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | RUS | 2613 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 14,0 |
| 46 | 72 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | GEO | 2600 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 13,5 |
| 92 | GM | Sarana Alexey | RUS | 2577 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,5 | 13,5 | |
| 48 | 34 | GM | McShane Luke J | ENG | 2647 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,0 | 14,5 |
| 49 | 3 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2737 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,0 | 14,0 |
| 49 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | BLR | 2625 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,0 | 14,0 | |
| 65 | GM | Andersen Mads | DEN | 2605 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,0 | 14,0 | |
| 52 | 40 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2639 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,0 | 14,0 |
| 53 | 99 | GM | Fedorov Alexei | BLR | 2559 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,0 | 13,5 |
| 54 | 44 | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | UKR | 2632 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 12,0 | 13,5 |
| 55 | 68 | GM | Bindrich Falko | GER | 2602 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 11,5 | 14,0 |
| 56 | 74 | GM | Kovchan Alexander | UKR | 2596 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 11,5 | 13,5 |
| 86 | GM | Pashikian Arman | ARM | 2585 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 11,5 | 13,5 | |
| 58 | 84 | GM | Svane Rasmus | GER | 2587 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 11,5 | 13,0 |
| 59 | 88 | IM | Vavulin Maksim | RUS | 2583 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 11,5 | 13,0 |
| 60 | 132 | IM | Diermair Andreas | AUT | 2507 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 11,0 | 13,0 |
| 61 | 89 | GM | Paichadze Luka | GEO | 2581 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 11,0 | 12,5 |
| 62 | 39 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2642 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 10,5 | 13,0 |
| 63 | 80 | GM | Bogner Sebastian | SUI | 2588 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 10,5 | 12,5 |
| 64 | 66 | GM | Martinovic Sasa | CRO | 2604 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 10,0 | 12,0 |
| 65 | 14 | GM | Kravtsiv Martyn | UKR | 2685 | 3,5 | 0,0 | 10,0 | 12,0 |
Quality Chess News March 2018
May 18,2018 is the publication date for the final Playing 1.e4 books according to the Quality Chess Blog


March 28 is the publication date for


TWIC 1219 Hungarians in Action
This weeks TWIC is now available
Berkes-Shevchenko
Queen’s Indian Defence 4.a3
19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 rd2
After 27..Rc8(Diagram)
Here is a textbook example of how to convert a P+ double rook ending
What do you suggest for White?
After 27..Rc8
Bernotas-Berkes
Caro-Kann 4..Nf6
19th ch-EUR Indiv 2018 rd1
After 18.c4(Diagram)
Black has the bishops and an odd set of doubled f-pawns
What do you recommend for Black?
After 18.c4
Player details for HUN
GMs Berkes and Erdos are doing well in the EU Ch with 3/4.
| Rd. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. | ||
| GM Berkes Ferenc 2671 HUN Rp:2736 Pts. 3,0 | ||||||||
| 1 | 170 | FM | Bernotas Arturs | 2436 | LAT | 2,0 | s 1 | |
| 2 | 108 | GM | Shevchenko Kirill | 2545 | UKR | 2,5 | w 1 | |
| 3 | 76 | GM | Smirin Ilia | 2594 | ISR | 2,5 | s ½ | |
| 4 | 74 | GM | Kovchan Alexander | 2596 | UKR | 3,0 | w ½ | |
| GM Erdos Viktor 2627 HUN Rp:2654 Pts. 3,0 | ||||||||
| 1 | 199 | IM | Rzayev Bahruz | 2390 | AZE | 1,5 | s ½ | |
| 2 | 197 | FM | Bosman Michiel | 2398 | NED | 1,5 | w 1 | |
| 3 | 124 | IM | Kriebel Tadeas | 2520 | CZE | 1,5 | s 1 | |
| 4 | 114 | GM | Arutinian David | 2536 | GEO | 3,0 | w ½ | |
| GM Ruck Robert 2529 HUN Rp:2531 Pts. 2,5 | ||||||||
| 1 | 270 | Simonyan Latush | 2111 | ARM | 1,5 | w 1 | ||
| 2 | 29 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2652 | RUS | 2,5 | s 0 | |
| 3 | 220 | FM | Aliyev Ravan | 2330 | AZE | 2,0 | w 1 | |
| 4 | 31 | GM | Kovalev Vladislav | 2650 | BLR | 2,5 | s ½ | |
| IM Kantor Gergely 2527 HUN Rp:2280 Pts. 1,5 | ||||||||
| 1 | 271 | Mochalin Faddey | 2110 | RUS | 0,0 | s 1 | ||
| 2 | 34 | GM | Mc Shane Luke J | 2647 | ENG | 2,0 | w 0 | |
| 3 | 221 | FM | Petriashvili Nikoloz | 2329 | GEO | 1,5 | s ½ | |
| 4 | 203 | FM | Voit Daria | 2382 | RUS | 2,5 | w 0 | |
