Ramon Mateo wins 3rd International West Open Toulouse

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3/9/2008 – He turns 50 this year, and is rated 2484. In this big French Open IM Ramon Mateo made his third GM norm by beating GM Igor Miladinovic, 2602, in the final round. Now Mateo must try to reach a rating of 2500 to become the first grandmaster, ever, to hail from the Dominican Republic. We bring you a tournament report from Colomiers, with games and pictures.

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Ramon Mateo wins 3rd International West Open Toulouse

Report by Dominique Primel

Colomiers is a commune in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France. It is the largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, with a population of close to 30,000. The Open Tournament took place from February 25th to March 2nd 2008. It a nine-round Swiss, FIDE-rules, 40 moves/1h 30 + 30 sec then 20 mn + 30 sec.

Final standings (top ten)

1. Ramon Mateo IM 2487 DOM 7.5/9
2. Sergey Kasparov GM 2458 BLR 7.0/9
3. Fabien Libiszewski IM 2468 FRA 7.0//9
4. Farid Abbasov GM 2529 AZE 6.5/9
5. Igor Miladinovic GM 2602 SER 6.5/9
6. David Arutinian GM 2579 SER 6.5/9
6. Eduard Fomichenko IM 2476 RUS 6.5/9
8. Rashad Babaev GM 2468 AZE 6.5/9
9. Alexei Barsov GM 2525 UZB 6.5/9
10 Vladimir Doncea   2444 ROU 6.0/9

Picture Gallery


The river La Garonne in Toulouse


Le Capitole, the town hall of Toulouse


The belfry


The playing hall of the 3rd International West Open Toulouse


The winner, IM Ramon Mateo, who beat GM Igor Miladinovic in the last round. Mateo has made three GM norms, but he needs to reach a rating of over 2500 to become the first GM from the Dominican Republic.


5th: GM Igor Miladinovic, 2604, of Serbia


4th: GM Farid Abbasov, 2529, of Azerbaijan


6-7th: GM David Arutinian, 2579, from Georgia


WGM Silvia Collas, rated 2405, from France


WFM Karelle Bolon, 2105, France


WIM Andreaa Sasu Ducsoara, 2223, Romania, now living in Toulouse


Alicia Blesing, rated 1803, from France

All pictures by Dominique Primel


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