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In spite of the presence of the top seeds Sergei Zhigalko (2677), Ernesto Inarkiev (2672) and more, one name that stood out was 16-year-old Vladislav Artemiev (2650) who qualified for the World Cup in the European Championship earlier this year. Still, with 28 grandmasters out of 58 titled players, of whom fifteen were rated 2600 or more, it was clear there would be no cruise control here.
16-year-old Vladislav Artemiev was going strong until two losses in
rounds seven and eight derailed his tournament. A last round win
showed his resilkience, but the damage was done and he ended 14th.
At the midway point, the leader was actually Andrey Baryshpolets (2540) with 4.5/5, while the biggest surprise was sixteen year-old German IM Alexander Donchenko (2501) who led the pack with 4.0/5 with the best tiebreak. He was followed by Ukrainian GM Alexander Areshchenko, Vladislav Artemiev, Ernesto Inarkiev, and Romanian Constantin Lupulescu.
IM Alexander Donchenko (left) faces the top-seed Sergey Zhigalko (2677). Zhigalko won.
21-year-old WIM Khayala Abdulla (2269) finished with 50% and a very nice 2399 performance
This balance changed the very next round as Inarkiev beat Baryshpolets, but the former leader was unfazed and won the very next round to rejoin the leaders. Young Donchenko himself then faced four players rated 2650 or better and was unable to maintain his heavy scoring, however he still finished with 5.5/9 and a lofty 2677 performance.
The cordoned area
In the last round, four players shared first with 6.0/8, and they were all paired against one another. It was a classic case of do-or-die, and Inarkiev beat Areshchenko with black, while Lupulescu beat Baryshpolets with white. Haviong the superior tiebreak, Ernesto Inarkiev took first over Constantin Lupulescu, while Hungarian GM Ferenc Berkes snuck in and took third.
Ernesto Inarkiev took first with 7.0/9 and a 2748 performance
Still, this was not the end of it, since a number of young players who remained out of view from the top tables all managed to pull off important results. One of the most surprising was from the untitled Iranian, Parham Maghsoodloo, aged thirteen and rated 2321, who despite failing to appear for his first round, finished with 5.5/9 and a 2560 performance.
Fellow thirteen year-old Saveliy Golubov (2347) scored an IM norm and 4.5/9...
...while 13-year-old WIM Gunay Mammadzada (2316) also scored a full IM norm, which
included facing no fewer than six grandmasters, and earned her 30 Elo
| Rk | SNo | Ti. | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts | TB | rtg+/- |
| 1 | 2 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2672 | 7.0 | 2528 | 9.0 |
| 2 | 12 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2630 | 7.0 | 2512 | 11.8 |
| 3 | 8 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | HUN | 2649 | 6.5 | 2502 | 3.0 |
| 4 | 19 | GM | Onischuk Vladimir | UKR | 2593 | 6.5 | 2475 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 23 | GM | Baryshpolets Andrey | UKR | 2540 | 6.0 | 2566 | 18.9 |
| 6 | 3 | GM | Areshchenko Alexander | UKR | 2664 | 6.0 | 2545 | -0.7 |
| 7 | 10 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | UKR | 2641 | 6.0 | 2485 | -2.7 |
| 8 | 11 | GM | Krasenkow Michal | POL | 2636 | 6.0 | 2465 | -3.7 |
| 9 | 15 | GM | Smirnov Pavel | RUS | 2611 | 6.0 | 2461 | -1.7 |
| 10 | 1 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | BLR | 2677 | 6.0 | 2452 | -9.3 |
| 11 | 4 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2663 | 6.0 | 2425 | -10.6 |
| 12 | 7 | GM | Kovalenko Igor | LAT | 2650 | 6.0 | 2331 | -15.5 |
| 13 | 27 | IM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2501 | 5.5 | 2597 | 22.1 |
| 14 | 6 | GM | Artemiev Vladislav | RUS | 2650 | 5.5 | 2512 | -6.0 |
| 15 | 16 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2603 | 5.5 | 2497 | -1.7 |
| 16 | 18 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2594 | 5.5 | 2466 | -0.6 |
| 17 | 13 | GM | Mamedov Nidjat | AZE | 2624 | 5.5 | 2435 | -12.9 |
| 18 | 9 | GM | Volokitin Andrei | UKR | 2642 | 5.5 | 2387 | -15.5 |
| 19 | 14 | GM | Shimanov Aleksandr | RUS | 2624 | 5.5 | 2372 | -17.5 |
| 20 | 30 | GM | Darini Pouria | IRI | 2442 | 5.0 | 2544 | 17.2 |
| 21 | 28 | IM | Mammadov Zaur | AZE | 2482 | 5.0 | 2498 | 7.7 |
| 22 | 48 | Maghsoodloo Parham | IRI | 2321 | 5.0 | 2482 | 46.6 | |
| 23 | 24 | GM | Rasulov Vugar | AZE | 2514 | 5.0 | 2451 | -1.6 |
| 24 | 17 | GM | Wen Yang | CHN | 2598 | 5.0 | 2451 | -11.2 |
| 25 | 5 | GM | Safarli Eltaj | AZE | 2655 | 5.0 | 2421 | -19.9 |
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