Markus Ragger wins Vienna Open
8/23/2016 – 310 players started in the A-group of the Vienna Open, top seed was Austria's number one, GM Markus Ragger. But in a tournament with 310 players there is not much room for error if you want to finish first. However, Ragger was more than up to the task. He started with 5.0/5 and then played a short pragmatic draw against second seed Rainer Buhmann in round six. In rounds seven and eight he won again. In the ninth and last round he then only needed a draw to finish clear first with 8.0/9.
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With a rating-performance of 2775 Ragger won 10.9 Elo-points and is now very close to 2700. Half-a-point behind Ragger followed two players with 7.5/9: IM Volodymyr Vetoshko from Ukraine (born in 1998) and 11-year old German Vincent Keymer who had a rating performance of 2586, made an IM-norm, narrowly missed a GM-norm and won no less than 54.0 Elo-points.
Vincent Keymer (Photo: Bernd Vökler, Archive)
In the last round Keymer won a convincing attacking game with Black against German GM Gerald Hertneck, in the 1990s one of Germany's strongest players.
However, Keymer's win of 54.0 rating-points was topped by another player: Emre Emin Dedebas from Turkey. The 15-year old untitled player finished with 6.5/9 and had a rating-performance of 2468, which brought him a plus of no less than 110.4 Elo-points.
The best woman in the field was WIM Josefine Heinemann from Germany who also finished with 6.5/9.
WIM Josefine Heinemann (Photo: ZMDI Dresden)
Final standings after 9 rounds
| Rk | SNo | Name | FED | Elo | Pts. | TB1 | Rp | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Ragger Markus | AUT | 2686 | 8,0 | 44,5 | 2775 | 10,9 |
| 2 | 19 | IM | Vetoshko Volodymyr | UKR | 2438 | 7,5 | 42,0 | 2622 | 20,8 |
| 3 | 38 | Keymer Vincent | GER | 2348 | 7,5 | 39,0 | 2586 | 54,0 | |
| 4 | 2 | GM | Buhmann Rainer | GER | 2641 | 7,0 | 44,0 | 2592 | -0,9 |
| 5 | 5 | GM | Shengelia David | AUT | 2572 | 7,0 | 43,5 | 2561 | 1,1 |
| 6 | 16 | IM | Schreiner Peter | AUT | 2445 | 7,0 | 43,0 | 2573 | 15,5 |
| 7 | 27 | IM | Koop Thorben | GER | 2412 | 7,0 | 42,5 | 2543 | 15,9 |
| 8 | 4 | GM | Vorobiov Evgeny | RUS | 2586 | 7,0 | 42,0 | 2597 | 4,1 |
| 9 | 14 | IM | Rathnakaran Kantholi | IND | 2452 | 7,0 | 41,5 | 2571 | 14,1 |
| 10 | 28 | IM | Nitin Senthilvel | IND | 2398 | 7,0 | 41,0 | 2546 | 17,7 |
| 11 | 7 | IM | Ponizil Cyril | CZE | 2510 | 7,0 | 40,5 | 2543 | 5,0 |
| 12 | 34 | FM | Dauth Benjamin | GER | 2367 | 7,0 | 34,0 | 2374 | 5,2 |
| 13 | 3 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | GRE | 2603 | 6,5 | 43,5 | 2546 | -2,2 |
| 14 | 20 | IM | Gajek Radoslaw | POL | 2434 | 6,5 | 42,0 | 2462 | 5,1 |
| 15 | 23 | IM | Baldauf Marco | GER | 2423 | 6,5 | 41,0 | 2475 | 8,0 |
| 16 | 10 | GM | Hertneck Gerald | GER | 2469 | 6,5 | 40,5 | 2512 | 7,0 |
| 17 | 17 | GM | Williams Simon | ENG | 2443 | 6,5 | 40,5 | 2436 | 1,1 |
| 18 | 9 | IM | Leenhouts Koen | NED | 2491 | 6,5 | 38,5 | 2447 | -1,5 |
| 19 | 71 | Dedebas Emre Emin | TUR | 2248 | 6,5 | 38,0 | 2468 | 110,4 | |
| 20 | 78 | WIM | Heinemann Josefine | GER | 2231 | 6,5 | 37,5 | 2399 | 42,8 |
| 21 | 84 | FM | Sadilek Peter | AUT | 2201 | 6,5 | 37,0 | 2412 | 46,6 |
| 22 | 69 | FM | Tomov Georgi | BUL | 2248 | 6,5 | 36,5 | 2353 | 27,8 |
| 23 | 65 | FM | Gstach Jakob | AUT | 2267 | 6,5 | 36,0 | 2361 | 24,2 |
| 24 | 56 | IM | Barle Janez Dr. | SLO | 2289 | 6,5 | 36,0 | 2391 | 13,7 |
| 25 | 15 | IM | Fröwis Georg | AUT | 2449 | 6,0 | 43,5 | 2481 | 5,3 |
| 26 | 29 | CM | Sindarov Javokhir | UZB | 2374 | 6,0 | 40,5 | 2408 | 10,2 |
| 27 | 11 | GM | Arkell Keith | ENG | 2464 | 6,0 | 39,0 | 2412 | -4,5 |
| 28 | 25 | Yankelevich Lev | GER | 2414 | 6,0 | 39,0 | 2399 | -0,2 | |
| 29 | 6 | GM | Burmakin Vladimir | RUS | 2553 | 6,0 | 39,0 | 2446 | -9,3 |
| 30 | 24 | FM | Carow Johannes | GER | 2423 | 6,0 | 38,5 | 2351 | -7,0 |
| 31 | 12 | GM | Berescu Alin-Mile | ROU | 2458 | 6,0 | 38,5 | 2387 | -6,5 |
| 32 | 13 | GM | Stanec Nikolaus | AUT | 2457 | 6,0 | 38,0 | 2353 | -9,6 |
| 33 | 8 | GM | Manolache Marius | ROU | 2492 | 6,0 | 37,5 | 2392 | -8,8 |
| 34 | 59 | Fuchs Florian | GER | 2274 | 6,0 | 37,5 | 2335 | 15,4 | |
| 35 | 64 | NM | Ivanov Mike | CAN | 2269 | 6,0 | 37,5 | 2325 | 16,0 |
| 36 | 74 | IM | Praveen Kumar Chandrasekar | IND | 2242 | 6,0 | 37,0 | 2404 | 19,8 |
| 37 | 39 | FM | Voege Tobias | GER | 2346 | 6,0 | 36,5 | 2341 | -0,4 |
| 38 | 43 | FM | Wallner Joachim | AUT | 2333 | 6,0 | 36,0 | 2305 | -2,3 |
| 39 | 111 | Binder Moriz | AUT | 2143 | 6,0 | 35,5 | 2333 | 45,0 | |
| 40 | 73 | Larmuseau Maarten | BEL | 2245 | 6,0 | 35,0 | 2322 | 20,6 | |
| 41 | 53 | Mertens Heiko | GER | 2297 | 6,0 | 34,5 | 2360 | 15,8 | |
| 42 | 49 | FM | Bisby Daniel | ENG | 2311 | 6,0 | 34,5 | 2298 | -0,4 |
| 43 | 46 | Powierski Emil | GER | 2323 | 6,0 | 34,0 | 2290 | -6,2 | |
| 44 | 72 | FM | Horvath Dominik | AUT | 2247 | 6,0 | 34,0 | 2333 | 22,0 |
| 45 | 61 | FM | Blohberger Felix | AUT | 2271 | 6,0 | 34,0 | 2233 | -5,8 |
| 46 | 52 | FM | Zamengo Fulvio | ITA | 2298 | 6,0 | 33,5 | 2225 | -15,6 |
| 47 | 58 | Rubil Marko | CRO | 2279 | 6,0 | 33,0 | 2289 | 3,8 | |
| 48 | 54 | IM | Vasilescu Lucian-Mihail Dr. | ROU | 2290 | 6,0 | 32,5 | 2247 | -3,8 |
| 49 | 41 | IM | Trkulja Goran | BIH | 2335 | 6,0 | 32,5 | 2299 | -3,4 |
| 50 | 97 | Batyte Daiva | LTU | 2173 | 6,0 | 32,0 | 2238 | 15,8 |
...310 players
Source: chess-results.com
Games rounds 1 to 9
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Keymer's TPR would be just sufficient for a GM norm - for norm calculation purposes, the rating of the weakest (first-round) opponent is raised to 2200 ("rating floor") giving him a TPR of 2600+. But another rule interferes: you need to face a rating average of at least 2380 - with adjusted ratings for one opponent, Keymer faced 2333, Vetoshko 2366, both GM norms are thus invalid.
The point of the sacrifice 22.Bd2 Bxf2+! from the game Hertneck - Keymer lies in 23.Rxf2 Qc5 24.Be1 Rxf2! 25.Bxf2 Qc4! 26.Qxc4 Rxd1+ and 27...Nxc4, a sequence which is easy to miss. I like the article in general, but think that this line should have been mentioned, as it is pretty and relevant.
Marcus was on a ragger tip.
It's unfortunate Keymer missed the GM norm by a couple of PR points. Definitely one to watch out for!
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