Ramon Mateo wins 3rd International West Open Toulouse
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
