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The still untitled American Gabriel Bick caused a stir in Vienna. The 20-year-old had been at the top of the table for almost the entire tournament, until he was defeated in the final round by tournament winner Alessio Valsecchi in a lengthy endgame. Valsecchi was able to prevail with two minor pieces against Bick's rook. That relegated Bick to third place — including a GM norm!
The power of the two pieces was on display in this unusual endgame — particularly in the following forced sequence:
52.h5 gxh5 53.♖f5+ ♚e4 54.♗c2+ ♚e3 55.♖f3+ ♚d2 56.♖d3+ ♚c1 57.♘e2+ ♚xc2 58.♖xa6 and Valsecchi converted the rest with ease.
Within the A-Open was the Austrian national championship was determined: The best placed Austrian would be awarded the title, and that honour fell to Grandmaster Nicholas Stanec who ended the tournament in fourth place. It was the twelfth time since 1995 that Stanec — the fifth best Austrian by Elo rating — won the title. Among the women Regina Theissl-Pokorna won the national champion honours.
Nikolaus Stanec | Photo: Austrian Chess Federation
| Rk. | Snr | Name | Land | Elo | Pts. | |
| 1 | 11 | GM | Valsecchi Alessio | ITA | 2494 | 7,5 |
| 2 | 5 | GM | Palac Mladen | CRO | 2551 | 7,0 |
| 3 | 48 | Bick Gabriel | USA | 2375 | 7,0 | |
| 4 | 13 | GM | Stanec Nikolaus | AUT | 2483 | 7,0 |
| 5 | 7 | GM | Shengelia David | AUT | 2523 | 7,0 |
| 6 | 3 | GM | Peralta Fernando | ARG | 2572 | 7,0 |
| 7 | 6 | GM | Nasuta Grzegorz | POL | 2533 | 7,0 |
| 8 | 21 | IM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | KAZ | 2457 | 7,0 |
| 9 | 2 | GM | Buhmann Rainer | GER | 2574 | 7,0 |
| 10 | 17 | GM | Diermair Andreas | AUT | 2473 | 7,0 |
| 11 | 28 | Janzelj Tim | SLO | 2435 | 7,0 | |
| 12 | 32 | IM | Gilevych Artem | ITA | 2424 | 6,5 |
| 13 | 19 | IM | Blohberger Felix | AUT | 2467 | 6,5 |
| 14 | 1 | GM | Dastan Muhammed Batuhan | TUR | 2582 | 6,5 |
| 15 | 27 | IM | Markoja Boris | SLO | 2440 | 6,5 |
| 16 | 77 | FM | Dobrovoljc Vid | SLO | 2331 | 6,5 |
| 17 | 46 | IM | Kojima Shinya | JPN | 2390 | 6,5 |
| 18 | 16 | IM | Yankelevich Lev | GER | 2480 | 6,5 |
| 19 | 52 | FM | Muckle Julius | GER | 2368 | 6,5 |
| 20 | 8 | IM | Gumularz Szymon | POL | 2501 | 6,5 |
| 21 | 25 | IM | Bakhmatsky Vladislav | UKR | 2442 | 6,5 |
| 22 | 42 | IM | Valmana Canto Jaime | ESP | 2406 | 6,5 |
| 23 | 49 | IM | Kaasen Tor Fredrik | NOR | 2373 | 6,5 |
| 24 | 44 | IM | Halvax Georg | AUT | 2403 | 6,5 |
| 25 | 50 | IM | Miedema David | NED | 2371 | 6,5 |
| 26 | 14 | IM | Janik Igor | POL | 2483 | 6,5 |
| 27 | 40 | FM | Gschnitzer Adrian | GER | 2410 | 6,5 |
| 28 | 47 | IM | Soysal Serkan | TUR | 2388 | 6,5 |
| 29 | 33 | IM | Menezes Christoph | AUT | 2420 | 6,5 |
| 30 | 53 | FM | Bawart Markus | AUT | 2364 | 6,5 |
| 31 | 41 | GM | Fernandez Garcia Jose Luis | ESP | 2407 | 6,5 |
... 401 Players
Translation from German and additional reporting: Macauley Peterson
