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Chess is not the only reason to visit Vienna
With a rating of 2686 Markus Ragger is Austria's number one and rating favorite in Vienna. According to the tournament website "Ragger has an evident aim: 'Nine rounds in only eight days is an outstanding challenge. Certainly, my target is to capture my first victory in Vienna!'"
But the tournament site also names other favorites: "His strongest competitor is Rainer Buhmann, German Olympia-teamplayer who lives in Austria and is also an important training partner of him. Experts are excitingly looking forward to the play of the most talented German trainee, Vincent Keymer. The 11-year-old may encounter the Austrian Dominik Horvath, who caused a sensation in 2013 by winning the B-tournament. Horvath, born in 2003, is already a FIDE-Master. The 10-year-old Javokhir Sindarov is also participating: the Usbek holds the record for the highest U-10-Rating ever, with 2374 Elo. Tournament director, Johann Pöcksteiner: “The question is whether a well-established Grandmaster or a young talent will win in Vienna.”
In the first three rounds things went smoothly for Ragger and he won all this games without too much trouble. Here's his win against Christina Foisor from round three:
Things were more difficult for Rainer Buhmann. He started with two wins but then drew in round three against German FM Tobias Voege - and had his young opponent shown a bit more courage Buhmann could have easily lost:
The 11-year old German talent Vincent Keymer also started with 2.5/3. The ten-year old Javokhir Sindarov, however, did not even concede a draw. Here is his game from the first in which his opponent collapsed surprising quickly.
| Snr | Name | Country | Elo | Pts. | ||
| 1 | 55 | FM | Sandhoefner Florian | AUT | 2290 | 3,0 |
| 2 | 12 | GM | Berescu Alin-Mile | ROU | 2458 | 3,0 |
| 3 | 3 | GM | Mastrovasilis Dimitrios | GRE | 2603 | 3,0 |
| 4 | 5 | GM | Shengelia David | AUT | 2572 | 3,0 |
| 5 | 4 | GM | Vorobiov Evgeny | RUS | 2586 | 3,0 |
| 6 | 10 | GM | Hertneck Gerald | GER | 2469 | 3,0 |
| 7 | 15 | IM | Fröwis Georg | AUT | 2449 | 3,0 |
| 8 | 14 | IM | Rathnakaran Kantholi | IND | 2452 | 3,0 |
| 9 | 20 | IM | Gajek Radoslaw | POL | 2434 | 3,0 |
| 10 | 25 | Yankelevich Lev | GER | 2414 | 3,0 | |
| 11 | 29 | CM | Sindarov Javokhir | UZB | 2374 | 3,0 |
| 12 | 35 | FM | Kokol Peter | SLO | 2360 | 3,0 |
| 13 | 6 | GM | Burmakin Vladimir | RUS | 2553 | 3,0 |
| 14 | 18 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | POL | 2439 | 3,0 |
| 15 | 1 | GM | Ragger Markus | AUT | 2686 | 3,0 |
| 16 | 31 | FM | Schwabeneder Florian | AUT | 2369 | 3,0 |
| 17 | 33 | IM | Pirrot Dieter | GER | 2367 | 3,0 |
| 18 | 7 | IM | Ponizil Cyril | CZE | 2510 | 3,0 |
| 19 | 26 | IM | Kilgus Georg | AUT | 2413 | 3,0 |
| 20 | 16 | IM | Schreiner Peter | AUT | 2445 | 3,0 |
| 21 | 23 | IM | Baldauf Marco | GER | 2423 | 3,0 |
| 22 | 19 | IM | Vetoshko Volodymyr | UKR | 2438 | 3,0 |
| 23 | 2 | GM | Buhmann Rainer | GER | 2641 | 2,5 |
| 24 | 11 | GM | Arkell Keith | ENG | 2464 | 2,5 |
| 56 | IM | Barle Janez Dr. | SLO | 2289 | 2,5 |
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Source: chess-results.com
Schönbrunn castle
Summer in Vienna...
... and this is the famous Vienna schnitzel!
Markus Ragger (right, with White) on board one, Rainer Buhmann plays with black on board two
Photos: Tournament page
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