Vishy Anand shines in Plus City Grand Prix

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5/15/2024 – The Plus City Grand Prix took place in Pasching, Austria, last weekend. Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand graced the event with his presence. He was part of a FIDE delegation that took part in the team competition. Anand scored 12.0/13, but this was not enough to secure first place, which went to the team from ASV Linz. | Photo: Michael Stöttinger, President of the Austrian Chess Federation, opens the tournament. | Photos: Fotomeisterei.at/ Laura Gelbmann
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Press release of the Austrian Chess Federation

The extended Grand Prix weekend began on Thursday, 9 May, with the Team Blitz tournament. Highlight of the event was the participation of multiple former World Champion Viswanathan Anand.

Anand (with White) during his game against Maghsoodloo

The Indian chess legend, also known as the 'Tiger of Madras', played in a FIDE team with Victor Bologan, Mohd Al-Mudahka and Pavel Tregubov.

Michael Stöttinger had offered an oversized stuffed tiger as an additional prize as an incentive for a win against Anand. But Anand remained unbeaten and with 12 points from 13 games showed why he is still one of the world's top players. Only Parham Maghsoodloo and the sensational Florian Sandhöfner from Upper Austria managed to draw against him. The tiger remains in PlusCity.

But Anand's performance was not enough for the FIDE team to win. ASV Linz, with Parham Maghsoodloo, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Vladimir Fedoseev and Nikita Vitiugov, did justice to their role as favourites, winning the tournament without losing a single point and thus defending their title as Austrian champions in blitz chess for teams. Second place in the tournament went to Pinggau-Friedberg ahead of the FIDE team. Pinggau-Friedberg also won the Austrian silver medal with Denise Kadric, Viktor Erdos, Valentin Baidetskyi and Danilo Milanovic. Bronze went to ASK Kottingbrunn with Konstantin Peyrer, Laurenz Borrmann, Vladislav Kundianok, Lukas Dotzer and Leopold Franziskus Wagner.

The women's competition was won by Victoria Vienna, who boasted a top-class line-up including former World Champion and neo-Swiss Alexandra Kosteniuk, three-time Rapid and Blitz World Champion Anna Muzychuk and Austria's number one Regina Theissl-Pokorna. A total of 53 teams with 230 players from 23 nations took part in the opening tournament of the Grand Prix in Pasching, including 18 grandmasters.

FIDE held a meeting of its Executive Board in Linz during the Grand Prix. Vice President Dana Reizniece-Ozala, former Minister of Finance in Latvia, thanked Michael Stöttinger for organising the Grand Prix and presented him with the FIDE Centenary Medal in recognition.

The Grand Prix in Pasching ended at the weekend with the individual blitz competition (Saturday) and the team tournament in rapid chess (Sunday).  

(wk, Photos: Fotomeisterei.at/ Laura Gelbmann)

Results

Team-Rapid

Rk. Snr Team Rounds   +    =    -   Tb1   Tb2   Tb3   Tb4 
1 ASV Linz 1 16
2 Runaway train 16
3 SK Pinggau-Friedberg 14
4 Kazakhstan Chess Team 12
5 Emil & Friends 12
6 Schachfreunde Graz 12
7 Strong Creative Pack 12
8 ASK Kottingbrunn 12
9 Frauental 1 11
10 Union Neuhofen 2 11
11 SF Wolfhagen 10
12 1. SK Ottakring 10
13 Karlsruhe 10
14 Union Neuhofen 1 10
15 Frauental 2 10
16 Sk Ehrenburg 10
17 SPG Freistadt / Wartberg 10
18 Schwarze Dame W 9
19 Union Neuhofen 3 9
20 ASKÖ Leonding 1 9

40 Teams

Team-Blitz

Rk. Snr Team Rounds   +    =    -   Tb1   Tb2   Tb3 
1 ASV 1 26
2 SK Pinggau-Friedberg 23
3 FIDE 1 22
4 Kazakhstan Chess Team 21
5 SF Wolfhagen 17
6 ASK Kottingbrunn 17
7 FIDE 2 16
8 ASVÖ VHS Pöchlarn 1 15
9 Karlsruhe 15
10 SPG Freistadt / Wartberg 15
11 ASK St. Valentin 1 15
12 Frauental 1 15
13 Union Neuhofen 1 15
14 Hörsching 1 15
15 SK Ehrenburg 14
16 Schachfreunde Graz 14
17 Styrian Warriors 14
18 Creative Pack 14
19 ASVÖ Schachklub Mattersburg 14
20 Frauental 2 14

52 Teams

Rapid

Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1 
1 1 GM Fedoseev, Vladimir SLO 2729 8,5 52,5
2 2 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2676 8 55
3 16 GM Van Wely, Loek NED 2536 7,5 53
4 9 GM Chigaev, Maksim ESP 2584 7,5 49
5 8 GM Korobov, Anton UKR 2614 7,5 48,5
6 13 GM Kadric, Denis MNE 2542 7,5 44
7 17 GM Petrov, Nikita MNE 2534 7 51,5
8 6 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO 2625 7 50
9 22 IM Baidetskyi, Valentin AUT 2461 7 49,5
25 GM Muradli, Mahammad AZE 2448 7 49,5
11 10 GM Shimanov, Aleksandr FID 2580 7 49,5
12 47 IM Tomazini, Zan SLO 2293 7 48,5
13 49 FM Dotzer, Lukas AUT 2288 7 48
14 62 FM Costa, Leonardo GER 2230 7 46
15 28 GM Glek, Igor BEL 2420 7 45
16 32 IM Zhalmakhanov, Ramazan KAZ 2375 6,5 52
17 3 GM Maghsoodloo, Parham IRI 2650 6,5 50,5
18 18 GM Erdos, Viktor HUN 2512 6,5 50
19 7 GM Vitiugov, Nikita ENG 2617 6,5 48,5
19 GM Tregubov, Pavel V. FRA 2509 6,5 48,5
21 5 GM Meier, Georg URU 2640 6,5 47,5
26 GM Milanovic, Danilo SRB 2447 6,5 47,5
23 20 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra SUI 2482 6,5 47,5
24 44 FM Schreiner, Till GER 2306 6,5 47,5
25 15 GM Stocek, Jiri CZE 2538 6,5 46
26 11 GM Ivanisevic, Ivan SRB 2564 6,5 46
27 23 GM Vetoshko, Volodymyr UKR 2457 6,5 46
28 46 FM Bilovil, Bogdan UKR 2294 6,5 45,5
29 4 GM Motylev, Alexander ROU 2650 6,5 44
30 21 GM Dragnev, Valentin AUT 2468 6 53

280 players

Blitz

Rk. SNo Name FED Pts.  TB1  K rtg+/-
1 10 GM Muradli, Mahammad AZE 11 107,5 10 29,7
2 4 GM Maghsoodloo, Parham IRI 10 113,5 10 10,9
3 1 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 10 113 10 2,4
4 24 GM Golubka, Petro UKR 10 111 10 42
5 6 GM Shimanov, Aleksandr FID 10 107 10 9,7
6 7 GM Jobava, Baadur GEO 10 106 10 -3,3
7 3 GM Vitiugov, Nikita ENG 10 106 10 -5,3
8 18 GM Meier, Georg URU 10 97 10 -2,2
9 2 GM Fedoseev, Vladimir SLO 9,5 108 10 -2,6
10 13 GM Van Wely, Loek NED 9,5 106,5 10 6,2
11 9 GM Pantsulaia, Levan GEO 9,5 104,5 10 1,7
12 16 GM Motylev, Alexander ROU 9,5 104,5 10 13,9
13 11 GM Erdos, Viktor HUN 9,5 104 10 -1,5
14 17 IM Baidetskyi, Valentin AUT 9,5 102,5 10 7,6
15 14 GM Ivanisevic, Ivan SRB 9 106 10 1,2
16 21 GM Milanovic, Danilo SRB 9 105 10 13,3
17 15 GM Chigaev, Maksim ESP 9 104,5 10 -2
18 12 GM Petrov, Nikita MNE 9 100,5 10 -11,1
19 25 IM Agmanov, Zhandos KAZ 9 100,5 10 -1,1
20 20 IM Peyrer, Konstantin AUT 9 100,5 10 2,2
21 8 GM Kadric, Denis MNE 9 96,5 10 -22,8
22 30 GM Glek, Igor BEL 9 96 10 7,2
23 34 IM Gschnitzer, Adrian GER 9 95 20 12,6
24 38 FM Dauner, Benedikt GER 9 94,5 20 18,4
25 42 IM Konopka, Michal CZE 9 88,5 10 -7,9
26 33 FM Bilovil, Bogdan UKR 8,5 106,5 20 56

260 players

Links

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