Etienne Bacrot Wins Baden-Baden Open
While Vishy Anand was winning the 6-player double round-robin Grenke Chess Classic in Baden-Baden recently, a 9-round Swiss competition was taking place alongside the main event.
The winner was top seeded Etienne Bacrot (pictured) of France with a 7/9 score, half a point clear of Parimarjan Negi, Ruben Felgaer and Tornike Sanikidze.
A total of 34 players took part, and Bacrot won €2,000 for his first-place finish.
The time control was 40 moves in 120 minutes, followed by 30 minutes to finish the game.
The top standings
| # | Name | Fed | Elo | Pts | TB |
| 1 | Bacrot Etienne | FRA | 2704 | 7.0 | 46.5 |
| 2 | Negi Parimarjan | IND | 2638 | 6.5 | 46.0 |
| 3 | Felgaer Ruben | ARG | 2557 | 6.5 | 45.5 |
| 4 | Sanikidze Tornike | GEO | 2553 | 6.5 | 45.0 |
| 5 | Chatalbashev Boris | BUL | 2552 | 6.0 | 45.5 |
| 6 | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2610 | 5.5 | 47.5 |
| 7 | Karpatchev Aleksandr | RUS | 2484 | 5.5 | 45.0 |
| 8 | Tereick Benjamin | GER | 2382 | 5.5 | 42.5 |
| 9 | Weber Tom | LUX | 2380 | 5.5 | 41.0 |
| 10 | Bücker Stefan | GER | 2342 | 5.5 | 38.0 |
| = | Schut Lisa | NED | 2283 | 5.5 | 38.0 |
| 12 | Krulich Roman | MNC | 2215 | 5.0 | 38.5 |
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Games via TWIC. Photo by Georgios Souleidis.
