Four-way tie in Bad Wiessee

This year's Bavaria Championship in Bad Wiessee ended in a four-way tie between Viorel Iordachescu, Vitaly Kunin, Abhijeet Gupta and Gerald Hertneck. The four grandmasters ended on 7.5; Iordachescu had the best tiebreak.

In the photo we see GMs Gupta, Kunin and Iordachescu with their trophies

The 13th Open Bavaria Chess Championship took place October 31-November 8 in Bad Wiessee, Germany, about 50 km south of Munich. It was a 9-round Swiss with a time control of 40 moves in 90 minutes followed by 30 minutes + 30 seconds per move to finish the game.



This year's top seeds were Igor Khenkin (2613), Viorel Iordachescu (2607) and Eduardas Rozentalis (2603). Only Iordachescu indeed managed to finish on first place; after starting with 5 out of 5 he finished with 2.5/4, which was just enough.

It almost when wrong when Iordachescu lost to Gupta in the penultimate round, but all is well that ends well: a nice win against Krivoborodov in the last round. The Moldavian grandmaster shared the total of € 7,000 (the sum of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th prize) with GMs Vitaly Kunin, Abhijeet Gupta and Gerald Hertneck.

Below you can find a number of games from rounds 6-9. Earlier games can be replayed in our previous report.

Bad Wiessee 2009 | Final Standings (top 30)

Selection of games rounds 6-9

Game viewer by ChessTempo
Photos courtesy of the tournament website

Links

• Official website
• Games in PGN