Wojtaszek Wins György Marx Memorial
The 9th György Marx Memorial took place from 16 - 27 June in Paks, Hungary.
The main event was a 6-player double round robin tournament which was convincingly won by the Polish GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek with a score of 8/10. Wojtaszek worked as one of Vishy Anand's seconds for his world championship matches in 2008 (against Kramnik) and 2010 (against Topalov).
The win will be a welcome boost for Wojtaszek who lost a huge 38 points on the July rating list, but with this excellent result regains 18 points to top 2700 Elo again on the unofficial live list.
A separate women's event in the same format was won by Alina Kashlinskaya of Russia with a score of 6½/10.
The winners! Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Alina Kashlinskaya
The men's final standings:
| Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2721 | * | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Smirin, Ilia | ISR | 2661 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6½ |
| Berkes, Ferenc | HUN | 2693 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6½ |
| Salgado Lopez, Ivan | ESP | 2623 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3½ |
| Bologan, Viktor | MDA | 2678 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | * | 1 | ½ | 3½ |
| Acs, Peter | HUN | 2606 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | * | 2 |
The women's final standings:
| Kashlinskaya, Alina | RUS | 2360 | * | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6½ |
| Madl, Ildiko | HUN | 2405 | 1 | ½ | * | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6 |
| Mkrtchian, Lilit | ARM | 2468 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6 |
| Rudolf, Anna | HUN | 2355 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 5 |
| Dudas, Eszter | HUN | 2194 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | * | 0 | 1 | 3½ |
| Sharevich, Anna | BLR | 2378 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | * | 3 |
Picture from the official website.
