Leonid Milov wins 7th Bodensee Open, Anwesh Upadhyaya second

by Shahid Ahmed - 28/05/2023

GM Leonid Milov (GER) scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win 7th Bodensee Open 2023. IM Anwesh Upadhyaya and GM Ilmars Starostits (LAT) scored 7/9 each. They were placed second and third respectively according to tie-breaks. Anwesh drew against both Leonid and Ilmars. All three podium finishers remained undefeated. The top three prizes were €800, €600 and €500 each respectively. The nine-day rating tournament was organized by Schachklub Bregenz. This was Anwesh's first Classical rating tournament since July 2022. So an unbeaten second place finish and gaining 12.9 Elo rating points is certainly a great result. All photos in this article are taken from the official site.

Top 3 remain undefeated

Runner-up - IM Anwesh Upadhyaya 7/9

Top 3 (L to R): 2nd IM Anwesh Upadhyaya 7/9, 1st GM Leonid Milov (GER) 7.5/9 and 3rd GM Ilmars Starostits (LAT) 7/9

L to R: Chief Arbiter IA Albert Baumberger, 2nd IM Anwesh Upadhahya, 1st GM Leonid Milov (GER), 3rd GM Ilmars Starostits (LAT), second Chairman SK Bregenz Dr. Ludwig Weh, FA Andreas Klein (Translated by Bing)

Round 1: IM Anwesh Upadhyaya - Michael Schäfer (GER): 1-0

The tournament hall at Grand Hotel, Bregenz in Bregenz, Austria

A total of 141 players including 3 GMs and 3 IMs participated from 17 countries across the world. The nine-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by Schachklub Bregenz at Grand Hotel, Bregenz in Bregenz, Austria from 13th to 21st May 2023. The time control for the event was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Replay Round 1-9 games

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Milov Leonid		GER	2426	Sc Noris-Tarrasch Nürnberg 187	7,5	55	43	45,00
2	5	IM	Anwesh Upadhyaya		IND	2340	Indien	7	55,5	43	42,25
3	2	GM	Starostits Ilmars		LAT	2400	Lettland	7	52,5	40,5	40,25
4	7	FM	Besou Hussain		GER	2304	Lsv Turm Lippstadt	6,5	54	42	36,50
5	8	FM	Matt Fabian		AUT	2302	Wolfurt	6,5	52,5	41	36,00
6	16	CM	Lohia Sohum		ENG	2178	England	6,5	49	38,5	32,50
7	9	IM	Kolbus Dietmar		IOM	2277	Isle of Man	6	54	41,5	33,75
8	13	FM	Bezemer Arno		NED	2206	Amsterdam	6	52	40	32,75
9	19		Cafasso Elia		AUT	2151	Dornbirn	6	50	38,5	31,50
10	80		Vrhovac Damir		AUT	1803	Raika Zirl	6	48,5	39	30,75

Details

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