Abhijeet Gupta conquers Graz Open 2023

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/02/2023

GM Abhijeet Gupta won International Graz Open 2023 scoring 8/9. Despite losing the second round, he made a strong comeback by winning the next seven games in-a-row, finishing a full point ahead of the competition. In the final round, he defeatetd the top seed of the tournament and Poland no.3, GM Bartosz Socko. The total prize fund of the tournament was €8500. The top three prizes were €1500, €1000 and €600 each respectively. This was Abhijeet's first tournament triumph he started in 2023. Earlier, he started the year by finishing second at MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship 2022. Photo: Internationales Schachopen Graz

A fantastic comeback

GM Abhijeet Gupta has won the Commonwealth Chess Championship five times for a reason. It is because he knows how to make a quick recovery after a setback. This triumph is a prime example of that.

Champion - GM Abhijeet Gupta 8/9 | Photo: Internationales Schachopen Graz

GM Abhijeet Gupta received the prize from the Tournament Director, IO Andrea Schmidbauer.

Runner-up - GM Hagen Pötsch (GER) 7/9 | Photo: Internationales Schachopen Graz

Second Runner-up - GM Felix Blohberger (AUT) 7/9 | Photo: Internationales Schachopen Graz

Top 3 (L to R) - 3rd GM Felix Blohberger (AUT), 1st GM Abhijeet Gupta and 2nd GM Hagen Pötsch (GER) | Photo: Internationales Schachopen Graz

Despite losing his second round game, GM Abhijeet Gupta won the next seven games, gained 10 Elo rating points and finished a full point ahead of the field

Different moods of GM Abhijeett Gupta | Photo: Peter Kranzl

Giant chess board at the venue | Photo: Peter Kranzl

Top boards | Photo: Internationales Schachopen Graz

Tournament hall | Photo: Internationales Schachopen Graz

Venue: Chamber of commerce at Wifi Steiermark in Graz, Austria | Photo: Peter Kranzl

A total of 171 players including 9 GMs, 14 IMs and a WIM took part from 28 countries all over the world in Group A (>2000). There were 93 players in Group B (<2000) and 49 in Group C (<1700). The seven-day nine-round Swiss league Rating tournament was organized by Styria chess federation at Chamber of Commerce in Graz, Austria from 18th to 24th February 2023. The time control of the tournament was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1.

Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	2	GM	Gupta Abhijeet			IND	2606		8	2696	2696	10	10
2	6	GM	Pötsch Hagen			GER	2489		7	2578	2578	10	10,4
3	7	GM	Blohberger Felix			AUT	2488	1. Sk Ottakring	7	2533	2533	10	5,4
4	18	IM	Dobrowolski Piotr			POL	2411		7	2471	2471	10	6,8
5	3	GM	Moroni Luca Jr			ITA	2576		6,5	2571	2571	10	2,2
6	8	IM	Janzelj Tim			SLO	2469		6,5	2482	2482	10	2,9
7	21	FM	Pastar Slaven			BIH	2376		6,5	2477	2477	20	25
8	13	IM	Hacker Jonas			GER	2444		6,5	2455	2455	10	4
9	25	FM	Carnicelli Valerio			ITA	2351		6,5	2392	2392	20	12,2
10	5	IM	Roshka Yevgeniy			UKR	2503	Grazer Schachgesellschaft	6,5	2385	2385	10	-7
11	1	GM	Socko Bartosz			POL	2624		6	2480	2480	10	-11,7
12	24	IM	Kowalski Igor			POL	2357		6	2445	2445	20	23,2
13	26	FM	Wilhelm Till			GER	2350		6	2443	2443	20	22,8
14	16	IM	Barp Alberto			ITA	2429		6	2438	2438	10	2
15	28	IM	Battey Alexander			USA	2344		6	2403	2403	10	7,8

Details

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