Riga Technical University Open

Riga Technical University Open (also RTU Open) is international "open" chess festival, annually held in Riga, Latvia in August. It is the largest classical chess tournament in the Baltic states.

History

The first three international chess festivals (2011-2013) was held in the main building of the Riga Technical University. The first and second festival included two classical chess tournaments (A for masters and B for amateurs) and a last day blitz tournament. The third festival included three classical chess tournaments (A for masters and B-C for amateurs). The fourth international chess festival in 2014 moved the International Exhibition Centre Ķīpsala where was applied to a larger number of participants. The fourth international chess festival included five classical chess tournaments (A for masters and B-E for amateurs) and a first day blitz tournament. The fifth and sixth festival was held in Ķīpsala and included four classical chess tournaments (A for masters and B-D for amateurs) and a last day blitz tournament. Overall more than 1200 participants took part in the last three years festivals (2014-2016).[1]

List of A tournament winners

Year Winner 2nd place 3rd place Best women
2011 Luxembourg Alberto David United States Jaan Ehlvest Latvia Vladimir Sveshnikov Poland Katarzyna Toma
2012 Slovakia Ján Markoš Brazil Alexandr Fier Germany Daniel Fridman Germany Judith Fuchs
2013 Poland Bartosz Soćko Netherlands Robin van Kampen Russia Mikhail Antipov Slovakia Zuzana Štočková
2014 Armenia Hrant Melkumyan Hungary Richárd Rapport Venezuela Eduardo Iturrizaga Serbia Maria Manakova
2015 Latvia Alexei Shirov Armenia Robert Hovhannisyan Kazakhstan Rinat Jumabayev Poland Monika Soćko
2016 Ukraine Martyn Kravtsiv Armenia Hrant Melkumyan Latvia Arturs Neikšāns India Soumya Swaminathan

References

  1. ↑ History of the festival
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