GM Razvan Preotu victorious at the 15th Calgary International Chess Open

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The 15th edition of the Calgary International Chess Open was played from 26-30 December at the Calgary Chess Club in Canada. The event gathered 20 players who competed for $2,500 prize pool over 9-swiss rounds.

GM Razvan Preotu (Canada, 2475) won the event with the score of 7/9 points. Preotu started the event with 5/5 points, but then suffered a loss in the sixth round against lower-rated Amir Mohammad Bahmani (Iran, 2191). Despite suffering another loss in the penultimate 8th round against FM John Doknjas (Canada, 2280), GM Razvan Preotu came victorious in the tournament with a full point edge over three players who tied for second place. FM Tymur Keleberda had the best tiebreaks to finish second, GM Vladimir Georgiev (North Macedonia, 2388) was third and FM John Doknjas (Canada, 2280) came fourth.

Final rankings – 15th Calgary Chess Open:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1
1	GM	Preotu, Razvan	CAN	2475	7	48
2	FM	Keleberda, Tymur	CAN	2296	6	49
3	GM	Georgiev, Vladimir	MKD	2388	6	48
4	FM	Doknjas, John	CAN	2280	6	41
5		Chandra, Anand Rishi	CAN	2162	5.5	50
6	CM	Doknjas, Neil	CAN	2262	5.5	44
7		Bahmani, Amir Mohammad	IRI	2191	5	48
8	GM	Komarov, Dimitri	UKR	2442	5	45
9		Alpuri, Aaqil	CAN	1962	5	38
10	FM	Ng, Gary	CAN	2217	5	38
11		Bai, Jinghui	CAN	1984	5	37
12		Darvekar, Yash	CAN	1876	4.5	41
13	CM	Arruebarrena, Rafael	VEN	2093	4.5	37
14		Vasic, Maxim	CAN	2044	3.5	41
15		Srinivasan, Hemant	CAN	2080	3.5	40
16	FM	Haessel, Dale	CAN	1987	2.5	36
17		Hoekman, Samuel	CAN	1992	2.5	34
18		Kostadinov, George	CAN	2043	2	36
19	IM	Piasetski, Leon	CAN	2179	2	32
20		Michalchuk, Avery	CAN	1809	0.5	17