2017-03-16

The 7th HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament 2017



The tournament is held from 11th to 18th March, 2017 and is hosted in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The HDBank the Masters Cup, attracted over than 230 masters. The previous winner of the Masters event is GM Wang Hao. The participants are from all the five continents. World famous names from Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, China, Germany, India, Switzerland, Indonesia, the Philippines and America compete this year. Among the remarkable names are the big star of Vietnam Le Quanq Liem and the young star Wei Yi from China, who had a draw in round 8. Some interesting chess players in the list are also Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL - GM-2533), She Tingjie (CHN - WGM-2480), and the very young (born 2002) Khoi Nguyen Anh (VIE - Elo 2549), as well as one of the most popular non-titled players in the world, China's Xu Yinglun (Elo 2540). The average Elo rating of the tournament is 2,383, which is believed a high-level competition. The first 10 players are:

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The 9-round Swiss event organized by the Vietnam Chess Federation has two sections:
- Masters Category for players rated above 2100 and women rated above 2000
- Challengers Category for players rated below 2100 or unrated


Rate of play:  90 minutes all moves + 30 seconds increment
Regulation: Nine rounds of play, with three double shifts.

The total prize fund is 45,000 US$.


Calendar of Masters Category (UTC/GMT +7 hours)
2017, 03. 12  - 10:00 - Round 01
2017, 03. 12  - 16:00 - Round 02
2017, 03. 13  - 10:00 - Round 03
2017, 03. 14  - 09:00 - Round 04
2017, 03. 14  - 15:30 - Round 05
2017, 03. 15  - 09:00 - Round 06
2017, 03. 16  - 09:00 - Round 07
2017, 03. 16  - 15:30 - Round 08
2017, 03. 17  - 09:00 - Round 09

Crosstable

#NameFIDE IDRtng12345678910Tot
1FM DALE R HAESSEL20126182142X000010001.0
2IM JOSHUA D RUIZ CASTILLO440070423431X11/2111/21/216.5
3FM YANNICK KAMBRATH20632525235310X1/21101/21/24.5
4IM FELIX YNOJOSA APONTE3900258237811/21/2X11/21/2015.0
5JEFFREY M SERNA206859120221000X101/202.5
6WILLIAM H MCNUTT3093233517290000X00000.0
7IM GUILLERMO VAZQUEZ3702308243611/21/211X11/216.5
8JUSTIN WANG309113702177011/21/210X003.0
9GM CARLOS HEVIA ALEJANO350881124921/21/21111/21X16.5
10CHAO ZHANG20994462223101/201010X3.5

Standings

#NameRtngClubRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7 Rd 8Rd 9Tot
1GM CARLOS HEVIA ALEJANO2492CUBD2D5W4W8W10D3W6W7---96.5
2IM JOSHUA D RUIZ CASTILLO2343COLD1W9W7W5D4W8W10D3---66.5
3IM GUILLERMO VAZQUEZ2436PARD4W8W10W7W6D1W9D2---56.5
4IM FELIX YNOJOSA APONTE2378VEND3D6L1W9D2D5W7W8---105.0
5FM YANNICK KAMBRATH2353FRAL6D1W9L2D7D4W8W10---34.5
6JUSTIN WANG2177USAW5D4D8W10L3L7L1W9---24.0
7CHAO ZHANG2223USAW9W10L2L3D5W6L4L1---83.5
8JEFFREY M SERNA2022USAW10L3D6L1W9L2L5L4---72.5
9FM DALE R HAESSEL2142CANL7L2L5L4L8W10L3L6---11.0
10WILLIAM H MCNUTT1729USAL8L7L3L6L1L9L2L5---40.0

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