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 festivals from the years 2014 to 2016.[1] The seventh festival in 2017 was held in Ķīpsala and included five classical chess tournaments (A for masters and B–E for amateurs) and a last day blitz tournament. The eigth festival in 2018 was held in Ķīpsala and included five classical chess tournaments (A for masters and B–E for amateurs) and two blitz tournaments.

List of A tournament winners

YearWinner2nd place3rd placeBest 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
2017 Ukraine Vladimir Onischuk Ukraine Sergey Pavlov Israel Tamir Nabaty China Lei Tingjie
2018 Armenia Robert Hovhannisyan Armenia Manuel Petrosyan Russia Alexandr Predke India Nutakki Priyanka

References

  1. ↑ History of the festival
  • RTU OPEN Riga Technical University Open home page
  • Riga Technical University Open 2011 Tournament A Riga Technical University Open 2011
  • Riga Technical University Open 2012. Tournament A Riga Technical University Open 2012
  • Riga Technical University Open 2013 - Tournament A Riga Technical University Open 2013
  • RTU OPEN 2014 Riga Technical University Open 2014
  • RTU OPEN 2015 Riga Technical University Open 2015
  • RTU OPEN 2016 Riga Technical University Open 2016
  • Riga Technical University Open 2017 - Tournament A Riga Technical University Open 2017
  • Riga Technical University Open 2018 - Tournament A Riga Technical University Open 2018



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