Estonian grandmaster Kaido Kulaots, 42 years old, scored a magnificent 7 points from 9 games to clinch a well deserved first place (tiebreak) finish. With this victory also comes an invitation to the Dortmund supertournament later this summer. Congrats!!
Final Classification
Top_20 finishers
How Kulaots did it
Kaido’s round by round pairings and results
Undefeated! Five victories (4 with the Black pieces!) , his last round victory against Khismatullin was his only win with the White pieces. With this performance, he wins almost 40 ELO points!