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Michael Adams wins Cambridge International Open 2023

The Cambridge International Open 2023 took place from 15-19 February 2023 in Cambridge, England. The event was played as a 9-round Swiss tournament with more than 120 entries and the prize fund of 4.200£.

The top-seeded GM Michael Adams won the event scoring 8/9 points. With two draws, one in the first, and the other one in the last round, the 7-time British Champion emerged as the sole leader of the tournament. GM Daniel Fernandez followed with 7.5 points, while four players tied for third place scoring 7 points. GM Oleg Korneev had the best tiebreak criteria to finish the event in third position, IM Harry Grieve was fourth, IM Boris Golubovic came fifth and FM Bao Nghia Dong finished sixth.

Photo by: Shohreh Bayat

Final standings:


Rk.   Name sex FED Rtg TB1 TB2 TB3
1 GM Adams, Michael   ENG 2757 8 0 48
2 GM Fernandez, Daniel H   ENG 2519 7.5 0 50
3 GM Korneev, Oleg   ESP 2589 7 0 49
4 IM Grieve, Harry   ENG 2514 7 0 48
5 IM Golubovic, Boris   CRO 2349 7 0 48
6 FM Dong, Bao Nghia   VIE 2414 7 0 43
7 IM Clarke, Brandon G I   ENG 2588 6.5 0 50
8 GM Dardha, Daniel   BEL 2612 6.5 0 48
9   Itgelt, Khuyagtsogt   MGL 2158 6.5 0 46
10 GM Gormally, Daniel W   ENG 2493 6.5 0 44
11 GM Bosiocic, Marin   CRO 2564 6 0 48
12   Payne, Matthew J   ENG 2182 6 0 47
13 FM Czopor, Maciej   POL 2519 6 0 47
14   Ismail, Mohammed Aayan   ENG 2353 6 0 46
15 FM Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav   UKR 2330 6 0 46
16 GM Arkell, Keith C   ENG 2506 6 0 46
17 GM Turner, Matthew J   SCO 2487 6 0 46
18   Shafi, Declan   SCO 2265 6 0 44
19 FM Wall, Tim P   ENG 2305 6 0 40
20 IM Roberson, Peter T   ENG 2510 5.5 0 48
21 FM Anand, Batsukh   MGL 2239 5.5 0 45
22   Waller, Dan   ENG 2163 5.5 0 44
23 IM Hunt, Harriet V w ENG 2349 5.5 0 44
24   Fava, Lorenzo   ITA 2172 5.5 0 44
25   Saunders, Aron   ENG 2260 5.5 0 43
26   Crocker, Philip J   ENG 2212 5.5 0 43
27   Hobson, Kenneth   ENG 2151 5.5 0 42
28 GM Hebden, Mark L   ENG 2510 5.5 0 42
29 CM Villiers, Thomas   ENG 2295 5.5 0 41
30   Pert, Max P   ENG 2047 5.5 0 41
31   Nawalaniec, Adam   POL 2080 5.5 0 41
32 IM Bradbury, Neil H   ENG 2233 5.5 0 40
33   Bonn, Thomas   FRA 2237 5.5 0 40
34   Britnell, Jonathan   ENG 1973 5.5 0 38
35   Ibn Saifullah, Anas   ENG 2038 5.5 0 34
36   Mihalik, Agoston   HUN 2235 5 0 45
37   Southcott-Moyers, Indy   ENG 2223 5 0 44
38   Adams, Henry   ENG 1963 5 0 43
39 WCM Pert, Nina P w ENG 2161 5 0 42
40 FM Walker, Martin G   ENG 2208 5 0 41
41   Adams, George   ENG 1494 5 0 40
42   Golubovic, Erik   CRO 1887 5 0 40
43   Blinov, Roman   ENG 1896 5 0 40
44   Krivenko, Dion   EST 2155 5 0 39
45   O’shea, Colm   ENG 1826 5 0 39
46   Senior, Gary   ENG 2198 5 0 39
47   Banerjee, Supratit   SCO 1985 5 0 38
48   Brocklehurst, Andrew   ENG 1990 5 0 37
49   Lazarus, Simon E   ENG 2044 5 0 37
50   Volovich, Julia w ENG 2151 5 0 36
51   Patel, Zain   ENG 2000 5 0 36
52   Weersing, Abigail R w ENG 2004 4.5 0 43
53   Palucha, Szymon C   ENG 2122 4.5 0 42
54   Dasgupta, Avyukt   ENG 2042 4.5 0 42
55   Hutchinson, Norman A   ENG 2005 4.5 0 42
56   Kovalskyi, Roman   UKR 2111 4.5 0 41
57   Pousada Garcia, Daniel   ESP 2140 4.5 0 40
58   Liu, Jack   ENG 1926 4.5 0 40
59   Golsta, Ramona w LAT 1777 4.5 0 40
60   Gamal, Alaa w ENG 1906 4.5 0 39
61   Rida, Ruqayyah w ENG 1845 4.5 0 39
62   Lenton, Oliver J   ENG 1971 4.5 0 38
63   Kemp, Paul R   ENG 1984 4.5 0 37
64   Bowers, Francis J   ENG 1884 4.5 0 36
65   Xu, Jiarui   ENG 1400 4.5 0 36
66   Larchikov, Maksym   UKR 2053 4.5 0 36
67   Gardiner, Eric D   ENG 1995 4.5 0 34
68 AFM Latypova, Olga L w ENG 1878 4.5 0 32
69   Sefton, Adam   ENG 1710 4 0 43
70   Murawski, Jan   ENG 1974 4 0 38
71   Soulier, Alfred   ENG 1923 4 0 37
72   Donnelly, Andrew J   ENG 1796 4 0 37
73   Matthews, Adrian M S   ENG 1867 4 0 36
74   Smart, Michael R   ENG 1957 4 0 35
75   Gardner, Phillip K   ENG 1838 4 0 35
76   Kaushik, Madhav   ENG 1631 4 0 34
77   Hutchinson, Paul A   ENG 2098 4 0 34
78   Miller, Daniel   ENG 1623 4 0 33
79   Li, Reya   ENG 1576 4 0 32
80   Hariharan, Shambavi w ENG 1727 4 0 31
81   Turner, David J   ENG 1762 4 0 30
82   Chantrell, Paul   ENG 1732 3.5 0 37
83   Berkley, Stephen W   ENG 1785 3.5 0 37
84   Zhu, Pengxiao   ENG 1716 3.5 0 36
85   Baguley, John   ENG 1717 3.5 0 36
86   Gonzales, Enrique   PHI 0 3.5 0 36
87   Gonzales, Ceferino   PHI 1769 3.5 0 36
88   Norris, Anthony   USA 1917 3.5 0 35
89   Rastogi, Nayan Keats   ENG 1596 3.5 0 34
90   Li, Evan   ENG 1468 3.5 0 33
91   Keerthi Kumar, Advait   ENG 1712 3.5 0 32
92   Lazarevic, Ljubica w SRB 1695 3.5 0 32
93   Pride, Stephen C   ENG 1617 3.5 0 32
94   Kent, Rowan   ENG 1613 3.5 0 32
95   Hertog, Alexander   ENG 1886 3.5 0 29
96   Skelton, Alexander   ENG 1341 3.5 0 23
97   Jermy, Jaden   ENG 2106 3 0 39
98   Bryant, Harry   ENG 1792 3 0 37
99   Catabay, Mae C w ENG 1761 3 0 36
100   Catabay, Rezin C   ENG 1687 3 0 35
101   Chan, Anthony   ENG 1753 3 0 34
102   Moni, Claudio   ENG 1739 3 0 34
103   Puthanveettil, Joshua   ENG 1271 3 0 32
104   Zurba, Jonas   LTU 1704 3 0 32
105   Portheault, Benjamin   ENG 1659 3 0 32
106   Van Litsenborgh, Rudi   ENG 1537 3 0 30
107   Korolchuk, Ted   ENG 1770 3 0 30
108   Swanson, George   ENG 1792 3 0 30
109   Devalia, Aadishesh   ENG 1471 3 0 27
110   Murphy, Hugh W   ENG 2163 2.5 0 38
111   Osborne, Paul J   ENG 1559 2.5 0 28
112   Soulier, Arne   ENG 1183 2.5 0 27
113   Podmore, Mervyn J   ENG 1471 2.5 0 26
114   Warner, Nicholas   ENG 1735 2 0 34
115   Weersing, Nathan   ENG 1551 2 0 30
116   Dean, Matthew   ENG 1160 2 0 25
117   Downey, Keith   WLS 1818 1.5 0 31
118   Sellen, John R   ENG 1547 1.5 0 31
119   Walker, Heather Enid w ENG 1280 1.5 0 25
120   Gibbs, Dominic V   ENG 1967 1 0 31
121 AIM Rice, Chris B   ENG 2067 0 0 26
122 IM Lutsko, Artem   UKR 2414 0 0 26
123   Gvero, Richard   ENG 0 0 0 23