Andrei Istratescu Wins The Neckar Open
The Romanian-born GM Andrei Istratescu, now representing France, has won the 2012 Neckar Open in Deizisau, Germany. with a score of 7½/9.
Konstantine Shanava also finished with 7½ points, but Istratescu won thanks to a superior tie-break score. There were fully 13 players just half a point back on 7/9, led by Etienne Bacrot who claimed third place.
More information is available at the official website.
The top scorers were:
| Title | Name | Elo | Fed | W | D | L | Pts | |
| 1 | GM | Istratescu, Andrei | 2633 | FRA | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 2 | GM | Shanava, Konstantine | 2586 | GEO | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 3 | GM | Bacrot, Etienne | 2715 | FRA | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 4 | GM | Petr, Martin | 2522 | CZE | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 5 | GM | Edouard, Romain | 2607 | FRA | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 6 | GM | Milanovic, Danilo | 2520 | SRB | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 7 | GM | Erdös, Viktor | 2631 | HUN | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 8 | GM | Rapport, Richard | 2559 | HUN | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 9 | GM | Bischoff, Klaus | 2521 | GER | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 10 | GM | Baklan, Vladimir | 2612 | UKR | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 11 | GM | Solodovnichenko, Yuri | 2630 | UKR | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 12 | GM | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2718 | GER | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 13 | GM | Shishkin, Vadim | 2498 | UKR | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 14 | GM | Sanikidze, Tornike | 2597 | GEO | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 15 | IM | Lindberg, Bengt | 2418 | SWE | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 |
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The winner of the 2012 Neckar Open, Andrei Istratescu
Photo by Georgios Souleidis at the official website.
