It was long and cold summer. Everybody is back in business and I owe some information. My chess summer took me to Heart of Finland tournament which took place in Jyväskylä http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyv%C3%A4skyl%C3%A4
It was nice to win again after so many years, I won the tournament in 1997 http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hof11/eng/hist.html
This time Susan Polgar wrote “Jaan Ehlvest takes first place in Heart of Finland Open for the 22nd time in a row the town of Jyväskylä organised the most important chess tournament of its country, the Heart of Finland Open.The 9-round swiss event was held from 9th to 15th July, attracting 145 participants from seven countries”.
Final standings:
1 GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2596 – 7.5
2 IM Norri Joose FIN 2324 – 7
3 GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2572 – 7
4 Pohjala Henri FIN 2279 – 7
5 IM Kiik Kalle EST 2395 – 6.5
6 IM Karasev Vladimir I RUS 2379 – 6.5
7 IM Nyysti Sampsa FIN 2344 – 6.5
8 FM Luukkonen Tommi FIN 2279 – 6.5
9 FM Ebeling Daniel FIN 2328 – 6.5
10 FM Mertanen Janne FIN 2374 – 6.5
11 GM Gavrilov Alexei RUS 2498 – 6
12 GM Solozhenkin Evgeniy RUS 2472 – 6
13 GM Kanep Meelis EST 2521 – 6
14 FM Ebeling Mika FIN 2258 – 6
15 GM Yrjölä Jouni FIN 2375 – 6
16 FM Pudas Teemu FIN 2294 – 6
17 Ahvenjärvi Jani FIN 2182 – 6
18 IM Agopov Mikael FIN 2442 – 6
19 FM Nevanlinna Risto FIN 2267 – 6
20 GM Vul Arkadi Eremeevich RUS 2312 – 6
There was total 145 participants.