Matthew Herman, rated 2149, won the “Edoardo Crespi” International tournament in Milano ahead of many GMs and IMs! He earned his first IM norm and barely missed out on his GM norm. Heiko Mertens from Germany also earned an IM norm (his second).
Here are the top finishers:
| 1 | -- | Herman Matthew J | 2149 |  | 6.5 | +4 | -22 | +54 | +16 | +9 | +13 | =2 | =8 | =3 |
| 2 | GM | Solodovnichenko Yuri | 2563 |  | 6.5 | +38 | +24 | +22 | =12 | +7 | +8 | =1 | =3 | -4 |
| 3 | GM | Tratar Marko | 2492 |  | 6.5 | +25 | =17 | +18 | =21 | +14 | =6 | +10 | =2 | =1 |
| 4 | GM | David Alberto | 2587 |  | 6.5 | -1 | +46 | +49 | +26 | -13 | +32 | +6 | =10 | +2 |
| 5 | GM | Salvador Roland | 2527 |  | 6.5 | +64 | =14 | +23 | =6 | =22 | =7 | =21 | +24 | +12 |
| 6 | IM | Bellia Fabrizio | 2399 |  | 6.0 | +47 | +10 | +30 | =5 | =12 | =3 | -4 | +23 | =9 |
| 7 | IM | Colovic Aleksandar | 2457 |  | 6.0 | +49 | +16 | =9 | +58 | -2 | =5 | +28 | =12 | =8 |
| 8 | GM | Marin Mihail | 2562 |  | 6.0 | +37 | =28 | =34 | +20 | +11 | -2 | +15 | =1 | =7 |
| 9 | IM | Saric Sinisa | 2452 |  | 6.0 | +35 | +40 | =7 | =14 | -1 | =23 | +17 | +22 | =6 |
| 10 | -- | Mertens Heiko | 2320 |  | 6.0 | +42 | -6 | +25 | +52 | +21 | +12 | -3 | =4 | =13 |
| 11 | IM | Tesic Dragan | 2403 | | 6.0 | +29 | -30 | +48 | +31 | -8 | +33 | -12 | +40 | +21 |
Full standings here. Special thanks to Adolivio for providing us with the updates.
Details, standing, games: www.scacchisticamilanese.it
Next week Herman will play a round robin in Ascona (Switzerland).
