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Differdange, a sleepy township south west of Luxembourg, known as the city of Steel, organized its first ever International Chess meet to mark 100 years of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg’s third largest Township and 75 years of Chess Club Le Cavalier.
Altogether 177 chess players from all over the world graced the championship, played as an Open Meet. A number of Grandmasters like Koneru Humpy, Antoaneta Stefanova, Vadim Malakatko, Petr Velicka, Viktor Erdos Tigran Gharamian, Kritz Leonid, Inna Goponenko and the oldest Grandmaster from Czech Republic, Vlastimil Jansa, were there to compete for the 3000 Euro first prize.
The winner of Kaupthing: Indian GM Koneru Humpy
Equal first, second on tiebreak: GM Hannes Stefansson
At the end of the eighth round there were six players who staked their claim for the Trophy. After a strong battle Koneru Humpy was able to beat Sebastia Siebrecht in the final round, played on Saturday, and lift the coveted trophy.
| No. | Player | Rtng | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1. | Koneru,Humpy | 2572 | 7.0 | 36.5 | 49.5 |
| 2. | Stefansson,Hannes | 2568 | 7.0 | 33.0 | 46.5 |
| 3. | Erdos,Viktor | 2523 | 6.5 | 36.0 | 50.5 |
| 4. | Gharamian,Tigran | 2517 | 6.5 | 35.0 | 51.0 |
| 5. | Kritz,Leonid | 2571 | 6.5 | 33.0 | 50.5 |
| 6. | Steingrimsson,Hed | 2470 | 6.5 | 32.5 | 44.0 |
| 7. | Feller,Sebastien | 2478 | 6.5 | 32.0 | 45.5 |
| 8. | Velicka,Petr | 2507 | 6.0 | 35.0 | 53.5 |
| 9. | Hoffmann,Michael | 2481 | 6.0 | 33.5 | 47.0 |
| 10. | Siebrecht,Sebasti | 2431 | 6.0 | 33.0 | 51.5 |
| 11. | Bojkov,Dejan | 2520 | 6.0 | 32.0 | 49.0 |
| 12. | Schlosser,Philipp | 2562 | 6.0 | 32.0 | 45.5 |
| 13. | Meijers,Viesturs | 2483 | 6.0 | 31.5 | 48.5 |
| 14. | Stefanova,Antoaneta | 2481 | 6.0 | 30.0 | 43.0 |
| 15. | Valuet,Bertrand | 2303 | 6.0 | 28.5 | 39.0 |
| 16. | Van Dooren,Dirk | 2331 | 6.0 | 27.0 | 45.0 |
The joint winners of Kaupthing: Hannes Stefansson and Koneru Humpy
According to our tentative calculations (we don't have all the games) Humpy could be very close to breaking the 2600 barrier. That would make her the second female player in history to achieve this. Here are the current top ten women:
| Rnk | Name | Title | Country | Rating |
| 1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2707 |
| 2 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2572 |
| 3 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2533 |
| 4 | Hou, Yifan | wg | CHN | 2523 |
| 5 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2522 |
| 6 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2515 |
| 7 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | m | RUS | 2502 |
| 8 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2502 |
| 9 | Zhao, Xue | wg | CHN | 2500 |
| 10 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | g | GEO | 2496 |
Reflections: the Old City of Differdange and the Alzette River
Luxemberg Cathederal
A new super-GM in the making: Koneru Humpy
14th: GM Antoaneta Stefanova
WGM Turkan Mamedyarova (sister of the great Shakhriyar)
WGM Anna Wagener of Luxembourg
GM Vastimil Jansa of the Czech Republic
GM Viesturs Meijers vs GM Koneru Humpy
GM Vadim Malakhatko vs IM Anthony Wirig (with the remarkable hairstyle)
Three tufts of hair to intimidate opponents: French IM Anthony Wirig
Our man in Differdange: Vijay Kumar, Indian TV producer and reporter
