The XXIX Heart of Finland Open has finished. The tournament was won by IM Vilka Sipilä FIN, with 7,5/9. IM Tarvo Seeman EST and GM Yrjö Rantanen FIN also finished in 7,5/9.

Prize winners

Main group:
I-III: Vilka Sipilä FIN, Tarvo Seeman EST, Yrjö Rantanen FIN 7,5
IV: Matvey Galchenko RUS 7
V-VI: Elias Keso FIN, Erik Chibukhchyan RUS 6,5

​Rating group A (1950-2100):
I-II: Kasper Kivimäki FIN, Sergei V. Ivanov RUS 6
III: Patrik Aalto FIN 5,5

Rating Group B (1800-1949):
I-II: Martti Luodonpää FIN, Michal Piwowar SWE 5
III: Ari Möttönen FIN 4,5

Rating Group C (1650-1799)
I: Kirill Smorodkin RUS 4,5
II: Martti Hamina FIN 4

Rating Group D (-1649)
I: Iraj Laturkar FIN 4
II: Niklas Jaakkola FIN 3,5

​Complete results can be found  http://chess-results.com/tnr456462.aspx?lan=18

Top six boards of each round were relayed live and can be found from here.

See you in July 2020, at the XXX Heart of Finland Open!

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