The 4th Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup just finished today. Four players tied for first with 9/14. GM Pavel Tregubov took first on tie-breaks with Yuri Drozdovskij, Boris Gelfand and Ruslan Ponomariov right behind. Anatoly Karpov made a tremendous comeback to finish 1/2 point behind.
Here are the final standings with their performance ratings:
1. Tregubov, Pavel g RUS 2629 9 2712
2. Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2581 9 2719
3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2723 9 2699
4. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2719 9 2699
5. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2655 8½ 2686
6. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2598 4 2456
7. Beim, Valery g AUT 2523 4 2467
8. Golubev, Mikhail g UKR 2474 3½ 2439
Official website: http://www.worldcup.pivdenny.com/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Impressive performance by Karpov.