Areshchenko and Volkov captured Monarch Assurance

GM Sergey Volkov defeated the top seed super GM Akopian with the Black pieces in the last round while GM Areshchenko drew GM Bartel to set up a 2-way tie for first place in the 15th Annual Monarch Assurance Isle of Man event.

Here are the top finishers:

1-2 Areshchenko, Alexander… UKR g 2641 7
1-2 Volkov, Sergey……….. RUS g 2628 7

3-7 Bartel, Mateusz………. POL g 2561 6½
3-7 Golod, Vitali………… ISR g 2576 6½
3-7 Kobalia, Mikhail……… RUS g 2647 6½
3-7 Kuzubov, Yuri………… UKR g 2554 6½
3-7 Yakovich, Yuri……….. RUS g 2583 6½

8-11 Akopian, Vladimir…….. ARM g 2713 6
8-11 Krasenkow, Mikhal…….. g 2635 6
8-11 Landa, Konstantin…….. RUS g 2584 6
8-11 Malakhatko, Vadim…….. UKR g 2594 6

The rest of the crosstable can be viewed here.