5 way tie at Open Es Vermar
IM Glud first on tiebreak
IM Glud, IM Siebrecht, IM Castellanos, GM Burmakin, IM Gladyszev finished the 2007 edition of Open Es Vermar with 7,0/9 points. The first place on a tiebreak goes for IM Glud (Denmark, ELO 2435). The Danish tallent grabbed victory after drawing GM Burmakin in the last round.
Having 4 IM’s tie on first place is a big surprise in the strong field. The IM’s clearly outplayed GM Meijers, GM Movsziszian, GM Pogorelov, GM Ubilava, and GM Gofshtein. The only one who saved the honour of the GM’s was GM Burmakin, who tied with the first four with 7.0/9.
Final standings
1 IM Glud Jakob Vang DEN 2435 7,0
2 IM Siebrecht Sebastian GER 2431 7,0
3 IM Castellanos Rodriguez Renier CHI 2471 7,0
4 GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2581 7,0
5 IM Gladyszev Oleg RUS 2480 7,0
6 GM Meijers Viesturs LAT 2483 6,5
7 IM Belezky Alexander UKR 2431 6,5
8 Martinez Lopez Ivan ESP 2209 6,5
9 FM Mikkelsen Nikolaj DEN 2303 6,0
10 GM Movsziszian Karen ARM 2534 6,0
11 GM Pogorelov Ruslan UKR 2453 6,0
12 GM Ubilava Elizbar ESP 2540 6,0
13 IM Mateo Ramon DOM 2493 6,0
14 FM Galiana Juan Ramon ESP 2274 6,0
15 Karim Ismael MAR 2366 6,0
16 IM Shoker Samy FRA 2318 5,5
17 GM Gofshtein Leonid ISR 2541 5,5
The full report can be seen on http://www.chessdom.com/
Never heard of many of them.