The Grand Europe Cup Albena took part from 1st to 9th June, 2014 in Albena, one of the most beautiful resorts at the Bulgarian seaside.
The 9 round Swiss open gathered 154 players from 31 different countries, including 30 GMs, 28 IMs, 4 WGMs, 3 WIMs, 10 FMs and 3 WFMs. The participants were vying for the total prize fund of 30 000 €.
GM Ivan Cheparinov emerged clear winner with the convincing score 7,5/9 points, leaving the nearest contenders half a point behind.
Cheparinov continues his dazzling string of successful performances аfter winning the strong Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2014 just a couple of months ago.
Another Bulgarian GM Petar Drenchev shared second place with the Indonesian GM Susanto Megaranto on 7/9 points each.
Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2682 2617 7,5
2 GM Drenchev Petar BUL 2487 2487 7
3 GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2540 0 7
4 GM Esen Baris TUR 2570 0 6,5
5 GM Kravtsiv Martyn UKR 2587 0 6,5
6 IM Bernadskiy Vitaliy UKR 2541 0 6,5
7 GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2619 0 6,5
8 GM Solak Dragan TUR 2627 0 6,5
9 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2581 0 6,5
10 GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2537 0 6,5
11 GM Georgiev Vladimir MKD 2511 0 6,5
12 GM Nevednichy Vladislav ROU 2553 0 6,5
13 GM Gao Rui CHN 2487 0 6,5
14 GM Can Emre TUR 2519 0 6,5
15 IM Arsovic Zoran SRB 2442 0 6,5
16 FM Mgeladze Tamaz GEO 2198 0 6
17 GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2594 0 6
18 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2667 0 6
19 GM Spasov Vasil BUL 2564 2559 6
20 GM Nikolov Momchil BUL 2518 2522 6
21 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2624 0 6
22 IM Raznikov Danny ISR 2495 0 6
23 Chu Wei Chao CHN 2349 0 6
24 IM Ashwin Jayaram IND 2462 0 6
25 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2433 0 6
Impressive.