5 of the 7 top boards yielded decisive results to create an 8-way tie for first!

Final round top board results:

Bo. No.
Name Bdld Pts. Result Pts.
Name Bdld No.
1 6 GM Iordachescu Viorel
6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Iturrizaga Eduardo
12
2 2 GM Baklan Vladimir
6 ½ – ½ 6½ GM Sanikidze Tornike
20
3 51
Ramnath Bhuvanesh R
6 0 – 1 6 GM Volkov Sergey
9
4 10 GM Guseinov Gadir
6 1 – 0 6 GM Gagunashvili Merab
15
5 11 GM Safarli Eltaj
6 0 – 1 6 GM Melkumyan Hrant
16
6 18 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan
6 0 – 1 6 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej
13
7 14 GM Pantsulaia Levan
6 0 – 1 6 GM Arutinian David
17
8 19 GM Shengelia David
5½ 0 – 1 5½ GM Sargissian Gabriel
1
9 23 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel
5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Negi Parimarjan
3
10 4 GM Balogh Csaba
5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Savchenko Stanislav
25
11 26 GM Shanava Konstantine
5½ 0 – 1 5½ GM Fedorov Alexei
7
12 24 GM Malakhatko Vadim
5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Petrosian Tigran L
8

Final leaders:

Rk.
Name FED Rtg Bdld Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 w we w-we
1 GM Iturrizaga Eduardo VEN 2604
7,0 20280 0,0 53,0 7 5,64 1,36
2 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2621
7,0 20231 0,0 50,0 7 5,90 1,10
3 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2601
7,0 20155 0,0 49,0 7 5,79 1,21
4 GM Sanikidze Tornike GEO 2566
7,0 20031 0,0 52,5 7 5,46 1,54
5 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2609
7,0 19922 0,0 47,5 7 6,14 0,86
6 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2582
7,0 19797 0,0 45,0 7 6,02 0,98
7 GM Arutinian David GEO 2576
7,0 19694 0,0 49,0 7 6,08 0,92
8 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2612
7,0 19268 0,0 49,0 7 6,73 0,27
9 GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2644
6,5 20317 0,0 50,5 6,5 6,04 0,46
10 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2675
6,5 19994 0,0 49,0 6,5 6,60 -0,10
11 GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2548
6,5 19518 0,0 45,5 6,5 5,96 0,54
12 GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2618
6,5 19332 0,0 48,0 6,5 6,85 -0,35
13 GM Balogh Csaba HUN 2622
6,5 19231 0,0 47,0 6,5 6,93 -0,43
14 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel ESP 2548
6,5 18630 0,0 46,0 6,5 7,02 -0,52
15 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2575
6,0 20038 0,0 49,5 6 5,50 0,50
16 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2606
6,0 19997 0,0 52,0 6 5,98 0,02
17 GM Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2582
6,0 19898 0,0 52,0 6 5,86 0,14
18 GM Gelashvili Tamaz GEO 2621
6,0 19674 0,0 47,0 6 6,57 -0,57
19 GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2588
6,0 19515 0,0 46,0 6 6,42 -0,42
20 GM Laxman R R IND 2485
6,0 19483 0,0 47,0 6 5,38 0,62
21 GM Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis ESP 2531
6,0 19392 0,0 47,5 6 5,96 0,04
22 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2560
6,0 19305 0,0 49,0 6 6,43 -0,43
23 IM Shyam Sundar M IND 2372
6,0 19111 0,0 44,5 6 4,76 1,24
24 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2479
6,0 19097 0,0 48,0 6 5,80 0,20
25 GM Sharapov Evgeny UKR 2498
6,0 19035 0,0 49,5 6 6,03 -0,03
26
Ramnath Bhuvanesh R IND 2360
6,0 18737 0,0 46,0 6 5,04 0,96
27 GM Arun Prasad S IND 2549
6,0 18216 0,0 43,0 6 7,48 -1,48
28 GM Salem A R Saleh UAE 2483
6,0 17942 0,0 45,0 6 7,25 -1,25

Full results here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr32429.aspx

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