he 2nd International Golden Apricot Chess Tournament took place from 14th to 20th June, 2014, at the Ataturk Sport Center in the city of Malatya, Turkey.
The event was organized by the Turkish Chess Federation, Malatya Metropolitan Municipality and Malatya GHSİM in a 9 round Swiss format with a time control 90′ + 30”.
Bugarian GM Petar Genov defeated IM Logman Guliev (AZE) in 77 moves with Black pieces in the last round to claim the title.
Genov shared first place with GM Azer Mirzoev (AZE) with 7 points, but took the trophy on superior tie-break score.
The third place was shared in a 5-way tie by IM Davit Zarkua (GEO), GM Davit Benidze (GEO), IM Azaladze Shota (GEO), IM Darban Morteza (IRI) and GM Eldar Gasanov (AZE) on 6,5/9 points, but Zarkua took the bronze.
Tournament website/ Replay the games with analysis
Final standings (top finishers):
1 GM GENOV PETAR 2460 BUL 7
2 GM MIRZOEV AZER 2557 AZE 7
3 IM ZARKUA DAVIT 2409 GEO 6½
4 GM BENIDZE DAVIT 2476 GEO 6½
5 IM SHOTA AZALADZE 2499 GEO 6½
6 IM MORTEZA DARBAN 2339 IRI 6½
7 GM GASANOV ELDAR 2495 UKR 6½
8 IM AKAKI SHALAMBERIDZE 2406 GEO 5½
9 IM GULIEV LOGMAN 2388 AZE 5½
10 RAHMANOV SHAHRIYAR 2264 AZE 5½
11 GM DRASKO MILAN 2457 MNE 5½
12 ZEYNALLI RASHAD 2046 AZE 5½
13 IM BACHANA MORCHIASHVILI 2337 GEO 5½
14 CM ÖZEN BAHADIR 2125 2000 TUR 5½
15 FM GHOLAMI ARYAN 2278 IRI 5½
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