Ivanchuk won clear first at Foros with the score of 7.5 points, followed by the young phenom Karjakin with 7. Four players tie for 3rd with 6 points including Svidler, Shirov, Van Wely and former US Champion Alex Onischuk. Alex has done a great job with a + 1 score being the lowest rated player. He started out with a -1 then scored +2 the rest of the way against 2700+ competition.

Ivanchuk, Vassily – Svidler, Peter 1/2
Onischuk, Alexander – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1-0
Sasikiran, Krishnan – Van Wely, Loek 0-1
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Karjakin, Sergey 1/2
Rublevsky, Sergei – Dominguez Perez, Lenier 1/2
Eljanov, Pavel – Shirov, Alexei 1/2

Final Standings:

1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 7.5
2. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2686 7.0
3-6. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2663, Svidler, Peter g RUS 2736, Van Wely, Loek g NED 2674, Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 6.0
7. Dominguez Perez, Lenier g CUB 2678 5.5
8. Rublevsky, Sergei g RUS 2680 5.0
9-10. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2708, Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2686 4.5
11-12. Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2690, Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2693 4.0

Official website: www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2007/index_e.htm

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