Russian Grandmaster Pavel Maletin took clear first place at the 7th International Chess Tournament dedicated to the memory of Georgy Agzamov, which was held in Tashkent from April 13th (arrival) till April 23rd (departure).
Maletin obtained 7.5 points in the 9 rounds of the event. This was enough to get clear first place and a rating performance of 2753. In his way to victory, the Russian got the scalps of strong players such as GM Igor Khenkin and GM Alexander Zubarev.
Three players finished on 7/9. GM Oleg Korneev obtained second place on tiebreaks, while GM Anuar Ismagambetov received the prize for third place.
Maletin took 4 000 US Dollars home for his efforts.
Uzbek Chess Federation website
Final Standings (top finishers):
1 GM Maletin, Pavel RUS 2592 7.5
2 GM Korneev, Oleg ESP 2609 7.0
3 GM Ismagambetov, Anuar KAZ 2477 7.0
4 GM Kazhgaleyev, Murtas KAZ 2594 7.0
5 GM Fedorchuk, Sergey A. UKR 2652 6.5
6 GM Turov, Maxim RUS 2597 6.5
7 GM Filippov, Anton UZB 2652 6.0
8 GM Khenkin, Igor GER 2638 6.0
9 IM Vakhidov, Jahongir UZB 2386 6.0
10 GM Zubarev, Alexander UKR 2568 6.0
11 Sattarov, Bobir UZB 2187 6.0
12 Shodikulov, Djamshid UZB 2156 6.0
13 GM Mirzoev, Azer AZE 2557 6.0
14 FM Faizulaev, Akmal UZB 2338 6.0
15 IM Kuderinov, Kirill KAZ 2452 6.0
16 GM Ziatdinov, Raset USA 2356 6.0
17 FM Djuraev, Sokhib TJK 2350 6.0
18 FM Artemenko, Oleg UZB 2236 6.0
19 GM Barsov, Alexei UZB 2533 5.5
20 GM Dzhumaev, Marat UZB 2557 5.5
21 Guseynov, Alihan UZB 2183 5.5
22 FM Karimov, Ibragim UZB 2307 5.5
23 FM Rustamov, Alisher UZB 2199 5.5
24 IM Egin, Vladimir UZB 2416 5.5
25 Golubev, Roman UZB 2172 5.5
26 Aitbayev, Aslan KAZ 2434 5.5
27 Tillyaev, Ulugbek UZB 2227 5.5
28 Yeo, Michael J ENG 2155 5.5
29 Nigmatov, Ortik UZB 1949 5.5
30 FM Alikulov, Elbek UZB 2144 5.5
31 Baymuradova, Sevara UZB 2097 5.5
32 Haylaev, Anvar UZB 2111 5.5
33 Turaev, Halim UZB 2206 5.5
Congratulations!