Smerdon wins Queenstown Classic

In spite losing the last round to GM Jones, IM Smerdon still won the 2009 Queenstown Classic because GMs Rozentalis, Mikhalevski and Bischoff could not score the full point in their final round.

Here are the final results of the leaders:

1   Smerdon, David C         AUS   2463 im    8      

2   Rozentalis, Eduardas     LTU   2590 gm    7.5    

3   Mikhalevski, Victor      ISR   2608 gm    7.5    

4   Bischoff, Klaus          GER   2545 gm    7.5    

5   Jones, Gawain            ENG   2540 gm    7.5    

6   Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE   2580 gm    7.5    

7   Johannessen, Leif Erlend NOR   2539 gm    7.5    

8   Wohl, Aleksander H       AUS   2342 im    7      

9   Dragicevic, Domagoj      AUS   2205       7      

10  Chow, Samuel             AUS   2267       7      

11  Johansen, Darryl K       AUS   2455 gm    7      

Complete final crosstable here.