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Albena Open Tournament

Vladimir Akopian7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Ivan Cheparinov7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Tigran L Petrosian7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Tamir Nabaty7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Karen H Grigoryan7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Hans Tikkanen6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[games]
Hovhannes Gabuzyan6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Momchil Nikolov6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Arghyadip Das6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
M S Thejkumar6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Hrant Melkumyan6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Deshun Xiu6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Alexandre Qashashvili6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Grigor Grigorov6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Shanglei Lu6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Shilong Li6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
G Petar Arnaudov6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Sergiu Bargan6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Yunguo Wan6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Ivajlo Enchev6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Dragan Solak5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Pontus Carlsson5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Vasil Spasov5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Kantholi Rathnakaran5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Xiaowen Zhang5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Jayaram Ashwin5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Adriana Nikolova5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Bahruz Rzayev5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Dan Ji5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Konstantin Zalkind5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Drazen Dragicevic5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Ekaterina Atalik5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
* (113 players total; 81 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Albena Open (2012)

The Albena Masters took place 26th May - 3rd June 2012. Vladiir Akopian edged out Ivan Cheparinov Tigran L Petrosian, Tamir Nabaty and Karen H Grigoryan on tie-break after all tied 7/9.

Source: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...

Crosstable: https://archive.chess-results.com/t...

 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 371  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Akopian vs R Gunajew  1-0362012Albena OpenA15 English
2. J Stachanczyk vs I Cheparinov  0-1472012Albena OpenB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
3. T L Petrosian vs N Studer  1-0282012Albena OpenC00 French Defense
4. J Reipsch vs H Melkumyan  0-1522012Albena OpenC54 Giuoco Piano
5. D Solak vs E Ozkan  1-0212012Albena OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
6. I Andrenko vs A Grigoryan  0-1602012Albena OpenC11 French
7. V Spasov vs B Ivanov  1-0882012Albena OpenC50 Giuoco Piano
8. K Abdulla vs H Tikkanen  0-1272012Albena OpenC12 French, McCutcheon
9. M Nikolov vs M Bucher  1-0512012Albena OpenD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
10. K Zalkind vs S Li  ½-½272012Albena OpenA63 Benoni, Fianchetto, 9...Nbd7
11. T Nabaty vs T Mgeladze 1-0502012Albena OpenE90 King's Indian
12. M Mackowiak vs P Carlsson  0-1372012Albena OpenA21 English
13. S Lu vs M Tscharotschkin  1-0322012Albena OpenC15 French, Winawer
14. A Kralevski vs K Grigoryan  ½-½562012Albena OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
15. G Grigorov vs C Siclovan  1-0372012Albena OpenD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. F Schiendorfer vs D Xiu  0-1452012Albena OpenA64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
17. A Baryshpolets vs V Iovcov  ½-½522012Albena OpenD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
18. G P Arnaudov vs D Ninov  1-0342012Albena OpenA15 English
19. F Steil-Antoni vs E Atalik  ½-½662012Albena OpenC28 Vienna Game
20. J Ashwin vs C De Seroux  1-0302012Albena OpenE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
21. U Sadikhov vs H Gabuzyan  ½-½692012Albena OpenB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
22. Y Wan vs P Ljangov  1-0562012Albena OpenB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
23. Y Chen vs M Popchev  1-0272012Albena OpenB06 Robatsch
24. M S Thejkumar vs B Klein  1-0502012Albena OpenD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
25. O Horoschavina vs S D Swapnil  0-1262012Albena OpenB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
 page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 371  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-14-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessgames.com: Please note that round 9 and some of round 8 are not yet in the database. We'll get them as up soon as they become available.

In the end, there was a massive four-way tie for first place with Akopian, Cheparinov, T L Petrosian, Nabaty and Grigoryan all at 7/9. Akopian edged the others out on tiebreaks and took 1st place.

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