| Montecatini Terme (2000) |
The international chess festival held at Montecatini Terme, Italy from July 28th to August 6th, 2000 was divided among several events, including a main GM tournament and an open tournament. Eight grandmasters participated in the round robin main event, including (in order of Elo): Alexey Shirov (2746), Vassily Ivanchuk (2719), Evgeny Bareev (2702), Zurab Azmaiparashvili (2673), Sergei Rublevsky (2670), Jeroen Piket (2649), Smbat Lputian (2598), and Artashes Minasian (2595). The average rating of the players qualified the main tournament as a Category XVII event. Another superlative performance by Ivanchuk, he finished with +3 at the final and was the only player to go undefeated. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts
1 Ivanchuk * = = = = 1 1 1 5.0
2 Bareev = * = 0 = 1 1 1 4.5
3 Azmaiparashvili = = * 1 = 0 = 1 4.0
4 Shirov = 1 0 * 1 = 0 = 3.5
5 Rublevsky = = = 0 * = 1 = 3.5
6 Piket 0 0 1 = = * 1 = 3.5
7 Minasian 0 0 = 1 0 0 * = 2.0
8 Lputian 0 0 0 = = = = * 2.0
Original collection: Game Collection: Montecatini Terme 2000, by User: suenteus po 147.
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