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The Black Sea Countries Final 2012 tournament ran from 12-19 September in Burgas, Bulgaria. The tournament featured representatives from many countries surrounding the Black Sea: Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Turkey.
Ivan Cheparinov achieved an undefeated score of 7/10 to take an impressive tournament victory. Top seed Baadur Jobava had a disappointing event, only finishing in fifth place.
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and Vladimir Malakhov shared second place with exactly the same score and tie-break scores (number of wins, S-B score, head-to-head result).
The full final results cross-table:
| Name |
Elo |
Fed |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Pts |
| Cheparinov Ivan |
2689 |
BUL |
*** |
½ ½ |
1 ½ |
½ 1 |
1 ½ |
½ 1 |
7 |
| Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter |
2648 |
ROU |
½ ½ |
*** |
0 1 |
½ 0 |
½ 1 |
1 1 |
6 |
| Malakhov Vladimir |
2700 |
RUS |
0 ½ |
1 0 |
*** |
½ ½ |
1 1 |
½ 1 |
6 |
| Areshchenko Alexander |
2702 |
UKR |
½ 0 |
½ 1 |
½ ½ |
*** |
½ ½ |
1 ½ |
5½ |
| Jobava Baadur |
2734 |
GEO |
0 ½ |
½ 0 |
0 0 |
½ ½ |
*** |
1 ½ |
3½ |
| Atalik Suat |
2603 |
TUR |
½ 0 |
0 0 |
½ 0 |
0 ½ |
0 ½ |
*** |
2 |
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Ivan Cheparinov (left) defeated top seed Baadur Jobava in their fifth round clash
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Results, games and photos from the official website.