Bacrot Wins In Poikovsky
Etienne Bacrot (pictured) has won the 12th Poikovsky Tournament with a score of 5½/9, just beating last year's winner Sergey Karjakin by virtue of a superior tie-break score.
The tournament ran from 4-13 October and was the strongest field ever assembled for the event.
Despite the strong line-up the tournament failed to produce much excitement, with a very high number of draws - less than 25% of the games were decisive.
The official website (in Russian) is here.
The final cross-table of results:
| Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2705 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5½ |
| Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2772 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5½ |
| Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2712 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 |
| Motylev, Alexander | RUS | 2690 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 4½ |
| Onischuk, Alexander | USA | 2669 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ |
| Bruzon, Lazaro | CUB | 2682 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ |
| Laznicka, Viktor | CZE | 2701 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ |
| Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2716 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 4 |
| Rublevsky, Sergei | RUS | 2681 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 3½ |
| Efimenko, Zahar | UKR | 2703 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 3½ |
