Ivan Cheparinov Wins Black Sea Final
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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.
