Morozevich wins in Sarajevo
Moro destroys the field in Bosnia
The mercurial Russian genius Alexander Morozevich (pictured) has won the category 18 double round-robin in Sarajevo with an utterly dominant performance, winning the tournament with a round to spare and ending with a score of 7.5/10.
See one of his impressive wins from the event annotated here.
The final scoreboard:
| 1. | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2774 | * | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7½ | ||
| 2. | Dominguez Perez, Lenier | CUB | 2695 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6 | ||
| 3. | Movsesian, Sergei | SVK | 2695 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4. | Timofeev, Artyom | RUS | 2664 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4½ | ||
| 5. | Predojevic, Borki | BIH | 2651 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6. | Sokolov, Ivan NED | | NED | 2690 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | * | 3 |
Morozevich is provisionally ranked number 3 in the world and will shortly be playing again in the rapid "Chess Giants" double round-robin tournament in Yerevan, Armenia from 8-15 June. This event will feature a stronger line-up to test Moro's form:
| Morozevich, Alexander | Russia | 2774 |
| Aronian, Levon | Armenia | 2763 |
| Leko, Peter | Hungary | 2741 |
| Adams, Michael | England | 2729 |
| Gelfand, Boris | Israel | 2723 |
| Bu, Xiangzhi | China | 2708 |
| Akopian, Vladimir | Armenia | 2673 |
| Sargissian, Gabriel | Armenia | 2643 |
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