Smirin wins Acropolis 2007
Ilia Smirin has won the open tournament Acropolis 2007, held 14-22 August in Athens. After his draw against Malakhatko in the last round all the other results turned out positively for the Israeli grandmaster, who finished on 7 out of 9. On a half point ended K. Georiev, Parligras, Mastrovasilis, Malakhatko, Banikas and Svetushkin.
Smirin laid the basis for his victory by two nice wins in round 5 and 6. This got him on 5?Ǭ? out of 6, and despite a finish of three draws he never lost his sole lead. Final standings:1 GM Smirin, Ilia 2649 ISR 7 2 GM Georgiev, Kiril 2663 BUL 6?Ǭ? 3 GM Parligras, Mircea 2542 ROM 6?Ǭ? 4 GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 2541 GRE 6?Ǭ? 5 GM Malakhatko, Vadim 2596 BEL 6?Ǭ? 6 GM Banikas Hristos, 2567 GRE 6?Ǭ? 7 GM Svetushkin, Dmitry 2618 MDA 6?Ǭ? 8 GM Rozentalis, Eduardas 2551 LTU 6 9 GM Halkias Stelios, 2580 GRE 6 10 GM Gelashvili, Tamaz 2604 GEO 6 11 IM Esen, Baris 2441 TUR 6 12 GM Macieja Bartlomiej, 2596 POL 6 13 GM Kotronias, Vasilios 2602 GRE 6 14 GM Romanishin, Oleg M 2546 UKR 6Full final standings here.
Ilia Smirin
Vadim Malakhatko
Oleg Romanishin
Tamaz Gelashvili
Stelios Halkias
Vasilios Kotronias
Alexander GrafMore photos here.
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