
Vachier-Lagrave Wins Unive
The young French talent Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (pictured) has won the 14th Unive tournament in Hoogeveen the Netherlands.
It was an excellent result for Maxime, who won the four player double-round robin event with an undefeated score of 4.5/6 ahead of Alexei Shirov, Anish Giri and Sergei Tiviakov.
Last year's winner, Tiviakov finished last this time.
The full cross-table:
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2721 | * | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4½ |
Shirov, Alexei | 2749 | ½ | 0 | * | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3½ |
Giri, Anish | 2677 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | * | ½ | 1 | 3 |
Tiviakov, Sergei | 2637 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | * | 1 |