[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Shulman wins Montreal; everyone else ties for second

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Shulman wins Montreal; everyone else ties for second
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1220411080.shtml


   A slight exaggeration, of course.* Yuri Shulman drew his last round
   game against Igor Zugic, and clinched clear first in the [1]Montreal
   International with a fine 6.5/9 score. Neither Hikaru Nakamura nor
   Mark Bluvshtein were able to make up any ground, as they drew their
   games with Sebastien Maze and Anton Kovalyov, respectively. They were
   caught by Varuzhan Akobian, though, who defeated Pascal Charbonneau in
   the day's only decisive game. And despite the joke in the subject
   line, it was only these three players who tied for second, as you can
   see from the
   Final Standings:
   1. Shulman 6.5
   2-4. Nakamura, Bluvshtein, Akobian 5.5
   5-6. Nataf, Maze 4.5
   7-9. Charbonneau, Zugic, Kovalyov 3.5
   10. Roussel-Roozmon 2.5
   * Though maybe "of course" is going too far - there was [2]Linares
   2001, after all!

References

   1. http://perso.b2b2c.ca/lesechecauquebec/tim2008.htm
   2. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/event/linares2001/index.html