Vugar Gashimov won the 53rd edition of the traditional tournament Reggio Emilia. He finished on top with 6 points, the same score as Vallejo Pons, but better tiebreak.


Third place is for Vassily Ivanchuk, who shared the position with Sergei Movsesian and the Tata Steel participant David Navara. The local hero Fabiano Caruana finished with a 50% score sharing 6th position.

Final standings:

1-2. Vugar Gashimov AZE 2733 and Francisco Vallejo Pons ESP 2698 - 6.0
3-5. Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2764, David Navara CZE 2708 and Sergei Movsesian SVK 2721 - 5.0
6-7. Fabiano Caruana ITA 2709 and Alexander Onischuk USA 2683 - 4.5
8. Alexander Morozevich RUS 2700 - 4.0
9. Nigel Short ENG 2680 - 3.5
10. Michele Godena ITA 2549 - 1.5

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