6th Georgy Agzamov Memorial - GM Turov is the winner

Sunday, 18 March 2012 03:06

The 6th International Chess Tournament, dedicated to the memory of Georgy Agzamov, the first grandmaster of Uzbekistan, took place from 5th to 15th March in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Tournament was a 9-round Swiss with the prize fund of 20 000 US dollars. Winner of Tata Steel C Tournament Maxim Turov RUS 2658 took the trophy after edging Grandmasters Mchedlishvili and Filippov on better tie-break. The three players have finished with 7 points each. The general management organization of the competition is carried out by the Chess Federation of Uzbekistan, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Uzbekistan. Final standings: 1-3. GM Turov Maxim RUS 2658, GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2626 and GM Filippov Anton UZB 2637 - 7.0 4-12. GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2616, GM Grachev Boris RUS 2705, GM Golod Vitali ISR 2561, GM Khusnutdinov Rustam KAZ 2500, GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2624, IM Kvon Andrey UZB 2493, GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2494, Ismailov Mukhit KAZ 2133 and GM Megaranto Susanto INA 2528 - 6.5 13-21. GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2644, GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2667, FM Saidov Beqali UZB 2389, FM Atabayev Maksat TKM 2367, GM Solodovnichenko Yuri UKR 2615, IM Egin Vladimir UZB 2412, FM Atabayev Yusup TKM 2404, WIM Muminova Nafisa UZB 2327 and Niyazmetov Ruslan UZB 2207 - 6.0 etc Website: www.uzchess.uz