Chessbase News, Germany
Feb 4 2006

Akopian wins GibTel Masters in Gibraltar

04.02.2007 The Fifth GibTelecom Chess Festival took place in
Gibraltar from January 23rd to February 1st 2007. The Masters Section
was a nine-round Swiss and was won with 7½/9 by Vladimir Akopian of
Armenia, ahead of Areshchenko, Nakamura and Sutovsky. Report.

Draws by mutual agreement in under 40 moves were not allowed in the
Masters without the agreement of the arbiter. No pre-arranged or
tacit agreements to draw were allowed (of any length, by repitition
or otherwise). Only genuine draws by repetition or stalemate were
acceptable.

Vladimir Akopian of Armenia won the Fifth Gibtelecom Masters
outright, with 7.5 out of 9. It was a splendid success for the
Armenian, who started the event with a surprise loss to Irina Krush,
but then dropped just half a point in his remaining 8 games. He
secured first place with a decisive last-round victory over
co-leader, Yuri Kuzubov, of the Ukraine.

Game details at
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