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Monday, June 4, 2012

Alexei Shirov wins Magistral Ciudad de Buenos Aires Chess

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Hi everyone,
 
GM Alexei Shirov has won the 2012 edition of the Magistral Ciudad de Buenos Aires. He collected 5,5/7 in the single round robin tournament, a full point more than the second GM Ruben Felgaer. GM Damian Lemos and GM Sandro Mareco shared third place. Shirov had recently won two other tournaments - Aivars Gipslis Memorial and the Paul Keres Memorial.

Replay games with analysis /Preview vis Chessdom.

Final standings
1 Shirov, Alexei 2698 5.5 17.75
2 Felgaer, Ruben 2572 4.5 13
3 Lemos, Damian 2538 4 12.75
4 Mareco, Sandro 2583 4 11.25
5 Rodriguez Vila, Andres 2532 3.5 11.5
6 Valerga, Diego 2487 2.5 8
7 Flores, Diego 2604 2.5 6.5
8 Slipak, Sergio 2453 1.5 5.75

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