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Monday, June 4, 2012

Alexei Shirov wins Magistral Ciudad de Buenos Aires Chess

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

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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