Negi Ties For First Place In Russia
By Arvind Aaron

Parimarjan Negi tied for the first to fourth places and finished third with 7/11 in the 5th World's Youth Stars Tournament for the Somov Memorial that took place from May 14-28 in Russia. Young players from seven countries took part in this 12-player all-play-all.

Four players tied for first place and IM Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia was declared winner with higher tie-break score. GM Rauf Mamedov (Aze) finished second and 15-year old Negi took third place. Fourth place went to GM Zaven Andriasian of Armenia.

Negi is the biggest gainer of Elo from this tournament. He played at 2604, 89 Elo higher than his 2515 rating. He won five games, lost two including one to the winner and drew four.

Final Standings: 1. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2602 7.0, 2. Mamedov, Rauf g AZE 2584 7.0, 3. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2515 7.0, 4. Andriasian, Zaven g ARM 2523 7.0, 5. Zhigalko, Sergei g BLR 2540 6.0, 6. Grigoryan, Avetik m ARM 2455 6.0, 7. Kuzubov, Yuriy g UKR 2545 5.5, 8. Lintchevski, Daniil m RUS 2445 5.0, 9. Popov, Ivan RUS m RUS 2533 4.5, 10. Safarli, Eltaj m AZE 2463 4.0, 11. Gorovykh, Eduard f RUS 2416 3.5, 12. Bindrich, Falko m GER 2469 3.5.
 

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Published : 28  May , 2007