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End of International Chess Tournament "Narciso Yepes Memorial" (28/06/2008)

Lorca was again the focus of national and international chess a year during the dispute International Chess Tournament "Narciso Yepes Memorial" in its ninth edition.

All eyes turned to the young and emerging national chess promises came from all over Spain, the Grand Masters who returned to delight with his aggressive play and tactics and the best players in the Region of Murcia, as Master totanero International, Jose Carlos Ibarra.

Have been nine rounds of intense fighting, where equality has been the dominant feature in all their games until the end.

The champion had to decide Bucholz tiebreak system, as five players were tied on six points and a half.

Eventually and after a few tense moments waiting for the classification, Sergey Fedorchuk, number one ranking with 2671 points ELO FIDE, became champion again for the second consecutive time after a draw in the last round with David Larińo, not could spring a surprise.

The Ukrainian chess player benefited from the tables in the table two between Branco Damljanovic and Alexander Rustemov.

Fedorchuk has controlled and dominated the race from start to finish in the scheme of equality of points tiebreak, where he has always come off better than its rivals.

In Damljanovic stood second, that a year was left on the doorstep of victory.

Third was fellow Strikovic Aleksa, fourth champion of the first two editions Alexander Rustemov and fifth youngest International Master David Larińo Galician, who also earned his first Grandmaster norm.

Moreover, Alfredo Giaccio, Argentine chess player who has lived for several years in Lorca, a half-point needed to obtain the grandmaster title and got it very easily to Veingold.

Giaccio has taken ten years to achieve the highest award of chess Grand Master.

His first rule was conquered in the 1998 National Championship in Argentina where he was runner-up.

The second was in the International Tournament in Havana in 2003 and finally the last in Lorca during the development of the IX Memorial Narciso Yepes.

The trophy for best regional player Emilio Sanchez Jerez he got four and a half points in a hard battle with the Chess Club chess Lorca, José Antonio Bautista Mendez, which equal score, gave the tiebreaker system.

Thus, Bautista Méndez four and a half has been doing useless local champion in the final effort and Germain Alejandro Picazo Rabal, both with four.

The best young player award went to the figure of the Grand Master of India Flour Dronavalli, who in the world ranking female sub 20 is fourth.

General classification (ordered by Buchholz tiebreak system):

1, Sergey Fedorchuk, GM Ukraine 6.5 points

2 Âş Damljanovic Branco, GM Serbia 6.5 points

3 Âş Aleksa Strikovic, GM Serbia 6.5 points

4 th Alexander Rustemov, GM Russia 6.5 points

5 th David Larińo, MI Spain 6.5 points

6 Âş Alfredo Giaccio, GM Argentina 6 points

7 th Kevin Spraggett, GM Canada 6 points

8 Âş Vladimir Epishin, Russia 5.5 points GM

9 Âş Mikhail Ivanov, Russia 5.5 points GM