Francisco Vallejo Pons wins Ciudad de Pamplona

half point ahead of the competition

Francisco Vallejo Pons routinely drew with white against Wang Yue in the last round to claim clear first place at the Internacional Ciudad de Pamplona. Two wins at the start were good enough to keep him on the poll position. Half of the prize fund, 3500 Euros, will be divided according to number of wins.

Combative Baadur Jobava and solid Wang Yue are tied on the 2nd place with four points each. Alexander Beliavsky and Sergei Movsesian both earned full points in the last round to settle on 50% score. Talented junior Maxim Rodstein played pretty well and probably only lack of experience held him on three points. Gabriel Sargissian of Armenia finished on the same score, after some disastrous start. The player with the most decided games, Ibragim Khamrakulov, ended on the last place with 2.5 points.

GM Baadur Jobava and GM Alexander Beliavsky

Round 7 results

Alexander Beliavsky (SLO 2646) - Maxim Rodstein (ISR 2615) 1-0
Sergei Movsesian (SVK 2670) - Ibragim Khamrakulov (ESP 2604) 1-0
Gabriel Sargissian (ARM 2673) - Baadur Jobava (GEO 2644) draw
Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP 2660) - Wang Yue (CHN 2703) draw

Final standings

1. Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP 2660) 4.5; 2-3. Baadur Jobava (GEO 2644) and Wang Yue (CHN 2703) 4.0; 4-5. Alexander Beliavsky (SLO 2646) and Sergei Movsesian (SVK 2670) 3.5; 6-7. Maxim Rodstein (ISR 2615) and Gabriel Sargissian (ARM 2673) 3.0; 8. Ibragim Khamrakulov (ESP 2604) 2.5;

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