Five players tied first on 2007 Politiken Cup

Krasenkow, Sargissian, Berg, de Firmian and Malakhov on the top - best tiebreak Krasenkow

2007 Politiken Cup ended with five players tied on the first place. Sargissian - Malakhov and Nybäck - Krasenkow were fighting draws, which allowed Nick de Firmian and Emanuel Berg to climb on the top by beating Peter Heine Nielsen and Lars Schandorff respectively. Michal Krasenkow takes the trophy on the better tiebreak. This year's Politiken Cup broke all the records in numbers of participants and organizers are eager to make it even better in 2008.

Top board: Gabriel Sargissian - Vladimir Malakhov draw

Round 10 results:

GM Gabriel Sargissian - GM Vladimir Malakhov draw
GM Tommy Nybäck - GM Michal Krasenkow draw
GM Peter Heine Nielsen - GM Nick de Firmian 0-1
GM Evgeny Agrest - GM Igor Khenkin draw
GM Lars Schandorff - GM Emanuel Berg 0-1
GM Stellan Brynell - GM Michele Godena draw
GM Alexander Stripunsky - IM Frank Holzke 1-0
IM Christian Kyndel Pedersen - GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson 1-0
IM Jon Ludvig Hammer - GM Jonny Hector 0-1

Tommy Nybäck - Michal Krasenkow draw

Final round 10 standings:

1-5. GM Michal Krasenkow 2660, GM Emanuel Berg 2580, GM Gabriel Sargissian 2667, GM Nick de Firmian 2540 and GM Vladimir Malakhov 2676 with 8.0 points
6-17. GM Evgeny Agrest 2541, GM Stellan Brynell 2470, GM Igor Khenkin 2602, GM Tommy Nybäck 2567, GM Michele Godena 2547, GM Kjetil A. Lie 2536, IM Erik Zude 2399, FM Allan Stig Rasmussen 2450, FM Krzysztof Bulski 2396, GM Alexander Stripunsky 2589, GM Jonny Hector 2550 and IM Christian Kyndel Pedersen 2392 7.5 points etc. (total 280 players)

Brilliancy Prize

GM Sune Berg Hansen awarded brilliancy prize to Jens Herneise for his win in the 5th round. The Prize is sponsored by Elsinore City and consists of 500 DKK, 3 bottles of red wine and two candle holders.

Jens Herneise - Jørgen Hvenekilde
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 Bb6 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nxe4 8.Qg4 Bxf2+ 9.Kd1 Qh4 10.Qxg7 Rf8 11.b4 Nxc3+ 12.Nxc3 Qxb4 13.Bd2 Bc5 14.Re1 Qd4 15.e6! Qxg7 16.exd7+ Kd8 17.Re8+ 1-0

Wonderful finish: GM Emanuel Berg

IM Christian Kyndel Pedersen - GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson 1-0

IM Jon Ludvig Hammer - GM Jonny Hector 0-1

Politiken Cup - Round 9

Politiken Cup - Round 8

Politiken Cup earlier rounds