There were 20 players from 6 countries in this tournament.



The players were divided into 4 groups, 5 players in each.

3 players from each group were qualified to final groups.

There were two A-final groups, 6 players in each.

The best two players from both groups played semifinals.

The winners of semifinals met in final match.

Results

A-group

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Players	     Country             Pt. Pl.

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A.Meritee	EST  1 1 1 ½ -   3½  1

A.Soosorv	EST  - 1 ½ ½ 1   2   2 

A.Pogosjan      ARM  0 0 ½ - 1   1½  3

R.Johannesson   SWE  0 0 - 1 0   1   5

L.Naber  	EST  1 - 0 0 0   1   4

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B-group

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Players	     Country             Pt. Pl.

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I.Sinyov	RUS  1 1 1 1 -   4   1

A.Veidemanis	LAT  1 0 - 0 1   2   3  

K.Moiseev       RUS  0 - 0 1 0   1   4

D.Kabanov  	RUS  0 1 1 - 1   3   2

A.Karapetjan  	ARM  - 0 0 0 0   0   5

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C-group

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Players	     Country             Pt. Pl.

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A.Reims		LAT  1 1 1 0 -   3   2

S.Karlsson	SWE  1 0 - 1 1   3   1 

G.Holgersson    SWE  0 - 0 0 1   1   4

N.Eibatov	AZE  0 1 1 - 0   2   3

S.Melnikov  	RUS  - 0 0 1 0   1   5

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D-group

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Players	     Country             Pt. Pl.

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S.Peskov	RUS  1 1 1 0 -   3   1

O.Fedorkin	RUS  ½ 0 - 1 1   2½  2 

V.Semjonov      RUS  ½ - 0 1 1   2½  3 

T.Andersson     SWE  0 1 1 - 0   2   4

M.Carlsson  	SWE  - 0 0 0 0   0   5

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A-final 1



    Players   	 1-5  1-5   6    7    8    Pt  Pl

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1. A.Meritee     ½(2) 1(3) 1(6) 1(5) 1(4)  4½  1 

2. A.Soosorv	 ½(1) ½(3) 0(4) 1(6) 1(5)  3   3

3. A.Pogosjan	 ½(2) 0(1) 0(5) 0(4) 0(6)  ½   6

4. I.Sinjov	 1(5) 1(6) 1(2) 1(3) 0(1)  4   2

5. D.Kabanov     0(4) 1(6) 1(3) 0(1) 0(2)  2   4

6. A.Veidemanis  0(5) 0(4) 0(1) 0(2) 1(3)  1   5

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A-final 2



    Players   	 1-5  1-5   6    7    8    Pt  Pl

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1. S.Karlsson    1(2) 0(3) 0(6) 0(5) ½(4)  1½  6

2. A.Reims	 0(1) 1(3) 1(4) 1(6) ½(5)  3½  1

3. N.Eibatov	 0(2) 1(1) ½(5) 0(4) ½(6)  2   4

4. S.Peskov	 0(5) 1(6) 0(2) 1(3) ½(1)  2½  3

5. O.Fedorkin    1(4) ½(6) ½(3) 1(1) ½(2)  3½  2

6. V.Semjonov	 ½(5) 0(4) 1(1) 0(2) ½(3)  2   5

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B-final 1

    Players   	 1-5   6    7    Pt  Pl

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1. L.Naber       0(2) 1(4) 1(3)  2   2

2. R.Johannesson 1(1) 1(3) 1(4)  3   1

3. K.Moiseev	 1(4) 0(2) 0(1)  1   3

4. A.Karapetjan  0(3) 0(1) 0(2)  0   4

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B-final 2

    Players   	 1-5   6    7    Pt  Pl

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1. G.Holgersson  0(2) 1(4) 0(3)  1   3

2. S.Melnikov    1(1) 1(3) 1(4)  3   1

3. T.Andersson	 1(4) 0(2) 1(1)  2   2

4. M.Carlsson    0(3) 0(1) 0(2)  0   4

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The results of semifinals (played on 29th, 8:00):


Places 1-4

 Meritee-Fedorkin	1-0

 Sinjov-Reims		½-½ (tie-break 0-1)
 

Places 5-8

 Eibatov-Soosorv	0-1

 Kabanov-Peskov		0-1


Places 9-12

 Karlsson-Veidemanis	0-1

 Semjonov-Pogosjan	0-1


Places 13-16

 Johannesson-Andersson	1-0

 Melnikov-Naber		½-½ (tie break 1-0)


Places 17-20

 Carlsson-Moiseev	1-0

 Karapetjan-Holgersson	0-1

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The final games:


1-2	Meritee-Reims		1-0

3-4	Sinjov-Fedorkin		1-0

5-6	Soosorv-Peskov		0-1

7-8	Eibatov-Kabanov		0-1

9-10	Veidemanis-Pogosjan	1-0

11-12	Karlsson-Semjonov	1-0

13-14	Johannesson-Melnikov	½-½ (tie-break 1-0)

15-16	Andersson-Naber		1-0

17-18	Carlsson-Holgersson	0-1

19-20	Moiseev-Karapetjan	1-0

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The final standings:

(also included the scoring during all tournament)



  Player     win/loss/draw

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1. MERITEE	+8 -0 =1

2. REIMS	+5 -2 =2

3. SINJOV	+7 -1 =1

4. FEDORKIN	+3 -3 =3

5. PESKOV	+6 -2 =1

6. SOOSORV	+5 -2 =2

7. KABANOV	+5 -4 =0

8. EIBATOV	+2 -5 =2

9. VEIDEMANIS	+5 -4 =0

10.POGOSJAN	+2 -6 =1

11.KARLSSON	+4 -4 =1

12.SEMJONOV	+3 -4 =1

13.JOHANNESSON	+4 -3 =1	

14.MELNIKOV	+3 -3 =2

15.ANDERSSON	+4 -4 =0

16.NABER	+3 -4 =1

17.HOLGERSSON	+4 -4 =0

18.CARLSSON	+1 -7 =0

19.MOISEEV	+2 -6 =0

20.KARAPETJAN	+0 -8 =0

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