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Monday, May 28, 2007

Parimarjan Negi

World`s youngest Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi had to be content with a shared first position in the World Youth Star Chess Tournament after losing the final round against GM Sergei Zhigalko of Belarus.The losses of tournament leaders in the final round paved the way for Mamedov and top seed Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia to finish in a four-way tie at the top on 7 points each. In the final round game, Nepomniachtchi drew with GM Yuriy Kuzubov of Ukraine. In the final standings, Nepomniachtchi was declared the winner on the best tiebreak score while Mamedov, who was the only undefeated player in the tournament finished second. Negi ended third while Andriasian had to be satisfied with a fourth place finish.

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