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Round 13 – Leaders lose; Najer wins gold
@ July 14 9:21 PM
The last round, with the extreme tension involved, brought off some surprising results.
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The last round, with the extreme tension involved, brought off some surprising results. Emil Sutovsky, who up to this round lost almost all his games, decided nevertheless to fight for a win against the leader Evgeny Najer, and mated his opponent after a short, brilliant game.
Evgeny, however, didn’t lose the gold medal, as his main rival Ian Nepomniaschi tried an unsuccessful desperation attack which led to his defeat against Boris Avrukh. Even so, the two Russians had a fantastic tournament and they are indeed worthy winners.
The bronze medal went to Alexander Beliavsky after drawing against Golod. Judit Polgar, who could endanger him lost to Gelfand in the final game to finish. Smirin and Eljanov gave up their hopes for a share of 3rd after playing a short draw. Maxim Rodshtein reached 50% after a concluding win over Daniel Fridman.
Ido Ran
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