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Boris Gelfand and Veselin Topalov shared 1-2 places in the NAO Chess Masters tournament

The NAO Chess Masters tournament took place February 22 - March 3.
The participants: Alexander Morozevich, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Evgeny Bareev, Anatoly Karpov, Joel Lautier, Etienne Bacrot, Laurent Fressinet and Igor-Alexander Nataf .

1st round results: Bareev - Leko 1-0 Gelfand - Nataf 1-0 Topalov - Morozevich 1-0 Lautier - Bacrot 1/2 Karpov - Fressinet 1/2			2nd round results: Bareev - Gelfand 1/2 Bacrot - Topalov 1/2 Fressinet - Lautier 1/2 Leko - Morozevich 1-0 Nataf - Karpov 0-1			3rd round results: Gelfand - Leko 1/2 Karpov - Bareev 1/2 Topalov - Fressinet 1/2 Lautier - Nataf 1/2 Morozevich - Bacrot 1/2
4th round results: Leko - Bacrot 1/2 Fressinet - Morozevich 1-0 Nataf - Topalov 1/2 Bareev - Lautier 1/2 Gelfand - Karpov 1/2			5th round results: Karpov - Leko 1-0 Lautier - Gelfand 1/2 Topalov - Bareev 1/2 Morozevich - Nataf 0-1 Bacrot - Fressinet 1/2			6th round results: Karpov - Lautier 1/2 Gelfand - Topalov 1/2 Bareev - Morozevich 0-1 Leko - Fressinet 1-0 Nataf - Bacrot 1/2
7th round results: Lautier - Leko 1/2 Topalov - Karpov 1-0 Morozevich - Gelfand 0-1 Bacrot - Bareev 0-1 Fressinet - Nataf 1/2			8th round results: Gelfand - Bacrot 1/2 Karpov - Morozevich 1/2 Bareev - Fressinet 0-1 Leko - Nataf 1/2 Lautier - Topalov 0-1			9th round results: Topalov - Leko 1/2 Bacrot - Karpov 1-0 Fressinet - Gelfand 0-1 Nataf - Bareev 1/2 Morozevich - Lautier 1/2

Final standings:
1-2. Topalov, Gelfand - 6.0
3-7. Bareev, Bacrot, Karpov, Leko, Fressinet - 4.5
8-9. Lautier, Nataf - 4.0
10. Morozevich - 2.5
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