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Alexei Shirov took clear first place in the 7th Poikovsky in the name of Anatoly Karpov tournament which took place March 19-27 2006. The participants were: Ruslan Ponomariov g UKR 2723 (born 1983), Alexei Shirov g ESP 2709 (1972), Evgeny Bareev g RUS 2698 1966, Alexey Dreev g RUS 2697 (1969), Ivan Sokolov g NED 2689 (1968), Sergey Rublevsky g RUS 2665 (1974), Vadim Zvjaginsev g RUS 2664 (1976), Viktor Bologan g MDA 2661 (1971), Evgenij Najer g RUS 2652 (1977) and Alexander Onischuk g USA 2650 (1975).

Round 1 Ponomariov - Onischuk 1-0 Bareev - Shirov 1/2 Dreev - Zvjaginsev 1/2 Bologan - Rublevsky 0-1 Sokolov - Najer 1/2		Round 2 Ponomariov - Sokolov 1/2 Shirov - Bologan 1-0 Onischuk - Rublevsky 1/2 Najer - Dreev 1/2 Zviaginsev - Bareev 1/2		Round 3 Bareev - Najer 1/2 Sokolov - Onischuk 1/2 Rublevsky - Shirov 1/2 Dreev - Ponomariov 1/2 Bologan - Zvjaginsev 0-1		Round 4 Sokolov - Dreev 1/2 Ponomariov - Bareev 1/2 Zvjaginsev - Rublevsky 1/2 Onischuk - Shirov 1/2 Najer - Bologan 1-0
Round 5 Bareev - Sokolov 1/2 Rublevsky - Najer 1/2 Bologan - Ponomariov 1-0 Shirov - Zvjaginsev 1/2 Dreev - Onischuk 1/2		Round 6 Dreev - Bareev 1:0 Ponomariov - Rublevsky 1:0 Najer - Shirov 0:1 Onischuk - Zvjaginsev 1/2 Sokolov - Bologan 0:1		Round 7 Rublevsky - Sokolov 0:1 Bareev - Onischuk 1:0 Shirov - Ponomariov 1/2 Bologan - Dreev 0:1 Zvjaginsev - Najer 1/2		Round 8 Bareev - Bologan 1:0 Ponomariov - Zvjaginsev 1/2 Dreev - Rublevsky 1/2 Sokolov - Shirov 1/2 Onischuk - Najer 1/2
Round 9 Bologan - Onischuk 1/2 Zvjaginsev - Sokolov 1/2 Shirov - Dreev 1:0 Najer - Ponomariov 1/2 Rublevsky - Bareev 1/2

Final standings:
1 Shirov 6.0
2 Ponomariov 5.0
3 Zvjaginsev 5.0
4 Dreev 5.0
5 Bareev 5.0
6 Sokolov 4.5
7 Najer 4.5
8 Rublevsky 4.0
9 Onischuk - 3.5
10 Bologan - 2.5
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