Monarch Assurance Tournament, Isle of Man, England, 28th September - 6th October.
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Vladimir Epishin became the winner of the Monarch Assurance PLC 11th International Chess Tournament , which took place at the Cherry Orchard Aparthotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man, England 28th September - 6th October.
There were 67 participants, among them: Vladimir Epishin RUS 2643, Rustem Dautov GER 2617, Yuri Shulman BLR 2591, Mikhail Ulibin RUS 2589, Valery Neverov UKR 2587, Sarunas Sulskis LTH 2576, Daniel Fridman LAT 2571, Arkadij Rotstein GER 2557, Jiri Stocek CZE 2555, Alonso Zapata COL 2549, Alexander Goloshchapov UKR 2544, Bogdan Lalic ENG 2540, Mark Hebden ENG 2534, Artur Kogan ISR 2530, Ruben Felgaer ARG 2509 and others.
The final standings of the leaders :
1. Vladimir Epishin 7.0
2. Rustem Dautov 6.5
3. Daniel Fridman 6.5
4. Sarunas Sulskis 6.5
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