Mtel Masters , Sofia 10th-21st May 2006

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Veselin Topalov became the winner of the Mtel Masters which took place in Sofia 10th-21st May 2006. Players: Veselin Topalov BUL 2804, Viswanathan Anand IND 2803, Peter Svidler RUS 2743, Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 2738, Etienne Bacrot FRA 2708 and Gata Kamsky USA 2671.

Final standings:
1 Topalov - 6.5
2 Kamsky - 6.0
3 Anand - 5.5
4 Svidler - 5.0
5 Bacrot - 3.5
6 Ponomariov - 3.5
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Round 1: Svidler - Topalov 1/2 Bacrot - Anand 0-1 Ponomariov - Kamsky 1/2		Round 2 Topalov - Anand 0-1 Svidler - Ponomariov 1-0 Kamsky - Bacrot 1-0		Round 3 Anand - Kamsky 0-1 Bacrot - Svidler 1/2 Ponomariov - Topalov 1/2		Round 4 Kamsky - Svidler 1-0 Bacrot - Topalov 1/2 Anand - Ponomariov 1-0
Round 5 Topalov - Kamsky 1-0 Svidler - Anand 1/2 Ponomariov - Bacrot 1/2		Round 6 Anand - Bacrot 1/2 Kamsky - Ponomariov 1-0 Topalov - Svidler 0-1		Round 7 Anand - Topalov 0-1 Bacrot - Kamsky 1/2 Ponomariov - Svidler 1-0		Round 8 Kamsky - Anand 1/2 Svidler - Bacrot 1/2 Topalov - Ponomariov 1-0
Round 9 Anand - Svidler 1/2 Bacrot - Ponomariov 1/2 Kamsky - Topalov 0-1		Round 10 Topalov - Bacrot 1-0 Svidler - Kamsky 1/2 Ponomariov - Anand 1/2

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