Gata Kamsky wins the
34th Annual World Open
which took place in Philadelphia June
28th-July 4th 2006. Scoring 7/9 he took a victory in a blitz playoff over Vadim Milov.
Leading Final Standings:
1 GM Kamsky, Gata 2736 7.0
2 GM Ibragimov, Ildar 2692 7.0
3 GM Ehlvest, Jaan 2685 7.0
4 GM Milov, Vadim 2682 7.0
5 GM Yudasin, Leonid G 2676 7.0
6 GM Ivanov, Alexander 2660 7.0
7 GM Kacheishvili, Giorgi 2643 7.0
8 GM Wojtkiewicz, Aleks 2615 7.0
9 GM Benjamin, Joel 2605 7.0
10 GM Chanda, Sandipan 2722 6.5
11 GM Moiseenko, Alexander 2705 6.5
12 GM Yusupov, Artur 2701 6.5
13 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2697 6.5
14 GM Izoria, Zviad 2679 6.5
15 GM Shabalov, Alexander 2671 6.5
16 GM Shulman, Yury 2660 6.5
17 GM Stocek, Jiri 2651 6.5
18 GM Hansen, Lars B 2650 6.5
19 GM Ganguly, Surya 2628 6.5
20 GM Fressinet, Laurent 2683 6.0
21 GM Stripunsky, Alex 2659 6.0
22 GM Akobian, Varuzhan 2649 6.0
23 IM Finegold, Benjamin 2648 6.0
24 GM Vescovi, Giovanni P 2631 6.0
25 GM Sadvakasov, Darmen 2622 6.0
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