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The Zuerich Chess Club 200th Anniversay Jubilee started with an open tournament 9th-15th August 2009. Alexander Morozevich, Evgeny Miroshnichenko, Pentala Harikrishna, Emil Sutovsky etc played for a prize fund of CHF 100.000 guaranteed prize money and many other attractive prizes. The open tournament was the Alois Nagler Memorial. The leaders on 6.5 points played in the final round. Alexander Morozevich was beaten by Boris Avrukh and Yuriy Kuzubov beaten by Alexander Areshchenko. Areshchenko took the title with a superior tie-break.

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Zuerich Chess Club 200th Jubilee Open (SUI), 9-15 viii 2009 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rg.	Name		Elo	FED	Pkt.	BH
1	Areshchenko Alexander	GM	2651	UKR	7½	50
2	Avrukh Boris	GM	2641	ISR	7½	47
3	Dreev Alexey	GM	2660	RUS	7	50
4	Mikhalevski Victor	GM	2631	ISR	7	48
5	Morozevich Alexander	GM	2751	RUS	6½	51½
6	Kuzubov Yuriy	GM	2635	UKR	6½	50
7	Sutovsky Emil	GM	2675	ISR	6½	49
	Golod Vitali	GM	2599	ISR	6½	49
9	Meier Georg	GM	2658	GER	6½	48
10	Pelletier Yannick	GM	2574	SUI	6½	47½
	Hess Robert L.	GM	2560	USA	6½	47½
12	Sandipan Chanda	GM	2585	IND	6½	47
	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	GM	2575	IND	6½	47
	Bosiocic Marin	GM	2551	CRO	6½	47
15	Gharamian Tigran	GM	2615	FRA	6½	46½
16	Fridman Daniel	GM	2665	GER	6½	45
17	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	GM	2696	UKR	6½	44½
	Hou Yifan	GM	2584	CHN	6½	44½
	Bischoff Klaus	GM	2551	GER	6½	44½
20	Bauer Christian	GM	2602	FRA	6½	44
21	Bromberger Stefan	IM	2510	GER	6½	42½
22	Hirneise Tobias	IM	2429	GER	6½	40½
23	Ivanisevic Ivan	GM	2629	SRB	6½	36
272 players

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Champions Rapid Zuerich (SUI), 23 viii 2009											cat. XVIII (2685)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2759	*	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	5	2832
2.	Anand, Viswanatdan	g	IND	2788	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	4½	2772
3.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2813	0	½	*	1	1	½	½	½	4	2717
4.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2727	½	½	0	*	½	½	1	1	4	2729
5.	Khalifman, Alexander	g	RUS	2612	0	½	0	½	*	1	½	½	3	2645
6.	Polgar, Judit	g	HUN	2687	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	0	2½	2583
7.	Hug, Werner	m	SUI	2453	½	0	½	0	½	½	*	½	2½	2616
8.	Karpov, Anatoly	g	RUS	2644	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	*	2½	2589

Round 1 (August 23, 2009)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	30	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Khalifman, Alexander	- Hug, Werner	½-½	20	E91	King's Indian Classical
Polgar, Judit	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	35	B01	Centre Counter
Karpov, Anatoly	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	0-1	48	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Round 2 (August 23, 2009)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Khalifman, Alexander	1-0	67	D38	QGD Ragozin
Anand, Viswanathan	- Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	44	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Topalov, Veselin	- Hug, Werner	½-½	36	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	49	E18	Queens Indian
Round 3 (August 23, 2009)
Khalifman, Alexander	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	24	B92	Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Polgar, Judit	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	56	B19	Caro Kann
Hug, Werner	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	22	A46	Queen's Pawn Opening
Karpov, Anatoly	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	37	A30	English Symmetrical
Round 4 (August 23, 2009)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Khalifman, Alexander	½-½	24	B82	Sicilian Scheveningen
Topalov, Veselin	- Kramnik, Vladimir	0-1	61	E04	Catalan
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Hug, Werner	1-0	29	E91	King's Indian Classical
Karpov, Anatoly	- Polgar, Judit	1-0	32	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 5 (August 23, 2009)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	½-½	47	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Khalifman, Alexander	- Karpov, Anatoly	½-½	23	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Polgar, Judit	- Topalov, Veselin	½-½	43	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Hug, Werner	- Anand, Viswanathan	0-1	38	B20	Sicilian Wing Gambit
Round 6 (August 23, 2009)
Anand, Viswanathan	- Kramnik, Vladimir	½-½	18	B01	Centre Counter
Topalov, Veselin	- Ponomariov, Ruslan	1-0	51	E01	Catalan
Polgar, Judit	- Khalifman, Alexander	0-1	50	B83	Sicilian Scheveningen
Karpov, Anatoly	- Hug, Werner	½-½	23	E71	King's Indian 5.h3
Round 7 (August 23, 2009)
Kramnik, Vladimir	- Karpov, Anatoly	1-0	17	E05	Catalan
Ponomariov, Ruslan	- Anand, Viswanathan	½-½	27	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Khalifman, Alexander	- Topalov, Veselin	0-1	39	E67	King's Indian Fianchetto
Hug, Werner	- Polgar, Judit	½-½	42	D03	Queen's Pawn Game

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