Alexey Dreev Wins Casino De Barcelona 2008


GM Alexey Dreev of Russia won the Magistral Casino De Barcelona tournament 2008.
He finished just half a point ahead of GM Kiril Georgiev of Bulgaria. Dreev finished the tournament unbeaten and with a +5 score by scoring 7/9.

Veteran Gulko played well in patches to finish with a plus score. Top Women's player Stefanova finished on an even score.

Here's some juicy vintage stuff from Gulko. Mind you, he has a plus score against none other then the great Kasparov.

In this game, although he makes some minor errors in the opening (normal for veterans since they usually don't keep up with opening theory), he more than makes up for it with an accurate end game.



Final Standings:

GM Dreev 7
GM Georgiev 6.5
GM Jobava 5.5
GM Gulko 5
GM Stefanova, IM Corrales 4.5
GM Lopez 4
GM Narciso, GM Kogan 2.5

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