2007 Groningen Chess
Five players were tied for the first place at the Groningen Chess Festival. Stelios Halkias won the title on tie-break. The final standings after round 9 in the Harmonie Open A category at Groningen 2007: 1 GM Halkias, Stelios 6.5 GRE 2 GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 6.5 GRE 3 GM Ernst, Sipke 6.5 NED 4 GM Adly, Ahmed 6.5 EGY 5 IM Lobzhanidze, Davit 6.5 GEO 6 GM Banikas, Hristos 6.0 GRE 7 GM Li, Shilong 6.0 CHN 8 IM Hoffmann, Michael 6.0 GER 9 GM Nijboer, Friso 5.5 NED 10 GM Rotstein, Arkadij 5.5 GER 11 IM Swinkels, Robin 5.5 NED 12 IM Pruijssers, Roeland 5.5 NED 13 FM Burg, Twan 5.5 NED 14 GM Reinderman, Dimitri 5.0 NED 15 IM Simutowe, Amon 5.0 ZAM 16 IM Spoelman, Wouter 5.0 NED 17 IM Hendriks, Willy 5.0 NED 18 IM Van Oosterom, Chiel 5.0 NED 19 FM De Jong, Migchiel 5.0 NED 20 FM Clemens, Adrian 5.0 NED