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Montecatini Terme (2000) The international chess festival held at Montecatini Terme, Italy from July 28th to August 6th, 2000 was divided among several events, including a main GM tournament and an open tournament. Eight grandmasters participated in the round robin main event, including (in order of Elo): Alexey Shirov (2746), Vassily Ivanchuk (2719), Evgeny Bareev (2702), Zurab Azmaiparashvili (2673), Sergei Rublevsky (2670), Jeroen Piket (2649), Smbat Lputian (2598), and Artashes Minasian (2595). The average rating of the players qualified the main tournament as a Category XVII event. Another superlative performance by Ivanchuk, he finished with +3 at the final and was the only player to go undefeated. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts 1 Ivanchuk * = = = = 1 1 1 5.0 2 Bareev = * = 0 = 1 1 1 4.5 3 Azmaiparashvili = = * 1 = 0 = 1 4.0 4 Shirov = 1 0 * 1 = 0 = 3.5 5 Rublevsky = = = 0 * = 1 = 3.5 6 Piket 0 0 1 = = * 1 = 3.5 7 Minasian 0 0 = 1 0 0 * = 2.0 8 Lputian 0 0 0 = = = = * 2.0 Original collection: Game Collection: Montecatini Terme 2000, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Piket vs Lputian   ½-½ 49 2000 Montecatini Terme D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. Rublevsky vs Minasian   1-0 49 2000 Montecatini Terme B30 Sicilian 3. Shirov vs Azmaiparashvili 0-1 46 2000 Montecatini Terme C60 Ruy Lopez 4. Ivanchuk vs Bareev ½-½ 67 2000 Montecatini Terme D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 5. Shirov vs Piket   ½-½ 37 2000 Montecatini Terme C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. Bareev vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 33 2000 Montecatini Terme D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 7. Lputian vs Ivanchuk 0-1 24 2000 Montecatini Terme A07 King's Indian Attack 8. Azmaiparashvili vs Minasian   ½-½ 28 2000 Montecatini Terme A07 King's Indian Attack 9. Piket vs Azmaiparashvili 1-0 58 2000 Montecatini Terme A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 10. Ivanchuk vs Shirov ½-½ 42 2000 Montecatini Terme D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. Rublevsky vs Lputian   ½-½ 34 2000 Montecatini Terme C03 French, Tarrasch 12. Minasian vs Bareev   0-1 66 2000 Montecatini Terme A07 King's Indian Attack 13. Lputian vs Minasian   ½-½ 20 2000 Montecatini Terme A06 Reti Opening 14. Piket vs Ivanchuk 0-1 42 2000 Montecatini Terme E15 Queen's Indian 15. Azmaiparashvili vs Bareev ½-½ 30 2000 Montecatini Terme D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. Shirov vs Rublevsky 1-0 32 2000 Montecatini Terme B42 Sicilian, Kan 17. Bareev vs Lputian 1-0 46 2000 Montecatini Terme D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. Ivanchuk vs Azmaiparashvili ½-½ 32 2000 Montecatini Terme C41 Philidor Defense 19. Minasian vs Shirov 1-0 35 2000 Montecatini Terme A07 King's Indian Attack 20. Rublevsky vs Piket   ½-½ 43 2000 Montecatini Terme B06 Robatsch 21. Azmaiparashvili vs Lputian   1-0 36 2000 Montecatini Terme D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. Ivanchuk vs Rublevsky   ½-½ 25 2000 Montecatini Terme B42 Sicilian, Kan 23. Piket vs Minasian 1-0 48 2000 Montecatini Terme B07 Pirc 24. Shirov vs Bareev 1-0 52 2000 Montecatini Terme B12 Caro-Kann Defense 25. Bareev vs Piket 1-0 40 2000 Montecatini Terme A25 English  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 28    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Apr-13-14    Everett: Check out the finish to Lputian vs Ivanchuk, 2000 ! 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