4th Lausanne Young Masters, 17-22 September.
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Luke McShane became the winner of the 4th Lausanne Young Masters , which took place September 17-22.
The participants: Etienne Bacrot 2645 FRA, Luke McShane 2619 ENG, Shakhriyaz Mamediarov 2585 AZE, Arkadij Naiditsch 2574 GER, Sergey Karjakin 2556 UKR, Alexandra Kosteniuk 2457 RUS, Elisabeth Paehtz 2417 GER and Severin Papa 2372 SUI.
Results:
1st round:
Bacrot - Papa 1-0, ½
McShane - Paehtz ½, 1-0
Mamedyarov - Kosteniuk 1-0, 1-0
Naiditsch - Karjakin 1-0, 1-0
2nd round:
Round 1 winners:
Bacrot - Naiditsch 1-0, ½
McShane - Mamedyarov ½, ½, 2-0(tie-break)
Minor Placings:
Kosteniuk - Paehtz 1-0, ½
Karjakin - Papa 1-0, 1-0
      Final Rounds September 21-22
1st-2nd places
Bacrot - McShane ½, 0-1
3rd-4th
Mamedyarov - Naiditsch 1-0, 1-0
5th-6th
Karjakin - Kosteniuk 1-0, ½
7th-8th
Paehtz - Papa ½, 0-1
 
 
 
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