7th Dubai Open Chess Champonship, 3-13 April.
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The 7th Dubai Open Chess Champonship took place 3rd-13th April 2005. Leading participants: Alexander Motylev g RUS 2665, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov g AZE 2657, Kiril Georgiev g BUL 2654, David Navara g CZE 2644, Aleksej Aleksandrov g BLR 2635, Mikhail Kobalia g RUS 2634, Ni Hua g CHN 2625, Evgeny Vladimirov g KAZ 2623, Ehsan Ghaem Maghami g IRI 2623, Evgenij Miroshnichenko g UKR 2620, Viorel Iordachescu g MDA 2615, Sergey Volkov g RUS 2612, Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2607, Gabriel Sargissian g ARM 2602, Zahar Efimenko g UKR 2601, Pavel Kotsur g KAZ 2598, Giorgi Kacheishvili g GEO 2597, Alexander Riazantsev g RUS 2596, Zhang Zhong g CHN 2591, Maxim Sorokin g RUS 2578.
Final leaders standings:
1. Wang Hao CHN 2484 7.0
2. Gagunashvili Merab GEO 2547 6.5
3. Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2609 6.5
4. Guseinov Gadir AZE 2573 6.5
5. Zhang Zhong CHN 2599 6.5
6. Miroshnichenko Evgenij UKR 2628 6.5
7. Zhang Pengxiang CHN 2583 6.5
8. Anastasian Ashot ARM 2574 6.5
9. Efimenko Zahar UKR 2620 6.5
10. Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2630 6.5
11. Solak Dragan SCG 2582 6.5
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