20th International Boeblingen Open, 26-30 December.
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20th International Boeblingen Open took place 26-30 December in Boeblingen, Germany.
Participants: Vladimir Baklan 2600 UKR, Thomas Luther 2580 GER, Oleg Korneev 2559 RUS, Viesturs Meijers 2499 LAT, Ivan Farago 2485 HUN and others.
Leading final standings:
1 Baklan 2600 UKR 8.0
2 Luther 2580 GER 7.5
3 Drabke 2449 GER 7.5
4 Gaponenko 2409 UKR 7.0
5 Schneider 2316 GER 7.0
6 Farago 2485 HUN 7.0
7 Ovsejevitsch 2510 UKR 7.0
        8 Wippermann 2353 GER 7.0
9 Zaitsev 2467 RUS 7.0
10 Meijers 2499 LAT 7.0
11 Hoffmann 2430 GER 7.0
12 Grooten 2390 NED 7.0
13 Rau 2372 GER 7.0
14 Sadiku 2280 SCG 7.0
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