Chess tournament finishes in the city of Bulgaria, Albena. Five participants gained 7-7 points, but according to additional points was found out top 3: Vlarimid Akopyan (Armenia, 2697), Ivan Cheparinov (Bulgaria, 2673), Tigran Petrosyan (Armenia, 2657).
Aleksandre Kashashvili (2299) had the best results among Georgians. He was No.48 seed, but took the 13rd place with 6.0 points. Akaki Shalamberidze (2333) took the 37th place with 5.0 points, Tamaz Mgeladze (2195) took the 56th place with 4.5 points and Vakhtang Chikovani (2069) took the 72nd place with 4.0 points.
Prize money of Alena tournament was 40 000 USD, champion won 6 000 USD.
