Mikhail Gurevich of Belgium secured his Czech Open tournament win with two draws on the 8th and 9th rounds. He gathered a convincing 8/9, a full point ahead of the following pack of seven runner-ups.
The Czech Open was held in Pardubice, with 262 participants in the Grandmaster event.
Final Results
1. Mikhail Gurevich BEL
2. Jan Plachetka SVK
3. Tomas Oral CZE
4. Valery Neverov UKR
5. Vladimir Potkin RUS
6. Jan Votava CZE
7. Jiri Stocek CZE
8. Denis Yevseev RUS