The Open Championship in Philippines ended with the triumph of the Georgian chess players. Georgia’s many times champions: Levan Pantsulaia and Merab Gagunashvili shared I-IV places with 7 points of 10.

1. Levan Pantsulaia (Georgia, 2583);
2. Ivan Popov (Russia, 2622);
3. Merab Gagunashvili (Georgia, 2579);
4. Avetik Grigoryan (Armenia, 2580).

Pantsulaia added 13.6 points to his personal rating and Gagunashvili – 6.6 points.