Ivan Cheparinov Wins 2012 Politiken Cup
Ivan Cheparinov of Bulgaria won the 2012 Politiken Cup on superior tie-breaks from Ivan Sololov and Jonny Hector after they all achieved a score of 8/10 points.
It was a tight competition, with a crowd of 15 players finishing with 7½ points, just half a point behind the top three.
The 2012 Politiken Cup was a 10-round Swiss with nearly 300 players held in Helsingør, Denmark from 28 July - 5 August. The time control was 90 minutes for 30 moves, then 30 minutes to finish with a 30 second increment from the start.
Rasmus Svane from Germany (7½ pts) and Jacob Carstensen from Denmark (6½ pts) earned IM-title norms.
The top standings:
| # | Name | Nat | Elo | Pts | TB1 | TB2 |
| 1 | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2677 | 8.0 | 56.5 | 54.3 |
| 2 | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2676 | 8.0 | 55.0 | 51.5 |
| 3 | Hector Jonny | SWE | 2530 | 8.0 | 54.0 | 51.0 |
| 4 | Dreev Aleksey | RUS | 2677 | 7.5 | 57.5 | 51.3 |
| 5 | Popovic Dusan | SRB | 2579 | 7.5 | 55.5 | 49.3 |
| 6 | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2570 | 7.5 | 55.0 | 49.0 |
| 7 | Malakhov Vladimir | RUS | 2712 | 7.5 | 54.5 | 48.8 |
| 7 | L'ami Erwin | NED | 2615 | 7.5 | 54.5 | 48.8 |
| 9 | Markus Robert | SRB | 2599 | 7.5 | 54.5 | 48.0 |
| 10 | Aagaard Jacob | DEN | 2506 | 7.5 | 54.0 | 48.0 |
| 11 | Hansen Sune Berg | DEN | 2577 | 7.5 | 53.0 | 47.8 |
| 11 | Timman Jan H | NED | 2575 | 7.5 | 53.0 | 47.8 |
| 13 | Burmakin Vladimir | RUS | 2590 | 7.5 | 52.5 | 46.5 |
| 13 | Bulski Krzysztof | POL | 2554 | 7.5 | 52.5 | 46.5 |
| 15 | Schandorff Lars | DEN | 2516 | 7.5 | 52.0 | 47.3 |
| 16 | Svane Rasmus | GER | 2367 | 7.5 | 51.0 | 45.0 |
| 17 | Brynell Stellan | SWE | 2498 | 7.5 | 50.0 | 45.0 |
| 18 | Romanov Evgeny | RUS | 2623 | 7.5 | 49.5 | 44.5 |
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Ivan Cheparinov won the 2012 Politiken Cup
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Promising junior Rasmus Svane achieved an IM norm and the best game prize!
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Photos by Sigfred Haubro. More information is available at the official website.
