Parimarjan Negi and Boris Avrukh share first place at 2009 Politiken Cup – 18-26th July at Lo-Skolen campus in Helsingør, Denmark
Vladimir Malakhov held half a point advantage while heading into the last round, but then he lost to the famous Israeli theoretician Boris Avrukh and slipped down to the shared third place. Indian star Parimarjan Negi beat Swedish champion Emanuel Berg to reach 8.5 points and catch Avrukh on the shared first place. Negi had better additional criteria and was declared a winner.
