The drawn game on the first board between GM Jose Gonzalez and the IM Renier Gonzalez made sure that Renier got his third and definitive GM norm. Thus, Renier Gonzalez, started the Tournament as IM and he finishes with the title of Grandmaster.
This drawn game has allowed but that his immediatly followers got them. Thus, the GM Mihail Marin who has defeated the IM Deep Sengupta, the GM Viktor Moskalenko has taken revenge of IM Yuri Lapshun. Last year, in the last round, Yuri Lapshun defeated Moskalenko. And on the fourth board, Levan Aroshidze has defeated the Hindu Ashwin Jayaram.
In this way, 5 players has been tied in the first place with 7 points. The tie-break system applied, the Bucholz Medium, which counts the points of the opponents, excluding the worst and the best opponents, has given the victory to the GM from Georgia, Levan Aroshidze.
The Final Standings, ahead for Levan Aroshidze, and followed with the same points for Viktor Moskalenko, Renier Gonzalez, Mihail Marin and Josй Gonzalez.

The prize for the best player from Girona, with 500 euros, has been for the IM Jordi Fluviа.
The best woman player has been Ana Matnadze. This prize is 300 euros.
The best under-16 has been the catalan Аlvar Alonso of the Club Escacs Gerunda

In the B group, the final victory has been for the Italian Andrea Dini who has led the Tournament in every moment. A drawn game in the last round has been suficient to garantee the championship, tied in points with the Catalan Jordi Diaz Comas who in the final tie-break has been second.
In this B group, the final standings has been followed for: Hugues Lambert, the young girl from Netherlands sub-16 Yvonne Ferrier, the Italian Luca Bernardini and the also French girl Barbara Perrusset.

Interesting links:
Results Round 9 /final/ Group A
Final Standings Group A
Results Round 9 /final/ Group B
Final rank Group B

Original article at Official Banyoles 2007 International Chess Festival Web-Site