It was a tough day for the white pieces in top 10 yesterday as seven games out of 10 were drawn. Melia won a nice game vs Kacheishvili and so did Roiz vs N.Kosintseva. Paul Szuper of USA, who started the event being rated 128th, has played wonderful chess so far and has 5 out of 7. Ivanchuk is a sole leader with 6 points.
Here is a selection of photos from round 7:
Top 10 results from round 7:
1 GM Mikhalevski Victor 5 ½ – ½ 5½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily
2 GM Short Nigel D 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Fridman Daniel
3 GM Adams Michael 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Kulaots Kaido
4 GM Fier Alexandr 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Caruana Fabiano
5 GM Sengupta Deep 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter
6 GM Roiz Michael 4½ 1 – 0 4½ IM Kosintseva Nadezhda
7 GM Edouard Romain 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ IM Bellaiche Anthony
8 GM Gopal Geetha Narayanan 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Dzagnidze Nana
9 IM Melia Salome 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Kacheishvili Giorgi
10 Szuper Paul 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Ikonnikov Vyacheslav
Standings after round 7:
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2764 6.0 2880
2 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2658 5.5 2802
3 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2655 5.5 2794
4 GM Roiz Michael ISR 2649 5.5 2745
5 GM Gopal Geetha Narayanan IND 2597 5.5 2715
6 GM Mikhalevski Victor ISR 2579 5.5 2638
7 IM Melia Salome GEO 2449 5.5 2600
8 GM Sengupta Deep IND 2530 5.0 2739
9 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2531 5.0 2723
10 GM Adams Michael ENG 2723 5.0 2710
11 GM Kulaots Kaido EST 2577 5.0 2708
12 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2690 5.0 2694
13 GM Harikrishna Pentala IND 2667 5.0 2654
14 GM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2721 5.0 2653
15 GM Bologan Viktor MDA 2693 5.0 2630
16 GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2669 5.0 2623
17 GM Onischuk Alexander USA 2689 5.0 2614
18 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU 2678 5.0 2613
19 GM Erdos Viktor HUN 2593 5.0 2593
20 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2634 5.0 2563
21 GM Speelman Jon S ENG 2524 5.0 2562
22 IM Fernandez Romero Ernesto ESP 2453 5.0 2555
23 IM Bellaiche Anthony FRA 2458 5.0 2553
24 GM Ikonnikov Vyacheslav RUS 2580 5.0 2551
25 IM Nezad Husein Aziz QAT 2420 5.0 2531
26 GM Iordachescu Viorel MDA 2634 5.0 2503
27 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2571 5.0 2491
28 Szuper Paul USA 2174 5.0 2457
Top 10 pairings – round 8
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 6 – 5½ GM Roiz Michael
2 GM Gopal Geetha Narayanan 5½ – 5½ GM Short Nigel D
3 GM Fridman Daniel 5½ – 5½ IM Melia Salome
4 GM Mikhalevski Victor 5½- 5 GM Onischuk Alexander
5 GM Ikonnikov Vyacheslav 5 – 5 GM Adams Michael
6 GM Caruana Fabiano 5 – 5 GM Rapport Richard
7 GM Bologan Viktor 5 – 5 GM Fier Alexandr
8 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 5 – 5 GM Sengupta Deep
9 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 5 – 5 GM Speelman Jon S
10 GM Kulaots Kaido 5 – 5 GM Georgiev Kiril
Official website – http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2011/index.html