Ivanchuk won a very nice game yesterday against Short while Dzagnidze created a brilliancy against Vallejo Pons. Another very good game was between Akobian and Mikhalevsky. Check out the live games at http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2011/livegame.html .
Here are the results of yesterday round’s top boards:
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 4½ 1 – 0 5 GM Short Nigel D
2 GM Fridman Daniel 4½ ½ – ½ 4 GM Adams Michael
3 GM Ikonnikov Vyacheslav 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Roiz Michael
4 GM Akobian Varuzhan 4 0 – 1 4 GM Mikhalevski Victor
5 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Gopal Geetha Narayanan
6 GM Kacheishvili Giorgi 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Sengupta Deep
7 GM Caruana Fabiano 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Lafuente Pablo
8 GM Dzagnidze Nana 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco
9 GM Bologan Viktor 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Rapport Richard
10 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Korchnoi Viktor
And the top pairings of today:
1 GM Mikhalevski Victor 5 5½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily
2 GM Short Nigel D 5 5 GM Fridman Daniel
3 GM Adams Michael 4½ 4½ GM Kulaots Kaido
4 GM Fier Alexandr 4½ 4½ GM Caruana Fabiano
5 GM Sengupta Deep 4½ 4½ GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter
6 GM Roiz Michael 4½ 4½ IM Kosintseva Nadezhda
7 GM Edouard Romain 4½ 4½ IM Bellaiche Anthony
8 GM Gopal Geetha Narayanan 4½ 4½ GM Dzagnidze Nana
9 IM Melia Salome 4½ 4½ GM Kacheishvili Giorgi
10 Szuper Paul 4½ 4½ GM Ikonnikov Vyacheslav
And a selection of photos from 6th round:
