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The 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013 – 8th round

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GM Zhao from Australia became the leader of the tournament (7 points) after winning against GM Short in round 8. Four players – IM Wan and GMs Gustafsson, Hansen and Schebler are on 6.5

Top 10 board results of round 8 (view all here)

1 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561
2 GM Short Nigel D 2697 5½ 0 – 1 6 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537
3 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Horvath Adam 2509
4 IM Wang Chen 2485 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Koneru Humpy 2597
5 IM Wan Yunguo 2494 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Lu Shanglei 2562
6 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ IM Saptarshi Roy 2426
7 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527
8 WGM Bulmaga Irina 2389 5 0 – 1 5 GM Vajda Levente 2632
9 GM Barbosa Oliver 2563 5 1 – 0 5 FM Menkinoski Riste 2370
10 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2341 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Paragua Mark 2557

Top 10 players after 8th rounds with ELO gain/loss (view full standings here)

1 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2537 2537 7.0 2749 19.1
2 IM Wan Yunguo CHN 2494 2494 6.5 2619 13.9
3 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2621 2621 6.5 2662 5.9
4 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2561 2561 6.5 2638 8.7
5 GM Schebler Gerhard GER 2445 2445 6.5 2496 8.9
6 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2426 2426 6.0 2645 23.8
7 IM Wang Chen CHN 2485 2485 6.0 2582 12.6
8 GM Koneru Humpy IND 2597 2597 6.0 2582 0.9
9 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2527 2527 6.0 2631 12.8
10 GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2491 2491 6.0 2544 7.2

Some games from recent rounds (you can download games from rounds 1 to 8 here)

Pairings of the 9th round (view all of them here)

1 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 7 6½ IM Wan Yunguo 2494
2 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 6½ 6½ GM Gustafsson Jan 2621
3 GM Vajda Levente 2632 6 6½ GM Schebler Gerhard 2445
4 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 6 6 GM Venkatesh M.R. 2508
5 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 6 6 GM Barbosa Oliver 2563
6 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 6 6 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541
7 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527 6 6 IM Wang Chen 2485
8 GM Short Nigel D 2697 5½ 6 GM Czebe Attila 2479
9 GM Lu Shanglei 2562 5½ 5½ Nouri Hamed 2356
10 GM Paragua Mark 2557 5½ 5½ WGM Kulkarni Bhakti 2231

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Grand Prix – Zug 2013 2nd round

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GP Zug, 2nd round
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There were many fighting games yesterday and even draws (maybe except Morozevich-Mamedyarov) were not short at all. Topalov, Ponomariov and Morozevich lead the vent with 1.5 out of 2.

Results of 2nd round

GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709 1 – 0 GM Kamsky Gata 2741
GM Topalov Veselin 2771 1 – 0 GM Leko Peter 2744
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767 ½ – ½ GM Giri Anish 2727
GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 ½ – ½ GM Karjakin Sergey 2786
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733 1 – 0 GM Caruana Fabiano 2772
GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 ½ – ½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766

Kasimdzhanov-Kamsky was a Tarrasch French where Black got his fair share of counterplay but White tried to create an attack on the kingside. 14.Qe3 was a novelty. After the position opened up in the center, Black had the possibility to repeat the moves but since the position was very interesting, he didn’t.

Round 3 on 2013/04/20 at 14:00

GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 – GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709
GM Caruana Fabiano 2772 – GM Morozevich Alexander 2758
GM Karjakin Sergey 2786 – GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733
GM Giri Anish 2727 – GM Radjabov Teimour 2793
GM Leko Peter 2744 – GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 – GM Topalov Veselin 2771

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The 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013 – 7th round

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After a tough fight on first boards we again have 3 leaders – GMs Hansen, Zhao and Schebler.

Top 10 results by boards (view all here)

1 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 5 1 – 0 5½ GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527
2 IM Wang Chen 2485 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621
3 GM Paragua Mark 2557 5 0 – 1 5 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445
4 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 5 1 – 0 5 GM Akesson Ralf 2462
5 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Laylo Darwin 2491
6 GM Sriram Jha 2421 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Short Nigel D 2697
7 GM Vajda Levente 2632 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Czebe Attila 2479
8 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Varga Zoltan 2472
9 Ma Zhonghan 2372 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Barbosa Oliver 2563
10 GM Lu Shanglei 2562 4½ 1 – 0 4½ IM Illingworth Max 2423

Top 10 players of the tournament after 7 rounds with ELO gains/losses (view full standings here)

1 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2561 2561 6.0 2687 10.3
2 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2537 2537 6.0 2681 12.0
3 GM Schebler Gerhard GER 2445 2445 6.0 2509 7.3
4 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2426 2426 5.5 2669 22.2
5 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2527 2527 5.5 2660 13.3
6 IM Wan Yunguo CHN 2494 2494 5.5 2571 8.0
7 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2621 2621 5.5 2626 2.4
8 GM Koneru Humpy IND 2597 2597 5.5 2605 2.4
9 IM Wang Chen CHN 2485 2485 5.5 2590 11.1
10 GM Laylo Darwin PHI 2491 2491 5.5 2556 6.7

Top 10 pairings of the 8th round (view all here)

1 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445 6 – 6 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561
2 GM Short Nigel D 2697 5½ – 6 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537
3 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621 5½ – 5½ GM Horvath Adam 2509
4 IM Wang Chen 2485 5½ – 5½ GM Koneru Humpy 2597
5 IM Wan Yunguo 2494 5½ – 5½ GM Lu Shanglei 2562
6 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541 5½ – 5½ IM Saptarshi Roy 2426
7 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 5½ – 5½ GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527
8 WGM Bulmaga Irina 2389 5 – 5 GM Vajda Levente 2632
9 GM Barbosa Oliver 2563 5 – 5 FM Menkinoski Riste 2370
10 IM Mas Hafizulhelmi 2341 5 – 5 GM Paragua Mark 2557

Watch Live games here.

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