This event just finished in Paks, Hungary.
Men – final standings
1. Wojtaszek, R 8
2-3. Berkes, F 6½, Smirin, I 6½
4-5. Salgado Lopez, I 3½, Bologan, V 3½
6. Ács, P 2
Women- final standings
1. Kashlinskaya, A 6½
2-3. Mádl, I 6, Mkrtchian, L 6
4. Rudolf, A 5
5. Dudás, E 3½
6. Sharevich, A 3
There were also Opens A & B, Rapid, Blitz and kids events taking place at the same time.
Today was the 2nd and last day of European Women Rapid Championship. Despite the fact that many strong players that participated in the European championship didn’t take part in the Rapid event, it’s field was still very impressive!
Finals standings
1 GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2456 9.0 2644 61.5 74.5 8
2 IM Melia Salome GEO 2444 8.0 2536 62.0 76.0 6
3 IM Mkrtchian Lilit ARM 2468 8.0 2503 59.0 72.0 6
4 IM Ovod Evgenija RUS 2404 8.0 2414 55.5 68.0 7
5 IM Muzychuk Anna SLO 2537 8.0 2338 55.0 65.5 8
6 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda RUS 2567 7.5 2527 62.0 76.5 6
7 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2557 7.5 2517 62.5 76.5 7
8 IM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2470 7.5 2343 53.0 64.5 7
9 IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2455 7.5 2328 55.0 68.5 7
10 IM Romanko Marina RUS 2387 7.5 2304 53.5 66.0 7
11 WIM Tsatsalashvili Keti GEO 2280 7.5 2150 48.0 57.5 7
12 WGM Charkhalashvili Inga GEO 2373 7.0 2450 63.0 75.0 5
13 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2428 7.0 2380 60.0 73.0 6
14 IM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2473 7.0 2378 54.5 67.0 6
15 WGM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2399 7.0 2376 55.5 68.5 5
16 IM Galojan Lilit ARM 2377 7.0 2212 53.0 64.5 6
17 GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2559 6.5 2425 61.5 76.0 5
18 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2454 6.5 2375 59.5 72.0 5
19 WIM Arabidze Meri GEO 2277 6.5 2328 61.0 74.0 4
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Candidates matches are on their way in Kazan. The first day – 5th of May only brought draws but yesterday Kamsky outplayed Topalov with Black (the only win in 8 games so far:))!
Games 3 & 4 will be played on May 7th and 8th!
Official website – http://kazan2011.fide.com/
GM Negi is leading with 7 points out of 8, Gupta is sole 2nd and there is a tie from 3rd to 13th.
Here are the first 20 players:
1 GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2618 7.0 0.0 17866 41.5
2 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2580 6.5 0.0 17280 38.0
3 GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2682 6.0 0.0 17783 41.5
4 GM Miroshnichenko Evgeni UKR 2670 6.0 0.0 17769 39.5
5 GM Balogh Csaba HUN 2601 6.0 0.0 17718 42.0
6 GM Kazhgaleyev Murtas KAZ 2618 6.0 0.0 17405 39.5
7 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2596 6.0 0.0 17373 42.0
8 GM Fedorov Alexei BLR 2596 6.0 0.0 17364 37.5
9 GM Berg Emanuel SWE 2612 6.0 0.0 17254 38.5
10 GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2595 6.0 0.0 17200 38.5
11 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej BLR 2638 6.0 0.0 17106 37.0
12 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2606 6.0 0.0 16970 37.5
13 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2584 6.0 0.0 16949 40.5
14 GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2621 5.5 0.0 17719 41.0
15 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2629 5.5 0.0 17699 40.5
16 GM Petrosian Davit G ARM 2480 5.5 0.0 17531 39.5
17 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2627 5.5 0.0 17384 39.5
18 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2675 5.5 0.0 17296 39.5
19 WIM Schneider Veronika W HUN 2247 5.5 0.0 17179 36.0
20 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2643 5.5 0.0 17150 36.5
Pairings of 9th round:
1 20 GM Gupta Abhijeet 6½ – 7 GM Negi Parimarjan 11
2 14 GM Balogh Csaba 6 – 6 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 1
3 3 GM Miroshnichenko E 6 – 6 GM Amin Bassem 16
4 13 GM Hammer Jon Ludvi 6 – 6 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 6
5 10 GM Kazhgaleyev Murt 6 – 6 GM Pantsulaia Levan 18
6 17 GM Fedorov Alexei 6 – 6 GM Berg Emanuel 12
7 5 GM Ganguly Surya Sh 5½ – 6 GM Guseinov Gadir 19
8 29 GM Adhiban B 5½ – 5½ GM Akopian Vladimir 2
9 7 GM Mchedlishvili Mikh 5½ – 5½ GM Simantsev Mikhail 27
10 35 GM Al-Sayed Moham 5½ – 5½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 8