(Photo taken from the official site)
Three games out of four were decisive yesterday! Anand, Svidler and Kramnik lead the event with 1.5 points.
Results of the 2nd round
Topalov 0.5 1/2 1 Anand
Kramnik 0.5 1-0 0.5 Karjakin
Svidler 0.5 1-0 0.5 Andreikin
Aronian 0 1-0 0.5 Mamedyarov
Pairings of the 3rd round
Andreikin – Karjakin
Svidler – Kramnik
Topalov – Aronian
Mamedyarov – Anand
(Photo taken from chess-news.ru)
The first 3 games ended in a draw and Motylev became the new European Champion with 9 points out of 11. There was a tie from 2nd to 9th but Anton Guijarro and Fedoseev had better tie-breaks.
Results of top 10 games of the 11th round
1 GM Navara David CZE 2700 7½ ½ – ½ 8½ GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2656
2 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2661 7½ ½ – ½ 7½ GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2641
3 GM Solak Dragan TUR 2610 7½ ½ – ½ 7½ GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2655
4 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2723 7 1 – 0 7 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2633
5 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2713 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2613
6 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2676 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2709
7 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2644 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2681
8 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2681 7 0 – 1 7 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2643
9 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2559 7 1 – 0 6½ GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2716
10 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2723 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2642
Top 10 players
1 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2656 9.0 2872 28.8
2 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2559 8.0 2775 32.5
3 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2641 8.0 2790 21.8
4 GM Solak Dragan TUR 2610 8.0 2774 24.6
5 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2723 8.0 2790 9.3
6 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2643 8.0 2759 16.8
7 GM Navara David CZE 2700 8.0 2763 8.7
8 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2661 8.0 2695 5.7
9 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2655 8.0 2699 6.7
10 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2613 7.5 2751 21.6
View the full standings here.
