With all the elite events that have been going on lately, I almost hadn’t noticed a very strong one – Politiken Cup 2014! There are 24 GMs, 3 WGMs, 11 IMs, etc playing.
Top 10 players after 7 rounds
1 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2693 6.5
2 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2679 Bischwiller 6.0
3 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2665 Philidor 6.0
4 GM Meier Georg GER 2632 OSG Baden-Baden 6.0
5 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2643 Katernberg 6.0
6 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2707 6.0
7 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2685 St. Petersburg 6.0
8 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2671 5.5
9 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2701 SV Hockenheim 5.5
10 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2569 Brønshøj 5.5
A few games from the event
Top 10 pairings of the 8th round
1 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2693 6½ – 6 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2707
2 GM Edouard Romain 2679 6 – 6 GM Matlakov Maxim 2685
3 GM Jones Gawain C B 2665 6 – 6 GM Meier Georg 2632
4 GM Romanov Evgeny 2643 6 – 5½ GM Negi Parimarjan 2645
5 GM Semcesen Daniel 2503 5½ – 5½ GM Rapport Richard 2701
6 GM Rasmussen Allan Stig 2522 5½ – 5½ GM Rodshtein Maxim 2671
7 GM Timman Jan H 2610 5½ – 5½ GM Hector Jonny 2506
8 FM Fossan Petter 2257 5½ – 5½ GM Ramirez Alejandro 2580
9 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 2569 5½ – 5½ FM Englert Fabian 2304
10 FM Schroeder Jan-Christian 2370 5½ – 5½ GM Gao Rui 2529
