European individual championship 2011 – rounds 7 & 8

Today was a strange opening and after not getting anything out of it I offered a draw which was accepted.

Top 20 results of round 7

1 43 GM Potkin Vladimir 2653 5½ ½ – ½ 5 GM Volokitin Andrei 2677 21
2 9 GM Vallejo Pons Fran 2707 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Iordachescu Viorel 2626 59
3 17 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2680 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2626 60
4 55 GM Khairullin Ildar 2634 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2673 27
5 73 GM Ragger Markus 2614 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2664 33
6 79 GM Hammer Jon Ludv 2606 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Khismatullin Denis 2662 36
7 87 GM Parligras Mircea-E 2598 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Feller Sebastien 2657 40
8 4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2720 4½ 1 – 0 5 IM Wirig Anthony 2480 170
9 7 GM Wojtaszek Radosl 2711 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Hracek Zbynek 2631 56
10 58 GM Safarli Eltaj 2628 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Dreev Aleksey 2697 10
11 26 GM Moiseenko Alexan 2673 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Saric Ivan 2626 61
12 28 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2672 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2619 68
13 31 GM Mamedov Rauf 2667 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Kovchan Alexander 2563 113
14 65 GM L’ami Erwin 2623 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Zvjaginsev Vadim 2663 34
15 97 GM Guseinov Gadir 2584 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Gharamian Tigran 2650 44
16 104 GM Jones Gawain C B 2578 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Korobov Anton 2647 46
17 1 GM Svidler Peter 2730 4 1 – 0 4 GM Azarov Sergei 2615 72
18 75 GM Stevic Hrvoje 2611 4 0 – 1 4 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2729 2
19 3 GM Navara David 2722 4 1 – 0 4 GM Popov Ivan 2613 74
20 5 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2718 4 1 – 0 4 GM Grigoryan Avetik 2608 77

I drew on board 43 against GM Salgado, 2630 elo.

Top 20 results of round 8

1 7 GM Wojtaszek Radosl 2711 5½ ½ – ½ 6 GM Potkin Vladimir 2653 43
2 36 GM Khismatullin Denis 2662 5½ 0 – 1 5½ GM Vitiugov Nikita 2720 4
3 40 GM Feller Sebastien 2657 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2707 9
4 46 GM Korobov Anton 2647 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Zhigalko Sergei 2680 17
5 21 GM Volokitin Andrei 2677 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Khairullin Ildar 2634 55
6 59 GM Iordachescu Viore 2626 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Moiseenko Alexander 2673 26
7 60 GM Lupulescu Consta 2626 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2673 27
8 73 GM Ragger Markus 2614 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Kobalia Mikhail 2672 28
9 79 GM Hammer Jon Ludvi 2606 5½ 0 – 1 5½ GM Mamedov Rauf 2667 31
10 33 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2664 5½ 0 – 1 5½ GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian 2598 87
11 38 GM Smeets Jan 2660 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Svidler Peter 2730 1
12 2 GM Nepomniachtchi I 2729 5 1 – 0 5 GM Fridman Daniel 2661 37
13 44 GM Gharamian Tigran 2650 5 1 – 0 5 GM Navara David 2722 3
14 64 GM Romanov Evgeny 2624 5 0 – 1 5 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2718 5
15 8 GM Jobava Baadur 2707 5 1 – 0 5 GM Safarli Eltaj 2628 58
16 10 GM Dreev Aleksey 2697 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM L’ami Erwin 2623 65
17 12 GM Sutovsky Emil 2692 5 1 – 0 5 GM Lenic Luka 2623 66
18 14 GM Polgar Judit 2686 5 1 – 0 5 GM Guseinov Gadir 2584 97
19 70 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2617 5 1 – 0 5 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2684 15
20 16 GM Mcshane Luke J 2683 5 1 – 0 5 IM Anisimov Pavel 2532 139

I drew on board 50 against GM Kulaots, 2601 elo.