The 13th Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013

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The 3 leaders drew yesterday and allowed 3 others to join them.

Top 10 results of the 5th round (view all here)

1 GM Paragua Mark 2557 4 ½ – ½ 4 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426
2 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537 4 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Gustafsson Jan 2621
3 GM Vajda Levente 2632 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Gomez John Paul 2517
4 GM Koneru Humpy 2597 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Laylo Darwin 2491
5 GM Akesson Ralf 2462 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Barbosa Oliver 2563
6 IM Wang Chen 2485 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561
7 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527 3½ 1 – 0 3½ IM Wan Yunguo 2494
8 FM Juhasz Kristof 2330 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Short Nigel D 2697
9 IM Farid Firman Syah 2327 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Megaranto Susanto 2541
10 GM Horvath Adam 2509 3 ½ – ½ 3 FM Pitra Andika 2292

Top 10 players after 5 rounds with ELO gains (view all here)

1 GM Paragua Mark PHI 2557 2557 4.5 2702 7.6
2 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2426 2426 4.5 2775 19.8
3 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr PHI 2527 2527 4.5 2729 11.4
4 GM Vajda Levente ROU 2632 2632 4.5 2653 2.9
5 GM Zhao Zong-Yuan AUS 2537 2537 4.5 2710 9.5
6 GM Akesson Ralf SWE 2462 2462 4.5 2707 13.8
7 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2621 2621 4.0 2615 1.8
8 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2561 2561 4.0 2582 5 2.8
9 GM Koneru Humpy IND 2597 2597 4.0 2600 2.1
10 IM Wang Chen CHN 2485 2485 4.0 2590 8.1

Top 10 board pairings of round 6 (view all here)

1 GM Antonio Rogelio Jr 2527 4½ – 4½ GM Vajda Levente 2632
2 GM Akesson Ralf 2462 4½ – 4½ GM Paragua Mark 2557
3 IM Saptarshi Roy 2426 4½ – 4½ GM Zhao Zong-Yuan 2537
4 GM Gustafsson Jan 2621 4 – 4 IM Bijaoui Manuel 2416
5 Nouri Hamed 2356 4 – 4 GM Koneru Humpy 2597
6 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2561 4 – 4 IM Thejkumar M. S. 2412
7 GM Laylo Darwin 2491 4 – 4 WGM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2388
8 Bitoon Jimson 2145 4 – 4 IM Wang Chen 2485
9 GM Czebe Attila 2479 4 – 4 Ma Zhonghan 2372
10 GM Schebler Gerhard 2445 4 – 4 Villanueva Nelson 2261

A selection of games in various rounds up to round 4 (you can download them on the official site)

Official Site.

Grand Prix – Zug 2013

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Leko, others during Opening Ceremony
(Photo taken from the official site)

Yesterday a very strong event started – the next leg of Grand Prix in Zug, Switzerland.

Participants:

Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2793
Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2786
Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2772
Topalov, Veselin BUL 2771
Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2767
Mamedyarov, Shakriyar AZE 2766
Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2758
Leko, Peter HUN 2744
Kamsky, Gata USA 2741
Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2733
Giri, Anish NLD 2727
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam UZB 2709

Pairings of the 1st round

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

Official Site.