Thessaloniki Grand-Prix 2013 6th round

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Kamsky-Svidler
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Three players lead the event with 4 points out of 6 – Dominguez,Kamsky and Caruana. Dominguez had very good chances for a win practically for the whole game and even the Q endgame was not without chances (tablebases show wins easily, but it is difficult to find such moves during the game. Moves often just don’t make any sense!). Kamsky and Caruana won against Svidler and Bacrot respectively. Also the surprise of the round was the loss of Ivanchuk against Ponomariov as the game ended as early as move 19 with Black losing first a pawn and then much more!

Results of the 6th round

GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 ½ – ½ GM Morozevich Alexander 2760
GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 1 – 0 GM Bacrot Etienne 2725
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 ½ – ½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775
GM Topalov Veselin 2793 ½ – ½ GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 1 – 0 GM Svidler Peter 2769
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 1 – 0 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755

Standings after 6 rounds

1 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 CUB 4
2 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 4
3 GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 ITA 4
4 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 UKR 3½
5 GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 RUS 3½
6 GM Topalov Veselin 2793 BUL 3½
7 GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 RUS 3½
8 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 UZB 3
9 GM Svidler Peter 2769 RUS 2
10 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 USA 2
11 GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 FRA 2
12 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 UKR 1

Pairings of the 7th round

GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2779
GM Svidler Peter 2769 – GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742
GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 – GM Kamsky Gata 2741
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 – GM Topalov Veselin 2793
GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 – GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723
GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 – GM Caruana Fabiano 2774

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Thessaloniki Grand-Prix 2013 5th round

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Kasimdzhanov-Dominguez, Nakamura watching the game
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GM Dominguez won the 3rd game in a row and enjoys the lead with 3.5 points out of 5 games. Five players are behind with 3 points. His game was the only decisive in the 5th round but don’t let the draws deceive you :), they were all very interesting!

Results of the 5th round

GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 ½ – ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2779
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 ½ – ½ GM Kamsky Gata 2741
GM Svidler Peter 2769 ½ – ½ GM Topalov Veselin 2793
GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 0 – 1 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 ½ – ½ GM Caruana Fabiano 2774
GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 ½ – ½ GM Morozevich Alexander 2760

Standings after 5 rounds

1 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 CUB 3½
2 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 3
3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 RUS 3
4 GM Topalov Veselin 2793 BUL 3
5 GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 RUS 3
6 GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 ITA 3
7 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 UZB 2½
8 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 UKR 2½
9 GM Svidler Peter 2769 RUS 2
10 GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 FRA 2
11 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 USA 1½
12 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 UKR 1

Pairings of the 6th round

GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 – GM Morozevich Alexander 2760
GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 – GM Bacrot Etienne 2725
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 – GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775
GM Topalov Veselin 2793 – GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 – GM Svidler Peter 2769
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 – GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755

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