Thessaloniki Grand-Prix 2013 2nd round

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Morozevich-Svidler
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Again a very interesting round! Three draws and three wins with white winning all of them! 🙂

Results of the 2nd round

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

Standings after the 2nd round

1 GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 RUS 1½
2 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 1½
3 GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 ITA 1½
4 GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 RUS 1½
5 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 UZB 1½
6 GM Svidler Peter 2769 RUS 1
7 GM Topalov Veselin 2793 BUL 1
8 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 UKR 1
9 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 UKR ½
10 GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 FRA ½
11 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 CUB ½
12 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 USA 0

Pairings of the 3rd round

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

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Thessaloniki Grand-Prix 2013 first round

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Kamsky-Dominguez
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Already the first round showed that all players try to win as there were no games even remotely resembling no will to fight! Three wins and three draws and all wins were of white!

Results of the first round

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

Pairings of the 2nd round

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

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