GM Lazaro Batista (2684), GM Gata Kamsky (2673), GM Samuel Sevian (2565), GM Vladimir Georgiev (2550) emerged as leaders at the end of six rounds with 5.0/6.
Indian IM Ashwin Jayaram (2466) meanwhile drew his sixth round game to stand at 4.0/6.
You may check the standings here.
After 9 rounds of gruelling chess at the Zalakaros Open 2015, GM Igor Kovalenko of Latvia came out on top with a total score of 7/9. Kovalenko had a terrible start to the tournament as he lost to IM Kantor Gergely in the very first round. However, he made a superb comeback as he won this strong open half a point ahead of his nearest rivals.
Meanwhile, 4 players tied for the second spot with 6.5/9, including India’s GM B. Adhiban.
Final Standings: http://chess-results.com/tnr164932.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&wi=821
The 8th round of the on-going Khanty Mansiysk FIDE Grand Prix 2015 proved to be a dramatic one. Nakamura and Dominguez caught up overnight sole-leader Caruana at the top of the table as Jakovenko beat Caruana with the black pieces.
Amongst the other decisive results, Nakamura defeated Jobava in a game which was marred with mutual mistakes, despite the former dominating for the major part of the game. Also, Grischuk overcame Karjakin while Gelfand beat Svidler. This was Gelfand’s first win of the tournament after registering a rally of 7 consecutive draws.
Complete Round 8 Results:
|
Gelfand |
2744 | 1-0 | Svidler | 2734 |
|
Tomashevsky |
2749 | ½-½ | Dominguez |
2734 |
|
Vachier-Lagrave |
2754 | ½-½ | Giri |
2776 |
|
Jobava |
2699 | 0-1 | Nakamura |
2799 |
|
Grischuk |
2780 | 1-0 | Karjakin |
2753 |
|
Caruana |
2803 | 0-1 | Jakovenko |
2738 |
The 7th round of the Khanty Mansiysk FIDE GP 2015 saw the White side dominate with all 3 decisive results of this round going in White’s favour.
The most important result of the round (as regards the tournament standings) was Dominguez’s win over Svidler. With this victory, Dominguez leaped up to the 2nd spot.
Amongst other results, Giri overcame Tomashevsky whilst Nakamura defeated Vachier-Lagrave, who lost his 4th consecutive game.
After 7 rounds, Caruana leads the pack with 5/7, closely followed by Dominguez and Karjakin in the 2nd spot.
GM Deepan Chakkravarthy (2487) won the 1st SCS International Open, 2015 with a score of with 8.0/9. he tied for first place with IM V.A.V. Rajesh (2343) and Kunal M. (2323), but had a better tie-break.
The top seed of the event GM Murali Karthikeyan had to be content with the tenth place after scoring 7.5/9. The surprise of the event was who had a memorable tournament was Hemanth Raam (1903), holding GM R.R. Laxman (2424) to a draw to finish sixth with 7.5/9 on account of his tie-break.
View the complete standings here.
The 7th round of the Zalakaros Open 2015 saw GM Boruchovsky maintain his sole lead with 6/7 as he overcame IM Wagner with the Black pieces. GM Kovalenko and GM Ragger are closely behind Boruchovsky with 5.5 points each.
Amongst Indians, GM Adhiban won his 7th round game against GM Ruck Robert to maintain his joint 3rd position while IM Sagar Shah successfully held GM Csaba Horvath to a draw.
Full Round 7 Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr164932.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=7&wi=821
The 6th round of the Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE Grand Prix 2015 was easily the most exciting round of the tournament so far. Three decisive results were witnessed in this round with the rest of the games ending in draws.
The game that attracted the most interest in Round 6 was undoubtedly Grischuk vs Caruana. After an intense struggle throughout, the former missed an important chance of setting up a fortress in a Rook+Bishop vs Rook+Bishop+Pawn endgame. This allowed Caruana to grab the full-point and maintain his sole lead with 5 more rounds to go.
In the other decisive games, Svidler swiftly overcame Giri while Karjakin beat Vachier-Lagrave. This was Vachier-Lagrave’s 3rd loss on the trot.
Full Round 6 Results:
|
NAME |
RTG | RES. | NAME |
RTG |
|
Gelfand |
2744 | ½ – ½ | Dominguez |
2734 |
|
Svidler |
2734 | 1 – 0 | Giri |
2776 |
|
Tomashevsky |
2749 | ½ – ½ | Nakamura | 2799 |
| Vachier-Lagrave | 2754 | 0 – 1 | Karjakin |
2753 |
|
Jobava |
2699 | ½ – ½ | Jakovenko |
2738 |
|
Grischuk |
2780 | 0 – 1 | Caruana |
2803 |
IM P Shyam Nikhil defeated GM Murali Karthikeyan and drew with GM RR Laxman to walk into sole lead in the run up to the ninth and the final round.
On close heels, as many as seven players are tied for the second spot at 7.0/9.
Check the pairings for the ninth and the final round here.
The round 5 of FIDE Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk saw a marathon struggle between Karjakin & Tomashevsky. Eventually Karjakin beat Tomashevsky in 99 moves when the former’s b-pawn could not be stopped from queening with still 6 pieces on board!
In other decisive game, Vachier-Lagrave (2754) blundered his way into a loss against Jakovenko (2733).
All other games ended in draws.
After round 5, Caruana is in sole lead with 3.5 with Karjakin, Svidler & Dominguez following closely behind the leader with 3 points.
Four players: GM Murali Karthikeyan, IM P. Shyam Nikhil, GM R.R. Laxman and GM Deepan Chakkravarthy share the lead with 6.0/6 at the 1st SCS International Tournament at Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu.
Three Grandmasters and three International Masters are competing for the top honours in a field of 493 players.
Check the pairings for Round 7 here.