GM Victor Bologan (2607) and GM Ernesto Inarkiev (2660) posted victories over GM Smirin (2655) and GM Morozevich (2711) respectively to move into joint lead. Bologan managed to win with the black pieces while Inarkiev did so with the white pieces in a beautifully played game against an out of sorts Morozevich.
GM Alexei Shirov (2712) too managed to win his first game in this tournament to progress while GM Sutovsky (2635) could only draw.
Check the pairings and results here.
The 16th Poikovsky Tournament witnessed a strange start with players trading blows for blows. The second seed GM Alexander Morozevich (2711) of Russia lost his first two rounds, but struck in the third round with a win over Israeli GM Illya Smirin (2655).
Israeli GM Emil Sutovsky (2635) won his first two rounds, including against the top seed GM Alexei Shirov (2712), but lost his third game to GM Ernesto Inarkiev (2660).
This means that GM Sutovsky and GM Inarkiev share the lead with the Moldovan GM Viktor Bologan (2607) who is undefeated: all of them at 2.0/3.
Check out the results and pairings here.
The 16th Poikovsky International Tournament started with the bottom two seeds — Israeli GM Emil Sutovsky (2635) and Moldovian GM Viktor Bologan (2607) — going into an early lead.
While Sutovsky put it across Russian GM Denis Khismatullin (2651) with the white pieces, Bologan was able to beat the second seeded Russian GM Alexander Morozevich (2711) with the black pieces.
Check out the results and pairings here.