Bucharest Final: Caruana secures victory

The opening ceremony of the 7th edition of Kings Tournament Romgaz took place on the 6th of October in the Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Piata Romana Nr.6). This international tournament is organized by the Sports Club “Elisabeta Polihroniade” and is a part of the Grand Slam circuit. The Kings Tournament will be a double round robin competition with 5 world-class participants: Fabiano Caruana (Italy, GM, 2779), the former World Cham pion Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine, GM, 2756), Wang Hao (China, GM, 2736), Radjabov Teimour (Azerbaijan, GM, 2733) and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, (Romania, GM, 2665). This year’s edition will be played in the Magna Auditorium and Conference Hall "Virgil Madgearu" of the  Bucharest University of Economic Studies – a partner of the Kings Tournament. The rounds will start every day from the 7th until the 17th October at 3:30 p.m. (last round starts at 1:30 p.m) and entrance will be free for spectators.

Round 10

The last round of the tournament saw Caruana no take any risks and he quickly drew Radjabov to guarantee himself his first place title. Wang Hao didn't lose his fighting spirit though and he pushed against a weakened Ponomariov and took the win. Here are some photographic impressions:

Wang Hao's 2-0 in the last two games catapulted him from the bottom of the table to clear second

Caruana avoided preparations by not using the Gruenfeld and Radjabov simply went for a perpetual in a little explored line

Even opposite colored bishops couldn't save the Ukrainian today against Wang Hao's persistence

Player Post-Mortems:

Analysis of Round 10

Closing Ceremony

A brief closing ceremony took place after the games were finished.

A small speech by all the players, including the tournament's second place

Caruana won the tournament handedly, but he did have a scare when he lost in the penultimate round

The tournament would of course not be possible with the important help of the board of directors

And a final attempt at a group picture before the end

Information and photos by Dorian Rogozenco

Standings

Schedule

Links Official tournament site All games in PGN The games will be broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.