Bucharest 05: Caruana increases lead

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 Champion 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 5

This is the halfway mark, which means that all players have played the same amount of games. Caruana leads by a point.

Ponomariov and Nisipeanu are the only ones at 50%, Pono with all draws and the Romanian with one win, one loss and two equal results

Radjabov sacrirficed all his pieces, but then he run out of them

Rogozenco and Caruana analyzed the game in detail

Neither Wang Hao nor Radjabov have been able to win a game, and they sit at -1

The Chinese player hopes to bounce back in the second half of the event

Ponomariov is doing ok, but he needs a victory to put pressure on Caruana

Player Post-Mortems:

Analysis of Round 5

By Dorian Rozenco:

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.