Bucharest 07: No changes

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 7

The Chinese player has not been able to find his groove this tournament

Radjabov and Wang Hao are both at -1, but Radjabov temporarily has half more point as he has played one more game

Wang Hao defended a typical Schlecter where White has the two bishops, but black remains solid

"Nisipeanu saved half a pawn with the help of the a1 square and he did so twice: first the Romanian GM placed the queen in the corner, which was a very strong idea, helping White to gain the highly important pawn g7. And then in bishops’ endgame Nisipeanu used the well-known motif of a “wrong square”, when even a bishop up with a marginal pawn is not enough for a win. " - Rogozenco

Ponomariov seemed a little confused how Nisipeanu managed to escape his grasp

Interview with Ponomariov

Dorian Rogozenco conducts an interview with Ruslan Ponomariov who talks about his tournament perfomance so far, what he thinks of the tournament, and even what he thinks of Kasparov's chances for becoming the next FIDE president and his thoughts on the upcoming World Championship match

Player Post-Mortems:

Analysis of Round 7

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.