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From November 19th to 30th, Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk won four games and drew seven, to finish with 7½/11, and in sole first in the "Tournament of Peace" which returned last year after a decades-long break. Ivanchuk's result gained him 11 Elo points which, combined with his recent rise reflected already in the December rating list, puts him back over 2700 for the first time since January.
Ivanchuk's win over Croatian grandmaster Mladen Palac was the subject of IM Merijn van Delft's recent Game of the Week:
In the third round against Nisipeanu's Triangle Slav, Ivanchuk opted for the quieter 4.♘f3. For Nisipeanu the game was already difficult in the opening phase:
Ivanchuk and Nisipeanu
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu won only one of the eleven games — in round six with White, also against Palac. There you could see how fast a really solid position can sometimes fall to pieces:
Nisipeanu and Palac
Rk. | Name | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts. | |
1 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 7,5 |
2 | GM | Bosiocic Marin | CRO | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7,0 |
3 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | FRA | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7,0 |
4 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7,0 |
5 | GM | Ragger Markus | AUT | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6,0 |
6 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | GEO | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6,0 |
7 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | GER | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5,0 |
8 | GM | Kozul Zdenko | CRO | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4,5 |
9 | GM | Zelcic Robert | CRO | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4,5 |
10 | GM | Dreev Aleksey | RUS | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 4,0 |
11 | GM | Stevic Hrvoje | CRO | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 4,0 |
12 | GM | Palac Mladen | CRO | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 3,5 |