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ROMGAZ and the Chess Club Society "Elisabeta Polihroniade”
of Bucharest are staging a double round robin tournament with six top GMs:
the world's second highest ranked player, Magnus Carlsen of Norway; Ukrainian
GM Vassily Ivanchuk, currently the world's number five; Sergey Karjakin,
former child prodigy and youngest GM of all time; top US grandmaster Hikaru
Nakamura, clear winner of this year's Wijk aan Zee tournament; Teimour Radjabov,
one of Azerbaijan's top GMs, and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, the best Romanian
player. The competition is taking place from June 11th to 22nd 2011 in Medias,
Romania. |
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Round seven results
Round 7: Saturday, June 18, 15:30h |
Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Teimour Radjabov |
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura |
Magnus Carlsen |
1-0 |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Commentary by GM Dorian Rogozenco

Round seven of the Kings' Tournament in Medias, Romania

Tian Hongwei, Deputy Director General of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Chess
Association, ceremonially executes the first move for Magnus Carlsen in round
seven

Carlsen vs Ivanchuk under way
In the seventh round Magnus Carlsen retook the lead by beating Vassily Ivanchuk
with the white pieces. The Norwegian didn’t get much out of the opening
in the Ragozin Variation of the Queen’s Gambit Declined, but kept on fighting,
slowly improving his position. After the exchange of queens Carlsen nicely outplayed
his strong opponent in the endgame. Especially impressive was the way he created
more and more weaknesses in Black’s camp, first by advancing his pawns
on the kingside, and then switching to the queenside.
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Karjakin-Radjabov saw another Schliemann Gambit, where the Azerbaijani grandmaster
showed his excellent home preparation and confidently achieved a draw. It must
be said that the Schliemann is holding very well so far – in no game did
White succeed to show an opening advantage against it. Does it mean that the
Schliemann will become popular in the near future on the top level? The answer
very much seems to be “yes”.
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Spanish journalist Leontxo Garcia opening the game Nisipeanu vs Nakamura
Nisipeanu got a pleasant advantage on the White side against Nakamura’s
Sicilian Najdorf, but then let it quickly slip away. In an equal position White
forced the repetition of moves in order to secure the draw.
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In the lead with a "modest" 2915 performance: Magnus Carlsen
Thus after seven rounds Carlsen is leading the tournament with five points.
Half a point behind him is Karjakin, with Nakamura in the third place with 3.5
points. The Norwegian prodigy has been doing what he does best, and seems to
find every single possible way to give his opponent problems to solve and ways
to go wrong, however slightly.
All photos by Ionut
Anisca
Standings after seven rounds

Schedule and results
Round 1: Saturday, June 11, 15:30h |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
1-0 |
Teimour Radjabov |
Magnus Carlsen |
1-0 |
Hikaru Nakamura |
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin |
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Round 2: Sunday, June 12, 15:30h |
Teimour Radjabov |
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Sergey Karjakin |
Hikaru Nakamura |
1-0 |
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Magnus Carlsen |
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Round 3: Monday, June 13, 15:30h |
Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Teimour Radjabov |
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
1-0 |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura |
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Round 4: Tuesday, June 14, 15:30h |
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
½-½ |
Teimour Radjabov |
Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Round 5: Wednesday, June 15, 15:30h |
Teimour Radjabov |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
0-1 |
Sergey Karjakin |
Magnus Carlsen |
1-0 |
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
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Round 6: Friday, June 17, 15:30h |
Teimour Radjabov |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
Sergey Karjakin |
1-0 |
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
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Round 7: Saturday, June 18, 15:30h |
Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Teimour Radjabov |
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura |
Magnus Carlsen |
1-0 |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Round 8: Sunday, June 19, 15:30h |
Teimour Radjabov |
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Magnus Carlsen |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
Hikaru Nakamura |
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Sergey Karjakin |
Games –
Report |
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Round 9: Monday, June 20, 15:30h |
Hikaru Nakamura |
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Teimour Radjabov |
Sergey Karjakin |
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Vassily Ivanchuk |
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
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Magnus Carlsen |
Games –
Report |
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Round 10: Tuesday, June 21, 13:30h |
Teimour Radjabov |
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Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Sergey Karjakin |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
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Hikaru Nakamura |
Games –
Report |
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