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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 highest ranked player, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who at the age of 19 has an Elo rating of 2813. Ukrainian GM Ruslan Ponomariov is a former FIDE knockout world champion; Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the FIDE World Cup in 2009; the top Chinese player Wang Yue; Teimour Radjabov, the second highest ranked player of Azerbaijan, and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, the best Romanian player. The competition is taking place from June 14th to 25th 2010 in Medias, Romania.
Medias, a stone's throw away from the orignal venue in Bazna [View larger map]
Top seed Magnus Carlsen, 2813, at the drawing of colours
Second seed at 2752, Wang Yue, China's top GM
Boris Gelfand of Israel, 2741, third seed in Medias
Teimour Radjabov, 2740, one of Azerbaijan's top GMs
Ruslan Ponomariov, 2733, fifth seed in this tournament
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, 2672, strongest Romanian GM
Results of round one (Monday June 14, 2010)
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter |
1-0 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
Gelfand, Boris |
1-0 |
Wang Yue |
Carlsen, Magnus |
½-½ |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
GM game commentary to follow...
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