Pentala Harikrishna leading at Paks

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7/31/2006 – The IV. György Marx Memorial, 28 July to 7 August 2006, is being held in Paks, Hungary. The tournament is intended to give the most talented young grandmasters of the country an opportunity to gain experience. This they are doing, at the hands of an Indian, Chinese and Ukrainian GM. Annotated games.

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The IV. György Marx Memorial is taking place from 28 July to 7 August 2006 in Paks, Hungary. It is in commemoration of the famous physicist György Marx, and is intended to give the most talented young local grandmasters an opportunity to gain experience. The main patron of the tournament is József Kovács, the director-general of Nuclear Power Plant Ltd. Paks. The venue is College of Paks, Dózsa György str. 95, Paks. Time controls are 2 hours for 40 moves, then 1 hour till the end. There is also an Open and a Rapid event being held in Paks.

Participants

Title	Name	Age	Rating	Country
GM	Harikrishna, Pentala	20	2682	India
GM	Almási, Zoltán	29	2672	Hungary
GM	Efimenko, Zahar	21	2632	Ukraine
GM	Wang, Yue	19	2626	China
GM	Berkes, Ferenc	20	2601	Hungary
GM	Ács, Péter	25	2520	Hungary

Average rating: 2622, Category 15

Wang Yue, Zahar Efimenko, Pentala Harikrishna, Ferenc Berkes, Peter Acs and Zolgan Almasi

The playing location in the Paks College auditorium

After three rounds India's second strongest player Pentala Harikrishna is in the lead, half a point ahead of 19-year-old Chinese GM Wang Yue. Below you can find the games which were provided by the organisers in annotated form.

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Tournament leader Pentala Harikrishna