Hungarian GM Zoltan Almasi is determined to defend his Reggio Emilia title by starting out with a 4-0 record in this year’s event. Trailing him by 1/2 point is the top seed Ni Hua of China.
Round 4 results:
|
Almasi, Zoltan |
Ronchetti, Niccolo |
1-0 |
|
Ni Hua |
Leon Hoyos, Manuel |
1-0 |
|
Marin, Mihail |
Cebalo, Miso |
1-0 |
|
Shytaj, Luca |
Dreev, Alexey |
½-½ |
|
Landa, Konstantin |
Gustafsson, Jan |
½-½ |
Standings after 4 rounds:
|
1. |
Almasi, Zoltan |
g |
HUN |
2663 |
4 |
|
2. |
Ni Hua |
g |
CHN |
2710 |
3½ |
|
3-4. |
Dreev, Alexey |
g |
RUS |
2670 |
2½ |
|
3-4. |
Gustafsson, Jan |
g |
GER |
2634 |
2½ |
|
5. |
Marin, Mihail |
g |
ROU |
2556 |
2 |
|
6-8. |
Landa, Konstantin |
g |
RUS |
2613 |
1½ |
|
6-8. |
Leon Hoyos, Manuel |
g |
MEX |
2535 |
1½ |
|
6-8. |
Shytaj, Luca |
m |
ITA |
2472 |
1½ |
|
9-10. |
Cebalo, Miso |
g |
CRO |
2493 |
½ |
|
9-10. |
Ronchetti, Niccolo |
m |
ITA |
2414 |
½ |
Official website: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Almasi!
Why, yes; this is what happens when you put high-level GM’s in with a bunch of lower ones (near-IM level). It’s called bottom feeding.
Please, let’s try to keep the rating range in tournaments down to about a 100-point spread. Exceptions should be rare.