The Russian IM Marina Romanko keeps surprising in the women’s tournament. She obtained her 7th straight win in the tournament, this time against Belarusian FM Lanita Stetsko. Romanko continues with perfect score and this leaves her with a point advantage ahead of three players: IM Evgenija Ovod, WFM Lidia Tomnikova and WIM Viktoriya Tarasova.
The International Chess Festival “Moscow Open 2013″ is taking place from 31st January to 11th February, 2013, at the Russian State Social University (RSSU), B. Pick Street, 4, metro station “Botanical Garden” in Moscow.
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The 7th round of the Moscow Open saw seven draws on the top boards. The pole positions would have remained unchanged hadn’t GM Boris Savchenko achieved a victory on the 8th board. With this result, there are now three Russians sharing the first place.
Savchenko beat the young Ukrainian GM Illya Nyzhnyk in an interesting King’s Indian Defense. The typical scheme with white attacking on the queenside and black going all-in on the other flank was perfectly presented in the game. Complicated positions with plenty of tactical blows were present on the board, and it is impossible not to admire both players for their bravery. Savchenko came out victorious even though his king looked vulnerable for a while.
Savchenko will play against Dmitry Kokarev on the next round.
| 1 | GM | Kokarev Dmitry | RUS | 2635 | – | 6.0 |
| 2 | GM | Ponkratov Pavel | RUS | 2584 | – | 6.0 |
| 3 | GM | Savchenko Boris | RUS | 2584 | – | 6.0 |
| 4 | GM | Adhiban B. | IND | 2547 | – | 5.5 |
| 5 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2703 | – | 5.5 |
| 6 | GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2651 | – | 5.5 |
| 7 | GM | Kovalenko Igor | UKR | 2586 | – | 5.5 |
| 8 | IM | Matinian Nikita | RUS | 2460 | – | 5.5 |
| 9 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2590 | – | 5.5 |
| 10 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | IND | 2626 | – | 5.5 |
| 11 | GM | Maletin Pavel | RUS | 2571 | – | 5.5 |
| 12 | GM | Guseinov Gadir | AZE | 2623 | – | 5.5 |
| 13 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | RUS | 2650 | – | 5.5 |
| 14 | IM | Kovalev Vladislav | BLR | 2500 | – | 5.5 |
| 15 | GM | Smirnov Pavel | RUS | 2618 | – | 5.5 |
| 16 | IM | Goganov Aleksey | RUS | 2550 | – | 5.5 |
| 17 | GM | Gabrielian Artur | RUS | 2579 | – | 5.5 |
It’s getting tougher.