Bansko Open Round Eight

Bansko Open Round Eight

Avetik Grigoryan and Tamir Nabaty extend the lead to a full point

The leading duo at the Bansko Grand Chess Open 2010, IM Tamir Nabaty and GM Avetik Grigoryan, achieved new victories in the penultimate round of the tournament and are now leading a full point ahead of the nearest followers.

Grigoryan defeated the 2nd-seeded GM Boris Savchenko in a very complicated game, where the final stage was played on incremental time. Nabaty was pawn down with black pieces against GM Ioannis Nikolaidis, but he succeeded to create a dangerous attack which eventually netted him a full point.

Round 8 top results:

GM Grigoryan Avetik – GM Savchenko Boris 1 – 0
GM Nikolaidis Ioannis – IM Nabaty Tamir 0 – 1
IM Grigorov Grigor – GM Georgiev Vladimir ½ – ½
GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios – Korobkov Piotr 1 – 0
GM Cheparinov Ivan – IM Dimitrov Radoslav 1 – 0
GM Georgiev Krum – GM Petrov Marijan 0 – 1
FM Kukov Velislav – GM Danielsen Henrik 0 – 1
Strelnikov Sergey – IM Arnaudov G Petar 0 – 1
IM Zaslavsky Mikhail – Hristodoulou Panagiotis 1 – 0
IM Dobrev Nanko – FM Fazulyanov Sergey 1 – 0
NM Kjurkchiiski Georgi – IM Perunovic Miodrag 0 – 1
Galburd Yan – IM Berbatov Kiprian 0 – 1

Round 8 standings:

1-2. IM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2529 and GM Grigoryan Avetik ARM 2580 – 7.0

3-10. GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2668, GM Petrov Marijan BUL 2534, GM Georgiev Vladimir MKD 2582, IM Zaslavsky Mikhail ISR 2424, IM Grigorov Grigor BUL 2479, GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios GRE 2556, IM Arnaudov G Petar BUL 2468 and GM Danielsen Henrik ISL 2516 – 6.0

11-18. GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2632, IM Dobrev Nanko BUL 2376, GM Nikolaidis Ioannis GRE 2552, Korobkov Piotr UKR 2484, IM Perunovic Miodrag SRB 2465, IM Berbatov Kiprian BUL 2461, FM Aggelis Nikolaos GRE 2337 and IM Collas Silvia FRA 2300 – 5.5 etc

Round 9 top pairings:

GM Georgiev Vladimir – GM Grigoryan Avetik
IM Nabaty Tamir – GM Cheparinov Ivan
IM Arnaudov G Petar – GM Mastrovasilis Athanasios
GM Petrov Marijan – IM Grigorov Grigor
GM Danielsen Henrik – IM Zaslavsky Mikhail
GM Savchenko Boris – IM Berbatov Kiprian
IM Collas Silvia – GM Nikolaidis Ioannis
Korobkov Piotr – FM Aggelis Nikolaos
IM Perunovic Miodrag – IM Dobrev Nanko
WIM Videnova Iva – GM Georgiev Krum
IM Maksimovic Branimir – Malikentzos Sotirios