The 5th Staunton Memorial consists of 6 Dutch and 6 English players in a round robin tournament. The tournament starts on August 7 and ends on August 18.
Standings after 9 rounds:
1-2. Adams, Michael g ENG 2724, Van Wely, Loek g NED 2680 7.0
3. Sokolov, Ivan NED g NED 2666 6.0
4. Smeets, Jan g NED 2538 5.5
5. Werle, Jan g NED 2552 5.0
6-7. L’Ami, Erwin g NED 2598, Jones, Gawain C B g ENG 2526 4.5
8. Timman, Jan H g NED 2560 4.0
9. Wells, Peter K g ENG 2517 3.5
10. Speelman, Jon S g ENG 2511 3.0
11. McNab, Colin A g SCO 2416 2.5
12. Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2401 1.5
Official site: http://howardstaunton.com/index.shtml
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
No tie for first. Let them fist fight for the championship.
Go Adams! Go Van Wely! Go Dutch!