The 3rd Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup has begun! The opening ceremony took place on 3rd July in the Londonskaya Hotel (see our photo report).Drawing of lots has been completed:
1. Ilya Smirin (Israel, 2649)
2. Alexei Shirov (Spain, 2735)
3. Vladimir Tukmakov (Ukraine, 2551)
4. Yuri Drozdovskij (Ukraine, 2567)
5. Alexander Grischuk (Russia, 2726)
6. Boris Gelfand (Israel, 2733)
7. Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine, 2762)
8. Etienne Bacrot (France, 2695)
9. Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland, 2610)
10. Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan, 2746)
All games will be broadcasted live by Shahcom (website: http://www.ruschess.com/).
The rounds begin at 2 pm, 3:20 pm, and 4:40 pm local time (+2 GMT).
A complete schedule of the tournament is provided below.
Standings after 3 rounds:
1. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2717 3.0
2. Tukmakov, Vladimir g UKR 2551 2.5
3. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2747 2.0
4. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2699 2.0
5. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2729 1.5
6-9. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733, Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2623, Drozdovskij, Yuri g UKR 2558, Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2709 1.0
10. Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2650 0.0
Grischuk is on fire now.
Bacrot too
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I have just seen live a great display by Radjabov and Ivanchuk. The later , very impressively, won , using the Benoni . A queen for a rook and a piece was sacked with an uclear position. Apparently Chucky saw ahead and the sac paid.
cool games by Gringo, whole bunch of interesting tactics against Bacrot and Ivanchuk.
Chucky just beat Radjabov but is still a point behind the younger Chucky. (they both have names ending in chuk, don’t they?)