Mikhalevski’s impressive performance in Calvia

GM Mikhalevski of Israel captured the Calvia Open tournament with one round to go. He scores an impressive 7.5 points in 8 games ahead a slew of strong GMs and IMs.

Here are some of the leaders after 8 rounds:

1 GM Mikhalevski, Victor 2584 ISR 7½

2 GM Mchedlishvili, Mikheil 2631 GEO 6
3 GM Kuzubov, Yuriy 2582 UKR 6
4 GM Berg, Emanuel 2593 SWE 6
5 IM Larino Nieto, David 2428 ESP 6
6 GM Arencibia, Rodriguez Walter 2562 CUB 6
7 GM Spraggett, Kevin 2580 CAN 6
8 GM Strikovic, Aleksa 2551 SRB 6

9 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco 2660 ESP 5½
10 FM Sveshnikov, Vladimir 2366 LAT 5½
11 GM Malakhatko, Vadim 2596 BEL 5½
12 GM Godena, Michele 2535 ITA 5½
13 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2582 AZE 5½
14 IM Gharamian, Tigran 2557 FRA 5½
15 GM Heberla, Bartlomiej 2502 POL 5½
16 GM Wojtaszek, Radoslaw 2635 POL 5½
17 GM Hamdouchi, Hichem 2576 MAR 5½
18 GM Manik, Mikulas 2420 SVK 5½
19 IM Marzolo, Cyril 2478 FRA 5½
20 IM Orlov, Andrey 2481 RUS 5½
21 GM Peralta, Fernando 2546 ARG 5½
22 IM Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 2432 GEO 5½
23 GM Jedynak, Radoslaw 2543 POL 5½
24 FM Kovalyov, Anton 2510 ARG 5½
25 GM Karlsson, Lars 2485 SWE 5½

Here is the full standings.