Nisipeanu and Volkov leading in Ortisei

The second Server24 Chess Festival Ortisei 2013 is taking place on 1-9th June in Ortisei, Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Italy.

In the 6th round top seeded GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu was held to a draw by GM Eric Hansen, while GM Sergey Volkov won his game to catch the Romanian on the shared first place with 5/6 points each.

A group of six players follow on 4,5 points. Full standings below.

Round 7 top pairings:

IM Collutiis Duilio ITA 2465 – GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU 2667
GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2613 – GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2575
FM Bertagnolli Alexander ITA 2329 – GM Khenkin Igor GER 2601
GM Hansen Eric CAN 2577 – IM Codenotti Marco ITA 2390
Zucchelli Massimo ITA 2186 – GM Levin Felix GER 2497
IM Saravanan V. IND 2371 – IM Warakomski Tomasz POL 2488
WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina POL 2375 – GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2479
IM Hambleton Aman CAN 2461 – WGM Fierro Baquero Martha ECU 2365
GM Popilski Gil ISR 2515 – FM Boscolo Federico ITA 2314

After the World Chess Championship Match in Merano 1981 between Karpov and Korchnoi this event is the biggest tournament in the history of South Tyrol chess since the Second World War.

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Round 6 standings (leaders):

1. GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter ROU 2667 – 5
2. GM Volkov Sergey RUS 2613 – 5
3. GM Khenkin Igor GER 2601 – 4.5
4. GM Hansen Eric CAN 2577 – 4.5
5. GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2575 – 4.5
6. IM Collutiis Duilio ITA 2465 – 4.5
7. IM Codenotti Marco ITA 2390 – 4.5
8. FM Bertagnolli Alexander ITA 2329 – 4.5
9. IM Warakomski Tomasz POL 2488 – 4
10. WGM Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina POL 2375 – 4
11. GM Levin Felix GER 2497 – 4
12. WGM Fierro Baquero Martha ECU 2365 – 4
13. IM Hambleton Aman CAN 2461 – 4
14. GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2479 – 4
15. IM Saravanan V. IND 2371 – 4
16. FM Boscolo Federico ITA 2314 – 4
17. Zucchelli Massimo ITA 2186 – 4
18. GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2428 – 3.5
19. CM Herbold Manfred GER 2091 – 3.5
20. IM Stella Andrea ITA 2463 – 3.5
21. FM Cocchi Andrea ITA 2304 – 3.5
22. FM De Santis Alessio ITA 2276 – 3.5
23. IM Solomon Kenny RSA 2414 – 3.5
24. Curien Nicolas SUI 2204 – 3.5
25. FM Friedrich Norbert GER 2312 – 3.5
26. IM Vezzosi Paolo ITA 2274 – 3.5
27. Koziol Kamil POL 2008 – 3.5
28. GM Popilski Gil ISR 2515 – 3.5