IM Smerdon continues his amazing results with 8 points in 9 games at the Queenstown Classic in New Zealand. A full point behind is the GM trio Rozentalis, Mikhalevski and Bischoff.
Standings after 9 rounds:
1 Smerdon, David C AUS 2463 im 8
2 Rozentalis, Eduardas LTU 2590 gm 7
3 Mikhalevski, Victor ISR 2608 gm 7
4 Bischoff, Klaus GER 2545 gm 7
5 Jones, Gawain ENG 2540 gm 6.5
6 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios GRE 2580 gm 6.5
7 Johannessen, Leif Erlend NOR 2539 gm 6.5
8 Goldenberg, Igor AUS 2398 fm 6.5
9 Wohl, Aleksander H AUS 2342 im 6.5
10 Solomon, Stephen J AUS 2460 im 6.5
11 Saw, Geoffrey AUS 2257 fm 6.5
12 Dragicevic, Domagoj AUS 2205 6
13 Wells, Peter ENG 2513 gm 6
14 Chow, Samuel AUS 2267 6
15 Ker, Anthony NZL 2321 im 6
16 Hecht, Hans-Joachim GER 2394 gm 6
17 Brown, Andrew AUS 1987 6
18 Reilly, Tim AUS 2256 fm 6
19 Johansen, Darryl K AUS 2455 gm 6
20 Drummond, Matthew AUS 2236 6
21 Ikeda, Junta AUS 2247 6
22 Steadman, Michael NZL 2273 6
23 Levi, Eddy L AUS 2219 fm 6
Here is the full crosstable.
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