19th seed FM Nicholas van der Nat, 2308, is leading the 2011 Commonwealth & South African Open with 8 points in 9 games, ahead of 7 GMs and over 10 IMs!

Leaders after 9 rounds

Rk. Name sex FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 FM van der Nat Nicholas P RSA 2308 8.0 30.5 45.50 2104
2 GM Jones Gawain CB ENG 2596 7.5 33.0 48.00 2206
3 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2682 7.5 32.5 46.25 2238
4 GM Lafuente Pablo ARG 2555 7.5 32.5 45.00 2123
5 IM Harika Dronovali W IND 2520 7.5 31.5 44.50 2115
6 GM Laxman Rajaram IND 2446 7.5 31.0 44.25 2031
7 FM Jere Daniel ZAM 2344 7.5 31.0 43.75 2153
8 GM Smerdon David AUS 2520 7.0 33.0 40.00 2074
9 IM Grover Sahaj IND 2485 7.0 32.0 41.00 2132
10 WGM Ghate Swati W IND 2317 7.0 31.5 41.00 2052
11 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2604 7.0 31.0 41.75 2204
12 GM Kunte Abhijit IND 2526 7.0 30.5 41.00 2099
13 IM Huschenbeth Niclas GER 2502 7.0 30.0 40.75 2065
14 IM Kobese Watu AKW RSA 2355 7.0 30.0 40.00 2083
15 IM Karavade Eesha W IND 2343 7.0 30.0 39.50 1927
16 Anderson Gavin A RSA 2157 7.0 29.0 40.00 1883
17 IM Mabusela Johannes M RSA 2272 7.0 29.0 39.00 2006
18 CM Bouah Lyndon RSA 2147 7.0 29.0 37.75 194
19 Ovcina Denis RSA 2248 7.0 28.5 37.00 2018
20 Simutowe Musa ZAM 2119 7.0 27.0 36.00 1931
21 Meintjes Jacques C RSA 2078 7.0 26.5 35.00 1922
22 CM Notha Moakofi BOT 2123 7.0 25.5 35.50 1715

Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr52156.aspx

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Susan Polgar July 2, 2011 General News 2 Comments
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