2006 Foxwoods Open

# Name – Rating – Total after 6 round

1 GM Ilya Smirin 2797 5½
2 GM Victor Mikhalevski 2622 5
3 GM Loek Van Wely 2719 4½
4 GM Vitali Golod 2696 4½
5 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2676 4½
6 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2662 4½
7 GM Alex Stripunsky 2647 4½
8 GM Julio Becerra 2640 4½
9 GM Alexander Ivanov 2638 4½
10 GM Sergey Kudrin 2624 4½
11 GM Yury Shulman 2623 4½
12 IM Eugene Perelshteyn 2593 4½
13 GM Nick E De Firmian 2592 4½
14 GM Alex Yermolinsky 2590 4½
15 GM Alonso Zapata 2530 4½
16 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2755 4
17 GM Alexander Shabalov 2666 4
18 GM Alek Wojtkiewicz 2587 4
19 GM Dejan Antic 2585 4
20 GM Joseph Gallagher 2573 4
21 IM Giorgi Margvelashvili 2541 4
22 IM Joshua E Friedel 2511 4
23 FM Bryan G Smith 2424 4
24 FM Daniel Rensch 2418 4
25 IM Mikhail Zlotnikov 2393 4
26 IM Jay R Bonin 2323 4
27 FM Dmitri Shevelev 2308 4
28 Carl B Boor 2299 4
29 William J Aramil 2228 4

This is quite a strong event. GM Hikaru Nakamura has lost 2 games so far against FM Farai Mandizha 2308 and FM Salvijus Bercys 2451. Don’t count him out though as he is more than capable of coming back. GM Ilya Smirin (former 2700+ ELO and 2800+ USCF) has to be the favorite now with a strong 5.5 / 6 start. You can get the results at www.foxwoodsopen.com.