Top 20 after 7 rounds
1 GM Jones, Gawain C B 5.5 ENG 2644
2 GM Sulskis, Sarunas 5.5 LTU 2550
3 IM Gao, Rui 5.5 CHN 2450
4 GM Sumets, Andrey 5.0 UKR 2638
5 GM Vovk, Andrey 5.0 UKR 2567
6 GM Vocaturo, Daniele 5.0 ITA 2521
7 IM Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn 5.0 ISL 2516
8 GM Alsina Leal, Daniel 5.0 ESP 2511
9 IM Hawkins, Jonathan 5.0 ENG 2507
10 GM Arkell, Keith C 5.0 ENG 2470
11 IM Panjwani, Raja 5.0 CAN 2402
12 IM Burns-Mannion, Stephen R 5.0 SCO 2351
13 Kvisla, Johannes Luangtep 5.0 NOR 2148
14 GM Pert, Nicholas 4.5 ENG 2557
15 GM Williams, Simon K 4.5 ENG 2515
16 GM Flear, Glenn C 4.5 ENG 2481
17 IM Hamitevici, Vladimir 4.5 MDA 2440
18 IM Zhou, Yang-Fan 4.5 ENG 2419
19 IM Rendle, Thomas E 4.5 ENG 2381
20 FM Ashton, Adam G 4.5 ENG 2366
21 IM Farid, Firman Syah 4.5 INA 2338
22 WGM Gu, Xiaobing 4.5 CHN 2209
23 Rayner, Francis 4.5 WLS 2166
Full standings: http://www.hastingschess.com/2013/SMWSite/index.html
Jones is very strong.
In Round 7 Jones v Skulkis does
anyone think that 25. Rc3 was a better move than 25. Be5 as played? Intention being to move R to K side in conj. with the two bishops? Looks like the Be5 move
stymied the position for white.
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