Alex Onischuk defeated tournament leader Jakovenko in round 10 to get to an even score. Vitiugov and Bologan both won with the Black pieces to tie for the lead with 1 round to go.
Round 10 results:
| Onischuk, Alexander | – Jakovenko, Dmitry | 1-0 | |||
| Sutovsky, Emil | – Vitiugov, Nikita | 0-1 | |||
| Naiditsch, Arkadij | – Bologan, Viktor | 0-1 | |||
| Rublevsky, Sergei | – Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | |||
| Motylev, Alexander | – Riazantsev, Alexander | ½-½ | |||
| Jobava, Baadur | – Sokolov, Ivan | ½-½ |
Standings with 1 round to go:
| 1. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2725 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 2. | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2707 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2668 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 4. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2739 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 5. | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2674 | 5½ | |||||||||||||
| 6. | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2699 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 7. | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2661 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 8. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2686 | 4½ | |||||||||||||
| 9. | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2715 | 4½ | |||||||||||||
| 10. | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2704 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 11. | Sokolov, Ivan | g | BIH | 2654 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 12. | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2704 | 3½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
That’s great. Alex can still win it.