Short, Nigel – Nepomniachtchi, Ian 0-1
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Dominguez, Leinier ½-½
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro – Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½
Standings after 8 rounds:
1. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2741 | 5½ | ||||||
2. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2695 | 5 | ||||||
3-4. | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2713 | 4 | ||||||
3-4. | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2685 | 4 | ||||||
5. | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2668 | 3 | ||||||
6. | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2700 | 2½ |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ivanchuk won’t ever grow old. He’s still awesome.
I wonder if he is going to quit chess after this match?
Chucky grow old? No, I think it will hit him in one evening.
He goes to bed as Chucky and wakes up the next morning looking like Kortchnoi.
It happens.