GM Malakhov is leading the 2009 European Rapid Championship by a full point with the score of 8 / 8! He took out Ivanchuk in round 7 and Gashimov in round 8!
Leaders after 8 rounds:
Lp. Tyt. Nazwisko Imię Fed. Elo Rank. R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 Pkt.
1 GM Malakhov, Vladimir RUS 2706 2706
8.0
2 IM Stupak, Kirill BLR 2456 2456
7.0
3 GM Dreev, Alexey RUS 2655 2655
7.0
4 GM Krasenkow, Michal POL 2656 2656
7.0
5 GM Rozentalis, Eduardas LTU 2611 2611
7.0
6 GM Bartel, Mateusz POL 2618 2618
7.0
7 GM Zherebukh, Yaroslav UKR 2527 2527
7.0
8 GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej BLR 2617 2617
7.0
9 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE 2758 2758
6.5
10 IM Zubov, Alexander UKR 2581 2581
6.5
11 GM Fridman, Daniel GER 2649 2649
6.5
12 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2739 2739
6.5
13 GM Gritsak, Orest UKR 2521 2521
6.5
14 GM Moranda, Wojciech POL 2579 2579
6.5
15 GM Movsesian, Sergei SVK 2718 2718
6.5
16 GM Markowski, Tomasz POL 2629 2629
6.5
17 GM Kempinski, Robert POL 2617 2617
6.5
18 GM Vovk, Andrey UKR 2512 2512
6.5
19 GM Socko, Bartosz POL 2643 2643
6.5
20 I+ Wandzik, Wojciech POL 2092 2092
6.5
21 IM Kuźmicz, Krystian POL 2417 2417
6.5
22 IM Muzychuk, Mariya UKR 2447 2447
6.5
23 GM Gdański, Jacek POL 2509 2509
6.5
24 GM Azarov, Sergei BLR 2622 2622
6.5
25 GM Shirov, Alexei ESP 2719 2719
6.5
26 GM Kurnosov, Igor RUS 2666 2666
6.5
27 GM Miton, Kamil POL 2586 2586
6.5
28 GM Sergeev, Vladimir UKR 2428 2428
6.5
29 GM Heberla, Bartłomiej POL 2515 2515
6.5
30 WIM Szczepkowska-Horowska, Karina POL 2324 2324
6.5
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