Naiditsch leads Hévíz tournament in Hungary

Palace Hotel International Chess Tournament
Hévíz, Hungary
18 – 28 March 2008

Grandmaster tournament upon invitation 18-28 March 2008

Category XVI.Playing time: 100 minutes/40 moves+ 30-30 minutes + 30-30 seconds / move until the end of the game.The round robin tournament have 6 participants (10 rounds)

The games of the tournament can be followed at the www.palace-heviz.hu homepage.

A Category XVI international chess competition with participants from five nations will take place within the framework of Palace Hotel Chess Festival (in memory of Bobby Fisher, who died in January 2008) in Heviz between 18-28 March 2008. The average age of the six players is only 27.5 years, the ‘senior’ player is 35 and the youngest is 21 years old. Youth world champions, constant players and winners of international tournaments will compete with each other.

The average Rating of the tournament is: 2645 and the tournament is played in a round robin system.

Round 3 results:

GM Almasi, Zoltan HUN 2667 – GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ROM 2684 ½-½
GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2675 – GM Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 2638 0-1
GM Balogh, Csaba HUN 2575 – GM Mikhalevski, Victor ISR 2632 ½-½

Standings after 3 rounds:

1 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij 2.5 GER 2638
2 GM Almasi, Zoltan 2.0 HUN 2667
3-4 GM Mikhalevski, Victor 1.5 ISR 2632
3-4 GM Balogh, Csaba 1.5 HUN 2575
5 GM Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1.0 ROM 2684
6 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco 0.5 ESP 2675