Monika Socko defeated GMs Sulskis and Turner in round 5 and 6 while young American phenom Ray Robson took down GMs Malakhatko and Rasmussen in the same rounds. They are now tied for the lead with 5.5 points in 6 games! Both are performing over 2750! Ray will have White against Monika next round.
Here are the leaders after 6 rounds:
1
|
GM Monika Socko |
2449
|
5.5
|
19.5
|
2779
|
24.50
|
2779 (+20.40) | |||||||||||||
2
|
IM Ray Robson |
2491
|
5.5
|
19.5
|
2758
|
24.50
|
2758 (+15.50) | |||||||||||||
3
|
GM Julian Radulski |
2539
|
5.0
|
20.5
|
2561
|
22.50
|
2561 (+2.40) | |||||||||||||
4
|
GM Jon Ludvig Hammer |
2583
|
5.0
|
19.5
|
2603
|
22.50
|
2603 (+2.20) | |||||||||||||
5
|
IM Kalle Kiik |
2475
|
5.0
|
19.5
|
2579
|
22.00
|
2579 (+8.00) | |||||||||||||
6
|
IM Marijan Petrov |
2479
|
5.0
|
19.5
|
2574
|
23.50
|
2574 (+6.90) | |||||||||||||
7
|
GM Sarunas Sulskis |
2559
|
4.5
|
21.0
|
2584
|
23.50
|
2584 (+3.10) | |||||||||||||
8
|
GM Igor Khenkin |
2634
|
4.5
|
19.5
|
2584
|
21.50
|
2584 (-2.20) | |||||||||||||
9
|
IM Luca Shytaj |
2455
|
4.5
|
19.5
|
2562
|
22.00
|
2562 (+9.20) | |||||||||||||
10
|
GM Emanuel Berg |
2610
|
4.5
|
19.5
|
2545
|
21.00
|
2545 (-3.60) | |||||||||||||
11
|
IM Fabio Bruno |
2455
|
4.5
|
19.5
|
2511
|
22.00
|
2511 (+5.70) | |||||||||||||
12
|
GM Allan Stig Rasmussen |
2536
|
4.5
|
19.0
|
2539
|
22.50
|
2539 (+1.20) | |||||||||||||
13
|
GM Vadim Malakhatko |
2570
|
4.5
|
18.5
|
2537
|
21.50
|
2537 (-1.60) | |||||||||||||
14
|
FM Arkadiusz Leniart |
2390
|
4.5
|
17.5
|
2490
|
20.50
|
2490 (+10.35) |
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Ray – Monika 1/2.