The Montreal tournament resumes today with US Champion Yury Shulman leading by 1/ point over Akobian and Charbonneau.
Matchups for round 6:
Yury Shulman – Varuzhan Akobian
Igor Nataf – Hikaru Nakamura
Anton Kovalyov – Pascal Charbonneau
Mark Bluvshtein – Igor Zugic
Sébastien Mazé – Thomas Roussel-Roozmon
Standings after 5 rounds:
1 Shulman, Y (g) USA 2623 4.0 / 5
2 Akobian, V (g) USA 2610 3.5 / 5
3 Charbonneau, P (g) CAN 2499 3.5 / 5
4 Nakamura, H (g) USA 2697 3.0 / 5
5 Bluvshtein, M (g) CAN 2548 3.0 / 5
6 Zugic, I (m) CAN 2457 2.0 / 5
7 Nataf, I (g) FRA 2534 2.0 / 5
8 Maze, S (g) FRA 2553 1.5 / 5
9 Kovalyov, A (m) ARG 2548 1.5 / 5
10 Roussel-Roozmon, T (m) C 2486 1.0 / 5
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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