Hometown (actually not really but he plays in Stillwater very often) favorite FM Michael Langer is having a very good tournament. He has a +1 score beating a few IMs. He will now have a chance to try to take down GM Ivanov. Shabalov seems to be invincible. However, he is facing Alex “the Rock” Onischuk with Black. For those of you who are not familiar with Alex O., he hardly loses. He is one of the most solid players in the world. If he wants to have a chance to defend his title, he must beat A. Shabalov.
Round 6
Bd White Player Name Black Player Name
1 GM ALEXANDER ONISCHUK – GM ALEXANDER SHABALOV
2 GM JAAN EHLVEST – GM HIKARU NAKAMURA
3 GM YURY SHULMAN – GM ILDAR IBRAGIMOV
4 GM GREGORY KAIDANOV – GM JULIO BECERRA
5 GM SERGEY KUDRIN – GM ALEXANDER STRIPUNSKY
6 GM BORIS GULKO – GM ALEX YERMOLINSKY
7 GM ALEXANDER IVANOV – FM MICHAEL LANGER
8 IM ENRICO M SEVILLANO – GM MELIKSET KHACHIYAN
9 GM WALTER S BROWNE – GM VARUZHAN AKOBIAN
10 IM BRYAN SMITH – GM EUGENE PERELSHTEYN
11 IM MICHAEL MULYAR – GM DMITRY GUREVICH
12 IM JOSHUA E FRIEDEL – IM IRINA KRUSH
13 FM JOSEPH MARK BRADFORD – FM ROBERT L HESS
14 IM JUSTIN SARKAR – IM RONALD W BURNETT
15 WFM IRYNA ZENYUK – FM RAY S ROBSON
16 IM DAVID PRUESS – IM JAY BONIN
17 WFM CHOUCHANIK AIRAPETIAN – FM MOVSES MOVSISYAN
18 MICHAEL AIGNER – TOM BRAUNLICH
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Go Langer! Go Langer! Let’s kick some behinds!