The Chief Arbiter declared “Today is the ‘lucky’ day for men, because you will have 3 games”.

In today’s last round, GM Vugar Gashimov from Azerbaijan defeated the sole leader Chinese Wang Hao in a complicated fight.The game that Wang Hao played was too aggressive, and Gashimov then showed a very accurate defence and counterplay.

The American GM, Gata Kamsky gained today’s second victory. He defeated Shahriyar Mammadyarov from Azerbaijan.

GM Ruslan Ponomariov also won over GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France.

Peter Heine Nielsen scored his first win in this tournament against the legendary GM Vassily Ivanchuk, who does not appear to be in good form, and lost all 3 games today.

The Chinese player, Wang Yue also gained his frist victory, when he defeated Le Quang Liem from Vitnam. The other games all ended in a draw.

After 5 rounds, Wang Hao is still the sole leader however and tomorrow’s games will be decisive for the award of the first medals and prizes. Vugar Gashimov and Ruslan Ponomariov are trailing just 0.5 point behind and of course, anything can happen.

Tomorrow we will see who’s the Rapid champion!

Standings after 5 rounds

SNo.
Name Rtg FED Pts. Rank
1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2775 UKR 1½ 14
2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2763 RUS 3 6
3 GM Gashimov Vugar 2757 AZE 3½ 2
4 GM Grischuk Alexander 2752 RUS 3 5
5 GM Wang Hao 2736 CHN 4 1
6 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2733 AZE 2½ 8
7 GM Kamsky Gata 2732 USA 3 4
8 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2723 UKR 3½ 3
9 GM Giri Anish 2714 NED 2 13
10 GM Le Quang Liem 2714 VIE 1 16
11 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2712 CUB 2½ 7
12 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2710 FRA 2½ 9
13 GM Almasi Zoltan 2707 HUN 1½ 15
14 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2705 ESP 2 11
15 GM Wang Yue 2697 CHN 2 12
16 GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2693 DEN 2½ 10

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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar December 11, 2011 General News 3 Comments
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