Zatonskih among the leaders at Monarch Assurance

Picture courtesy of official website

These are the 3rd round pairings for the leaders:

1 Akopian, Vladimir……. 2713 (2) …… Landa, Konstantin……. 2584 (2)
2 Neverov, Valeriy…….. 2556 (2) …… Krasenkow, Mikhal……. 2635 (2)
3 Bartel, Mateusz……… 2561 (2) …… Shabalov, Alexander….. 2604 (2)
4 Zatonskih, Anna……… 2432 (2) …… Malakhatko, Vadim……. 2594 (2)
5 Khenkin, Igor……….. 2586 (1½) …… Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav… 2587 (2)

The reigning US Women’s Champion IM Anna Zatonskih defeated GM Viorel Iordachescu (2603) in round 2.

Here are some of the top rated players participating in this event:

NAME Country FIDE Rating as of Jul 06

1 Akopian, Vladimir ARM 2713 g
2 Elyanov, Pavel UKR 2651 g
3 Kobalia, Mikhail RUS 2647 g
4 Areshchenko, Alexander UKR 2641 g
5 Korneev, Oleg RUS 2638 g
6 Krasenkow, Michal POL 2635 g
7 Efimenko, Zahar UKR 2632 g
8 Volkov, Sergey RUS 2628 g
9 Socko, Bartosz POL 2621 g
10 Kazhgaleyev, Murtas KAZ 2606 g
11 Shabalov, Alex USA 2604 g
12 Iordachescu, Viorel MDA 2603 g
13 Malakhatko, Vadim UKR 2594 g
14 Postny, Evgeny ISR 2591 g
15 Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav RUS 2587 g
16 Khenkin, Igor GER 2586 g
17 Landa, Konstantin RUS 2584 g
18 Yakovich, Yuri RUS 2583 g
19 Golod, Vitali ISR 2576 g
20 Al Modiahki, Mohamad QAT 2564 g
21 Bartel, Mateusz POL 2561 g
22 Stocek, Jiri CZE 2561 g
23 Neverov, Valeriy UKR 2556 g
24 Kiriakov, Petr RUS 2554 g
25 Kuzubov, Yuriy UKR 2554 g
26 Greenfeld, Alon ISR 2551 g
27 Guliyev, Namig AZE 2543 g
28 Bobras, Piotr POL 2535 g
29 Hebden, Mark ENG 2532 g
30 Gormally, Daniel ENG 2513 g
31 Krivoshey, Sergei UKR 2500g

Here is the official website.