TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
6th Kings Tournament in Bucharest 2012 (6)
Ivanchuk wins playoff for 6th Kings title
Mark Crowther - Tuesday 13th November 2012
Winner of the 6th Kings tournament Vassily Ivanchuk. Photo © | http://www.turneulregilor.com/
Vassily Ivanchuk and Veselin Topalov played off for the 6th Kings tournament after finishing with identical records in every way (just one win apiece against Nisipeanu) in the main tournament. Both final round 6 games were drawn otherwise Caruana would have joined them in a 2x15m+3spm and maybe blitz playoff (5m+3spm) and Armageddon playoff. Topalov lost on time a pawn up in the first rapid game with white. Ivanchuk only needed a draw with white in game 2 to win the title which he achieved reasonably easily.
| 6th Kings Tournament Bucharest ROU (ROU), 7-14 xi 2012 | cat. XX (2747) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 1. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2769 | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 2796 | |||
| 2. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2763 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3½ | 2798 | |||
| 3. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2786 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2733 | |||
| 4. | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2668 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | 2 | 2647 | |||
| Round 6 (November 13, 2012) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Topalov, Veselin | ½-½ | 30 | D47 | Queens Gambit Meran | |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 32 | C47 | Four Knights | |
| 6th Kings Tournament Playoff Bucharest | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topalov, Veselin | - | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 0-1 | 45 | A34 | English Symmetrical |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - | Topalov, Veselin | ½-½ | 55 | E73 | King's Indian Averbakh |
| 6th Kings Tournament Playoff Bucharest (ROU), 13 xi 2012 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Ti | NAT | Rtng | 1 | 2 | Total | Perf | ||||||||
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2763 | 1 | ½ | 1½ | 2962 | ||||||||
| Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2769 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 2570 | ||||||||
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