6th Kings Tournament in Bucharest 2012 (4)
Caruana and Nisipeanu miss clear wins as Ivanchuk retains Kings tournament lead after 4 rounds
Mark Crowther - Sunday 11th November 2012
Caruana had Topalov beaten but couldn't convert. Photo © | http://www.turneulregilor.com
Vassily Ivanchuk still leads the 6th Kings tournament in Bucharest but goodness knows how. Fabiano Caruana won the exchange and only had to find a short tactical sequence at move 61 (61. Kh2 Nxg4+ 62. Kh3 Nf6 63. Qf4) to end the game. His 61.Kg3 Qd4 62.Qf4 already made life problematic and 67.Rxd8? lost the remaining chances. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu got an overwhelming position against Vassily Ivanchuk, it's hard to say what he missed but 30.Nxd5 was one winning opportunity of a few. Round 5 Monday 12th Nov 1:30pm GMT. Caruana-Ivanchuk and Topalov-Nisipeanu.
6th Kings Tournament Bucharest ROU (ROU), 7-14 xi 2012 | cat. XX (2747) | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
1. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2763 | * | * | ½ | . | ½ | . | 1 | ½ | 2½ | 2817 | |||
2. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2786 | ½ | . | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | 2 | 2742 | |||
3. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2769 | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | . | 2 | 2750 | |||
4. | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2668 | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | . | * | * | 1½ | 2683 |
Round 4 (November 11, 2012) | ||||||
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Caruana, Fabiano | - Topalov, Veselin | ½-½ | 81 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | 43 | C18 | French Winawer |
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