6th Kings Tournament in Bucharest 2012 (1)
Ivanchuk beats Nisipeanu in Kings tournament 1st round
Mark Crowther - Wednesday 7th November 2012
Veselin Topalov looks on as Ivanchuk plays Nisipeanu. Photo © | http://www.turneulregilor.com/
The Kings tournament in Bucharest started with two hard fought games on Wednesday 7th November 2012. Vassily Ivanchuk ground down Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu in a Nimzo-Indian where he gradually picked up pawns until he had a decisive advantage. Veselin Topalov against Fabiano Caruana was a hard fought draw in a Gruenfeld sideline via and English move order. Topalov was the one pressing at one point. Round 2 8th Nov 2012 13:30pm Caruana-Nisipeanu and Topalov-Ivanchuk.
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 | * | * | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 1 | ||||
2. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2786 | . | . | * | * | ½ | . | . | . | ½ | 2769 | |||
3. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2769 | . | . | ½ | . | * | * | . | . | ½ | 2786 | |||
4. | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2668 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | * | * | 0 |
Round 1 (November 7, 2012) | ||||||
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Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 1-0 | 49 | E32 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 | |
Topalov, Veselin | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 60 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto |
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