6th Kings Tournament in Bucharest 2012 (3)

Ivanchuk leads at half way point of Kings tournament

Nisipeanu watch Ivanchuk against Caruana. Photo ©

Nisipeanu watch Ivanchuk against Caruana. Photo © | http://www.turneulregilor.com/

Vassily Ivanchuk leads the Kings tournament in Bucharest going into the rest day on Saturday. Ivanchuk's Round 3 opponent Caruana achieved easy equality as black with a Ruy Lopez. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu guided the game to a draw as white against Veselin Topalov. Ivanchuk's Round 1 win against Nisipeanu has been the only decisive game so far. Round 4 Sun 11th Nov 2012 at 13:30GMT. Caruana-Topalov and Nisipeanu-Ivanchuk.

6th Kings Tournament Bucharest ROU (ROU), 7-14 xi 2012 cat. XX (2747)
1 2 3 4
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2763 * * ½ . ½ . 1 . 2 2866
2. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2786 ½ . * * ½ . ½ . 1½ 2733
3. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2769 ½ . ½ . * * ½ . 1½ 2739
4. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2668 0 . ½ . ½ . * * 1 2647
Round 3 (November 9, 2012)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 34 C92 Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 31 B22 Sicilian Alapin

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