TWIC is 32. First issue 17th September 1994.6th Kings Tournament in Bucharest 2012 (5)
Topalov catches Ivanchuk with a round of Kings tournament to go
Mark Crowther - Monday 12th November 2012
Topalov finally secured the tournaments second decisive game. Photo © | http://www.turneulregilor.com
Veselin Topalov beat Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu in Round 5 of the Kings tournament in Bucharest to join leader Vassily Ivanchuk on 3/5 with a round to go. Ivanchuk held Fabiano Caruana, who sacrificed the exchange for an initiative), but the game stayed more or less balanced. Topalov beat Nisipeanu when the latter blundered on the run up to first time control. Final round at 13:30 GMT sees the leaders meet. Nisipeanu-Caruana and Ivanchuk-Topalov.
| 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 | 1 | 3 | 2806 | |||
| 2. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2763 | ½ | . | * | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3 | 2807 | |||
| 3. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2786 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | . | 2½ | 2746 | |||
| 4. | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2668 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | * | * | 1½ | 2621 | |||
| Round 5 (November 12, 2012) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topalov, Veselin | - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 1-0 | 40 | E15 | Queens Indian | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | 30 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
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