Wednesday, March 30, 2011


Potkin Still Leads In Aix-les-Bains

Submitted by SonofPearl on Chess.com
His pace has slackened, but Vladimir Potkin still leads the European Individual Chess Championships with a score of 6/7.
However, with just four rounds left the chasing pack is now fully 19 players strong and just half a point behind!
Judit Polgar is currently on 5/7 and if anyone was worried that motherhood might have tempered her aggressive style, just check out the games below, especially the last one!
Judit Polgar, widely regarded as the strongest ever women's chess player
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The top standings after seven rounds:
1Potkin VladimirRUS26536.0
2Vallejo Pons FranciscoESP27075.5
3Nisipeanu Liviu-DieterROU26735.5
4Volokitin AndreiUKR26775.5
5Ragger MarkusAUT26145.5
6Khismatullin DenisRUS26625.5
7Cheparinov IvanBUL26645.5
8Zhigalko SergeiBLR26805.5
9Feller SebastienFRA26575.5
10Khairullin IldarRUS26345.5
11Iordachescu ViorelMDA26265.5
12Vitiugov NikitaRUS27205.5
13Lupulescu ConstantinROU26265.5
14Parligras Mircea-EmilianROU25985.5
15Moiseenko AlexanderUKR26735.5
16Wojtaszek RadoslawPOL27115.5
17Kobalia MikhailRUS26725.5
18Mamedov RaufAZE26675.5
19Hammer Jon LudvigNOR26065.5
20Korobov AntonUKR26475.5
21Polgar JuditHUN26865.0
22Wirig AnthonyFRA24805.0
23Inarkiev ErnestoRUS26745.0
24Guseinov GadirAZE25845.0
25Smeets JanNED26605.0
26Navara DavidCZE27225.0
27Savchenko BorisRUS26165.0
28Sutovsky EmilISR26925.0
29Naiditsch ArkadijGER26845.0
30Romanov EvgenyRUS26245.0
31Zvjaginsev VadimRUS26635.0
32Nepomniachtchi IanRUS27295.0
33Dreev AlekseyRUS26975.0
34Anisimov PavelRUS25325.0
35Svidler PeterRUS27305.0
36Lenic LukaSLO26235.0
37Fridman DanielGER26615.0
38Ivanisevic IvanSRB26175.0
39Gabrielian ArturRUS25325.0
40Gharamian TigranFRA26505.0
41Safarli EltajAZE26285.0
42L'ami ErwinNED26235.0
43Jobava BaadurGEO27075.0
44Mcshane Luke JENG26835.0
45Jakovenko DmitryRUS27185.0

Judit Polgar picture from the official website.

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