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Carlsen Beats Ivanchuk In Medias

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Submitted by SonofPearl on Chess.com

Magnus Carlsen (pictured) demonstrated his superb endgame skills and his ability to create problems for his opponent, beating Vassily Ivanchuk in round seven of the Bazna Kings tournament in Medias, Romania.

Teimour Radjabov showed once again that the Schliemann is not just a surprise weapon, but a reliable answer to the Ruy Lopez - in his hands at least. Sergey Karjakin was unable to find a path to an advantage, and the game ended drawn.

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu appeared to have some chances to earn a win against Hikaru Nakamura, but eventually had to settle for a draw by repetition.

So Magnus Carlsen is once again the sole leader of the tournament on 5/7.

The standings after seven rounds:

Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2815	5
Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2776	4½
Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2774	3½
Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2744	3
Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2776	2½
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter	ROU	2659	2½

Carlsen, Magnus (2815) vs. Ivanchuk, Vassily (2776)

5th Kings Tournament | Medias ROU | Round 7| 18 Jun 2011 | ECO: D38 | 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. e3 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Be2 a6 13. Qd3 Nb6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. b3 Ba3 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Nce2 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Be6 21. Bc1 Rc8 22. Bxa3 Qxa3 23. Qd2 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Nf5 Nf6 26. h3 Kh7 27. Qd4 Nbd7 28. Qf4 Nf8 29. Neg3 Ng6 30. Qd4 Qc5 31. f3 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Ne5 33. Rd1 g6 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Nge2 Kf8 36. g4 Nc6 37. Rc1 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. h5 Ne7 40. Rh1 gxh5 41. gxh5 Rg8 42. Ng3 Rg5 43. b4 Kd7 44. Rh4 Ne8 45. Rf4 Nd6 46. a4 b6 47. a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 f5 49. Rh4 Nc4 50. f4 Rg4 51. Rh3 Nd6 52. Rh1 Rg8 53. Rb1 Ra8 54. Kf3 Kc7 55. Ne6+ Kc8 56. Nc5 Rb8 57. Rxb8+ Kxb8 58. Nxa6+ Kb7 59. Nb4 Nc4 60. a6+ Kb6 61. Ke2 Nd6 62. Kd3 Nb5 63. Ne2 Ka5 64. Nc3 Nc7 65. Nbxd5 Nexd5 66. Nxd5 Nxd5 67. a7 Nc7 68. Kd4 Kb6 69. Ke5 Kxa7 70. Kxf5 Nd5 71. Kg6 Nxe3 72. Kxh6

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Karjakin, Sergey (2776) vs. Radjabov, Teimour (2744)

5th Kings Tournament | Medias ROU | Round 7| 18 Jun 2011 | ECO: C63 | 1/2-1/2

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qe6 10. Nf3 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 c5 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Kf1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rf8 15. Kg2 Rf5 16. d3 d5 17. f4 Rf7 18. Re5 O-O-O 19. Rb1 c6 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. Re6 Kd7 22. Rbe1 Rdf8 23. R1e2 Rf6 24. Rxf6 Rxf6 25. Be3 Re6 26. Kf3 d4 27. Bd2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Ke6 29. Kf3 Kf5 30. h3

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Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter (2659) vs. Nakamura, Hikaru (2774)

5th Kings Tournament | Medias ROU | Round 7| 18 Jun 2011 | ECO: B92 | 1/2-1/2

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ne3 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Bc4 Qc5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxc2 21. Nxb6 Rb8 22. Nd5 Qxb2 23. g3 Bg5 24. h4 Bd2 25. Rad1 Bb4 26. Rb1 Qa3 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Ng6+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ Kf8

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Games start at 15:30 local time (12:30 UTC) except the last round which is 2 hours earlier.

The time control is 2 hours for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes to finish with a 30 second increment after move 60.

The official site with live broadcasts of the games is here, and the full draw can be found her