After 5 rounds Ivanchuk is leading without a loss, followed by Shirov and Lahno

GM Vassily Ivanchuk had a fantastic start of the VII Festival Internacional de Ajedrez Hotel Bali, Benidorm. After 5 rounds he is top of the table with full 4,5/5, defeating GM Lahno, WGM Vega Gutierrez, IM Vila Gazquez, GM Tiviakov, and drawing the round 5 game with GM Shirov.

GM Shirov is holding the second position after defeating the youngsters and GM Tiviakov, but not managing to hold GM Lahno. With this victory the European Women Champion GM Lahno is third, 1,5 points behind Ivanchuk

WGM Vega Gutierrez is enjoying the experience of the tournament, where she is playing with grandmasters 400+ Elo ponts above her ELO. Yet, she managed to hold two European champions - the 2008 European champion GM Tiviakov and the new U18 European Champion IM Vila Gazquez.

Standings

1. GM Ivanchuk 4,5/5 
2. GM Shirov 3,5/5 
3. GM Lahno 3,0/5 
4. GM Tiviakov 2,5/5 
5. WGM Vega Gutierrez 1,0/5 
6. IM Vila Gazquez 0,5/5

Round 1

GM Vassily IVANCHUK 1 - 0 GM Kateryna LAHNO 
WGM Sabrina VEGA GUTIERREZ 0 - 1 GM Alexei SHIROV 
IM Xavier VILA GAZQUEZ 0 - 1 GM Sergei TIVIAKOV

Round 2

GM Kateryna LAHNO 0 - 1 GM Sergei TIVIAKOV 
GM Alexei SHIROV 1 - 0 IM Xavier VILA GAZQUEZ 
GM Vassily IVANCHUK 1 - 0 WGM Sabrina VEGA GUTIERREZ

Round 3

WGM Sabrina VEGA GUTIERREZ 0 - 1 GM Kateryna LAHNO 
IM Xavier VILA GAZQUEZ 0 - 1 GM Vassily IVANCHUK 
GM Sergei TIVIAKOV 0 - 1 GM Alexei SHIROV

Round 4

GM Kateryna LAHNO 1 - 0 GM Alexei SHIROV 
GM Vassily IVANCHUK 1 - 0 GM Sergei TIVIAKOV 
WGM Sabrina VEGA GUTIERREZ ½ - ½ IM Xavier VILA GAZQUEZ

Round 5

1 IM Xavier VILA GAZQUEZ 0 - 1 GM Kateryna LAHNO 
2 GM Sergei TIVIAKOV ½ - ½ WGM Sabrina VEGA GUTIERREZ 
3 GM Alexei SHIROV ½ - ½ GM Vassily IVANCHUK


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