The Groningen Chess Festival is currently being played in Groningen, Holland. Among those participating in this event is Canadian Grandmaster Mark Bluvshtein of Ontario. This tournament began on December 21st and runs until tomorrow (December 30,2010). Here are the standings after 8 rounds of play:
Ranglijst na ronde 8
Nr Naam Score Federatie M/V Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 GM Bojkov, Dejan 5.5 BUL M 2542 2660 +1.00 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
2 IM Nyzhnyk, Illya 5.5 UKR M 2535 2720 +1.65 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
3 GM Gupta, Abhijeet 5.0 IND M 2600 2601 +0.06 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1
4 GM Bluvshtein, Mark 5.0 CAN M 2587 2559 -0.09 0 1 1 1 1 ½ ½
5 GM Andriasian, Zaven 5.0 ARM M 2585 2608 +0.29 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
6 GM Rotstein, Arkadij 5.0 GER M 2538 2629 +0.96 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½
7 IM Brandenburg, Daan 5.0 NED M 2515 2613 +1.10 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
8 GM Baklan, Vladimir 4.5 UKR M 2613 2502 -0.78 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
9 GM Ernst, Sipke 4.5 NED M 2590 2540 -0.39 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½
10 GM Werle, Jan 4.5 NED M 2578 2531 -0.22 1 1 0 1 0 1 ½
11 GM Prohaszka, Peter 4.5 HUN M 2536 2584 +0.56 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0
12 IM Lobzhanidze, Davit 4.5 GEO M 2496 2464 -0.11 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 1
13 IM Bok, Benjamin 4.5 NED M 2458 2377 -0.47 0 1 ½ 1 + 1 0
14 IM Van Kampen, Robin 4.5 NED M 2454 2529 +0.83 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½
15 IM Grover, Sahaj 4.5 IND M 2432 2468 +0.44 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1
16 IM Van Oosterom, Chiel 4.5 NED M 2426 2358 -0.43 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1
Source:http://www.schaakstadgroningen.nl/festival/2010/Open%20A/SMWSite/index.html
Here are the moves from GM Bluvshtein's victory today:
