Politiken Cup - Round 8

Michal Krasenkow and Gabriel Sargissian on the top again

Good chess in 8th round of Politiken Cup. GM Gabriel Sargissian beat GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson to once again catch Krasenkov in the lead. Tiger neglected his kingside for a moment and was forced to sacrifice pawn in order to prevent deadly attack. Vladimir Malakhov performed interesting opening experiment against Queens Gambit, but Krasenkov was up to task and held a draw with active counterplay.

Leaders: Michal Krasenkow and Gabriel Sargissian

Round 8 standings:

1-2. GM Michal Krasenkow (POL 2660) and GM Gabriel Sargissian (ARM 2667) 7.0
3-9. GM Nick de Firmian (USA 2540), GM Evgeny Agrest (SWE 2541), GM Emanuel Berg (SWE 2580), GM Vladimir Malakhov (RUS 2676), GM Kjetil A. Lie (NOR 2536), G. Rohit (IND 2470) and GM Tommy Nybäck (FIN 2567) 6.5 etc

Concentration: Nick de Firmian and Peter Heine Nielsen

Top round 9 pairings:

GM Emanuel Berg - GM Gabriel Sargissian
GM Michal Krasenkow - GM Nick de Firmian
G. Rohit - GM Vladimir Malakhov
GM Tommy Nybäck - GM Evgeny Agrest
GM Igor Khenkin - GM Kjetil A. Lie
IM Mikkel Antonsen - GM Peter Heine Nielsen
IM Christian Kyndel Pedersen - GM Alexander Stripunsky

Top seed GM Vladimir Malakhov and GM Jonny Hector

GM Tommy Nyback and IM Jon Ludvig Hammer

Politiken Cup - Round 9

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