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5th King's Tournament in Medias 2011 (Games and Results)
5th Kings Tournament
Mark Crowther - Tuesday 7th June 2011
Magnus Carlsen returns to chess in Bazna. Photo © | http://www.fredlucas.eu/
The 5th Kings Tournament in Medias (near Bazna) is a 6 player 10 round event. A very strong field has been assembled with Magnus Carlsen playing his first classical tournament since Tata Steel in January. Sergey Karjakin, Vassily Ivanchuk, Tata Steel winner Hikaru Nakamura, Teimour Radjabov and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu make up the rest of the field. Play starts at 1:30pm UK time on Saturday.
Magnus Carlsen retains Kings Tournament Title (10)
Magnus Carlsen won the Kings Tournament in Medias for the second time in a row after the 3rd tie-break, berger score, favoured him above Sergey Karjakin, both players having finished on 6.5/10 after a final round draw. Carlsen wasn't quite as impressive as last year but did play the most interesting games in a generally subdued tournament. Karjakin confirmed his 6th ranking in the world without being at his best. Vassily Ivanchuk came to the board with an immeasurably better attitude in round 10 and he ground down Hikaru Nakamura in an Exchange Slav Defence in really a pretty nice positional game. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu had dynamic equality for a pawn against Teimour Radjabov and turned this into perpetual check for a final performance of over 2700.
5th Kings Tournament in Medias 2011 (10)
Mark Crowther (Tue Jun 21 17:40:00 2011)
Carlsen - Karjakin in the final round of Medias. Photo © Radu-Catalin Chirila. | http://www.turneulregilor.com
5th Kings Tournament in Medias 2011 (9)
Carlsen and Karjakin share lead going into final round clash
Mark Crowther | Mon Jun 20 18:07:00 2011
5th Kings Tournament in Medias 2011 (8)
Carlsen still leads after all games drawn in Round 8
Mark Crowther | Sun Jun 19 19:56:00 2011
5th Kings Tournament in Medias 2011 (7)
Carlsen retakes sole lead after 7 rounds of Kings Tournament
Mark Crowther | Sat Jun 18 19:05:00 2011
5th King's Tournament in Medias 2011 (6)
Karjakin joins Carlsen in the lead after 6 rounds of Medias
Mark Crowther | Fri Jun 17 20:30:00 2011
5th King's Tournament in Medias 2011 (5)
Impressive Carlsen leads at the half way stage of the Kings Tournament
Mark Crowther | Wed Jun 15 18:54:00 2011
5th King's Tournament in Medias 2011 (4)
Mark Crowther | Tue Jun 14 17:33:00 2011
5th King's Tournament in Medias 2011 (3)
Nisipeanu beats Ivanchuk in only decisive game of round 3
Mark Crowther | Tue Jun 14 12:32:00 2011
5th King's Tournament in Medias 2011 (2)
Nakamura beats Nisipeanu in Medias Round 2
Mark Crowther | Sun Jun 12 19:41:00 2011
5th King's Tournament in Medias 2011 (1)
Carlsen and Ivanchuk start impressively in the King's Tournament
Mark Crowther | Sat Jun 11 18:52:00 2011
Videos
5th King's Tournament in Medias 2011 (Videos)
Daily Video briefings game by game from the Kings Tournament 2011
Mark Crowther | Wed Jun 15 00:38:00 2011
Official videos from Medias with commentary from the players and demonstration of the games with Dorian Rogozenko as presenter. Excellent stuff.
5th Kings Tournament 2011 (Medias ROU)
Fri 10th Jun 2011 - Thu 23rd Jun 2011 -
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5th Kings Tournament (6 players 10 Rds DRR Indiv TC:120m:60m:15m+30spm(61)) - Games in PGN: Games
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| 5th Kings Tournament Medias (ROU), 11-21 vi 2011 | cat. XXI (2757) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2815 | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ | 2855 |
| 2. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2776 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2863 |
| 3. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2744 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4½ | 2724 |
| 4. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2774 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 4½ | 2718 |
| 5. | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2659 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | * | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2705 |
| 6. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2776 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | * | 4 | 2681 |
| Round 1 (June 11, 2011) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 38 | D31 | Semi-Slav Defence | |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 20 | E54 | Nimzo Indian | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Radjabov, Teimour | 1-0 | 35 | E73 | King's Indian Averbakh | |
| Round 2 (June 12, 2011) | ||||||
| Radjabov, Teimour | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 90 | D12 | Slav Defence | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 1-0 | 78 | C96 | Ruy Lopez | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 33 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Round 3 (June 13, 2011) | ||||||
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Radjabov, Teimour | ½-½ | 37 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 31 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | 1-0 | 54 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Round 4 (June 14, 2011) | ||||||
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 35 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | 49 | E40 | Nimzo Indian Rubinstein | |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | - Radjabov, Teimour | ½-½ | 31 | C63 | Ruy Lopez Schliemann | |
| Round 5 (June 15, 2011) | ||||||
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 1-0 | 31 | D27 | QGA | |
| Radjabov, Teimour | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 31 | B94 | Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Bg5 | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 | 37 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Round 6 (June 17, 2011) | ||||||
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 1-0 | 66 | C63 | Ruy Lopez Schliemann | |
| Radjabov, Teimour | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | 45 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 34 | C95 | Ruy Lopez Breyer | |
| Round 7 (June 18, 2011) | ||||||
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | 1-0 | 72 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Radjabov, Teimour | ½-½ | 30 | C63 | Ruy Lopez Schliemann | |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 31 | B92 | Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2 | |
| Round 8 (June 19, 2011) | ||||||
| Radjabov, Teimour | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 29 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 47 | E12 | Queens Indian Petrosian | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | ½-½ | 24 | A30 | English Symmetrical | |
| Round 9 (June 20, 2011) | ||||||
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | 1-0 | 22 | B09 | Pirc Defence | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Radjabov, Teimour | ½-½ | 46 | B32 | Sicilian Labourdonnais | |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 32 | C95 | Ruy Lopez Breyer | |
| Round 10 (June 21, 2011) | ||||||
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 30 | E12 | Queens Indian Petrosian | |
| Radjabov, Teimour | - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | ½-½ | 34 | B18 | Caro Kann | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 60 | D14 | Slav Exchange | |
