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The 8th round of the A section of the Harmonie open has been completed. The top ten in this tournament are: 1 Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 6.0 2 Ernst, Sipke 6.0 3 Li, Shilong 6.0 4 Adly, Ahmed 6.0 5 Banikas, Hristos 5.5 6 Halkias, Stelios 5.5 7 Rotstein, Arkadij 5.5 8 Lobzhanidze, Davit 5.5 9 Hoffmann, Michael 5.5 10 Nijboer, Friso 5.0

Banikas upset the in-form Li Shilong at the Groningen Chess festival in the fourth round. Standings after Round 4: 1 GM Banikas, Hristos 3.5 GRE 2 GM Ernst, Sipke 3.5 NED 3 GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 3.0 GRE 4 GM Nijboer, Friso 3.0 NED 5 GM Reinderman, Dimitri 3.0 NED 6 GM Li, Shilong 3.0 CHN 7 GM Adly, Ahmed 3.0 EGY 8 IM Lobzhanidze, Davit 3.0 GEO 9 IM Hoffmann, Michael 3.0 GER 10 IM Simutowe, Amon 3.0 ZAM

The Chess Festival at Groningen, The Netherlands has started. Li Shilong is creating waves with a 100 % score after the first three rounds in the Harmonie A section. World Junior champion Ahmed Adly of Egypt is also participating. He is currently lying at the 10 th position. Standings after 3 rounds 1 GM Li, Shilong 3.0 CHN 2 GM Banikas, Hristos 2.5 GRE 3 GM Halkias, Stelios 2.5 GRE 4 GM Nijboer, Friso 2.5 NED 5 GM Ernst, Sipke 2.5 NED 6 IM Brandenburg, Daan 2.5 NED 7 IM Hoffmann, Michael 2.5 GER 8 GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios 2.0 GRE 9 GM Reinderman, Dimitri 2.0 NED 10 GM Adly, Ahmed 2.0 EGY