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Round 4 Olympiad Open Section Results

Round 4 Open on 2008/11/16 at 15.00 Bo. 2 Ukraine (UKR) Rtg - 9 Armenia (ARM) Rtg 2 : 2 1.1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2786 - GM Aronian Levon 2757 ½ : ½ 1.2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2730 - GM Akopian Vladimir 2679 ½ : ½ 1.3 GM Efimenko Zahar 2680 - GM Sargissian Gabriel 2642 ½ : ½ 1.4 GM Volokitin Andrei 2659 - GM Petrosian Tigran L 2629 ½ : ½ Bo. 12 Spain (ESP) Rtg - 11 Germany 1 (GER) Rtg 1.5 : 2.5 2.1 GM Shirov Alexei 2726 - GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2678 0 : 1 2.2 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2664 - GM Khenkin Igor 2647 ½ : ½ 2.3 GM Illescas Cordoba Miguel 2604 - GM Fridman Daniel 2630 1 : 0 2.4 GM Khamrakulov S 2580 - GM Baramidze David 2557 0 : 1 Bo. 19 Norway (NOR) Rtg - 15 England (ENG) Rtg 2 : 2 3.1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2786 - GM Adams Michael 2734 1 : 0 3.2 GM Agdestein Simen 2588 - GM Short Nigel D 2642 ½ : ½ 3.3 GM Johannessen Leif Erlend 2545 - GM Howell David W L 2593 0 : 1 3.4 IM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2522 - GM Jones Gawain C B 2548 ½ : ½ Bo. 1 R...

Korchnoi, Gopal, and Heberla lead at Banja Luka

The amazing Korchnoi is leading after 5 rounds at the Banja Luka chess tournament in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Srpska. If you remember your history, you'll recall that it was here in 1979 that Garry Kasparov as a 16 year old made history finishing an undefeated first ahead of Andersson and Petrosian among other illuminaries. You can read about it here . Incidentally, Korchnoi was not allowed to participate in 1979 due to the protests by Soviet players. In the 2008 edition, the 2007 winner Korchoi has a chance to defend his title. Among the leaders is the fast rising Geeta Narayanan Gopal from India . Leaders after 5 rounds: Korchnoi, G N Gopal, Heberla, 4 Javakhishvili 2.5 Draško, Vukic, Volkov, Ilinčić 2 Savanović, Vlado Jakovljević 1.5 Official site