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Round 7: Caruana and Kamsky win again, share the lead |
 Fabiano Caruana and Gata Kamsky continued the winning streak to remain joint leaders after the 7th round of Thessaloniki Grand Prix.
Kamsky outplayed Rustam Kasimdzhanov with black pieces, while Caruana took advantage of Alexander Morozevich's blunder to keep up the pace. In one of the longer games of the day Hikaru Nakamura defeated Veselin Topalov.
Tournament sponsor Ivan Savvidis visited the playing hall and watched the games before heading to the football match of his club PAOK.
Results, pairings, standings and photo gallery are updated.
Download the 7th round report in Greek (PDF).
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Round 6: Caruana and Kamsky join Dominguez on top |
 Fabiano Caruana and Gata Kamsky won their games in the 6th round of Thessaloniki Grand Prix to join Leinier Dominguez in shared lead.
Dominguez outplayed Hikaru Nakamura but couldn't convert the winning position into the full point.
Vassily Ivanchuk collapsed again and lost to Ruslan Ponomariov after only 19 moves and barely 75 minutes of play.
Results, pairings, standings and photo gallery are updated.
Download the 6th round report in Greek (PDF).
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Round 5: Leinier Dominguez going strong |
 Leinier Dominguez continued the winning row in Thessaloniki Grand Prix as he defeated the former World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov with black pieces in the 5th round. After the third consecutive victory Dominguez is leading the race with 3,5 points.
For some time it looked like Caruana and Morozevich will join in the shared lead, but they couldn't convert their games into full points.
Results, pairings, standings and photo gallery are updated.
Download the 5th round report in Greek (PDF).
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Round 4: Topalov and Dominguez win, seven players share the lead |
 Veselin Topalov and Leinier Dominguez won their games in the 4th round of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix to catch the other five players in the shared lead.
The remaining games were drawn, but not without fight. Morozevich and Nakamura played the spectacular game in Naidorf Sicilian. Caruana pressed for a long time but Kasimdzhanov was able to hold on to a draw.
Kamsky and Ponomariov had a fairly even position until the American made a mistake. However, the winning sequence was visible only to the computer eyes and the game ended in a draw.
Results, pairings, standings and photo gallery are updated.
Download the 4th round report in Greek (PDF).
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Round 3: Dominguez defeats Ivanchuk |
 Cuban Grandmaster Leinier Dominguez improved his ranking after defeating Vassily Ivanchuk in the third round of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix.
Ivanchuk lost on time failing to execute the last 40th move. Dominguez was ready to repeat the moves but there was no time to claim a draw. Read more below.
The remaining games were drawn and five players continue to share the lead.
Results, pairings, standings and photo gallery are updated.
Download the 3rd round report in Greek (PDF).
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