Sunway Sitges International /r8
Quick 1-Minute Summary
Ivanchuk on a roll! Five (5) straight victories and with just two rounds left the Ukranian superstar finds himself in the lead with two others.
Classification after 8 rounds
Ivanchuk has crawled back into contention!
Ivanchuk, Andreikin and the Spanish grandmaster Alonso have 6.5 points, followed by not less than 9 players a half point back.
Results from 8th round
Lots of decisive games in round 8!
Pairings for the 9th round
The penultimate round will be hard fought!
An exciting penultimate round is expected as the leaders play each other. Anyone stumbling at this point will likely be kicked out of contention for first prize, so will the players choose to play it safe or go for gold?
Some Games from Round 8
gm Ivanchuk – gm Petrosyan
21.12.2018 (1-0)
gm Halkias – gm Inarkiev
21.12.2018 (0-1)
im Ahlander – gm Kulaots
21.12.2018 (0-1)
