Ivanchuk Wins Edmonton International With 8.0/9 Score

PeterDoggers
on 30.06.14 08:47.
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On Sunday Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine won the Edmonton International in Canada with the excellent score of 8.0/9. The only other 2700 player in the field, Wesley So of the Philippines, came second with 7.5 points while Sam Shankland (USA) and Anton Kovalyov (Canada) finished shared third with 5.5 points.
In a tournament where there are only three other 2600+ GMs, and the lowest rated player has an Elo of 2168, it's not easy for a super GM to win rating points. Vassily Ivanchuk and Wesley So, the two top seeds in this year's Edmonton International, managed to do so anyway.
As we saw in the previous report, their mutual game ended in a draw, with Ivanchuk having the better chances as Black. In the other eight games, Ivanchuk drew one more game, with Irina Krush, and won the other seven. His excellent final score of 8.0/9 was good for a 2814 performance, and 9 Elo points.

Wie so häufig überschreitet Vassily die Zeit. Dramatik pur !!!