Lucky Poland

     There are only 3 more rounds to go.

Some analyzing after the game with Robert Ruck

     I am on 50 % so far, gaining some 9 Elo points. It's quite good. I made a draw with Duda Jan-Krysztof (2506) yesterday, with white. I didn't get anything from the opening, forgetting my variations, so I started to play for a draw. He got into time-trouble and I had a nice chance- to sacrifice the queen and to get an almost winning position, but somehow- I didn't want to risk and settled for a draw. You can see the game here:


     The leadership of the tournament is kept by Moiseenko Alexander, with 7p/8, followed by Constantin Lupulescu- on sole second with 6,5p. They will play against each other today- "The Wolf" having white. It is funny that the only time a Romanian became European Champion- Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, in 2005- the championship was also held in Poland. Maybe Poland is lucky for Romanians?
     Here are the pairings of all the Romanians:

9	1	54		GM	LUPULESCU Constantin	2634	6½		7	GM	MOISEENKO Alexander	2698		13
9	35	53		GM	L'AMI Erwin	2634	5		5	GM	PARLIGRAS Mircea-Emilian	2570		102
9	42	6		GM	AKOPIAN Vladimir	2705	4½		4½	GM	JIANU Vlad-Cristian	2555		112
9	64	109		GM	ESEN Baris	2557	4½		4½		DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	2183		259
9	66	21		GM	NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter	2679	4		4	GM	AJRAPETJAN Yuriy	2498		148
9	76	128		GM	MAIOROV Nikita	2535	4		4	WGM	BULMAGA Irina	2393		199
9	78	133		GM	SEBENIK Matej	2527	4		4		STANCIU Alexandru-Ovidiu	2335		220
9	81	137		GM	BUKAVSHIN Ivan	2520	4		4	IM	PETRISOR Adrian-Marian	2378		211
9	83	258			MARJANOVIC Dejan	2186	4		4	IM	ARDELEAN George-Catalin	2510		142
9	109	243			SVANA Peter	2255	3		3	IM	ANTON Teodor	2441		175
9	112	260			HUBER Martin Christian	2176	3		3	IM	MANEA Alexandru	2389		201
9	130	277			TOMCZAK Mikolaj	2002	2½		2	FM	POSEDARU Bogdan	2339		219

     I have black against Maiorov Nikita (2535) today. I really hope to have a good game!
     It is interesting to notice the fantastic result of the 12 y.o. Romanian- Deac Bogdan-Daniel, who's got 4,5p/8 and a 2461 performance! I think he's the most promising Romanian junior. I see him at 2600 in some some 5 years.
     These being said, I'll go for the final 30 minutes of preparation. :)

xoxo from Legnica ;)