1st Round

      The 1st round couldn't pass without some surprises.
      The nr.1 favourite- Dmitry Jakovenko couldn't win against the Polish IM- Duda Jan.

1

144

IM

DUDA Jan-Krzysztof

2506

0

½ - ½

0

GM

JAKOVENKO Dmitry

2731

1

      The nr. 6 seed- Akopian Vladimir made a draw against GM Trator Marko.

6

6

GM

AKOPIAN Vladimir

2705

0

½ - ½

0

GM

TRATAR Marko

2498

149

     The nr. 1 Romanian player- Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu suffered a defeat against IM Pacher Milan (2470) of Croatia.

20

21

GM

NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter

2679

0

0 - 1

0

IM

PACHER Milan

2470

163

     Here are the results of all the Romanians in the 1st round: http://chess-results.com/tnr95789.aspx?art=25&fedb=ROU&lan=11&fed=ROU&flag=30&wi=821

     I lost unfortunately. I had very good chances- receiving a nice position after the opening, but I got too optimistic afterwards and sacrificied a pawn- which didn't lead to anything good. You can see my game here:

     Here are some photos I took today, during my morning walk through the rainy Legnica:

Grigoryan Avetik and Danielian Elina of Armenia also taking a walk 

"Welcome to the Hotel California/ Such a lovely place..." Well, it's actually "Kamieniczka"- but lovely anyways :P

     I play against a lower rated player today, again from Czech Republic- Pavlicek Miroslav (2014). I hope to have a good game and to win :)

Will keep you posted!

xoxo from Legnica!