Resistance

     It is the 6th round today.

Me during the 3rd round

     I've got 2,5p out of 5 so far. It's quite good- I won against the lower rated opponents and lost against the higher rated ones- yesterday's game was an exception- I managed to make a draw against GM Gritsak Orest (2539) with black :) I suffered in an endgame with a pawn down, but I didn't want to lose at all and I guess that Caissa was on my side. You can see the game here:


     There are 2 players with 4,5p out of 5- Moiseenko Alexander and Shengelia David- they're playing against each other today.
      The  Romanian who's got the most of points is Constantin Lupulescu, with 4p out of 5. He's got a tough game today, playing against Grachev Boris.

6	7	54		GM	LUPULESCU Constantin	2634	4		4	GM	GRACHEV Boris	2687		19
6	29	102		GM	PARLIGRAS Mircea-Emilian	2570	3½		3½	GM	HRACEK Zbynek	2628		57
6	37	112		GM	JIANU Vlad-Cristian	2555	3		3	GM	NEPOMNIACHTCHI Ian	2710		4
6	39	126		GM	YILMAZ Mustafa	2537	3		3	GM	NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter	2679		21
6	63	142		IM	ARDELEAN George-Catalin	2510	2½		2½	GM	CHEPARINOV Ivan	2700		12
6	81	199		WGM	BULMAGA Irina	2393	2½		2½	IM	PRIZANT Jaroslav	2537		127
6	82	201		IM	MANEA Alexandru	2389	2½		2½	GM	ZOLER Dan	2533		129
6	93	211		IM	PETRISOR Adrian-Marian	2378	2		2	IM	MATINIAN Nikita	2491		152
6	101	175		IM	ANTON Teodor	2441	2		2	IM	VUILLEUMIER Alexandre	2319		224
6	109	259			DEAC Bogdan-Daniel	2183	2		2	IM	ARNGRIMSSON Dagur	2390		200
6	122	271			ULANOWSKI Karol	2091	1½		1½		STANCIU Alexandru-Ovidiu	2335		220
6	129	219		FM	POSEDARU Bogdan	2339	1		1		POGOSIAN Vladimir	2132		267

     It is interesting to note that Efimenko Zahar dropped off the tournament with 1,5 p out of 5, after he suffered another loss yesterday. It is a very tough event for everyone and every half point is golden.
     There's the rule of no draws until the move 41 applied here, so it makes the games even more hard fought.
     I play against a Russian IM today- Prizant Jaroslav (2537). I have finally got white against a strong player and I hope to use it well.
     You can follow the live games on the official site of the event: http://en.eicc2013.pl/index.php/live where you can also find a nice photo and video gallery: http://en.eicc2013.pl/index.php/gm
     As about Legnica- the city is very enjoyable, with a lot of parks and nice streets to take walks. You can see some photos here:

Anna Warakomska, Katerina Pavlidou and me ( from right to left)

Katerina and Anna

Anna Iwanow, Anna Warakomska and Katerina Pavlidou

     There are only 2 more games until the free day and I hope to be in a good mood by that time :)

xoxo from Legnica ;)