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Wang Hao: Leading along with Aronian and Mamedyarov
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Hi Everyone,
The seventh round has made the Tal Memorial even more exciting leaving the standings with a three-way tie for the top slot.
Wang Hao got a lucky break as his opponent Boris Gelfand resigned in a drawn position. The other four games were drawn.
Standings after 7 rounds
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1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2801 4½
2. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2763 4½
3. Wang Hao g CHN 2727 4½
4. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2741 4
5. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2760 4
6. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2771 4
7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2791 3½
8. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2735 2
9. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2742 2
10. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2741 2
Here is the game for which Wang Hao actually apologised at the press conference. You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.
PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. a3 a5 18. h3 Rab8 19. Ned2 e5 20. Be4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Bf3 Be5 23. Nc4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. exd4 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Nb3 27. Rd1 Ba6 28. Bf1 a4 29. f3 f6 30. d5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc8 32. Ne3 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Nc5 34. h4 Kf7 35. Rd6 h5 36. Rxb6 Nd3 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. Nd5 Re8 39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. g3 Nxb2 41. Nd5 Rd8 42. Nxf6+ Kh6 43. Nxh5 Kxh5 44. Rxb2 Rd3 45. Kg2 Rxa3 46. Rb6 Rb3 47. Ra6 a3 48. Ra5+ Kg6 49. g4 Rb2+ 50. Kg3 a2 51. h5+ Kf7 52. f4 Rc2 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. g5 Rb2 56. Kg4 Rc2 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. Kf5 Rb2 59. Kg4 Rg2+ 60. Kh3 Rb2 61. g6 Kf8 62. Kg4 Rc2 63. Kg5 Rg2+ 64. Kf5 Rb2 65. Ra8+ Ke7 66. Ra6 Rb5+ 67. Kg4 Rb2 68. Ra7+ Kf8 69. Kf5 Rh2 70. h6 Rxh6 71. Rxa2 Rh1 72. Ra8+ Ke7 73. Rg8 Rh5+ 74. Kg4 Rh1 75. Kg5 1-0
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guess two more rounds to go so we can look forward to an exciting finish.
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