Main section's playing hall
The main section of the Moscow Open 2013 is crowded again. After the quick draw signed in the first board game between Dmitry Kokarev and Boris Savchenko, a lot of players that were trailing by half a point have achieved wins that put them on the shared first place. After 8 rounds, there are seven players with 6,5 points. Anything can happen in tomorrow’s last round.
The draw on the first board came after 26 moves of a French Defense. Kokarev activated his pieces early, but wasn’t able to put his king in safety, so Savchenko was able to force a perpetual check and secure a chance to fight for the title in the dramatic ninth round.
One of the players that got to the lead was rating favorite GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who beat the co-leader Pavel Ponkratov with the white pieces. In a tense fight, Nepo’s passed d-pawn proved to be too annoying for black’s defense and resignation came on move 73.
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