Nisipeanu confirmed as player for Kings Tournament 2012

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Bazna Kings 2012 will be one of the strongest round robin tournaments of the year. With Carlsen, Anand, Radjabov, Ivanchuk, and Karjakin the top players of the event will have ELO average of 2790! To them will join the local star, European Champion, and World Championship semi-finalist GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu.

Nisipeanu has participated in the last 3 editions of Bazna Kings, review his last year game with Karjakin here (video), with Carlsen (here), and with Nakamura (here).

See the full players list here

Chessdom.com will have daily coverage of the event with live GM and computer analysis, videos, and news. The best games will be published also in the CEWN chess magazine.

More about Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu had his peak FIDE rating was 2707 in October 2005, when he was ranked fifteenth in the world, and the highest ranked Romanian player ever. Noted for his risky, almost paradoxical play; he is frequently called a student of Mikhail Tal.

In 1999, Nisipeanu as a clear outsider made it to the semifinals of the FIDE World Chess Championship by beating Vasily Ivanchuk in round 4 and Alexei Shirov in the quarterfinals only to lose to the eventual champion Alexander Khalifman. Nisipeanu won the European Individual Chess Championship 2005 in Warsaw with 10 points out of 13 games, half a point ahead of runner-up Teimour Radjabov from Azerbaijan.

Nisipeanu was also participant in strong events as Mtel Masters, and he was one of the first Grandmasters to be interviewed by Chessdom.

History of Bazna Kings (Medias) chess tournament

 

Kings Tournament 5^th Edition – Medias, Romania – 11-21 June 2011

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2815	NOR	***	½ ½	1 ½	½ ½	½ 1	1 ½	6,5	3	1	29,8
2	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2776	RUS	½ ½	***	½ ½	½ ½	1 1	½ 1	6,5	3	1	29,5
3	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2774	USA	0 ½	½ ½	***	½ ½	½ 0	1 ½	4,5	1	0	22,3
4	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2744	AZE	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	***	0 ½	½ ½	4,5	0	0	23,5
5	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2776	UKR	½ 0	0 0	½ 1	1 ½	***	0 ½	4	2	0	18,8
6	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2662	ROU	0 ½	½ 0	0 ½	½ ½	1 ½	***	4	1	0	19,3

 

Kings Tournament 4^th Edition – Medias, Romania – 14-25 June 2010

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2813	NOR	***	½ 1	½ ½	½ 1	1 ½	1 1	7,5	5	0	32,5
2	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2740	AZE	½ 0	***	1 1	1 ½	0 ½	½ ½	5,5	3	2	26,5
3	GM	Gelfand Boris	2741	ISR	½ ½	0 0	***	1 ½	½ 1	1 ½	5,5	3	0	24,8
4	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2733	UKR	½ 0	0 ½	0 ½	***	1 1	½ ½	4,5	2	0	20,3
5	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2672	ROU	0 ½	1 ½	½ 0	0 0	***	½ 1	4	2	0	19,3
6	GM	Wang Yue	2752	CHN	0 0	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	½ 0	***	3	0	0	14,8

 

Kings Tournament 3^rd Edition – Bazna, Romania – 14-25 June 2009

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2746	UKR	***	½ ½	½ 1	½ ½	1 ½	1 1	7	4	0	30,3
2	GM	Gelfand Boris	2733	ISR	½ ½	***	1 ½	½ ½	½ ½	1 ½	6	2	0	28,3
3	GM	Shirov Alexei	2745	ESP	½ 0	0 ½	***	½ ½	1 1	½ 1	5,5	3	0	22,5
4	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2756	AZE	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	***	½ 1	½ ½	5,5	1	0	26
5	GM	Kamsky Gata	2720	USA	0 ½	½ ½	0 0	½ 0	***	½ ½	3	0	1	15,3
6	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2675	ROU	0 0	0 ½	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	***	3	0	1	14,3

 

Kings Tournament 2^nd Edition – Bazna, Romania – 24 May – 5 June 2008

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	GM	Short Nigel	2660	ENG	***	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	7	0	33,25
2	GM	Andersson Ulf	2537	SWE	0	***	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	5,5	1	26
3	GM	Portisch Lajos	2523	HUN	½	0	***	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	5,5	0	26,5
4	GM	Suba Mihai	2487	ROU	½	½	½	***	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	5	2,5	25,5
5	GM	Murariu Andrei	2483	ROU	0	½	0	½	***	½	½	1	1	½	½	5	2,5	23,25
6	GM	Beliavsky Alexander	2641	SLO	½	½	½	0	½	***	½	1	½	½	½	5	2	25
7	GM	Khalifman Alexander	2628	RUS	½	½	½	½	½	½	***	½	½	½	½	5	2	25
8	GM	Mecking Henrique	2565	BRA	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	***	1	1	½	5	1	24
9	GM	Timman Jan	2565	NED	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	***	1	1	4	2	19
10	GM	Vaganian Rafael	2617	ARM	0	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	0	***	½	4	0,5	20
11	GM	Sokolov Andrei	2596	FRA	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	***	4	0,5	20

Kings Tournament 1^st Edition – Bazna, Romania – 15-27 June 2007

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Khalifman Alexander	1625	RUS	***	1	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	7	0	33,25	3
2	GM	Vaganian Rafael	2590	ARM	0	***	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	6	0	27,75	2,5
3	GM	Beliavsky Alexander	2648	SLO	1	½	***	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	5,5	0	28,25	3
4	GM	Andersson Ulf	2527	SWE	½	½	½	***	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	5	1	25	2,5
5	GM	Ribli Zoltan	2580	HUN	½	½	½	½	***	½	½	½	½	½	½	5	1	25	2,5
6	GM	Mecking Henrique	2565	BRA	0	0	½	½	½	***	1	½	½	1	½	5	1	22,75	1,5
7	GM	Sokolov Andrei	2584	FRA	½	½	½	½	½	0	***	½	½	½	½	4,5	1	22,75	2,5
8	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	2510	GEO	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	***	½	½	½	4,5	1	21,75	2,5
9	GM	Portisch Lajos	2512	HUN	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	***	1	½	4,5	1	20,75	2
10	GM	Suba Mihai	2537	ROM	½	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	0	***	½	4	0,5	20,75	2,5
11	GM	Timman Jan	2545	NED	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	***	4	0,5	19	2