Ivanchuck's Third Loss In Reggio Emilia
Vassily Ivanchuk lost his third game in a row at the 2011/12 Reggio Emilia tournament in the only decisive game of the seventh round.
To be fair to Ivanchuk, it was his third game in a row with black, but he blundered horribly to lose a piece to Nikita Vitiugov and resigned immediately.
Otherwise, it was a quieter round with clear leader Hikaru Nakamura drawing comfortably with black against Fabiano Caruana in 21 moves, while Alexander Morozevich and Anish Giri repeated moves for a draw after only 17 moves.
The standings after seven of ten rounds (3-1-0 scoring)
| Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2758 | 15 |
| Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2762 | 11 |
| Giri, Anish | NED | 2714 | 9 |
| Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2727 | 8 |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2775 | 8 |
| Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2729 | 5 |
Vassily Ivanchuk blundered horribly to lose his third game in a row
Nakamura easily drew against Caruana
Giri and Morozevich drew their game
The games in round eight on 4 January will be Giri v Vitiugov, Ivanchuk v Caruana, and Nakamura v Morozevich. Games start at 15:00 local time (14:00 UTC), and live coverage is available from the official website here.
Photos by Martha Fierro for Accademia Internazionale di Scacchi.
