Nakamura Leads Unive At Halfway
Hikaru Nakamura is leading the Crown Group at the 2012 Unive Tournament in Hoogeveen, Netherlands at the halfway point.
Nakamura has won both his games with the white pieces, and drawn with black to lead by a clear point from Sergei Tiviakov.
Today (24th October) is a rest day, so the tournament continues with round four on Thursday 25th October.
All rounds start at 14:00 local time (12:00 UTC), and the official website (in Dutch) is providing live video coverage of the games at this page.
The standings after 3/6 rounds
| Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2775 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2½ |
| Tiviakov, Sergei | NED | 2656 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1½ |
| Giri, Anish | NED | 2693 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 |
| Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2623 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
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Hikaru Nakamura beat Anish Giri in the first round
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Hou Yifan pushed hard against Anish Giri in round two
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Nakamura responded well to Hou Yifan's rare choice of 7...e5?! in the Keres Attack
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Pictures from the official website. Games via TWIC.
