The amazing Vassily Ivanchuk added a a fifth successive victory
in the Mtel masters in Sofia on Monday, defeating Levon Aronian in a
highly complex struggle to take his score to a perfect 5/5 at the
end of the first half - and this against world class opposition
without exception, with, moreover, three Blacks and two Whites.
Yesterday was the mid-tournament rest day and they resume today
with Ivanchuk on 5/5, ahead of Veselin Topalov 3.5, Teimour Radjabov
and Ivan Cheparinov 2, Levon Aronian 1.5 and Bu Xiangzhi just 1.
Ivanchuk's play in Sofia has been truly wonderful as he had
embraced complications, taking his opponents on in a series of
positions so difficult that they've simply been ...