Nisipeanu Wins In Ruy Lopez

14 June 2011, Kuala Lumpur - In the third round of the Kings Tournament, Nisipeanu (pix below)created a sensation by beating highly fancied Ivanchuk in a Berlin Variation of the Ruy Lopez. Carlsen drew his game, and so did Hikaru against Karjakin.







After round 3, Carlsen leads the standings with 2.0 points as shown in the table below.






( results table courtesy of TWIC, Picture of Nisipeanu courtesy of Wikipeadia)