HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 24 (acn) After the eighth round of the Tbilisi Chess Grand Prix the Cuban Leinier Domínguez appears tied in seats 4 to 8 of the standings, led by Russian Evgeny Tomashevsky.
From the capital of Georgia the organizers reported that the Caribbean (2726 Elo points) signed peace with Russian Dmitry Jakovenko (2733) in 34 moves of a Spanish opening and now owns four units.
In other match of the day the current leader with 6 units Tomashevsky (2716) beat Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2775) in 95 moves of another Spanish opening and now appears separated from Jakovenko, who is second with five points, ahead of Uzbek Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2705) and Azerbaijan's Teimour Radjabov (2731), both owners of 4.5.
The group of players tied with Leinier includes the local Baduur Jobava (2696), Azerbaijani Shakriyar Mamedyarov (2759) and Dutch Anish Giri (2797).
They are followed by Russian Alexander Grischuk (2810) with 3.5 points, and Vachier-Lagrave and Russian Peter Svidler (2739) total only 3 units, while the also Russian Dmitry Andreikin (2737), who got here being number one of the circuit ranking unexpectedly appears on bottom of the standings.
Yesterday's round was relatively peaceful, because besides the triumph of Tomashevsky only Jobava could enjoy a win by defeating Svidler.
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