Basel 2013 Rd7 Standings, GM Hansen,E(CAN)

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GM Boris Grachev

'Four players tied for first in the main group, with 5.5/7 points, with Boris Grachev (above) winning on tiebreak points. The Russian GM won his first four games and was then able to take tournament victory with draws in the last three. Top seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave conceded too many draws and landed on place five with 5.0/7 points- Photo and report from Chessbase Basel 2013

There's a 4-way tie for first with 5.5/7 between Grachev, Vajda, Van Kampen and Istratescu. GM Hansen,E(CAN) lost a tough game against Istratescu in rd7 which allowed him Istratescu to leap up in the standings to grab a share of first.

GM Istratescu,Andrej

Photo Neckar-open 2012

Bio Wikipedia

Andrei Istrăţescu (born 3 December 1975 in Romania) is a chess grandmaster (1993) representing France. For the national Romanian team he took part in six Chess Olympiads (1992–1998, 2002, 2006).

Rang	Name	Title	FIDE	M/F	Fed	Pts
1	Grachev,Boris	GM	2688	M	RUS	5.5
2	Vajda,Levente	GM	2603	M	ROU	5.5
3	Van Kampen,Robin	GM	2581	M	NED	5.5
4	Istratescu,Andrej	GM	2654	M	FRA	5.5
5	Vachier-Lagrave,M	GM	2711	M	FRA	5
6	Fier,Alexandr	GM	2573	M	BRA	5
7	Melkumyan,Hrant	GM	2656	M	ARM	5
8	Edouard,Romain	GM	2686	M	FRA	5
9	Ghaem Maghami,Ehs	GM	2572	M	IRI	5
10	Pelletier,Yannick	GM	2604	M	SUI	5
11	Vorotnikov,Vladis	GM	2464	M	RUS	5
12	Bartel,Mateusz	GM	2629	M	POL	5
13	Turov,Maxim	GM	2630	M	RUS	4.5
14	Mladenov,Svetlin		2407	M	BUL	4.5
15	Hansen,Eric	IM	2568	M	CAN	4.5
16	Heimann,Andreas	IM	2489	M	GER	4.5
17	Milosevic,Goran	IM	2328	M	SUI	4.5
18	Lekic,Dusan	IM	2411	M	MNE	4.5
19	Georgiadis,Nico	FM	2369	M	SUI	4.5
20	Toth,Bela	IM	2352	M	ITA	4.5
21	Maier,Christian	IM	2354	M	GER	4.5
22	Dann,Matthias	FM	2432	M	GER	4.5
23	Maisuradze,Nino	WGM	2306	W	FRA	4.5
24	Faibisovich,Vadim	IM	2349	M	RUS	4.5