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The 5th M-Tel Masters takes place in Sofia 12th-23rd May 2009 (rest day 18th May).</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
The Category XXI event sees Veselin Topalov, Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk, Wang Yue, Leinier Dominguez Perez and Alexei Shirov play in a double round robin format. The games will be played in a glass pavilion on the square in front of the National Theatre Ivan Vazov. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves per player and 60 minutes per player till the end of the game. The maximum period for a single game is 5 hours. 'Sofia rules' will again be used. They are that: Opponents cannot communicate during the games and cannot offer a draw. Proposals for a draw can be made only through the Chief Arbiter in three cases: triple repetition, eternal chess and theoretical draw position. When making the decisions the Chief Arbiter will be consulted by Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Vice President of FIDE.Official site:  http://www.mtelmasters.com  Live coverage  </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
 
 
Round 2 pairings and results (May 14, 2009)</SPAN>
Shirov, Alexei - Topalov, Veselin ½-½ 57 C64 Ruy Lopez Classical
Dominguez Perez, Leinier - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ 30 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Wang Yue 王玥 51 46 C42 Petroff's Defence

Standings after round 2: </SPAN>
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2770 * * . . . . ½ . 1 . . . 1½ 2957
2. Wang Yue 王玥 g CHN 2738 . . * * . . ½ . . . 1 . 1½ 2924
3. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2745 . . . . * * . . ½ . 1 . 1½ 2972
4. Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2717 ½ . ½ . . . * * . . . . 1 2754
5. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2812 0 . . . ½ . . . * * . . ½ 2564
6. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2746 . . 0 . 0 . . . . . * * 0

Round 3 - 15.05.2009 16.00 EEST (13.00 UTC)</SPAN>
Wang, Yue 王玥  : Shirov, Alexei
Carlsen, Magnus : Ivanchuk, Vassily 
Topalov, Veselin : Dominguez, Perez Leiner

 
 
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