At once seven chess players are leading at the European Chess Championship in Warsaw after the matches of the 11th round. Eight points each in the tournament have been scored by Ukrainians Vasyl Ivanchuk, Pavlo Elianov and Serhiy Kariakin, as well as Romanian Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Swiss Vadym Milov, Slovenian Oleksandr Beliavsky and Karen Asrian from Armenia.
In the 11th round, Serhiy Kariakin once again stumbled, who until then had been the sole leader. The 15-year-old Kariakin on Wednesday lost to his compatriot Pavlo Elianov. Vasyl Ivanchuk in the 11th round played a draw with Swiss Vadym Milov.
Half a point behind the group of leaders are 11 grandmasters, among them Ukrainians Oleksandr Areshchenko and Oleksandr Moiseienko.