Rounds Two to four. Nobody breaks away from the pack yet.    
     
 

Sergey Erenburg (left) tries to dislodge Lev Aronian from the top board without success in round two.
     
 

Hikaru Nakamura is drawing large American audiences to the live demonstrated games. 
     
 

Alexey Dreev stubbornly refuses to be knocked off the top boards. Here Jon Speelman tries in round two.
     
 

           

Odin Blikra Vea of Norway (left), now a regular at Gibraltar, and International Master Simon Williams of England.
     
 

                       

Vasili Katronias of Greece and Gabriel Del Rio of Spain
     
                   Keteva Arakhamia of Georgia, Joan Dworakowska of Poland and Viktorij Cmilyte certainly brightened up the playing hall.
     
 

      

Rising star Kateryna Lahno of the Ukraine.
     
 

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