Chess

THE hot streak continues for Vassily Ivanchuk in Sofia, as the unpredictable Ukrainian ace whitewashes the opposition in the first half of the MTel Masters by notching up his fifth successive win.

Ivanchuk's round-five victory over second seed Levon Aronian – which gives him a 1.5-point lead over his nearest rival, Veselin Topalov – equates to a performance that's gone right off the scale with some calculating his tournament performance rating...