Ivanchuk wins again to improve his score to 4-0 and an astronomical performance! Can he finally dominate a super elite event as he has done so often in lesser events?
GM Ivanchuk (2740) – GM Cheparinov (2695) [E98]
Mtel – Round 4, 11.05.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 14.Rc1 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nb5 Rf7 17.Qc2 Ne8 18.Nf2 h5 19.a4 Bf8 20.h3 Rg7 21.Qb3 Nh4 22.Rc2 g4 23.fxg4 Nf6 24.Be1 hxg4 25.hxg4 Nh5 26.Nh1 f3 27.Bxf3 Nf4 28.Ng3 Bxg4 29.Bxg4 Rxg4 30.Nc7 Rc8 31.Ne6 Rxc2 32.Qxc2 Qb6+ 33.Kh1 Nhxg2 34.Nf5 Qa6 35.Rg1 Qd3 36.Qxd3 Nxd3 37.Bh4 Rxe4 38.Rxg2+ Kf7 39.Nxd6+ Bxd6 40.Ng5+ White wins 1–0
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Amazing Ivanchuk!
whats his performance rating wow!
His rating performance is unmeasurable. He needs to drop at least half a point so we can measure it.
His TPR is 3500+. Totally unbelievable.
Ivnachuk is playing great
If Topalov draws his next game, his performance rating will still be over 3100!
Sorry- I meant Ivanchuk in the last post! Maybe I am thinking of the first half of San Luis where Topalov score 6.5/7! Corrected version:
If Ivanchuk draws his next game, his performance rating will still be over 3100!
That cartoon depicts it quite well. Ivanchuk is playing very strongly- while his opponent looks a little afraid in the cartoon- you can see who is the boss in this case…
Ivanchuk is just 1 win away from being ranked in the top 3 in the world again! 2770.3 he is at, number 3 Morozevich is about 2774.
On the other hand he needs 4 more wins to pass world number 2 Kramnik and 6 to pass world number 1 Anand- which is possible with 6 rounds left but it is hard to imagine he will keep this up right to the end- he might be happy to consolidate with 50% in the second half to win the title like Topalov in San Luis.
But to become world number 3 he just requires 3.5/6 now (subject to how Topalov does).
Requires:
6/6 to become world number 1
5/6 to become world number 2
3.5/6 (probably)to become world number 3
“His TPR is 3500+.”
No, he is not. His performance can’t be measured at this time.
MTel Masters 2008 round 4 – Many pictures from playing hall and press conferencies, available free for any web site, blogs and personal usage:
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As I learnt from the past, Ivanchuk cannot succeed in Top Super tournaments. So if I follow this knowledge, Ivanchuk is going to lose to Aronian today. Aronian is going to start his comeback by beating Ivanchuk today.
Again I might be wrong and Ivanchuk is planning to shuffle all cards saying: “You guys don’t know who Ivanchuk is.”
Egaion, have you looked at the overall score between Aronian and Ivanchuk? I wouldn’t call Aronian favorite in this encounter looking at the past as you mentioned.