Round 1 results:
Anand 1/2 Wang Yue
Carlsen 1-0 Bacrot
Topalov 1/2 Gashimov
With the win in round 1, Magnus is back to #1 on the LIVE rating list.
[Round “01”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Bacrot, Etienne”]
[Result “1-0”]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 a5 10.a4 Nd4 11.Qd3 Nxb3 12.cxb3 Re8 13.O-O-O d6 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Bc4 Be6 16.Rhe1 Qe7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Rxe5 Qf8 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Re2 Qg7 21.Bxe6 Rxe6 22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.Rd3 Kh8 24.Rg3 Qh7 25.Qd2 Bc5 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Rh3 Kg7 28.Qd7 Kf7 29.Ng5+ fxg5 30.Rf3+ Kg8 31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.Rf7 Bd6 33.Rxh7+ Kxh7 34.Qf7+ Kh8 35.g3 Ra6 36.Kb1 Bb4 37.f4 gxf4 38.gxf4 1-0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Magnus is best.
Go Carlsen!
Big surprise!
Not.
Lets hope this finally forces Garry Kasparov to keep his mouth quiet about Magnus Carlsen.
Kasparov might have needed to practice 5 hours a day to become world champion, but not Magnus Carlsen.
Fifteen minutes a day is probably good enough for someone of Magnus’ capability. Only the truly untalented might have had to work to become World Champion. I think that was the case of Alexander Alekhine, who also had to work very hard unlike the raw talent of Capablanca.
Yeah, but the lack of Study is what hindered Capablanca and even Reshevesky. You can have all the potential, but if you have no discipline to harness it, its worthless. And I would consider Bacrot a top player, but not of the caliber of Kramnik, Anand, Topalov, Ivanchuk…therefore, its nothing to be really excited over other than he stopped that losing streak to weaker opponents. When he faces off against Anand and Topalov, that will be the real match up