Magnus was trailing Anand by 2 points after day 1. He stormed by to lead Anand by 1 point after day 2. It looks like it will be a 2 man race between Carlsen and Anand on the final day with Karjakin having an outside shot.
Standings after 28 (of 42) rounds:
| No. | Title | Name | Fed. | FIDE | Total | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2801 | 21.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | GM | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2788 | 20.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | GM | Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | 2723 | 18.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | GM | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2772 | 16.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | GM | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2754 | 16.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2739 | 16.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | GM | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2736 | 16.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | GM | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2786 | 14.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | GM | Karpov, Anatoly | RUS | 2619 | 14.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | GM | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2750 | 13.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2719 | 13.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | GM | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2752 | 13.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | GM | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2736 | 12.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | GM | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB | 2719 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | GM | Bareev, Evgeny | RUS | 2634 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | GM | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2739 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | GM | Naiditsch, Arkadij | GER | 2689 | 12.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | GM | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2758 | 11.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | GM | Polgar, Judit | HUN | 2680 | 11.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS | 2517 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | GM | Gashimov, Vugar | AZE | 2758 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | GM | Tkachiev, Vladislav | FRA | 2642 | 9.5 |
Source: http://tal.russiachess.org/results/2009/blitz/tournament_table_acc_places.html
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
wrong crosstable
Points from round 28 are missing, Susan.
It appears to me that your scores for the leaders are 1.0 lower than the scores on the official site.
OK now.
wonder how fischer wouldve done here in his prime
About the same as Carlsen, maybe?
And I wonder how Morphy would have done here in his prime
i think fischer would have finished 4-6 placing.
And I wonder how Lasker would have done here in his prime
And I wonder how Steinitz would have done here in his prime
And I wonder how Alekhine would have done here in his prime
And I wonder how Capablanca would have done here in his prime
Anbd I wonder who gives a fiddler’s fart about remarks like these?!
You do. In your own way. 😉