Standings after 1 round:
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2772 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2. | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2721 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2759 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 4. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2756 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 5. | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2697 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 6. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2760 | 0 |
Round 2 pairings:
| Leko, Peter | – | Carlsen, Magnus |
| Jakovenko, Dmitry | – | Naiditsch, Arkadij |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | – | Bacrot, Etienne |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Magnus! Magnus! Magnus!
GO CARLSENNNN!!!!! I wish he was american though… Or if he was a women, that would have been amazing.
“Or if he was a women, that would have been amazing.”
With your eyes closed and your mouth open, he can be anything you want him to be.
If you want Carlsen to be an American why we don’t buy Topalov or Anand? They look better these days. And cheaper I guess