Analysis of the 8 remaining players: Bareev-Leko Grischuk-Rublevsky Aronian-Shirov Kamsky-Gelfand What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of each player? Which would be the closest match? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
And then there are 8
Here are the matchups to decide which 4 will join Kramnik, Anand, Svidler and Morozevich in Mexico City this September. Bareev-Leko Grischuk-Rublevsky Aronian-Shirov Kamsky-Gelfand Which 4 do you pick to advance? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
One game to decide 5 matches
(W) Aronian 2.5 – 2.5 Carlsen Polgar 2.0 – 3.0 Bareev (W) Adams 3.0 – 2.0 Shirov (W) Gelfand 2.5 – 2.5 Kasimdzhanov (W) Ponomariov 2.0 – 3.0 Rublevsky(W)Leko 3.5 – 0.5 Gurevich [Leko advanced]Kamsky 3.5 – 0.5 Bacrot...
How will things end?
(W) Aronian 2.5 – 2.5 Carlsen Leko 3.5 – 0.5 Gurevich [Leko advances] Ponomariov 2.0 – 3.0 Rublevsky(W) Gelfand 2.5 – 2.5 Kasimdzhanov (W) Kamsky 3.5 – 0.5 Bacrot [Kamsky advances] Grischuk 3.5 – 1.5 Malakhov [Grischuk advances] Polgar...
A fantastic finish
GM Ponomariov – GM Rublevsky [D17] 01.06.20071.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 c5 8.e4 Bg6 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Ke2 Rg8 15.h4 Rc8 16.Ba2 Bc5 17.Bxc5...
Carlsen wins to even up the score
GM Carlsen – GM Aronian [E12] 01.06.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.e4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 0-0 10.Bd3 c5 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Bb2 c4 14.Bc2 b5 15.Bc1 a5 16.Rb1 Ba6...
J. Polgar – Bareev (game 5)
It’s one game at the time. Judit is a fighter and I am rooting hard for her to pull through. 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 (I like it! She is mixing it up. Surprising elements are very important in chess, especially...
Exciting finish in Elista
Aronian 2.5 – 1.5 Carlsen (W) Leko 3.5 – 0.5 Gurevich [Leko advances] (W) Ponomariov 1.5 – 2.5 Rublevsky (W) Gelfand 2.0 – 2.0 Kasimdzhanov Kamsky 3.5 – 0.5 Bacrot [Kamsky advances] (W) Grischuk 3 – 1 Malakhov (W)...
The “comeback” kid?
At the height of his career, Gata Kamsky decided to walk away from chess. Now, he is 1 point away from advancing to the next stage of the World Championship. Do you think Gata is all the way back...
The actions in Elista are heating up
After 3 games, here are the standings: Aronian 1.5 – 1.5 Carlsen Leko 2.5 – .5 Gurevich Ponomariov 1 – 2 Rublevsky Gelfand 1.5 – 1.5 Kasimdzhanov Kamsky 2.5 – .5 Bacrot Grischuk 2 – 1 Malakhov Polgar 1...