Final round 14 results: Vishy Anand (8) 1/2 Veselin Topalov (7)Magnus Carlsen (7.5) 1/2 Teimour Radjabov (6.5)Peter Leko (5) 1/2 Levon Aronian (7)Alexei Shirov (5) 1/2 Vassily Ivanchuk (6) Final Standings 1. Anand 8.52. Carlsen 8.03-4. Aronian, Topalov 7.55.Radjabov...
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Elite contest has seen epic battlesDeen Hergott, Citizen SpecialPublished: Saturday, March 01, 2008 The elite annual Grandmaster tournament held in Morelia, Mexico, and Linares, Spain, has completed its Mexican leg. World Champion Viswanathan Anand of India recovered from a...
Standings at the midway point
Round 7 results: Vishy Anand ½-½ Vassily IvanchukPeter Leko 0-1 Veselin TopalovAlexei Shirov 1-0 Teimour RadjabovMagnus Carlsen 1-0 Levon Aronian Standings after Morelia: 1. Anand 4.5 (+2)2-3 Topalov, Shirov 4.0 (+1)4-5 Aronian, Carlsen 3.5 (E)6-7 Ivanchuk, Radjabov 3.0 (-1)8....
Topalov wins his 3rd game
GM Leko (2753) – GM Topalov (2780) [B90]23.02.2008 / Morelia – Round 7 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 b4 9.Na4 Nbd7 10.c4 bxc3 11.Nxc3 Bb7 12.Be2 Be7 13.0–0 0–0...
Shirov took down Radjabov in a wild game
After recording his first win of the tournament against Carlsen yesterday, Radjabov went down to Shirov today in a wild game. GM Shirov (2755) – GM Radjabov (2735) [E98]23.02.2008 / Morelia – Round 7 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3...
Anand extends lead at the half
GM_Anand (2799) – GM Ivanchuk (2751) [B47]23.02.2008 / Morelia – Round 7 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0–0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.a4 0–0 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Bf3 Rb8 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Nb3...
The kid did it again!
After losing yesterday to Radjabov, Carlsen bounced right back to beat Aronian today. GM Carlsen (2733) – GM Aronian (2739) [C88]23.02.2008 / Morelia – Round 7 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3...
Final day in Morelia
Round 7 – Saturday, 2-23 Your prediction? Vishy Anand – Vassily IvanchukAlexei Shirov – Teimour RadjabovMagnus Carlsen – Levon AronianPeter Leko – Veselin Topalov Official website: http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/english/index.htm Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Anand leads with 1 game to go before Linares
Round 6 results: Radjabov 1-0 CarlsenTopalov 1/2 AnandIvanchuk 1/2 ShirovAronian 1/2 Leko Standings after 6 rounds: 1. Anand 4.02. Aronian 3.53-5 Topalov, Shirov, Radjabov 3.06-8 Carlsen, Leko, Ivanchuk 2.5 Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aronian 1/2 Leko
GM Aronian (2739) – GM Leko (2753) [A33]22.02.2008 / Morelia 2008 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Ne5 8.Bf4 Nfg4 9.Qa4 g5 10.Bxe5 Nxe5 11.0–0–0 a6 12.e3 Rb8 13.Nd4 Qc7 14.Be2 Be7...