Final position GM Topalov (2780) – GM Ivanchuk (2751) [B90]17.02.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 b5 10.g5 b4 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Bf5 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Be7 15.h4...
Carlsen 0-1 Anand
Final position GM Carlsen (2733) – GM Anand (2799) [D43]17.02.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 h5 10.f3 h4 11.Bf2 Bb7 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.0–0 e5 15.a4...
Topalov, Ivanchuk lead Morelia / Linares
Round 3: Sunday, February 17th Magnus Carlsen – Vishy AnandPeter Leko – Alexei ShirovVeselin Topalov – Vassily IvanchukLevon Aronian – Teimour Radjabov Standings after 2 rounds: 1-2 Topalov, Ivanchuk 1.53-6 Anand, Leko, Aronian, Carlsen 1.07-8 Shirov, Radjabov 0.5 Chess...
Shirov 1/2 Carlsen
GM Shirov (2755) – GM Carlsen (2733) [B42]16.02.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.0–0 Nbc6 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Nd2 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.Nb3 0–0 12.Re1 Re8 13.c3 Bd6 14.Qc2 g6 15.Bc5 Bc7 16.Rxe8+...
Radjabov 1/2 Topalov
Position after 19…f6 GM Radjabov (2735) – GM Topalov (2780) [C67]16.02.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Bg5+ Ke8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Nd4 h6 14.Be3 Be7...
Ivanchuk 1-0 Leko
Position after 18.Qa7 GM Ivanchuk (2751) – GM Leko (2753) [C88]16.02.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.d4 Nxd4 9.Bxf7+ Rxf7 10.Nxe5 Rf8 11.Qxd4 c5 12.Qd1 Qc7 13.Ng4 Nxg4 14.Qxg4 d5...
Anand 0-1 Aronian
Position after 18.Nf1 GM Anand (2799) – GM Aronian (2739) [C89]16.02.2008 – Round 2 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Re1 Bd6 13.g3...
Morelia Update
Standings after round 1: 1-3 Anand, Topalov, Leko 1 point4-5 Ivanchuk, Carlsen 1/2 point6-8 Shirov, Aronian, Radjabov 0 point 2nd round pairings: Vishy Anand – Levon AronianTeimour Radjabov – Veselin TopalovVassily Ivanchuk – Peter LekoAlexei Shirov – Magnus Carlsen...
Morelia / Linares Round 2 matchups
Round 2 – Your prediction? Vishy Anand – Levon AronianTeimour Radjabov – Veselin TopalovVassily Ivanchuk – Peter LekoAlexei Shirov – Magnus Carlsen Official website (when it’s working): http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/english/index.htm Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
75% decisive results in round 1
Shirov 0-1 AnandTopalov 1-0 AronianLeko 1-0 RadjabovCarlsen 1/2 Ivanchuk GM Leko (2755) – GM Radjabov (2742) [B33]15.02.2008 – Round 1 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6...