Leko – Anand 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.d4 Bb6 10.Na3 0–0 11.axb5 axb5 12.Nxb5 (Leko – Anand also cranked out these moves at very fast pace.)12…Bg4 (Black...
Aronian – Kramnik LIVE commentary 1/2
Aronian – Kramnik 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Be4 11.Qc1 Qc8 12.Bg5 Nbd7 (They were cranking out the first 12 moves with lightning speed. No...
Conflicting pairings – Corrections made
There seems to be some conflicting reports from various sites about the pairings today. The official site has it like this so I will make the corrections and go with their pairings: GM Leko Peter – GM Anand ViswanathanGM...
The biggest surprise?
What has been the BIGGEST surprise so far after 5 rounds? 1. Grischuk and Gelfand in a tie for 2nd2. Aronian at -13. Leko at -14. Svidler in last place What do you think? Chess Daily News from Susan...
Prediction for round 6
The top 4 meet each other today. What is your prediction? GM Anand Viswanathan 3.5 – GM Grischuk Alexander 3.0GM Kramnik Vladimir 3.0 – GM Gelfand Boris 3.0GM Morozevich Alexander 2.0 – GM Leko Peter 2.0GM Svidler Peter 1.5...
Round 6 matchups and poll
Here are the matchups for round 6: GM Anand Viswanathan – GM Grischuk AlexanderGM Morozevich Alexander – GM Leko PeterGM Svidler Peter – GM Aronian LevonGM Kramnik Vladimir – GM Gelfand Boris Which 2 games would you like me...
Round 5 recap
First of all, I must say that I am quite impressed with Grischuk. He is on a world stage at this magnitude for the first time and I do not think too many expected him to be tied with...
Grischuk 1-0 Morozevich
Final position GM Grischuk (2726) – GM Morozevich (2758) [D38]18.09.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Qc2 c4 10.Bf5 0–0 11.0–0 Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bh3 Kg7 14.Rae1 Ne4 15.Ndxe4...
Gelfand – Aronian LIVE commentary 1-0
GM Gelfand (2733) – GM Aronian (2750) [E00]18.09.2007 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Nf3 d6 7.e4 a6 8.a4 b4 9.Bd3 g6 10.Nbd2 Bg7 11.Nc4 0–0 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.a5 Bh3 14.Ng5 Bd7 15.0–0 Bb5 16.Qd2...
Leko – Kramnik LIVE commentary 1/2
Leko – Kramnik 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.c3 (No Petrov here as well.)5…Nc6 6.Bb3 a6 (It seems that Leko just wants to have a normal game instead of a deeply analyzed Petrov. That is why...