In round 8, Magnus will have a second shot at Wang Yue, the only man he did not beat so far in this tournament. Magnus will have White this time.
Round 8 matchups:
Leko – Topalov
Carlsen – Wang Yue
Jakovenko – Radjabov
Standings after 7 rounds:
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2772 | 5½ | |||||||||||||
| 2-3. | Wang Yue | g | CHN | 2736 | 3½ | |||||||||||||
| 2-3. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2813 | 3½ | |||||||||||||
| 4-5. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2762 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4-5. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2757 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 6. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2742 | 2½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Leko – Topalov 1-0
Carlsen – Wang Yue draw
Jakovenko – Radjabov 1-0
It is clear, my dear, that the end is near.
Do they ever change their attire? Must be smelly and stinky in the same ones already?!
‘It is clear, my dear, that the end is near.’
The end is NOT near:
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/endtime/
Why isn’t the biggest Asian talent Mas Hafizulemi, Malaysian by origin, given a wild card here?
Wang Yue is systematically playing the most drawish moves he can find in the opening , his aim is to draw everyone to stay undefeated on his soil …
For peole who know well the Queen’s Gambit opening , Wang Yue always go for the variations with the biggest drawing potential , it’s a shame cause i would understand it if he was considerably lower rated than his oponents or if we were in the 1920’s , but the date is 2009 and he’s 2700+ , GM should at least try to win …
That’s coward in my opinion , at least guys like Kramnik or Leko who are know to draw a lot try to win and find new ideas in the queen’s gambit … when they see a winning potential in their position , they go for the winning move , but Wang Yue , even when he has a good position but that require a bit of risk taking to win , he’ll go for a drawish move everytime … i can’t stand this attitude .
It’s a shame that you can be second of the tournament by only drawing games . From the spectator point of view , 3 points for a win like in Bilbao is the way forward to encourage and reward creativity and risk taking
Everyone loves to beat Wang!
Indeed , Wang is an amazing player for drawing games at the highest level , no doubt . Quite boring to watch though .
If he wants to get invitations in big tournaments outside China , he’ll need to show something at one point . I hope that he will try to play chess tommorow
‘If he wants to get invitations in big tournaments outside China , he’ll need to show something at one point.’
He doesn’t need to show anything other than to have high rating. Rating is the only thing that matters to chess organizers.
Nevermind some good moves they play, it is hard to grasp the many mistakes they do. Overrated?
The quality of the games depends on the rating of the Chief Arbiter. What’s his FIDE rating anyway?
It is incredible shame that there is no live video broadcast in this time of high technology. I blame this solely on the world cheese federation, whose officers have little knowledge of chess marketing and only care about themselves and their personal material and financial gains.
Someone has to put a stop to FIDE world domination. USCF?
They are all bloodsuckers of Kirsan’s money flow.
Leko – Topalov 0-1
Carlsen – Wang Yue 1-0
Jakovenko – Radjabov 1-0
It is clear, my dear, that the end is near.
Do they have ratings in basketball?
ChessDome says:
1.d4 Carlsen is mixing the openings, no Scotch today…
1… d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 5…Bg4 is also being used by the top Grandmasters.
6.Ne5 Nbd7 Chinese players regularly use this variation. (6… e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6 15.Nxc4 was the main theoretical battleground for many years. Kramnik scored some fine wins with White, while Anand liked to defend it with Black.)
7.Nxc4 Qc7 Favorite line of Morozevich and Bu Xiangxi. ( Wang Yue usually preferred 7… Nb6 8.Ne5 a5 in which Bosnian GM Sokolov is a leading expert.)
8.g3 e5 The point behind Qc7
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 ( Some players liked to slip in 10… Rd8 11.Qc1 Bd6 12.Nxd6+ Qxd6 13.Bg2 but White have a fantastic score in this line.)
11.Bg2 (11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qd4 f6 bring nothing to White as the Knight is very stable on e5. Unless White trades it, but then Black has a strong pair of Bishops.)
11… g5 Equally popular is (11… f6 12.O-O Nc5 13.Ne3 Bg6 14.b4 Ne6)
12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 O-O-O 14.Qc2 Ng6 Morozevich was the first to play this move, earlier (14… Nc5 was considered main, then 15.O-O Ne6 16.Qe4 etc)
15.O-O Kb8 16.Rfc1 a5 Better than to allow White to push a4-a5, as Kasparov instinctively did in the first game that featured 12. Ne3
17.b4!? A sharp move which was first played in Nguyen-Predojevic, at 2008 Aeroflot Open.
17… axb4 17…Bb4 18. Nd5!
18.Nb5 Qe5 19.Nbd4 Bc5 20.Nb3 h5 Following the pattern established by Predojevic. The Bishop is beautifully posted and Black is aiming to destroy White King’s shelter.
21.Rab1 Now that Rook stepped away from a1 (was eyed by Qe5), White is threatening to take on c5.
21… Ba7 White has to continue with a5-a6, but is he fast enough? 22. a5 fxg3 23. hxg3 (or 23. Ng3) h4
22.Bxc6!? Nice sacrifice but it appears like Black can force a draw with 22…bxc6 23. Qxc6 (threatening Nd6 and checkmate on b7) Qxf5 24. Qc7+ and perpetual. Maybe White has something more after 23. Nbd4!? with idea Rxb4+.
22…Rc8 23. Qd2 Rxc6 24. Qxd7 looks a bit risky for Black. Now everything depends on whether Wang had this position analysed in his lab…
22… fxg3! Perhaps Wang decided to take some risk, now 23. hxg3 bxc6 24. Qxc6 transposes to the above given draw, but there is also the possibility of 23…Ne7!? which forces White to trade the pieces or retreat, while Black King remains relatively safe.
23.hxg3 Rc8 Ne7 was probably stronger. Now White has to play 24. Qd3, getting away from the pin, defending Nf5 and attacking Nd7, 24…Rxc6 25. Qxd7, after which Black has a wide variety of choices.
24.Qd3 bxc6 24…Nc5!? was interesting, then 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Lg2 h4 appears to be roughly equal position.
25.Qxd7 Rc7 The safest option, with next h4. 25…Rcd8!? 26. Qxc6 Bxf2+ (decoy, to take on f5 with check) 27. Kxf2 Qxf5+ was a mess.
26.Qd3 h4 27.Nbd4! A multipurpose move. Covers Bishop’s diagonal and threatens on b4 and c6.
27… hxg3 27…c5 28. Nf3 looks unattractive…
28.Rxb4+ Ka8 29.Nxg3 It looks like 29…Nf4 is nasty, but White has a neat 30. Qf3! and if 30…Bxd4 (better is 30…Nh3+, and Ng5), then 31. Rxc6!
29… Rd8 30.e3! White got a necessary break after the tame Rd8. Now Nf4 is too slow, while c5 will be met with 31. Rb5
30… Nh4!? Having in mind tactics related with capture on d4 and Nf3+
31.Kf1 Qa5 Unfortunate choice by Wang Yue, the Queen is submitted to various tactical shots connected with Nd4 jump.
32.Rcb1 Carlsen missed the strong Rxc6! Now Black has time to relocate the Queen, for example d5 appears to be nice square.
32… Nf3 33.Nb3 Never too late, White still retains certain advantage.
Chess Dom has the funniest game commentary I ever saw:
“We will be back after a short 10-minute break, stay tuned.”
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can somebody please start a campaign on how to stop corruption in chess on all levels?
3 decisive games:
Carlsen – Wang Yue 1-0
Leko – Topalov 0-1
Jakovenko – Radjabov 1-0.
Leko – Topalov 0-1
Carlsen – Wang Yue 1-0
Jakovenko – Radjabov 1-0
I dont know. Some FMs I know would play better than some GMs here.
Why arent the women and the men playing together? Why the discrimination in chess?
In the womens tournamene some weak fide official is commenting the games. Here is what he had to say, after trying to be a knowledgeabl arbiter also, which he is not:
I’ll start with a correction requested by the Chief Arbiter Ignatius Leong regarding a previous round report. He advised that the GM norm and IM norms are subject to performance ratings of 2600+ and 2450+ and not to the old system of categories.
Really….
Susan’s coverage of Spice tournament was better than the chinese are doing with Nanjing. I’d award her title of International Organizer if I could.
Rumors here say that Adrian Mihalshishin is being sent home and Kasparov is arriving to help Yildiz swim out ouf the mud. Let’s hope so!
“Can somebody please start a campaign on how to stop corruption in chess on all levels?”
Quit playing chess.