When he is on, he is virtually unstoppable. At this pace, Morozevich is approaching 2800! After 6 games, he has 4 wins and 2 draws against opponents around 2680 average for a performance in the mid 2900!
GM Morozevich (2774) – GM Sokolov (2690) [C45]
29.05.2008 – Sarajevo – Round 6
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bh4 d6 11.Nd2 Ng6 12.Bg3 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Bxf5 Rxf5 15.a4 a6 16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Qb7 Rb8 18.Qxa6 Rxb2 19.Ne4 h5 20.h4 Rb6 21.Qc4 Qg8 22.Qe2 Rb8 23.Ng5 Nf8 24.Qxh5+ Nh7 25.Rae1 Bb6 26.Re7 Rbf8 27.Kh2 R5f6 28.a5 White wins 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Moro will be within a point of Kramnik when today’s match gets factored in at the live FIDE rating site: (http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~ha/toplist.php)
Unless he follows Chucky’s MTel lead and coasts home, he should certainly have #2 status by the tournament’s end (4 rounds to go).
Easy game this. I mean, Moro makes it look easy. 🙂