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Monday, March 3, 2008

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess, Round 10 & 9, Anand maintains lead!! Carlsen just behind!!

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

Round 10 

Results:
Anand - Carlsen ½-½ (as usual Anand is as cool as he would, maintains lead!)
Shirov - Leko ½-½
Radjabov - Aronian ½-½
Ivanchuk - Topalov ½-½ (looked like Ivanchuk was better up 1 pawn, but lost it?)

Standings:
1. Vishy Anand 6.5
2. Magnus Carlsen 6.0
3. Levon Aronian 5.5
4. Veselin Topalov 5.0
5-7. Teimour Radjabov, Alexei Shirov and Vassily Ivanchuk 4.5
8. Peter Leko 3.5

Links:
All in one, good interface!!
http://www.chessvibes.com/tournaments/morelia-linares-2008-round-10-with-comments/

Vishy Anand - Magnus Carlsen
http://live.chessdom.com/games/150/


Round 9

Results:
Anand - Aronian ½-½
Topalov - Radjabov ½-½
Carlsen - Shirov 1-0 (1 BIG error move, and no more moves! lost the game ?? - shows loss of concentration)
Leko - Ivanchuk 0-1 (looked like, Leko allowed a unnecessary long lasting pin, and later allowed a pawn to restrict the Kings movement completely, and lost ?)

Standings:
1. Vishy Anand 6.0
2. Magnus Carlsen 5.5
3. Levon Aronian 5
4. Veselin Topalov 4.5
5-7. Teimour Radjabov, Alexei Shirov and Vassily Ivanchuk 4
8. Peter Leko 3

Links:
http://www.chessvibes.com/tournaments/morelia-linares-2008-round-9-with-comments/

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