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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess, Round 11, Topalov & Leko won!, Anand extends lead by full point!

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament 

Round 11 

Results: 

Radjabov - Vishy Anand, 1/2 - 1/2
  (Intelligent Anand draws, increases lead to healthy 1 point, with little support from Carlsen loss)
Aronian - Vassily Ivanchuk, 1/2 - 1/2
  (Ivanchuk looked dangerous on Aronian's uncastled king, but could only share a point) 
Topalov - Shirov, 1-0
  (short game, Topalov got a classic center!, later had put a HUGE attacking game!!!!! and won!) 
Leko - Carlsen, 1-0
  (After a while, Leko recovered!, looked like Carlsen utterly collapsed in the end game, Leko won!) 

Standings:
1. Vishy Anand, 7.0 
2-4. Carlsen, Aronian and Topalov, 6.0 
5-6. Radjabov & Vassily Ivanchuk, 5.0 
7-8. Shirov & Peter Leko, 4.5 


Links: 
http://www.chessvibes.com/tournaments/morelia-linares-2008-round-11-leko-topalov-win/ 
http://www.chessdom.com/morelia-linares-2008/round-11-report 
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/morlin08/morlin11.html

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