25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess - Round 1 results

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

Round 1 results!

Shirov - Anand 0-1
Anand won!!!
Shirov (?) with no real plan to execute, went into great time trouble, and got mated by Anand!!!

Carlsen - Ivanchuk ½-½
It was no agressive game, ended in a draw. White looked like a bit in advantage.

Leko - Radjabov 1-0
Radjabov mistook Leko's "trap-pawn", and had severe beating in the game, and lost the game.
Leko won!

Topalov - Aronian 1-0
Topalov is Topalov!
Last time he lost to Aronian, but this time he took it back!
Topalov's novelty eventually pushed Aronian into time trouble (just 10 mins for 20 moves???).
Topalov won!

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament

February 15-23, 2008 / The 1st half in Morelia, Mexico   
February 28-March 7, 2008 / The 2nd half in Linares, Spain   
(Rest days - Feb 18 & 21, Mar 2 & 5)

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament 

- Anand, Ivanchuk, Topalov, Peter Leko, Magnus Carlsen, Aronian, Radjabov & Shirov  

http://www.chessmorelialinares.com/english/  

http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/english/

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Moscow Open 2008, Round 7 results

Moscow Open 2008

Round 7 results

Under "Open A",

Rank Title Name Rating Country Points
1 GM Timofeev Artyom 2664 RUS 6
2 GM Popov Ivan 2595 RUS 6
3 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2681 RUS 6

Under "Open C-ladies tournament",

Rank Title Name Rating Country Points
1 IM Muzychuk Anna 2460 SLO 6
2 WFM Bodnaruk Anastasia 2317 RUS 6
3 WFM Girya Olga 2342 RUS 6

Indian
7 IM Harika Dronavalli 2455 IND 5

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship, Round 7, Ganguly Surya Shekhar leads with 5.5 points!

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship

Round 7

Below are the undefeated! still (also top 3 are leaders!)

Rank Title Name Rating Points

1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2579 5,5
2 GM Kunte Abhijit 2550 5,0
3 GM Barua Dibyendu 2491 5,0
4 Thejkumar M S 2382 4,5
8 GM Gopal G N 2528 4,5
12 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2418 4,0

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship, Round 5, Ganguly Surya Shekhar & Bakre Tejas leading with 4!

45th Indian National "A" Chess Championship

Round 5

Ganguly Surya Shekhar & Bakre Tejas are leading with 4 points!

Unbeaten players till now!

1 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2579 4
2 GM Bakre Tejas 2459 4
3 Thejkumar M S 2382 3.5
5 GM Barua Dibyendu 2491 3.5
6 GM Kunte Abhijit 2550 3.5
7 GM Gopal G N 2528 3.5
12 IM Shetty Rahul 2320 3.0
15 IM Roy Chowdhury Saptarshi 2418 3.0

There is a very very good game lesson here!

If you "get the feeling that you already won!", check once! -- else you may loose next move (?)

Looked like Arun Prasad S fell just a step before victory!, against Adhiban B
Sure this game will come in dreams of the looser, for the next 3-5 years to come!
Just look at this game, sacrificing all, a single pawn went all the way to become Queen but a mere mis-calculation of a simple check by opponent, will loose that pawn and game!