Reykjavik Open 2008, Round 7, Wang Hao leads!! Stefansson Hannes & Wang Yue follow!

Reykjavik Open 2008

Round 7

In the recent times, I haven't heard Caruana Fabiano being defeated.

Surprisingly, Wang Hao deafeated Caruana Fabiano with ease in just 27 moves!!!! Must watch attacking game!

Excellent learning given by Wang Hao, to Caruana Fabiano, on what happens if you attack by compromising your own king safety (??) without castling the King.

With this loss, Caruna is now pushed to 5.0 points, out of top 3 positions! 

Standings!
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Rank Title Name Rating Flags Points
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1 GM Wang Hao 2665 CHN 6.0
2 GM Stefansson Hannes 2564 ISL 5.5
3 GM Wang Yue 2698 CHN 20s0 5.5
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Indians
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Rank Title Name Rating Points
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21 IM Tania Sachdev 2417 4.5
38 FM Grover Sahaj 2242 4.0
46 FM Narayanan Srinath 2210 3.0
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http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5844&Itemid=457

Reykjavik Open 2008, Round 6, Fabiano, Hao, Stefansson Hannes & Yue lead!

Reykjavik Open 2008

It's in progress, ofcourse overshadowed by the Linares super tournament, where, The King, Vishy Anand won it!

Ok, here are the Top "player list" for Reykjavik Open 2008!

Title Name Place Rating
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GM Wang Yue CHN 2698
GM Wang Hao CHN 2665
GM Mikhalevski Victor ISR 2632
GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2600
GM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2598
(this guy has shown really impressive performance in recent past, looks calm but isn't on the chess board!)

Indians are:
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IM Tania Sachdev IND 2417 (famously known as the glamour girl, but has a better chess play)
FM Grover Sahaj IND 2242 (Playing well in this tournament)
FM Narayanan Srinath IND 2210 (played very solid in the recent tournaments)


Ok so, here are the
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Standings after 6 rounds
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Rank Title Name Rating Place Points
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1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2598 ITA 5.0
2 GM Wang Hao 2665 CHN 5.0
3 GM Stefansson Hannes 2564 ISL 5.0
4 GM Wang Yue 2698 CHN 5.0
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Indians - Playing respectably well for their ratings.
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Rank Title Name Rating Points
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23 IM Tania Sachdev 2417 3.5
45 FM Narayanan Srinath 2210 3.0
49 FM Grover Sahaj 2242 3.0
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The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament - Anand winner!!, Carlsen runner!

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament 

Congratulations  to  Anand ! ! !  - Winner of Linares-Morelia 2008!

Anand won the tournament being clear 1st, with 8.5!! from 14 rounds.

Carlsen did fought hard only to settle with Radjabov, but the young lad is clear 2nd!

Round 14

Results:
Anand, Viswanathan vs. Topalov, Veselin, ½-½
Leko, Peter vs. Aronian, Levon, ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus vs. Radjabov, Teimour, ½-½
Shirov, Alexei vs. Ivanchuk, Vassily, ½-½

Standings:
1. Vishy Anand, 8.5
2. Carlsen, 8.0
3-4. Aronian & Topalov, 7.5
5. Radjabov, 7
6. Vassily Ivanchuk, 6.5
7-8. Leko & Shirov, 5.5

http://www.soloajedrez.com/ciudaddelinares/

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess, Round 13, Topalov & Radjabov win!, Anand maintains lead by 1/2 point!

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament 

Round 13

Results:
Radjabov - Shirov 1-0
Topalov - Leko 1-0
Ivanchuk - Anand ½-½
Aronian - Carlsen ½-½

Standings:
1. Vishy Anand, 8.0 (as expected settled for draw, but Carlsen too did the same, now Anand is forced to win, or to settle for a draw, only after he sees Carlsen has drawn his game, that means, playing slowly!, is this possible? but winning against Topalov is equally difficult!, what?)
2. Carlsen, 7.5
3. Aronian, 7.0
4. Topalov, 7.0
5. Radjabov, 6.5
6. Vassily Ivanchuk, 6.0
7-8. Leko & Shirov, 5.0

Links: 
http://www.chessvibes.com/tournaments/morelia-linares-2008-round-13-radjabov-topalov-win/

http://www.chessdom.com/morelia-linares-2008/round-13-report

25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess, 5th March, Rest day

The 25th Linares-Morelia 2008 chess tournament 

5th March is rest day. Just 2 more rounds to go!

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Round 12 standings:
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1. Vishy Anand, 7.5
2. Carlsen, 7.0
3. Aronian, 6.5
4. Topalov, 6.0
5-6. Radjabov & Vassily Ivanchuk, 5.5
7-8. Leko & Shirov, 5.0
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Round 13 schedule:
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Ivanchuk, Vassily vs. Anand, Viswanathan
Radjabov, Teimour vs. Shirov, Alexei
Aronian, Levon vs. Carlsen, Magnus
Topalov, Veselin vs. Leko, Peter
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Round 14 schedule:
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Anand, Viswanathan vs. Topalov, Veselin
Leko, Peter vs. Aronian, Levon
Carlsen, Magnus vs. Radjabov, Teimour
Shirov, Alexei vs. Ivanchuk, Vassily
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Can Carlsen catch Anand?

Anand might be forced to win, but he would have to play the tough Topalov! & the more experienced Ivanchuk!
Anand might be fine with Ivanchuk, looks like it would be a draw. But Topalov is a dangerous attacking player who recently won on Kramnik (?) with his attacking preparation!

Carlsen also has 2 tough opponents next 2 rounds, Radjabov & Aronian
Very difficult to win on Radjabov, and if lost while trying to win on Aronian, Aronian may go ahead of him!

Considering if Anand gets 2 draws (if both Topalov & Ivanchuk respect Anand without fighting), Carlsen can only be a contender for him.
If Anand looses one game, then Carlsen, Aronian & Topalov would have a chance.

I guess Anand will try 2 draws first, and let Carlsen loose one game by himself.
But after 11th round, if Anand senses someone is catching up, may be he will need to win, that would be an exiting last round!

no option, but to wait and see! what?