Picture courtesy of echecs.com (Karpov 0-1 Zhao Xue)
Final standings of group A:
1. Sergey Karjakin (2672) : 5.0
2-3. Laurent Fressinet (2640) and Teïmour Radjabov (2729) : 4.5
4. Harikrishna Pentala (2674) : 4.0
5. Antoaneta Stefanova (2489) : 3.5
6. Parimarjan Negi (2538) : 3.0
7. Marie Sebag (2471) : 2.0
8. Alexandra Kosteniuk (2534) : 1.5
Final standings for group B:
1. Andreï Volokitin (2645) : 5.5
2. Magnus Carlsen (2698) : 4.5
3-6. Etienne Bacrot (2705), Anatoli Karpov (2668), Zhao Xue (2467) and Humpy Koneru (2545) : 3.5
7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2579) 2.5
8. Almira Skripchenko (2427) : 1.5
What an embarrassing performance by our wannabe chess model Kosteniuk.
I watched one of Alexandra’s games, against Radjabov, live on ICC. It was a 14-move “GM draw.” Disgraceful.
Kosteniuk scores 1.5 point in 7 games! How sad!
Take a good long look at comments such as irishspy’s regarding short draws all grandmasters who follow this blog.
Thats how 99% of the fans feel.
Short draws stink.