Svidler, Peter – Carlsen, Magnus 1/2
Shirov, Alexei – Aronian, Levon 0-1
Morozevich, Alexander – Grischuk, Alexander 1-0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Ponomariov, Ruslan 1/2
Leko, Peter – Gelfand, Boris 1-0
Here are the current standings after 4 rounds:
1. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2703 3.0
2-4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2750, Leko, Peter g HUN 2741, Aronian, Levon g ARM 2741 2.5
5-6. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2728, Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 2.0
7-9. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2720, Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2698, Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2747 1.5
10. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2710 1.0
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Great results today with more decisive games than draws, I hope they keep it up!
full analysis of Shirov-Aronian at http://chesskibitzer.blogspot.com
Have you noticed how the amount of comments on your blog has dropped to some 1/5 – 1/10 of what it was during the heights of the Kramnik-Topalov match?
From this you can personally see how invaluable the match tradition is to all chess fans around the world, and why you should support it and oppose recognizing Mexico City as any sort of Classical (i.e. “real”) World Championship.
It would be very very bad for the game.
well when this tourney is finnish, my guess is magnus carlsen will be nr 5!!
And i like forward to his games in the future!
Best regards from kristian livendahl
(Anonymous said…
Have you noticed how the amount of comments on your blog has dropped to some 1/5 – 1/10 of what it was during the heights of the Kramnik-Topalov match?
From this you can personally see how invaluable the match tradition is to all chess fans around the world, and why you should support it and oppose recognizing Mexico City as any sort of Classical (i.e. “real”) World Championship.
It would be very very bad for the game.)
I support professionalism, honesty and integrity. If one signs a contract, he/she MUST honor that contract. I have no respect for people with no professionalism.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
Svidler or Leko should win this tournament.
“I support professionalism, honesty and integrity. If one signs a contract, he/she MUST honor that contract. I have no respect for people with no professionalism.”
Indeed, it would be a sort of cheating to change the title/format of Mexico, but for the future a match should be considered as an attractive alternative to championship format.
“Have you noticed how the amount of comments on your blog has dropped to some 1/5 – 1/10 of what it was during the heights of the Kramnik-Topalov match?”
Hmm.. maybe it will be 5 – 10 x increased amount of comments on your blog if Judith-Kramnik match. Anybody want to sponsored?!?