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Kramnik won game 3 and drew game 4. He is leading 2.5 – 1.5, winning 1 game while drawing 3.
GM Cheparinov won Sigeman by a convincing margin.
GM Carlsen needed a draw with the White pieces against GM Krasenkow to win Gausdal and he won.
Congrats to Kramnik, Cheparinov and Carlsen!
Final standings in Gausdal:
1. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2690 gm 7.0 2748
2. Krasenkow, Mikal POL 2651 gm 5.5 2608
3. Portisch, Lajos HUN 2512 gm 5.5 2619
4. Rozentalis, Eduardas LIT 2578 gm 5.5 2611
5. Kulaots, Kaido EST 2526 gm 5.0 2580
6. Krush, Irina USA 2449 im 4.5 2546
7. Dreev, Alexei RUS 2658 gm 4.5 2527
8. Lie, Kjetil A NOR 2529 gm 4.0 2529
9. Jones, Gawain ENG 2509 im 2.5 2373
10. Moskow, Eric USA 2260 1.0 2197
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
From what I read, Magnus won his game vs Krasenkow.
Susan, the Gausdal games finished long ago. 🙂
Magnus won vs. Krasenkow to finish 1.5 points ahead of the field.
1. Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2690 gm 7.0 2748
2. Krasenkow, Mikal POL 2651 gm 5.5 2608
3. Portisch, Lajos HUN 2512 gm 5.5 2619
4. Rozentalis, Eduardas LIT 2578 gm 5.5 2611
5. Kulaots, Kaido EST 2526 gm 5.0 2580
6. Krush, Irina USA 2449 im 4.5 2546
7. Dreev, Alexei RUS 2658 gm 4.5 2527
8. Lie, Kjetil A NOR 2529 gm 4.0 2529
9. Jones, Gawain ENG 2509 im 2.5 2373
10. Moskow, Eric USA 2260 1.0 2197
Congratulations to Irina. She scored almost 100 points above her rating. A very good sign. Soon she should be making the GM norms. I feel good that she will make it very soon.
Congratulations to Moskow. He did OK in an extremely difficult field. I am sure the experience was very good for him.
And obviously as a Magnus fan it was nice to see him win and have a TPR of 2748. Although I do not feel this tournament was a full test of his playing ability as much as he has recently playing the top 10.
And congratulations again to Irina for her draw with Magnus. Nice game Irina. Everyone is proud of you. Keep up the good work.
Apparently what I felt was shown today in analysis. Leko should have won the game he was ahead a Queen for Rook and Knight. Today Kramnik got him so he goes up +1 but in this faster time control anything can happen. I still think Kramnik will win the match.
Did Miss Krush het the GM norm!?!
She needed 5,5 point, and she got 4,5.