English top GM Mickey Adams drew closest rival Van Wely in the final round to win the 2008 Staunton Memorial. The Dutch on the other hand captured the next 5 spots, 2nd through 6th.
Here are the final standings:
1. Adams, Michael g ENG 2735 8
2. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2644 7½
3. Smeets, Jan g NED 2593 7
4. Timman, Jan g NED 2562 6½
5. L’Ami, Erwin g NED 2610 6
6. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2658 6
7. Speelman, Jon S g ENG 2524 5½
8. Short, Nigel g ENG 2655 5½
9. Werle, Jan g NED 2591 5½
10. Wells, Peter g ENG 2526 5
11. Cherniaev, Alexander g RUS 2431 3½
12. Wade, Robert m ENG 2167 0
Official website: http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2008/index.shtml
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
waded !
Fischer : “My 60 memorables games”
Wade : “My 11 miserables games”
Short 5,5 buhahahahaha
If only Bob had scored at least 1/2 of a single point…the 87 years are showing? Beautiful man though. Perhaps next time…please pit him against the GMs again!!!
don’t be too hard on Bob W.
he once drew against Fischer with black.