Round 2 results:
Vishy Anand ½-½ Peter Leko
Arkadij Naiditsch ½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Evgeny Alekseev 1-0 Shak. Mamedyarov
Vladimir Kramnik 1-0 Boris Gelfand
Round 3 matchups:
Boris Gelfand – Vishy Anand
Shak. Mamedyarov – Vladimir Kramnik
Magnus Carlsen – Evgeny Alekseev
Peter Leko – Arkadij Naiditsch
Round 2 Standings:
1-2. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2679 1.5
1-2. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 1.5
3. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786 1.0
4. Leko, Peter g HUN 2738 1.0
5. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2693 1.0
6. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2757 1.0
7-8 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 0.5
7-8. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2654 0.5
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Impressive start for Alekseev! AND…Alekseev-Kramnik game is scheduled for the last round. It should be very interesting!
Beautiful clock! How old is it?
Hi,
1st will be Carlsen – Alekseev,
it will be a fight.
Regards
Pony.
First time I am hearing of Alekseev. Does he go by some other name? 🙂
– Vinay