| Round 9 (July 29th) | |||||||
| Vassily Ivanchuk | (UKR) |
0-1 | Alexander Morozevich | (RUS) | |||
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | (FRA) |
1/2 |
Boris Gelfand | (ISR) | |||
| Fabiano Caruana | (ITA) |
1/2 | Evgeny Alekseev | (RUS) |
| Standings after Round 8 | Points | ||
| 1. | Vassily Ivanchuk | (UKR, 2703) | 5 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | (FRA, 2703) | 5 |
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| 3. |
Alexander Morozevich | (RUS, 2751) | 4 |
| Evgeny Alekseev | (RUS, 2714) | 4 |
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| 5. |
Fabiano Caruana | (ITA, 2670) | 3 |
| Boris Gelfand | (ISR, 2755) | 3 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Caruana is best.
Gelfand is terrible – AGAIN a quick draw. Hope he never gets invited to such tournaments ever again, this is just awful.
Why did Ivanchuck play 25.dxe6?Seems to be a bad move
As i thought, Ivan lost. The frenchman in the lead, the surprise continues.
Vassily Ivanchuk(UKR)-Alexander Morozevich(RUS) 0-1
“Gelfand is terrible – AGAIN a quick draw. Hope he never gets invited to such tournaments ever again, this is just awful.”
Ever thought about that he may not feel well (what if he has the flu or something) and thats why he makes so many quick draws?
A fit player wouldn’t make so many short uneventful draws in a row.
Fabiano Caruana(ITA)-Evgeny Alekseev(RUS) 1/2 – 1/2
Great game by both players.
Players like Gelfand, Leko and the likes are simply terrible for chess (regardless of their playing strength) as they agree to short draws way too often – look at past torunaments with regular time controls to confirm it for yourself. NEVER INVITE THEM AGAIN PLEASE!
Moro owes Chucky a drink.