Round 26 results
Tkachiev, Vladislav – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1
Dominguez Perez, Leinier – Grischuk, Alexander 0-1
Karjakin, Sergey – Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0
Karpov, Anatoly – Svidler, Peter ½-½
Naiditsch, Arkadij – Morozevich, Alexander 1-0
Carlsen, Magnus – Bareev, Evgeny 1-0
Polgar, Judit – Gashimov, Vugar ½-½
Gelfand, Boris – Leko, Peter ½-½
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0
Aronian, Levon – Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
Anand, Viswanathan – Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1
Round 27 results
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Leko, Peter 0-1
Gashimov, Vugar – Aronian, Levon 0-1
Kosteniuk, Alexandra – Polgar, Judit 1-0
Morozevich, Alexander – Carlsen, Magnus 1-0
Svidler, Peter – Naiditsch, Arkadij ½-½
Ponomariov, Ruslan – Karpov, Anatoly ½-½
Grischuk, Alexander – Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Dominguez Perez, Leinier ½-½
Tkachiev, Vladislav – Gelfand, Boris 0-1
Bareev, Evgeny – Anand, Viswanathan 0-1
Kramnik, Vladimir – Jakovenko, Dmitry 1-0
Round 28 results
Dominguez Perez, Leinier – Tkachiev, Vladislav 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0
Karpov, Anatoly – Grischuk, Alexander ½-½
Naiditsch, Arkadij – Ponomariov, Ruslan 0-1
Carlsen, Magnus – Svidler, Peter 1-0
Polgar, Judit – Bareev, Evgeny 0-1
Aronian, Levon – Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Gashimov, Vugar 0-1
Anand, Viswanathan – Morozevich, Alexander 1-0
Gelfand, Boris – Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0
Leko, Peter – Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½
So Polgar and Kosteniuk split their mini-match. It’s nice (and much too rare) to see two women playing in a non-women’s event. I hope this starts a trend in the future.
Anand is a beast but Carlsen is God.
Kosteniuk!
Last three rounds – wins over Polgar, Anand, Aronian.1
AK doing pretty well considering she is outrated by 200 points vs tournaemnt average
Great Kosteniuk, I think she is the really chessqueen
Yesterday some people here thought she shouldn’t have been invited, in spite of being very sharpin blitz and being womans WC. Now they should look at who she has beaten. Most of the top players! Anand and Magnus included!
Go Kosteniuk!
The Morozevich-Carlsen game was awesome!