Round 1 results:
| Carlsen, Magnus | – Leko, Peter | 1-0 | |||
| Topalov, Veselin | – Jakovenko, Dmitry | ½-½ | |||
| Wang Yue | – Radjabov, Teimour | ½-½ |
Standings after 1 round:
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2772 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2742 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2757 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 4. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2813 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 5. | Wang Yue | g | CHN | 2736 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 6. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2762 | 0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Lovely game by Carlsen.
Go Magnus!!! 🙂
A great game by Carlsen. He used the Scotch Opening as White in a very impressively convincing way. Any one that doesnt believe yet that Carlsen is going to be a World Champion , will have to convert after following this game. I followed the game and felt victim.. I turned into a Carlsen believer.
Best wishes
A Weiler
A crushing victory by Carlsen!
He had full control from the very beginning, forcing Leko to play moves that he was obviously not comfortable with. Peter’s clock prove the point.
With black’s officers sideline spectators or uncoordinated, Magnus mounted a surprisingly simple attack on the queenside. Feeling time pressure, Leko made several imprecise moves, none of which qualify as blunders individually.
Carlsen’s opening preparations have obviously borne fruit. And if this is any indications of what he is working on in “Kasparov’s Chess School”, then we can look forward to some really great chess in the months to come.
— ArcticStones
well said.
According to Chessdom, Leko missed a simple way to equalize on around 20. Just because a game looks convincing doesn’t mean it really is. Nice play by Carlsen, though, obviously.