Round 6
Group A
L. van Wely – B. Gelfand
P. Leko – V. Topalov
M. Carlsen – J. Polgar
V. Anand – V. Ivanchuk
V. Kramnik – L. Aronian
T. Radjabov – M. Adams
S. Mamedyarov – P. Eljanov
Group B
N. Short – G. Sargissian
I. Cheparinov – H. Koneru
M. Krasenkow – E. L’Ami
E. Bacrot – I. Nepomniachtchi
P. Harikrishna – J. Smeets
Y. Hou – S. Movsesian
D. Stellwagen – W. Spoelman
Group C
I. Krush – F. Caruana
P. Carlsson – E. Grivas
A. Braun – D. Reinderman
J. van der Wiel – D. Ruijgrok
S. Li – M. van der Werf
A. Ushenina – Z. Peng
F. Nijboer – P. Negi
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
L. van Wely – B. Gelfand 1/2
P. Leko – V. Topalov 0/1
M. Carlsen – J. Polgar 1/0
V. Anand – V. Ivanchuk 1/2
V. Kramnik – L. Aronian 1/0
T. Radjabov – M. Adams 1/2
S. Mamedyarov – P. Eljanov 1/0
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Judit and Eljanov are losing badly, Aronian is losing a bit but what a game by the once-and-future World Champion! Regardless of result this was the most exciting middlegame of the tournament.
Leko-Topalov looks like a typical effort from these two; Leko plays too passively to make 1.e4 work and Topalov ignores a positional edge to try berserker play. Looks like a toss-up, I’d rather have Black but this is type of game Topalov tends to lose by pushing too hard so who knows??
I would like to see a decisive result in the game with the two women. Such a rarity for two women to fight to the death in a two gender event. They fight hard and well in women’s events; so, why the quick draws when there are men in the field.?
Judit misplayed the endgame. She never should have offered to trade bishops, White can do so then play 45.h3 and it is a win with knights and separated pawns, book loss what was she thinking?
Carlsen didn’t trade, why not? Was that his chance to win gone away?
Carlsen is back on track, the centralized king on the dark squares will win this but it would have been easier with only one minor piece. Checked at shredder.com, Judit’s 43…Bf3? is confirmed a losing blunder by the Tablebases but I am still shocked Carlsen would need a tablebase to jump at this book ending.
Topalov looks to be bringing trouble down on his head, but the game still looks like one of his typical random messes. Kramnik may not have enough to win, will he follow extra pawn with all pawns on same side in a bishop ending and then a knight ending with a rook ending? Much fewer chances there, even if he ends up with h- and f-pawns against no pawns for Aronian.
Eljanov looks to have holding chances now. I am still amazed that Mamedyarov can get anything out of some of his openings at this level.
Carlsen beats Polgar. The new Fischer is on track! Sorry to all you Polgar fans, I really like her too, but hey, I’m from Norway.
Gegga
Judit is doing a fine job!
She stands in the company of giants. She is one of them!
Great battle Judit!
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Polgar fought well ,but had to loose for a better player.
The King is dead! Long live the King!
But the Queen is still the Queen. Long live the Queen!
Eljanov is playing to win now! Not much chance though.
I think Leko may be very slightly better an now thinking whether or not he should just force a draw and be safe.
I am not certain Kramnik can win without an error from Aronian. It seems he just took a 45 minute “long-think” before R3a5 I am not certain that the Corus feed has the correct clocks posted in the game viewer.
Aronian will draw, a few more correct rook placements and kramnik will have to conceed a draw despite the two extra pawns.
Leko plays like an idiot, exchanging Queens was a patzer move that strengthened Topalov’s structure and removed all of Leko’s counterplay – a foolish strategic blunder. Why? I sit here in my office spotting both of them 600 ELO points yet I can spot such errors immediately…interesting topic of discussion, rather than posting more wasted comments on a sociopath who gave up chess years ago.
How awesome is it that Carlsen plays Radjabov in the last round? I will bet that that will be the featured game, eclipsing Anand-Kramnik that round. What an achievement if the 14th and 15th world champions are playing and everyone is watching two kids half their age on the next board?
Is Kramnik’s final score going to be higher because he plays everyone the very next round after they are worn down by Anand?
Very good point, the one reason why I think round robins don’t normally portray true stength.