Round 7 matchups:
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter – Carlsen, Magnus
Karjakin, Sergey – Ivanchuk, Vassily
Alekseev, Evgeny – Shirov, Alexei
Volokitin, Andrei – Svidler, Peter
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Van Wely, Loek
Onischuk, Alexander – Eljanov, Pavel
Standings after 6 rounds:
1. Carlsen, M. 5
2-3. Volokitin, A., Karjakin, S. 3.5
4-8. Svidler, P., Eljanov, P., Nisipeanu, L.-D., Ivanchuk, V., Shirov, A. 3
9-10. Alekseev, E., Jakovenko, D. 2.5
11-12. Onischuk, A., Van Wely, L. 2
Official website: http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2008/index_e.htm
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Magnus the Magnificent!
No more Kramnik!
No more Topa!
No more Anand!
Only Magnus fans will be left to cheer him to the throne established by Morphy, ruled by Fischer, and now passes to its true heir, King Magnus.
MAGNUS THE KING !!! 2800 soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooner the better … 2852 in two years
Magnus is just a new kid on the block, as was Kramnik, as was Anand, as was … In a couple of years Magnus will have to fight new generations, better ones of course. Darwin.
Indeed, Joe Bloggs may be coming from nowhere, suddenly become the top player in 2011 and dominate the game for 3 years, 37 days, and 77,911 seconds. You never know what is around the corner….
Live in the now and the moment, else time will pass you by my friends.
Magnus is now.
Joe Blow is later…
Celebrate the now.
Magnus rules supreme! The Michael Jordan of Chess.
On a side note, Magnus is beating the New Kids on the Block too…
I hated that band, btw.