Round 11:
Wang Yue – Kamsky Gata
Jakovenko Dmitry – Gashimov Vugar
Ivanchuk Vassily – Radjabov Teimour
Aronian Levon – Gelfand Boris
Karjakin Sergey – Cheparinov Ivan
Navara David – Grischuk Alexander
Al-Modiahki Mohamad – Svidler Peter
Standings after 10 rounds:
1. Wang Yue g CHN 2704 6
2. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2717 6
3. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2737 6
4. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 6
5. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2687 5½
6. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 5½
7. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 5½
8. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 5
9. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2709 5
10. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 5
11. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 4½
12. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 4
13. Navara, David g CZE 2646 3
14. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2556 3
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Yes, surely this tournament is incredibly tight.
We can see names like “The Mighty” Svidler and “The Wonder” Ivanchuk, only at the bottom and the middle of the table.
The young warriors likes “The young Lion” Gashimov, “The Great Wall” Wang Yue as well as Aronian and “Mr. Cool” Radjabov is on the lead with only three rounds to go.
Yet their leads is only half point over “The Enigmatic” Cheparinov, and “ex Wunder Kinder” Kamsky and Karjakin.
It’s seems very hard to get half point and even harder to collect the full point!
I have to say, Al Mohdiaki has done his best to try to compete with these Chess Warriors, and to play with slightly above his rating.
Well it’s thin air up there, better luck next time, Mr. Mohdiaki!
Well, any other result than a draw between Jakovenko and Gashimov would be surprising as the former draw ALL of his games so far and the latter lost none either.
More interesting might be the encounter between Wang Yue and Kamsky, though I suspect this will eventually end up in a shared point as well…
Games are over:
Wang – Kamsky 1/2
Navara – Grischuk 1/2
Ivanchuk – Radjabiv 1/2
Aronian – Gelfand 1-0
Karjakin – Cheparinov 1-0 (bravo Sergey)
Al-Modiahki – Svidler 0-1
Jakovlenko – Gashimov 1-0