Standings after 3 rounds:
1. Gustafsson, Jan g GER 2603 2
2. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 2
3. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2752 1½
4. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2624 1½
5. Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2634 1½
6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 1½
7. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2677 1
8. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 1
Your impression so far after 3 of 7 rounds?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ivanchuk is just a point behind with 4 rounds left- if he finishes like in Aerosvit he will finish 3.5/4 and win the event with +2. Not over yet.
Carlsen is not playing for I am not very interested.
Jan and Peter?
So where are Greg, Marcia, Bobby and Cindy?
“Anonymous said…
Jan and Peter?
So where are Greg, Marcia, Bobby and Cindy?”
And then that’s why they are the Brady Bunch, Ta-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da!
Greg Kaidanov, Bobby Fischer, I don’t know a Marcia and Cindy who play.
Naidistch’s novelty against Kramnik was stunning. Wonder if Anand was aware of it?
Great to see that the german players have the most exiting matches so far (Gutafsson-Naiditsch / Naiditsch-Kramnik).
Naiditsch’s victory over Kramnik has a little bit of Huebners win over Kasparov back in 1992.
After all, Dortmund is not this boring like last year. Let’s see if Kramnik will strike back to win his favorite tournament again. But I guess it will be good for Dortmund to see another winner this year.
Greetings from Germany
Rainer
Most of the big chess tournaments keep inviting the same players time and again. While I like to see strong players’ performances it still gets boring to see e.g. the tenth encounter between, say, Svidler and Leko within a few months’ time. Thus, a good move to also invite some new players in order to mix things up. Wish the other super tournaments would follow up on that idea.
“Greg Kaidanov, Bobby Fischer, I don’t know a Marcia and Cindy who play.”
Because you don’t watch American T.V., Mr. Miloshevich.
Please drive through.