Standings after 4 rounds:
1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2766 6.5
2. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2744 6.0
3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2750 5.5
4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2728 5.0
5-8. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733, Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2741, Leko, Peter g HUN 2749, Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779 4.0
9. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2690 3.0
10. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2729 2.0
11-12. Vallejo Pons, Francisco g ESP 2679, Van Wely, Loek g NED 2683 2.0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Where is the connection between that turtle and Kramnik? 🙂
don’t you know?
All turtles are very good at blindfold because they are too short to reach the board 🙂
its sttrange to see how on each tournement there´s a different winner, in kasparov´s time only he ruled!!!!
To think of it ..JB is right…Kasparov did really rule at his time and he was sure to win almost all the tournaments he played. Anand 2nd and Kramnik 3rd….now it is so different….however, I like it now as we can see a real sense of challenge than during Kaspy’s time.
KAsparov didn’t rule anything. Look at th etournament results. He did not play a lot.
Remember, Kasparov never played blindfold. Therefore, he never participated that turnament.
The Kramnik-Anand blindfold game is worth a watch. Anand loses a knight and a rook in the last few moves for absolutely no reason. Pure hilarity
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Anand loses a knight and a rook in the last few moves for absolutely no reason
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Perhaps the reason is that he is playing blindfolded? Certainly you would have done much better? 🙂