Kramnik won again today to extend his lead to a full point ahead of Anand, Leko and Alekseev.
Round 6 results:
Kramnik, Vladimir – Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0
Gelfand, Boris – Leko, Peter 0-1
Anand, Viswanathan – Alekseev, Evgeny 1/2
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Carlsen, Magnus 1/2
Standings after 6 rounds:
1. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 4.5
3-5. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2786, Leko, Peter g HUN 2738, Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2679 3.5
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2757 3.0
6. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2693 2.5
7. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2733 2.0
8. Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2654 1.5
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
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Look out for Leko in Mexico!
Hes on a roll!
“Peter Leko just won his game against Gelfand. Kramnik therefore is leading by a half point only. Am I right?”
You’re wrong. Kramnik is on +3, while Alexeev, Anand and Leko are all on +1.
Great game of Kramnik again! He just needs so little to convert a position into a win.
In regards to abie weiler’s entry I have to say that it continues to amaze me how people can find time to write questions whereby they can find the answer within seconds on the internet.
I mean how can you know that Leko just won (implying you are following the tournament) but not know what the standings are.
Even worse, the standings are given in Susan’s original post, to which Mr. Weiler was replying.
Sigh. Like Mig, I wish computers were harder to use.
Whats with this tournament??? So few games. 🙁
They ought to call it “SHORTMUND” not Dortmund. 🙁
interesting detail: Alekseev declined a draw offer from Anand after the smoke went down (well, he was a bit better I think), but offered Anand a draw when it become clear that Kramnik was winning. Conclusion: he understood that he needed to crash Kramnik tomorrow anyway to share 1st, and decided to save energy. Hopefully Kramnik will get some work to do tomorrow 😉
So you suggest Kramnik plays him today? He chose another opponent though.