An official poll was taken by the organizers of the 2006 Tal Memorial. Here it is:
Who will win the 2006 Mikhail Tal Memorial?
Levon Aronian 743 – 20.9%
Peter Svidler 503 – 14.1%
Magnus Carlsen 475 – 13.4%
Alexander Morozevich 411 – 11.6%
Peter Leko 387 – 10.9%
Ruslan Ponomariov 337 – 9.5%
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 274 – 7.7%
Alexei Shirov 205 – 5.8%
Boris Gelfand 147 – 4.1%
Alexander Grischuk 73 – 2.1%
Do you agree with the above poll?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I bet for Ruslan Ponomariow.
and me bet for Peter … 🙂
PS: Svidler of course ^^
I guess, If Shakh Mamedyarov wins Gelfand today, he will end up winning the tourney