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Magnus Carlsen defeated super GM Morozevich AGAIN in the Biel Chess Festival to pull within 1/2 point from the leader! Morozevich is 5-0 against the rest of the field and 0-2 against Magnus Carlsen! Radjabov drew today against Pelletier. He is now tied for 2nd with Magnus.
In the women’s section, GM Pia Cramling continues to lead with IM Dembo 1/2 point behind and IM Socko just 1 point back.
Here are the standings for both Men’s and Women’s Section:
1. 5.0 GM Alexander Morozevich (Russia 2731)
2-3. 4.5 GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway 2675), GM Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan 2728)
4. 3.0 GM Andrei Volokitin (Ukraine 2662)
5-6. 2.0 GM Lazaro Bruzon (Cuba 2667), GM Yannick Pelletier (Switzerland 2583)
Accentus standings after round 7 of 10
1. 5.0 GM Pia Cramling (Sweden 2521)
2. 4.5 IM Yelena Dembo (Greece 2465)
3. 4.0 IM Monika Socko (Poland 2464)
4. 3.5 WGM Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia 2456)
5. 2.5 IM Almira Skripchenko (France 2421)
6. 1.5 WGM Ekaterina Atalik (Turkey 2377)
What a game, even when in huge difficulties Carlsen never gave up, one can not help but admire him! What a blunder 27.Bg7? was though! Morozevich will be feeling pretty sick tonight I think, all that hard work to get a superb position, then to squander it with one move. It just shows what top level chess is though — makes up a lot for a few quick draws, huh? 🙂
All the best, and enjoy it everyone!