Standings after 11 rounds
1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 10
2 Grischuk, Alexander 8
3 Morozevich, Alexander 7.5
4 Svidler, Peter 6.5
5 Gelfand, Boris 5.5
6 Kramnik, Vladimir 5
7 Leko, Peter 5
8 Tomashevsky, Evgeny 5
9 Karjakin, Sergey 4.5
10 Inarkiev, Ernesto 4.5
11 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 3.5
12 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 1
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kosteniuk outplayed all the patzers in this tournament. She’s the best ever. She already won the best woman prize after 1 round. No one else can ever do this.
dear Susan, is approving of that first comment fair & objective? you may have good reasons to be at a mild war with kosteniuk, but please defend her as a woman. that comment is cheap and poor, how can it be on your website?
kind regards, till
What’s the problem with the comment? She cited publicly that she’s the only chess queen on the planet and will be the only chess queen for life. The accomplishments of Hou Yifan and Judit Polgar don’t matter. Only hers are important. The comment above is similar to statements made by her marking team. Susan, don’t censor free speech.
what marketing team sends you to a tournament where you receive a 2 out of 22 score? that is very demanding, like is choosing the color pink for a website– i find it harsh by anonymous to diss someone when she is losing. but looking at her site, i must admit the chess queen tm is self-centered a bit out of proportion and thus entitled to a lot of satire! so while the comment is not polite, it may be fair. concerning free speech: Susan also published my comment, which might have been considered a harsh one itself. thank you for that, and apologies! kind regards, till