Round 2 of Tal Memorial just got underway. Here are the matchups:
Leko – Grischuk
Gelfand – Ponomariov
Morozevich – Carlsen
Mamedyarov – Aronian
Svidler – Shirov
The games are very exciting so far. Click here to watch the games LIVE.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Hi Susan, on the playchess server there is a different order to the games – Leko vs Alexander and not vice-versa.
I thinkthat Alexander is in truble his opening idea wasn’t sound I’m affraid …
*Leko shuld win this one!
D.K.
21. Qf4 (Leko) ??? This probably leads to a drawn endgame after:
21.Qf4 Qxf4 22.Rxf4 e5 23.Nxc6 exf4 24.Nxe7 Kxe7 25.Rd4 Bxa4 26.Bxa4 Rb8 27.Rxf4
But why not play Kh1 or Ne2 or Nf3 Or even Rf4 – all these seem better to me – why not keep fighting (this kind of reinforces Leko-s reputation as a draw master …)
D.K.
leko is so boring- i don’t even watch his games- so far, i like the aronian game and the carlsen game
This site doesn’t work
I couldn’t get the moves to update. Does anyone know how to set my brower so I can receive them; or is this a problem with the site today for everyone?
the site has been having problems- you would think a trnmt like this would have a better site – so far 2 of the games are draws – hopefully we get at least 1 decisive result today- i like the way aronian looks today with the black pieces – if he manages to win again he would be 2-0 and in sole possession of 1st place
It was difficult to follow the games with the official site. I haven’t tried playchess.com yet…I’ll try that once Judit is on the scene. Thank for the info.
To those watching via web, I’d just like to mention that it’s possible to download the free client from http://www.playchess.com, log in as guest and follow the games live by going to the “broadcast” room. (It’s probably possible to do the same with the ICC client, although I find the playchess interface is sleeker.)
While not everyone can do this (might not have rights to install software at work computer, for example), it does help to lessen the load on the official tournament servers.
Looks like today was a draw day … I think there is something wrong with my connection or with playchess … Aronian made a draw probalby but my playches windows shows TIME (but I guess that in such a position you can’t run out of time … so it is a draw), but Lekos game also shows TIME (for white) … and it gives 47. … Nf6 as the last move, I’m not shure about this game but I think there is still play posible (the only reason I see this culd be over is if someone probably Leko proposed a draw, a pity … I was looking forward to see how shuld black play …
P.S. to: Todd R. Forbes, I finished my analysis, did you get the PGN attachemnt or not? (I think I might have done something wrong while saving the game …) …
D.K.