Morozevich just scored his 5th win in 7 games (2 draws) against players with average rating of 2680! He has surpassed Kramnik as the new #2 player in the world!
GM Morozevich (2774) – GM Predojevic (2651) [D10]
30.05.2008 – Sarajevo – Round 7
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Qb6 6.Qd2 Nc6 7.e3 Bf5 8.f3 e6 9.Rc1 Bb4 10.h4 h5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Rxc3 0–0 13.Be2 Rfe8 14.Bd1 e5 15.Bxe5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Rxe5 17.Ne2 Rae8 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.0–0 Qd6 20.Bb3 R5e7 21.Rfc1 g6 22.Ba2 Kg7 23.Ne2 Bb5 24.Nf4 Qb6 25.Kf2 Bc4 26.b3 Bb5 27.Bb1 Bc6 28.Rd1 a5 29.Qd4 Qd8 30.e4 Qd6 31.exd5 Bb5 32.Bd3 Bxd3 33.Rcxd3 Re5 34.b4 Re4 35.fxe4 Rxe4 36.Nxh5+ gxh5 37.Rg3+ Kh8 38.Qc3 axb4 39.axb4 Re5 40.Kg1 Ng4 41.Rxg4 hxg4 42.Re1 f6 43.Rxe5 fxe5 44.Qc8+ White wins 1–0
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Round 7 results:
Morozevich 1-0 Predojevic
Sokolov 0-1 Movsesian
Timofeev 0-1 Dominguez
I like to see Morozevich breaking 2800. He’s exciting to watch.
Kudos to the man Mig Greengard refers to as “Mr. Excitement”. And that was before this tournament commenced!
Given Anand likely shed a point for his draw with Vallejo (2684) today, there’s still the possibility we could even see a new #1 for the July FIDE rankings. The way Moro’s playing here, it’s by no means a long shot.
An addendum to my prior post. The ‘Advanced Chess’ in Leon is not a FIDE event and hence Anand’s rating will not change.
No more comments about Moro from my side…just amazing… I just want to congratulate my countrymate GM Dominguez…he is over 2700 now !!!
Hold your horses- if things stay as they are until the next rating list is out (July 1st) Morozevich is the #2 player in the world.
However he has 3 games here left (he needs 2/3 to keep his virtual rating above Kramnik’s). Also, other players who could catch him are still playing (Ivanchuk and Carlsen for example in Aerosvit).
Therefore he is virtual number 2 (possibly virtual number 1 with 2800+ if he wins last 3 games) but he is not going to be the number 2 for sure just yet..
Morozevich and Ivanchuk are the most exciting, but that’s partially because they are so uneven, so until the tournament ends one never knows if they will win or suffer a complete meltdown.
I do not believe that Morozevich is better than Kramnik.
Moro may be an exiting player, but his inflated rating doesn’t change the fact that he’s inferior to players like Anand, Topalov and Kramnik, as he keeps proving time and time again when invited to major tournaments.
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