Standings after 2 rounds:
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 1½
2. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 1½
3. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 1½
4. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 1
5. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 1
6. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 1
7. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 1
8. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 1
9. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 ½
10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2741 0
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Morozevich will be #1 in the world after the Tal Memorial.
Susan, and everyone else…I believe Kamsky missed a win today against Gelfand on move 53. If 53 f5 gxf5 54 Nd3(!) White gets another piece in the king hunt. In some lines White need not retake the pawn(right away) and use it as shelter for his own king. In any event White gains time to bring the knight towards the k-side, and I don’t believe black can survive.
Tim.