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Carlsen and Nakamura both win today to pull within 1/2 point of Shirov. So wins back to back game after 5 straight draws to start the tournament. In group C, both Robson and Chao suffered losses but Robson still maintains the lead in his section.
Round 7 results
Group A
| F. Caruana – V. Anand | ½-½ |
| S. Tiviakov – P. Leko | ½-½ |
| J. Smeets – L. Dominguez | ½-½ |
| L. van Wely – S. Karjakin | ½-½ |
| N. Short – V. Kramnik | ½-½ |
| H. Nakamura – A. Shirov | 1-0 |
| M. Carlsen – V. Ivanchuk | 1-0 |
Group B
| A. Giri – E. l’Ami | ½-½ |
| D. Howell – T. Nyback | 1-0 |
| A. Muzychuk – E. Sutovsky | ½-½ |
| A. Naiditsch – Ni | ½-½ |
| W. So – D. Reinderman | 1-0 |
| V. Akobian – L. Nisipeanu | ½-½ |
| P. Negi – P. Harikrishna | ½-½ |
Group C
| S. Kuipers – S. Swaminathan | ½-½ |
| Z. Peng – M. Muzychuk | ½-½ |
| B. Bok – R. Swinkels | 0-1 |
| D. Vocaturo – R. Robson | 1-0 |
| S. Plukkel – A. Gupta | 0-1 |
| L. Chao – N. Grandelius | 0-1 |
| R. van Kampen – K. Lie | ½-½ |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kramnik had a very nice defence with two pawns down!
Nakamura chews Shirov. Yeah, like that’s any surprising.
If only Nakamura could get more opportunities to play in Europe, he would be in the late 2700s or early 2800s.
I am pretty sure Nakamura plays at Super-GM strength. He also has in common with Carlsen that youthful will to win that many boring 30 and 40 year old GMs don’t have anymore.
So, did Short blow a win against Kramnik, or was the position a book draw all along? I lean towards the latter- Kramnik seemed to be unconcerned about entering the Q+3P vs Q+P endgame, and his cornered king eventually played a big a part in the final stalemate position.
Just me….but I thought Carlsen showed lots of class not analysing this games and walking out quickly. It was certainly not Chuckys best moment and it was classy of Carlsen for not pushing the issue.
Maybe the next world champ isn’t necessarily Carlsen…perhaps the US will have its second in Nakamura!!
“Maybe the next world champ isn’t necessarily Carlsen…perhaps the US will have its second in Nakamura!!”
He can’t be #2 because Fischer was #2, with Steinitz being #1.
Did I read right: Vocaturo won against Robson?
Did Ivanchuk not see that he would lose the piece, or was this an explicit sacrifice in an attempt to generate an initiative?
I agree, it looked bad.
Always nice to see Shirov’s trash taken out. Good job by Nakamura.
Looks like Ivanchuk should have retired.
Is he really an alcoholic, btw?
If so, that’s probably why he’s slipping.
What a bunch of shameful comments about Ivanchuk. He obviously overlooked something–you don’t have to be a washed-up alcoholic to make a mistake. For example:
http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/a-bad-day-at-the-board/
That said, AMAZING play today from Nakamura.
I have bottle.
‘Looks like Ivanchuk should have retired.
Is he really an alcoholic, btw?”
You are too kind. He is just another commie drunk
People are always joking that Ivanchuk is an alcoholic, as if it is commmon knowledge.
That’s why I asked.
There are all kind of dogma’s at comments here e.g.:
Kramnik is boring and not a fighter, and see he’s a main contender to win the tournament,
Short should not be here, he’s too weak, and draws against Carlsen and Kramnik, Carlsen should be world champion and looses his match against Kamsky. So you can work out for yourself how much is true of the statement: Ivanchuk is an alcoholic.
Indeed, he sometime drink a beer, and gets photographed.