Shirov 1/2 Leko – Click here to replay the game
Aronian 0-1 Svidler – Click here to replay the game (Aronian committed a horrific blunder to lose the game)
Carlsen 1/2 Mamedyarov – Click here to replay the game
Ponomariov 1-0 Morozevich – Click here to replay the game
Grischuk 1/2 Gelfand – Click here to replay the game
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I’m undecided who is worse for chess drawnik or his drawing protoge leko.
You can’t win when you are afraid to lose.
People may criticize Topalov for all they want but it is Topalov’s rise which has stopped the draw epidemic. Fans are less interested when Topalov is not playing.
Topalov, Tal etc. these guys rather lose fighting tooth and nail rather than give a boring draw.
What a blunder by Aronian…
Like I told him what to move
Nice game by Svidler anyway despite Aronian’s blunder. Gruenfeld is back!
Morozevich 29…Rb5???? (30. Bc6!?)
“Gruenfeld is back”
It left? I just played it in a game last night online w/someone. One heck of a fight. Of course we’re not 2700’s but as long as two players are evenly matched its fun/exciting.
Nice to see Svidler deliver the crushing blow in this game. I’d rather see blunders tactically punished with a decisive result than a draw anyday.
“Anonymous said…
Topalov, Tal etc. these guys rather lose fighting tooth and nail rather than give a boring draw.”
Dear Mr. Anonymous, I am afraid your comment about Tal was a bit optimistic. Tal was known for his dramatic attacks, which would often contain an enterprising sacrifice or two. He was no fool. He wrote about “when” and “how” to attack in his books, giving great importance to equality of position and material. You say that Tal would rather lose fighting than draw. Interestingly, the man himself played 2,829 known recorded games; of which he won 1,175, many in grand style, and draw 1,333 boring times.
I just now looked at the games and was amased by Aronians blunder, I guess that such blunders do happen even to the best of them but this is a rare thing in a “long” game …
D.K.
Topalov is an attacking player since St. Louis – before that – he managed to be at an average top-level – without “overwhelming” attacking style … nothing more, nothing less… he is not a new Tal, he is even less a new Fischer – and it was NOT Topalov stopping the draw plaque – it is chess itself …
Peter is an attacking player since i know him – and luck is part of the game (what a blunder by Levon …) – GO PETER, GO 🙂
Levon – to my best knowledge – is a lazybone … and Berlin, the city he chose to live, is full of attractions … ^^
e.g. Vladimir Kramnik changed completely since his
“Living And Playing in Berlin”
sincerly
Does anyone know what hapened to Ponomariov-s game? (on playchess it is stuck at move 29. ???)
D.K.
david: watch the games live right here:
http://www.russiachess.org/online/index.htm
Thanks!
D.K.
You’re welcome 🙂
Is Ponomarev winning?
Yesterday and today 10 games were played. 2 had a decisive result. 80% were draws. FIDE needs to do something about this if it wants to draw the fans and sponsors. I would not pay to attend a match consisting of 80% draws.
@ last anonym 12.24 – please play chess games – and watch them – to learn … (not for amusement!) – don’t turn into a “FCCA”
what the heck is a FCCA? it is an abbreviation for
“football-chess-couch-advisor” – a person which can easily replace the coach or any player of a given team to overtake any position from lying on a television couch.
simply a tip by a patzer ^^
Moro made I terible blunder in a won endgame 50. … Kd6?? 50. … Bd3! and it is over.
D.K.
Susan, as a professional chess player, how do you explain Aronian’s “One-Move-Super- Blunder?” Of course, we are all human beings and can make mistakes, but I think it’s too much for a 2741 player. Doesn’t it?
Yevlev, Topalov also blundered badly in Elista. I remember GM Benjamin walking into a mate in 1 a while back. Anything can triggered this and it can happen to anyone. One second of brain dead can cause this. Obviously it happens a lot less at the top level.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
I like Carlsen’s games. Exciting.