After 3 rounds, here are the standings:
1. Ponomariov 2.5
2-3. Svilder, Gelfand 2.0
4-7. Shirov, Leko, Mamedyarov, Aronian 1.5
8-9. Grischuk, Carlsen 1.0
10. Morozevich 0.5
Here are the pairings for round 4:
Leko – Gelfand
Morozevich – Grischuk
Mamedyarov – Ponomariov
Svidler – Carlsen
Shirov – Aronian
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ponomariov is a highly unrecognized genius.What do you think Susan about his manouver 46.Kf4! followed by 48.c5+! is his game against Morozevich?
Pono is one of the strongest end-game players on the circuit.
I am sorry for Morozevich. Yesterday’s draw was a mistake of the arbiter and a questionable behavior of Carlsen. I believe both simply made mistakes, but for some reason failed to apologize to Morozevich. The whole thing would look better if an apology was issued.
Super Arbiter!?
http://www.russiachess.org/eng/content/view/20/71/
apology was issued, research before you judge
To Daechine:
Apology was published today, I wrote yesterday. It would have been better if the first press release already included an apology. Carlsen also should apologize. So far, I have not seen mention of it.
I read about the apology early yesterday. It is not Carlsens mistake. He claimed the draw. It is the arbiters job to see if the claim was justified.
Of course it is bad for Morozevich. But you can’t blame his opponent for that. Morozevich did nothing on his part to see if Carlsen was right to claim the draw. Seems like he was totally satisfied with the draw.
Also I really liked Ponomariovs endgame win yesterday.
Pono is recovering himself. He has been a World Champion. It is the shame that he had not played San Louis 2005.