After losing to Carlsen in the opening round, Topalov made a huge surge to tie for the lead at the half way mark. He is notorious for big comebacks in the second half of big events. Here is his chance to revenge his opening round loss to Carlsen. In the mean time, Shirov hopes to capitalize on Ivanchuk’s bad streak. The solid Wang, who has one of the longest unbeaten streaks in chess history, and Dominguez will face each other in round 6.
Standings after 5:
1-3. Carlsen, Shirov, Topalov 3.0
4-5. Wang, Dominguez 2.5
6. Ivanchuk 1.0
Round 6 matchups:
19.05.2009
16.00 EEST (13.00 UTC)
Topalov, V – Carlsen, M
Shirov, A – Ivanchuk, V
Dominguez, L – Wang, Y
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Topalov will win the next 5.
“The solid Wang, who has one of the longest unbeaten streaks in chess history …”
Huh??? What’s the source of this article? Apparently they did some ‘blind Copy-Paste’ from an earlier version several months ago !!??