Group A
Anand defeated Topalov and drew Kramnik
Topalov lost to Anand but defeated Kramnik
Kramnik lost to Topalov and drew Anand
Carlsen drew Topalov, lost to Anand but defeated Kramnik
Aronian drew Carlsen and Anand, lost to Kramnik but defeated Topalov
Radjabov lost to Aronian, drew Carlsen, Kramnik and Topalov but defeated Anand
Confused yet?
Group B and C
Movsesian performed at nearly 2800 to win group B by a full point while Caruana performed nearly 2700 to win group C by 2 full points. Hou Yifan ended up performing at 2598, just shy of the 2600 needed for her GM norm.
Please feel free to add more interesting tidbids.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
No confusion for Judith. Maybe she can try Group B, next year. Not sure she can win.
anand beat both topalov and drew kramnik. hmm. confusing indeed.
Carlsen is really a versatile player: He defeated Kramnik, lost to Anand and drew Topalov
Timo Salminen, Finland
Who are going to be in Linares-Morelia now?
Who’s the best?? Only Linares 2008 and the 2008 World Championship matches will tell….. 🙂
Heheh, the girl’s name is Hou Yifan, not Yi Houfan 🙂
In that picture, is the man tossing chess pieces in a chess prison?
I am confused…
its as confussing as the statement of whos the real champ, the world chess cup with the world match, etc, 2008 , 2009, wyo cares?
boibby is the true genius…
jb.