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Title: Linares 2007 just got interesting
Post by: Ghostavo on February 26, 2007, 01:58:37 am: http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.org.mx/

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P NAME ELO COUNTRY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PTS 1 Ivanchuk,Vassily 2750 Ukraine 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 4.0 2 Topalov,Veselin 2783 Bulgaria 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 3.0 3 Svidler,Peter 2728 Russia ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3.5 4 Carlsen,Magnus 2690 Norway 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 4.5 5 Morozevich,Alexander 2741 Russia 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 2.0 6 Aronian,Levon 2744 Armenia 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 3.5 7 Anand,Viswanathan 2779 India ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 4.5 8 Leko,Peter 2749 Hungary ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 3.0
Round 7 is over and with half of the tournament still to be played, Carlsen seems to be recovering from his lackluster performance in Corus. Previous tournament winner, Aronian, just lost a game against Ivanchuk who looks to be in top form. Svidler is not surprisingly average and previous world champion Topalov is dissapointing after his joint win in Corus although after the 7th round, there is still hope for him. The others are pretty much doing what was expected of them.

Although, I never thought Morozevich would stand THAT bad. :p

Any bets for the winner? :)
Title: Re: Linares 2007 just got interesting
Post by: aldo_14 on February 26, 2007, 02:50:10 am: Um.....what the hell are you talking about?

I'd say Topalov, as his name is the funniest.
Title: Re: Linares 2007 just got interesting
Post by: Ghostavo on February 26, 2007, 03:01:46 am: Quote from: aldo_14 on February 26, 2007, 02:50:10 am
Um.....what the hell are you talking about?

:confused:

Linares? Probably the world's best known chess tournament? Where the world's elite of the elite play a double-round robin to see who's going to earn a big fat check (and fame of course :nervous: ).
Title: Re: Linares 2007 just got interesting
Post by: aldo_14 on February 26, 2007, 03:27:14 am: Quote from: Ghostavo on February 26, 2007, 03:01:46 am
Quote from: aldo_14 on February 26, 2007, 02:50:10 am
Um.....what the hell are you talking about?

:confused:

Linares? Probably the world's best known chess tournament? Where the world's elite of the elite play a double-round robin to see who's going to earn a big fat check (and fame of course :nervous: ).

Never heard of it :)
Title: Re: Linares 2007 just got interesting
Post by: Rictor on February 26, 2007, 07:17:06 am: Apparently, Slavs > everyone.
Title: Re: Linares 2007 just got interesting
Post by: Ashrak on February 26, 2007, 08:19:14 am: chess has got to be the most boring game to watch EVER
Title: Re: Linares 2007 just got interesting
Post by: Ghostavo on February 26, 2007, 05:18:41 pm: Quote from: Ashrak on February 26, 2007, 08:19:14 am
chess has got to be the most boring game to watch EVER

Not if you understand what's happening on the board. :p
Title: Re: Linares 2007 just got interesting
Post by: Ford Prefect on February 26, 2007, 05:36:46 pm: In a recent poll of me, 100% of those surveyed said that the only kind of chess that would be interesting to watch would be between naked Victoria's Secret models.