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Obviously, Topalov cannot hold on to the lead
Linares R9: Grischuk stops Topalov, joins him in lead
Alexander Grischuk won his second game in a row, the third in this tournament. He beat the leader Veselin Topalov, avenging a loss to him in the first half. Topalov and Grischuk go into the final round tied for first. Topalov has white against Gelfand, Grischuk black against Vallejo. It's going to be an exciting finish.
How Topalov Missed His Winning Chances vs. Aronian in Linares 2010
Round 8 in Linares 2010, Topalov is leading by a point and a half before the round began. He missed his winning chances against Aronian that could have him maintain the lead. He drew in the end instead, and his lead vs. Grischuk was cut by half point after the round.
Here's the game, and check out how he missed the winning combination on move no. 34:
Replay the game in a separate window.
Aeroflot Chess 2010 Round 5: Wesley So Wins Anew vs. Hrant Melkumyan
No time to have the game analyzed yet. But it was very interesting. Check out the PGN below:
[Event "Aeroflot Open 2010"]
[Site "Moscow/Russia"]
[Date "2010.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. c5 e5 15. f4 Bh4+ 16. Kf1 exd4 17. exd4 b4 18. Na4 O-O 19. Kg2 Re8 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Nb6 Ra7 22. Be1 Rxe1 23. Rhxe1 Qxf4 24. Re8 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxh3+ 26. Qh2 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qxg4+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Re7 31. Rxb8 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 f5 34. Rg1 Qf3+ 35. Qg2 Qxd3 36. Qh2 Re2 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Nd7+ Ke8 39. Qb8+ Bd8 0-1
Gotta post the analysis soon.
Aeroflot Chess 2010 Round 4: Wesley So Wins, Laylo Draws
It was a great by GM Wesley So with white. He was really able to materialize on black's bad move on move no. 20... O-O-O?.
Replay the game: Wesley So vs. Aleksandr Rakhmanov in Aeroflot 2010 — with some commentaries from Rybka 3 chess engine..
Meanwhile, GM Darwin Laylo drew his game against IM Alexandre Danim of Russia. Replay their game as well: Laylo vs. Danim, Aeroflot 2010.
Round 3 AeroFlot Chess 2010: Laylo's 3rd Straight Loss in 3 Games
It was a bad day for our Filipino contingents. Wesley So lost his games earlier. And now Laylo never did see the shine of the day for three consecutive days and three consecutive games — the first 3 games, that is.
Check out the replay of the game: Ragger vs. Laylo, Aeroflot 2010.
Aeroflot Chess 2010 Round 3: GM Wesley So lost to GM Ngok Truong Son Nguyen [REPLAY GAME BELOW]
It's a heartbreak for us Filipino Chess fans and Wesley So fans. Why so careless?
Wesley So Wins in 2nd Round of AeroFlot Chess 2010 [Replay Game Below]
GM Wesley So wins his 2nd game in Aeroflot Chess 2010 against the Russian Grandmaster (but lower rated at ELO 2594) Dmitry Bocharov.
Wesley So started to gain grounds after black's 17... d5. From thereon, he never looked back and won the game.
On the other hand, GM Darwin Laylo lost the second time in two games. This time against the Azerbaijan player GM Eltaj Safarli.
Laylo might have miscalculated his moves when he exchanged a knight for a pawn on his 19th move with 19... Nxe5.
Machine vs. Machine: Chess Tourney 3 on ChessHive; Battle of the SuperMachines
The environment: 1PC Windows XP Basic SP3 T2050 @ 1.60GHz 1596 MHz 1GB RAM (2CPU) 32-Bit Operating System
Game Details: Time Control 5min Blutz, Single Round-Robin, 256MB hashtable size each
The interface: ChessProgram12 (Fritz12).
The result was quite interesting. Fritz12 beat Deep Rybka (2CPU) during their face-off but the latter ranked higher at the end of the tournament. Nevertheless, Fritz12 ranked higher than the rest of the Rybka version. The TogaII 1.4 running on 2 CPUs ranked high as well.
| Rank | Engine Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rybka3-2cpu | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0/8 |
| 2 | Fritz 12 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5/8 |
| 3-4 | TogaII1.4-b5c-2cpu | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0/8 |
| 3-4 | Rybka3-1cpu | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0/8 |
| 5 | Rybka2.2n2-2cpu | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5/8 |
| 6 | Rybka2.2n2-1cpu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3.5/8 |
| 7 | Fruit 2.3.1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2.5/8 |
| 8 | Crafty 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1.5/8 |
| 9 | Twisted Logic 20100131x | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0.5/8 |
We'll see in the next tournaments how Fritz 12 will fare further against the toughest. Check out the games of this tournament.
A Terrible Blunder by GM Wesley So on Round 11 Vs. the Group Leader
We have seen in the last few days during the course of the tournament (Corus Chess 2010) how GM Wesley So gave up his winning chances and eventually settling up for a mere draw. We have seen these games in:
However, the lost chances did not stop there. Last night, on his game against the Group B leader, Anish Giri, he had his chance to grab the leadership with a winning position. A couple or so weak move later and a blunder on move 36, he resigned.
It would have been Wesley's sure ticket to play in Group A of Corus Chess 2011 (next year), and be among the group of world leaders like Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Vishwanathan Anand, etc. Nevertheless, Wesley is still young, and the future is bright ahead of him.
Check out the game that he lost against GM Anish Giri: Read More »
When Eugene Torre Defeated the Reigning World Champion - Anatoli Karpov
These are the rare moments that Filipino chess fans can be proud of: