Thursday, February 26, 2009

Linares 2009 Round 8 pairings & standings after Round 7

After a busy day of chess, which is winding down to just Linares 2009, since Kamsky-Topalov Candidate's is over with GM Veselin Topalov winning. Aeroflot 2009 finishing the other day as well, I think I can take a deep breath now. Whew.

Here are the standings after Round 7

Standings after Round 7
1 5.0 GM Alexander Grischuk RUS 2733

2-3 4.0 GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2779
GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2776

4-5 3.5 GM Levon Aronian ARM 2750
GM Viswanathan Anand IND 2791

6 3.0 GM Leinier Dominguez CUB 2717

7-8 2.5 GM Teimour Radjabov AZE 2761
GM Wang Yue CHN 2739


The only decisive game was Levon Aronian vs Vassily Ivanchuk, with GM Ivanchuk winning with the black pieces.




Round 8 Pairings: Saturday, Feb 28, 2009

T. Radjabov V. Anand
M. Carlsen L. Aronian
A. Grischuk L. Dominguez
V. Ivanchuk Wang Yue




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