Melody Amber 2009 Results Round 1

Here are the results of Round 1 that took place yesterday, actually it's kind of 2 games per round, one blindfold and one rapid, then the scores are combined. It's always been a very interesting tournament to me, trying to keep up with all the action is pretty tough! I've been drinking my coffee and cola to try and keep up!

"source Amber2009 website"

score after Round 1

Blindfold

1. Anand 1
Aronian 1
Carlsen 1
Kramnik 1
5. Karjakin ½
Radjabov ½
Topalov ½
Wang Yue ½
9. Ivanchuk 0
Kamsky 0
Leko 0
Morozevich 0

Rapid

1. Aronian 1
Kamsky 1
Leko 1
Morozevich 1
5. Karjakin ½
Radjabov ½
Topalov ½
Wang Yue ½
9. Anand 0
Carlsen 0
Ivanchuk 0
Kramnik 0

Combined

1. Aronian 2
2. Anand 1
Carlsen 1
Kamsky 1
Karjakin 1
Kramnik 1
Leko 1
Morozevich 1
Radjabov 1
Topalov 1
Wang Yue 1
12. Ivanchuk 0

Round 2 is ongoing now, will try to keep updated.

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

Linares 2009 Round 6 Results & Standings

Yesterday's round 6 results at Linares, Spain's Super Tournament. Will also post the Carlsen-Anand game. This kind of looks like Kamsky's performance in Corus (Anand's) but there are many rounds to go.

Round 6 Results

GM Carlsen(2776) 1-0 GM Anand(2791)
GM Grischuk(2733) 1-0 GM Aronian(2750)
GM Wang Yue(2739) 1/2-1/2 GM Radjabov(2761)
GM Ivanchuk(2779) 1/2-1/2 GM Dominguez(2717)



Standings after Round 6
1 4.5 GM Alexander Grischuk RUS 2733

2-3 3.5 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2776
GM Levon Aronian ARM 2750

4-5 3.0 GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2779
GM Viswanathan Anand IND 2791

6 2.5 GM Leinier Dominguez CUB 2717

7-8 2.0 GM Wang Yue CHN 2739
GM Teimour Radjabov AZE 2761


GM Magnus Carlsen vs GM Vishwanathan Anand

World Blitz Championship 2008 Won By Leinier Dominguez

GM Leinier Perez Dominguez won the 2008 World Blitz Championship, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. GM Dominguez has played TransWarp, so kudos to him, as I was hoping one of the GM's who had played TW would win, yeah, I was playing favorites! :) I was hoping to put the games on my website, but it seems many are incomplete, blitz can be furious, pieces flying back and forth on the board and at certain times the board recording the games can mess up, I don't believe players are required to keep score as in USCF blitz tournaments, at least last time I played one. I wasn't feeling well late last night-early this morning, so I missed the games live. I was blissfully sawing logs (snoring). Since I was sitting here a long time for me, watching the last round of Casino 2008 in Barcelona on ICC as well as the previous marathon of games by AndrinoGiardino (unknown player on ICC, who tied GM Alexander Grischuk for the highest human rating achieved on ICC at 3737), that I just have no energy today, I'm also working on getting a hospital bed, I think it will help a lot, getting in and out of bed and better sleeps. So wish me luck on my Monday's Rheumatologist appt for the prescription for one, as he gave me one before, but I wasn't sure how to go about the process, it expired. I also wasn't in as much pain as I am in now. So congrats to GM Dominguez on his fine win! I hope the scores and crosstable stays in place, but I don't have high hopes on it not being crooked.

Final Standings: Sorry, just couldn't clear up the image after transferring from a spreadsheet, I wanted them to line up, but just couldn't get them to do so (In my somewhat limited html knowledge) with the blogger, so converted to bitmap and I think blogger, where they store the pictures, took a bit out of the quality, it was much better at this size on my comp.

Final Standings Magistral Casino 2008 (Name, title, country, rating, crosstable, final score, performance rating).



lol, I tried. Had some bullet games on TransWarp, but no blitz games yet, last one by BOOO (Anonymous, untitled (this can be kept off at request)). Bullet games by QuangRuan, and with Saint89, a new player! IM Sergei Yudin FIDE 2556 :) All new players are welcome and appreciated.