Chess blog for latest news and trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello Everybody,
World Champion Viswanathan Anand maintains his lead in the Group A of the Tata Steel Super-GM Chess Tournament with a nice draw against Alexander Grischuk in Round 6 at Wijk aan Zee. On the other hand, Magnus Carlsen won against Jan Smeets to move up to joint second place with four others in the group. Meanwhile, the E. l'Ami - H. Nakamura matched ended with a fine win for the latter. Nakamura therefore, joined Anand in the lead with 4.5 points. You can keep track of live games and great photos at the official website here. Here are the Round 6 results and standings so far.
But some videos first!
Group A
Group B
Group C
Standings of grandmaster group A after Round 6
Group B
Group C
Hello Everybody,
World Champion Viswanathan Anand maintains his lead in the Group A of the Tata Steel Super-GM Chess Tournament with a nice draw against Alexander Grischuk in Round 6 at Wijk aan Zee. On the other hand, Magnus Carlsen won against Jan Smeets to move up to joint second place with four others in the group. Meanwhile, the E. l'Ami - H. Nakamura matched ended with a fine win for the latter. Nakamura therefore, joined Anand in the lead with 4.5 points. You can keep track of live games and great photos at the official website here. Here are the Round 6 results and standings so far.
But some videos first!
Group A
Round 6 - Friday the 21st | |
| V. Anand - A. Grischuk | ½-½ |
| L. Aronian - W. Hao | ½-½ |
| A. Shirov - V. Kramnik | 0-1 |
| A. Giri - I. Nepomniachtchi | 0-1 |
| R. Ponomariov - M. Vachier-Lagrave | ½-½ |
| E. l'Ami - H. Nakamura | 0-1 |
| J. Smeets - M. Carlsen | 0-1 |
Group B
Round 6 - Friday the 21st | |
| L. Fressinet - W. So | 0-1 |
| D. Navara - S. Ganguly | 1-0 |
| W. Spoelman - Z. Efimenko | 0-1 |
| L. Chao - J. Hammer | 1-0 |
| V. Tkachiev - G. Sargissian | ½-½ |
| F. Nijboer - L. Liem | 0-1 |
| L. McShane - R. Wojtaszek | 1-0 |
Group C
Round 6 - Friday the 21st | |
| B. Bok - J.W. de Jong | 0-1 |
| M. Bluvshtein - M. Kazhgaleyev | 0-1 |
| T. Sachdev - D. Vocaturo | 1-0 |
| R. Pruijssers - R. van Kampen | ½-½ |
| M. van der Werf - I. Nyzhnyk | ½-½ |
| S. Siebrecht - D. Swiercz | 0-1 |
| I. Ivanisevic - K. Lahno | ½-½ |
Standings of grandmaster group A after Round 6
| 1. | V. Anand H. Nakamura | 4½ |
| 3. | L. Aronian M. Carlsen V. Kramnik I. Nepomniachtchi M. Vachier-Lagrave | 3½ |
| 8. | A. Giri R. Ponomariov | 3 |
| 10. | W. Hao | 2½ |
| 11. | A. Grischuk E. l'Ami J. Smeets | 2 |
| 14. | A. Shirov | 1 |
Group B
| 1. | L. McShane | 5 |
| 2. | Z. Efimenko | 4½ |
| 3. | W. So | 4 |
| 4. | D. Navara G. Sargissian | 3½ |
| 6. | L. Chao L. Fressinet R. Wojtaszek | 3 |
| 9. | L. Liem V. Tkachiev | 2½ |
| 11. | J. Hammer F. Nijboer W. Spoelman | 2 |
| 14. | S. Ganguly | 1½ |
Group C
| 1. | I. Nyzhnyk D. Vocaturo | 4½ |
| 3. | K. Lahno | 4 |
| 4. | T. Sachdev M. van der Werf | 3½ |
| 6. | M. Bluvshtein I. Ivanisevic M. Kazhgaleyev D. Swiercz | 3 |
| 10. | B. Bok S. Siebrecht | 2½ |
| 12. | R. van Kampen | 2 |
| 13. | J.W. de Jong R. Pruijssers 1½ |
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