Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011 R8 - Anand, Nakamura lead

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Hi everyone,


What a nice thing that today - Monday - is a rest day at the Tata Steel Chess Super-GM. Just great to savour Magnus Carlsen's super victory over Hikaru Nakamura in Round 8 on Sunday. You read the www.chessblog.com newsflash here about the Carlsen-Nakamura game right?


But then things are not all that sad for Nakamura. He still leads with Viswanathan Anand with 5.5 points each.


First, the official video for Round 8 coverage.

Standings after Round 8
Grandmaster group A

1. V. Anand, H. Nakamura 5½
3. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen, V. Kramnik, M. Vachier-Lagrave 5
7. I. Nepomniachtchi 4½
8. A. Giri, R. Ponomariov 4
10. W. Hao, E. l'Ami 3
12. A. Shirov 2½
13. A. Grischuk, J. Smeets 2

Grandmaster group B

1. W. So 6
2. L. McShane 5½
3. Z. Efimenko, G. Sargissian, R. Wojtaszek 5
6. V. Tkachiev 4½
7. L. Chao, D. Navara 4
9. L. Fressinet, L. Liem 3½
11. S. Ganguly 3
12. J. Hammer, F. Nijboer 2½
14. W. Spoelman 2

Grandmaster group C

1. D. Vocaturo 6½
2. K. Lahno, I. Nyzhnyk 5½
4. I. Ivanisevic, M. Kazhgaleyev, T. Sachdev 4½
7. M. Bluvshtein, D. Swiercz 4
9. B. Bok, S. Siebrecht, M. van der Werf 3½
12. R. van Kampen 3
13. R. Pruijssers 2
14. J.W. de Jong 1½


Find some great analysis at www.chessintranslation.com by GM Sergey Shipov. Then there is the super commentary by Daniel King (both parts) by www.chessbase.com on their www.playchess.com server. Incidentally, the show was free this Sunday!


Just watch it!

Of course, here are also the results of Round 8 in all the groups. You can find more details at the official website www.tatasteelchess.com.


Group A: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 23rd

Viswanathan Anand - Levon Aronian ½-½
Alexei Shirov - Alexander Grischuk 1-0
Anish Giri - Wang Hao 1-0
Ruslan Ponomariov - Vladimir Kramnik ½-½
Erwin l'Ami - Ian Nepomniachtchi ½-½
Jan Smeets - Max. Vachier-Lagrave 0-1
Magnus Carlsen - Hikaru Nakamura 1-0


Group B: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 23rd


Laurent Fressinet - David Navara ½-½
Wouter Spoelman - Wesley So 0-1
Li Chao - Surya Ganguly ½-½
Vlad Tkachiev - Zahar Efimenko 1-0
Friso Nijboer - Jon Ludvig Hammer ½-½
Luke McShane - Gabriel Sargissian ½-½
Radek Wojtaszek - Le Quang Liem 1-0


Group C: Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 23rd

Katherina Lahno - Dariusz Swiercz ½-½
Ivan Ivanisevic - Ilya Nyzhnyk 1-0
Tania Sachdev - Jan Willem de Jong 1-0
Mark van der Werf - Daniele Vocaturo 0-1
Benjamink Bok - Mark Bluvshtein 1-0
Sebastian Siebrecht - Robin van Kampen 1-0
Roeland Pruijssers - Murtas Kazhgaleyev ½-½


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