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In the Armageddon match, Kamsky had five minutes with White and Adams had three minutes as Black. Here are the top standings:
Hi everyone,
Here is the latest chess news from the World Open 2011 - Gata Kamsky tied with Michael Adams for the top spot and then lifted the trophy through a Armageddon tiebreak match. The 39th World Open Festival was organised from June 28 to July 4 and included more than a thousand participants in different sections.
In the Armageddon match, Kamsky had five minutes with White and Adams had three minutes as Black. Here are the top standings:
1 Gata Kamsky 2741 7.0
2 Michael Adams 2726 7.0
3 Loek Van Wely 2683 6.5
4 Ilya Smirin 2676 6.5
5 P Harikrishna 2666 6.5
6 Timur Gareyev 2613 6.5
7 Ray Robson 2545 6.5
8 Mesgen Amanov 2517 6.5
9 Vitali Golod 2592 6.0
10 Jaan Ehlvest 2583 6.0
11 Giorgi Kacheishvili 2582 6.0
12 Victor Mikhalevski 2577 6.0
13 Aleksander Lenderman 2548 6.0
14 Mikheil Kekelidze 2452 6.0
15 Yury Lapshun 2442 6.0
16 Puchen Wang 2437 6.0
17 Tamaz Gelashvili 2616 5.5
18 Leonid G Yudasin 2526 5.5
19 Irina Krush 2487 5.5
20 Mackenzie Molner 2464 5.5
You can access the official website at this link for more details. Meanwhile, here is a nice game between Loek Van Wely and Gata Kamsky which the former won! From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
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World Open is bigger than the US National Championship itself in the US. People really wait for it. I missed it this year unfortunately. Hope to play next year.
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