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Hello everyone,
Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen for winning the Grand Slam Chess Masters in his signature style. All credit to Vassily Ivanchuk for a tenacious show. Here are the final standings.
Hello everyone,
Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen for winning the Grand Slam Chess Masters in his signature style. All credit to Vassily Ivanchuk for a tenacious show. Here are the final standings.
Grand Slam Masters Final 2011 | Round 10 Standings (football)
1-2 Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk 15
3-4 Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian 12
5 Vishy Anand 12
6 Francisco Vallejo 10
After the last round saw Carlsen and Ivanchuk tie for first, a tiebreak of blitz games were held which saw Carlsen drawing the first game with White but winning the second with Black and the title. Carlsen drew with Hikaru Nakamura, Ivanchuk drew with Levon Aronian while Viswanathan Anand beat Francisco Vallejo.
Here are all the games of the last round including the tiebreaks. Enjoy. You can access the official website at this link.
1-2 Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk 15
3-4 Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian 12
5 Vishy Anand 12
6 Francisco Vallejo 10
After the last round saw Carlsen and Ivanchuk tie for first, a tiebreak of blitz games were held which saw Carlsen drawing the first game with White but winning the second with Black and the title. Carlsen drew with Hikaru Nakamura, Ivanchuk drew with Levon Aronian while Viswanathan Anand beat Francisco Vallejo.
Here are all the games of the last round including the tiebreaks. Enjoy. You can access the official website at this link.
Yes I knew Carlsen would win. I was the first to write on this blog. He is really the best now.
ReplyDeleteGreat win for Carlsen. This just increases his lead from the rest in the ratings. Maybe one day he would eventually go for the world chess title. It seems to await him.
ReplyDeleteAll my sympathies for Ivanchuk. I really wanted him to win. He showed great strength. All that robbery thing too. Despite that.
ReplyDeleteTHE BLACK QUEEN STRIKES
ReplyDeleteI think it's an old strategy by Magnus Carlsen. He just goes after whoever is leading. So in the end it doesn't really matter if he lost a game or two against the others. Remarkable kid but.
ReplyDeleteWhatever Carlsen's strategy. he is the best really - and don't forget Chess Queen beat him. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat's coming next? Tal Memorial or London Classic? Great tournament.
ReplyDeleteTal memorial 16-25 November in Moscow,
ReplyDeleteMagnus Carlsen NOR 1 2823
Viswanathan Anand IND 2 2817
Levon Aronian ARM 3 2807
Vladimir Kramnik RUS 4 2791
Sergey Karjakin RUS 5 2772
Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 7 2765
Hikaru Nakamura USA 12 2753
Boris Gelfand ISR 15 2746
Peter Svidler RUS 16 2740
Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS 24 2718
Kasparov was rated world No. 1 almost continuously from 1986 until his retirement in 2005 and holding the all-time highest rating of 2851. He was the world No. 1 ranked player for 255 months, by far the most of all-time and nearly three times as long as his closest rival, Anatoly Karpov. Way to go for Carlsen!
ReplyDeleteOne reason why Carlsen plays well is because he doesn't let the albatross of his reputation sit upon his shoulders maybe. I like this new generation of players like Carlsen, Kosteniuk, Giri, Morozevich, even Svidler - rather a mix of lot of talented chess players who are just such well-rounded individuals. Taking chess to a new universal level combining sharp intellect, intelligence, yet fun, panache, style - I just love chess particularly with all these lovely players of our generation.
ReplyDelete@Chris Are you trying to say the older chess players were boring?
ReplyDeleteI of course loved those older players too. I am a great fan of the Capablancas and Kasparovs and all our great chess players in history. I just meant that as a non-pro chess player I really like this new trend of fresh young talent who have a different style. If I tell people I play chess - no longer people look askance as if i am kinda crazy. Today chess is big esteeem. I didn't mean to offend anyone. Apologies.
ReplyDeleteWhat's that trophy? It looks kinda strange to me, is it a chess piece moder art or something or is he holding it upside down?
ReplyDeleteIts a knight
ReplyDeletegran espectáculo Carlsen
ReplyDeleteзамечательный Карлсен
ReplyDeleteJust an update: In the closing ceremony, which was chaired by the Director of Tourism of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, Arenaza Gabino Martinez, the champion said, "The key to my victory was my victory with black against Ivanchuk, which made me believe again in my chances of winning the tournament." Indeed we knew if this were going to go into a tiebreak then Carlsen would have a psychological edge.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the video of the live program ETB broadcast on the event? http://t.co/dKxeA8Oi it starts at 9:10
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ReplyDeleteCarlsen has done the psychological thing to Kramnik earlier in the year. I have a feeling he is still being coached by Kasparov SECRETLY and it is only a matter of time before he is the world champion. What remains to be seen is if he can beat the Kasparov highest-rating ever record.
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