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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Grand Slam Chess Masters Final R7: Ivanchuk loses to Vallejo but holds on to lead, others draw

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Hello everyone,


The chess news from the Grand Slam Bilbao Chess Masters is that - as luck would have it - tournament leader Vassily Ivanchuk lost to tail-ender Francisco Vallejo. Both Anand-Nakamura and Aronian-Carlsen ended in a draw, and so Ivanchuk is now still five points ahead of Anand, Aronian, Carlsen and Nakamura! You can access the official website at this link.

Ivanchuk on his way to giving Vallejo a win.


Grand Slam Masters Final 2011 | Round 6 Standings (football)
1 Vassily Ivanchuk 13
2-5 Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian,
Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen 8
6 Francisco Vallejo 7



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10 comments:

  1. Amrit Puri Knights Chess Club New DelhiOctober 8, 2011 at 1:47 AM

    That is the beauty of chess. The psychological factor, the physical state, the mental and emotional state. You could calculate like a computer but these other factors change the playing field. Makes it all so dynamic. Human chess will always be just more supreme than machine chess. Always.

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  2. Saira Fernandes, MadridOctober 8, 2011 at 1:50 AM

    Well said. @Amrit. the beauty of human chess is unsurpassable.

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  3. Alexis Cochran, New ZealandOctober 8, 2011 at 1:51 AM

    Possibly Ivanchuk lowered his guard cause he was facing the tailender. But then also Vallejo has the home ground advantage now.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 8, 2011 at 1:55 AM

    Watch out for the Spaniard.

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  5. Saira Fernandes, MadridOctober 8, 2011 at 2:01 AM

    España es el mejor

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  6. Sebastian Wolff, NYOctober 8, 2011 at 2:29 AM

    Vallejo's endgame choices were killing.

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  7. Symeon, AthensOctober 8, 2011 at 2:48 AM

    Is Anand able to hide his preparation or it doesn't really matter at that level.

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  8. StarOctober 8, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    What's up with carlsen?

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  9. AnonymousOctober 8, 2011 at 7:31 AM

    At the Bilbao opening ceremony some players said that especially this year they liked the football scoring system, because even with Ivanchuk having such a big lead, 'anything can happen'. Wow

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  10. Warren Rodriguez, SalamancaOctober 8, 2011 at 7:32 AM

    I like human chess - particularly the one with beauties and beauty wins.

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