Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Vassily Ivanchuk won his third consecutive game at the Grand Slam Masters Final on Friday. In Sao Paulo, Brazil the Ukrainian defeated Levon Aronian with the black pieces to lead and Vishy Anand joined Aronian in second place after beating Francisco Vallejo with Black. The third game, between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, ended in a draw after 43 moves!
1 Vassily Ivanchuk 10
2-3 Levon Aronian, Vishy Anand 5
4 Hikaru Nakamura 4
5-6 Magnus Carlsen, Francisco Vallejo 3
Hello everyone,
Vassily Ivanchuk won his third consecutive game at the Grand Slam Masters Final on Friday. In Sao Paulo, Brazil the Ukrainian defeated Levon Aronian with the black pieces to lead and Vishy Anand joined Aronian in second place after beating Francisco Vallejo with Black. The third game, between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, ended in a draw after 43 moves!
Grand Slam Masters Final 2011 | Round 4 Standings (football)
1 Vassily Ivanchuk 10
2-3 Levon Aronian, Vishy Anand 5
4 Hikaru Nakamura 4
5-6 Magnus Carlsen, Francisco Vallejo 3
You can access the official website at this link.
Here are the great games of Round 5. Use the pop-down menu to choose the game you want to see.
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I attended the first leg in São Paulo (where I live) and wrote two posts about my experiences.
ReplyDeletehttp://celebratechess.blogspot.com/2011/09/chess-gods-arrive-in-town-my-home-town.html
http://celebratechess.blogspot.com/2011/10/chess-gods-part-2.html