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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Unive Crown Group Chess R3: Kramnik leads with 2.5

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Hi everyone,


Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik is leading the Unive Chess Festival Crown Group after three rounds. As you know, the crown group is playing a traditional double round robin event with a strong four-player field including Grandmasters Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri, Judit Polgar and Maxime Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. You can access the official website at this link.

Here is a nice video from the opening of the tournament. 
Name
1
2
3
4
Score
1
Kramnik, Vladimir
x
½ 
1 
1 
2.5
2
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
½ 
x
½ 
½ 
1.5
3
Giri, Anish
0 
½ 
x
½ 
1.0
4
Polgar, Judit
0 
½ 
½ 
x
1.0







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7 comments:

  1. Alexis Cochran, New ZealandOctober 18, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    Kramnik back in action

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  2. Symeon, AthensOctober 18, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    Come on Judit come on

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  3. CONRAD EKBERT, ONTARIOOctober 18, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    I USED TO THINK LUCKNOW IS ONLY IN CANADA. GOSH- THERE ARE TWO AND THE LATTER SEEMS TO BE HOME TO THE GAME I LOVE TO PLAY.

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  4. Olga, MoscowOctober 18, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    Only two wins and both by Kramnik so far. All others draw.

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  5. StarOctober 18, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Why they have only four players traditionally? Even six would be nice. More chess that ways. I am cheering for Kramnik in this one.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 19, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    Who's coming second?

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  7. AnonymousOctober 19, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    Unive International Open
    The Unive Open with 86 participants is played over nine rounds of Swiss system. The prize fund is € 7.500 with a first prize of € 3,000. This tournament started on 14th October.
    Round 5 standings:
    1-2. GM Lenderman Aleksandr USA 2562 and GM Nyzhnyk Illya UKR 2561 – 4.5
    3-9. GM Tiviakov Sergei NED 2647, GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2617, GM Ernst Sipke NED 2581, GM Zherebukh Yaroslav UKR 2580, IM Van Kampen Robin NED 2529, FM Van Eijk Sander NED 2372 and IM De Jong Migchiel NED 2370 – 4.0
    10-21. GM Haslinger Stewart G ENG 2542, GM Brandenburg Daan NED 2522, IM Grover Sahaj IND 2514, FM Voekler Bernd GER 2374, FM Erwich Frank NED 2365, IM Peelen Piet NED 2354, Svane Rasmus GER 2351, FM Donchenko Alexander GER 2304, IM Afek Yochanan ISR 2299, Wagner Dennis GER 2290, FM Vedder Richard NED 2260 and Sekandar Kambiz NED 1922 – 3.5 etc

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