Leon Chess Trophy - Vallejo Paco beats Veselin Topalov
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Hi everyone,
Leon is a traditional chess event between two strong chess players. This year we had Paco Vallejo play Veselin Topalov in a rapid six-game match. Vallejo won the match with a score of 3.5-2.5. Vallejo has lost in Leon to Ruslan Ponomariov, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler and Boris Gelfand.
Topalov – Vallejo rules
The match took place from June 8-10 with two games a day. Each player had 45 minutes+15 secons/move for the whole game.
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Hi everyone,
Leon is a traditional chess event between two strong chess players. This year we had Paco Vallejo play Veselin Topalov in a rapid six-game match. Vallejo won the match with a score of 3.5-2.5. Vallejo has lost in Leon to Ruslan Ponomariov, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler and Boris Gelfand.
Topalov – Vallejo rules
The match took place from June 8-10 with two games a day. Each player had 45 minutes+15 secons/move for the whole game.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Labels: leon chess trophy, paco valleejo, veselin topalov
posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 12:17 PM
2 Comments:
At June 12, 2012 at 10:08 AM ,
saira fernandes, madrid said...
toplov's been keeping low profile. i wonder what he had to say about the world championship. didn't hear any of his comments. congrats to paco.
At June 13, 2012 at 3:17 AM ,
alexis cochran, nz said...
congrats paco
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