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Friday, July 6, 2012

World Chess Championship 2012 in Rapid Day 1: Karjakin, Carlsen Lead after 5 Rounds

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Hi everyone,


The first-ever World Rapid Chess Championship began today in Astana, Kazakhstan. Five rounds were played on the first day. Sergey Karjakin and Magnus Carlsen lead with 4.5 points each.

Магнус Карлсен выбирает стартовый номер
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen during the opening ceremony.


Karjakin's wins came against Gelfand, Tkachiev, Ismgambetov and Grischuk plus a draw against Topalov in round 5. Carlsen picked up wins against Kazhgaleyev, Morozevich, Bologan, Kurnosov and a draw against Svidler in the third round.

World Rapid Chess 2012 standings



1-2. Karjakin, Carlsen 4.5
3-5. Grischuk, Topalov, Radjabov 3.5
6. Dreev 3
7-10. Svidler, Gelfand, Ivanchuk, Mamedyarov 2.5
11-12. Tkachiev, Kurnosov 2
13. Kazhgaleyev 1.5
14-15. Bologan, Morozevich 1
16. Ismagambetov 0

Results Day 1
Round 1

Gelfand, Boris - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
Grischuk, Alexander - Bologan, Viktor 1-0
Ismagambetov, Anuar - Dreev, Aleksey 0-1
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Kurnosov, Igor - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
Svidler, Peter - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½
Topalov, Veselin - Morozevich, Alexander 1_0
Round 2
Bologan, Viktor - Topalov, Veselin ½-½
Carlsen, Magnus - Morozevich, Alexander 1_0
Dreev, Aleksey - Grischuk, Alexander 0-1
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Gelfand, Boris 0-1
Karjakin, Sergey - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1_0
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas - Svidler, Peter ½-½
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Ismagambetov, Anuar 1_0
Radjabov, Teimour - Kurnosov, Igor 1_0
Round 3
Gelfand, Boris - Radjabov, Teimour ½-½
Grischuk, Alexander - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1_0
Ismagambetov, Anuar - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
Kurnosov, Igor - Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 1_0
Morozevich, Alexander - Bologan, Viktor 1_0
Svidler, Peter - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
Topalov, Veselin - Dreev, Aleksey ½-½
Round 4
Carlsen, Magnus - Bologan, Viktor 1_0
Dreev, Aleksey - Morozevich, Alexander 1_0
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Ismagambetov, Anuar 1_0
Karjakin, Sergey - Grischuk, Alexander 1_0
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas - Gelfand, Boris ½-½
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Topalov, Veselin 0-1
Radjabov, Teimour - Tkachiev, Vladislav ½-½
Svidler, Peter - Kurnosov, Igor ½-½
Round 5
Bologan, Viktor - Dreev, Aleksey ½-½
Gelfand, Boris - Svidler, Peter ½-½
Grischuk, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
Ismagambetov, Anuar - Radjabov, Teimour 0-1
Kurnosov, Igor - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Morozevich, Alexander - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Kazhgaleyev, Murtas ½-½
Topalov, Veselin - Karjakin, Sergey ½-½

There is a live feed available on the official website of the World Rapid Chess Championship 2012.

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1 comment:

  1. 1,carlsen 2,karjakin hope neither do a moscow moro here or kazan danielian ;)

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