page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Movsesian vs Bu Xiangzhi 0-1 58 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament C24 Bishop's Opening 2. Ivanchuk vs Svidler ½-½ 37 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 3. Aronian vs Topalov ½-½ 39 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. Aronian vs Ivanchuk 1-0 33 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament A04 Reti Opening 5. Svidler vs Movsesian 0-1 47 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament B83 Sicilian 6. Topalov vs Bu Xiangzhi ½-½ 49 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 7. Bu Xiangzhi vs Svidler ½-½ 26 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament A15 English 8. Movsesian vs Aronian ½-½ 32 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament C55 Two Knights Defense 9. Ivanchuk vs Topalov ½-½ 22 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament B10 Caro-Kann 10. Movsesian vs Topalov ½-½ 28 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 11. Bu Xiangzhi vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 30 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 12. Svidler vs Aronian ½-½ 48 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 13. Ivanchuk vs Movsesian   ½-½ 35 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 14. Topalov vs Svidler 1-0 29 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 15. Aronian vs Bu Xiangzhi ½-½ 46 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. Topalov vs Aronian 1-0 72 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. Svidler vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 38 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament B30 Sicilian 18. Bu Xiangzhi vs Movsesian 1-0 62 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. Ivanchuk vs Aronian 0-1 39 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament A20 English 20. Movsesian vs Svidler 0-1 64 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament B12 Caro-Kann Defense 21. Bu Xiangzhi vs Topalov ½-½ 70 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. Aronian vs Movsesian   ½-½ 49 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. Svidler vs Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 54 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 24. Topalov vs Ivanchuk 1-0 58 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 25. Movsesian vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 33 2008 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 21 OF 31 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-18-08    anandrulez: Aronian is just winning now after Ivanchuk' blunder ... Dec-18-08    shintaro go: Rybka has Movsesian at +5.79 Dec-18-08    anandrulez: Aronian won , Movesian as per Rybka is winning and Topa looks likely to hold his game Dec-18-08    arkansaw: chessok getting relay errors for Movsesian's game, but chucky's blunder is real, he's NOT in form at all Dec-18-08    badest: Topa - Bu drawn Dec-18-08    k0mi: cool. Topalov had guts and played originally with an exchange sac and it resulted in a draw in the clash of the 2 leaders. Dec-18-08    arkansaw: well done Topalov, attacking chess lives on Dec-18-08    brankat: It looks like Svidler should win his game vs Movsesian.. Dec-18-08    shintaro go: I can't believe Bu let Topalov off the hook. Dec-18-08    jacqueslaumone: It is beginning to look like this tournament will be Bu's Great Leap Forward, his first elite success. Dec-18-08    percyblakeney: Ivanchuk is sinking like a stone on the rating list (in spite of Svidler missing the win in their game), and now he is black in the two upcoming rounds. Dec-18-08    shintaro go: Svidler has avenged his loss to Movsesian in their first encounter. Dec-18-08    arsen387: fine games by Aronian and Svidler! Dec-18-08    jacqueslaumone: <Ivanchuk is sinking like a stone on the rating list (in spite of Svidler missing the win in their game), and now he is black in the two upcoming rounds.> Could he be negatively affected by the whole drug test nonsense? He has always been somewhat unstable psychologically, so something like that could possible unbalance him. Dec-18-08    percyblakeney: <Could he be negatively affected by the whole drug test nonsense?> Maybe also that he is playing too much, but in this form it won't be easy for him to play black against Topalov tomorrow. Dec-18-08    anandrulez: Topalov gets to maintain his 2800+ after this game ? http://chess.liverating.org/ he is right now at 2802 ... Dec-18-08    amadeus: Topalov is going to lose 1.1 points. (Btw, a loss against Bu would have cost Topalov 6.1 points... a win = +3.9) Source: http://ratings.fide.com/calculator_... Dec-18-08    anandrulez: thanks , so topzilla keeps his rating above 2800 Dec-18-08    hovik2003: Late as usual, nice bounceback by Aronian, I never expected 2-0 against great Ivanchuk, it seems Chucky's strange powers over Aronian is gone forever! Dec-18-08    Ladolcevita: Bu missed a very good chance...like a comet,maybe would never return,maybe would return rarely.... Dec-18-08    hand banana: yesterday was a bad day for armenians, today for chess tourists.. Dec-18-08    Dormouse: jacqueslaumone, I also think the doping issue may be disturbing Ivanchuk. I hope he recovers soon. Dec-18-08    shintaro go: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Apparently, Chucky's chair broke in yesterday's round. Also check out Movsesian, he looks like a midget standing next to Svidler. Dec-19-08    Billy Vaughan: I hope Ivanchuk doesn't do a reverse MTel and lose all his last five games. Dec-19-08    hovik2003: Ok, even in his worst form nobody should underestimate Chucky, he lost only two games in this tourney( both to Aronian), I am sure he will score couple of games in remaining rounds, you can bet on that! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 31) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 21 OF 31 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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