page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Vallejo-Pons vs Topalov ½-½ 41 2010 Linares C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 2. Gelfand vs V Gashimov ½-½ 54 2010 Linares A61 Benoni 3. Aronian vs Grischuk ½-½ 26 2010 Linares E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 4. Grischuk vs Gelfand 1-0 35 2010 Linares E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 5. Topalov vs V Gashimov 1-0 48 2010 Linares D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. Vallejo-Pons vs Aronian ½-½ 41 2010 Linares C67 Ruy Lopez 7. V Gashimov vs Grischuk ½-½ 40 2010 Linares B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. Aronian vs Topalov ½-½ 51 2010 Linares A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 9. Gelfand vs Vallejo-Pons ½-½ 42 2010 Linares D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. Grischuk vs Vallejo-Pons ½-½ 34 2010 Linares D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. Gelfand vs Topalov ½-½ 40 2010 Linares E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 12. V Gashimov vs Aronian ½-½ 48 2010 Linares C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. Vallejo-Pons vs V Gashimov 0-1 35 2010 Linares E10 Queen's Pawn Game 14. Topalov vs Grischuk 1-0 69 2010 Linares B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. Aronian vs Gelfand ½-½ 46 2010 Linares D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 16. V Gashimov vs Gelfand ½-½ 37 2010 Linares C42 Petrov Defense 17. Grischuk vs Aronian ½-½ 101 2010 Linares D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 18. Topalov vs Vallejo-Pons 1-0 40 2010 Linares A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 19. V Gashimov vs Topalov ½-½ 42 2010 Linares C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 20. Aronian vs Vallejo-Pons ½-½ 48 2010 Linares D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. Gelfand vs Grischuk ½-½ 60 2010 Linares A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 22. Topalov vs Aronian ½-½ 45 2010 Linares D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 23. Vallejo-Pons vs Gelfand ½-½ 35 2010 Linares C42 Petrov Defense 24. Grischuk vs V Gashimov 1-0 40 2010 Linares A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 25. Gelfand vs Aronian ½-½ 40 2010 Linares D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  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 13 OF 36 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-16-10    randzo: all games drawn today .Tommorow we have here clash of Titans Topalov-Grischuk Feb-16-10    siamesedream: All draws in round 4. Feb-16-10    Snakebite: I would play a double bluff if I were Topalov - avoid my main lines for a year, then play the alternative (1 e4 e5) that I had had a year to prepare/practice! Feb-16-10    Peligroso Patzer: <Tommorow we have here clash of Titans: Topalov-Grischuk > Actually, tomorrow is a rest day. Round 5 is on Thursday. Feb-16-10    Jack Kerouac: Every day is a rest day for me. Feb-16-10    messachess: <"Tommorow we have here clash of Titans Topalov-Grischuk."> I don't recall ever seeing Grischuk called a titan. See what a little success can do. Feb-16-10    peyote: Ivanchuk & Carlsen never resort to the double bluff... Feb-16-10    siamesedream: <Every day is a rest day for me.> For Jack Kerouac, for sure [Eraserhead is a really strange movie]. Feb-16-10    Eyal: Anish Giri's wrap-up of round 4: <Topalov: novelty, draw; Aronian: ending, technical, still draw; Grischuk: strange prep, maybe even worse, draw.> (http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...) Feb-16-10    Augalv: <<Anish Giri's wrap-up of round 4: <Topalov: novelty, draw; Aronian: ending, technical, still draw; Grischuk: strange prep, maybe even worse, draw.>> ROFL!! Feb-16-10    Peligroso Patzer: <messachess: <"Tommorow we have here clash of Titans Topalov-Grischuk."> I don't recall ever seeing Grischuk called a titan. See what a little success can do.> In addition to Grischuk's "little success" being co-leader after four rounds of this tournament, he is the defending Linares champion (Linares (2009)), the current Russian champion (Russian Championship Superfinal (2009)) and #6 on the live rating list (http://chess.liverating.org/). His CV is growing steadily more impressive. Feb-16-10    redribbon3700: Awesome cartoons http://www.diazcartoons.nl/. Feb-17-10    humangraymatter: Nice cartoons but I think the one on Gary's nose should be Kramnik not Svidler. Feb-17-10    whiteshark: <Draw ratio so far: 83%> If they gonna draw all the remaining games it will be 91%. Feb-17-10    znsprdx: "Dias de descanso 17 y 22 de febrero" rest day between rds 4 & 5 as well as 8 & 9...so today and next Monday Feb-17-10    messachess: <Peligroso Patzer> I hadn't reviewed anything before making my remark. I'm a Grischuk fan here. Glad to see when it's all pulled together that the record is so impressive. Feb-18-10    randzo: Topalov tried h3 against Najdorf Feb-18-10    Atking: I like too this system with white. Already looks easy for Topalov. He is in a challenging form. Feb-18-10    Atking: Now Topalov threats : 12.Be3 and if 12...Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qa3 14.Rb3 Qa5 15.Bb6 Qg5 16.f4 Qg6 (Qh4+? then Bf2) 17.Be3 ~18.0-0&19.f5 Feb-18-10    Eyal: In Topalov-Grischuk, 12.Be3 Qxb2?? would have been more simply refuted by 13.a3! with the threat of Ra2, and Black can resign. But maybe Topalov wants to develop his bishop on b2... Feb-18-10    randzo: 13.g5 by Grischuk now 14.Ba3 looks good for Veselin Feb-18-10    philchess: Is this the highest draw percentage of a tournament so far? Feb-18-10    randzo: OMG this Benoni is so hard to play for black Feb-18-10    jhoro: the weird looking 19.Qa3 20.Qb2 keeps the Queens on the board which makes sense with the time advantage Topalov has Feb-18-10    znsprdx: good grief has Rybka lost it suggesting 20...0-0 which seems like suicide...at least b5 OMG Grishuk is toast ,,, h4 could be crushing Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 36) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 36 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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