page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Aronian vs Kramnik 1-0 41 2010 Tal Memorial D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 2. Mamedyarov vs Nakamura ½-½ 43 2010 Tal Memorial D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. Shirov vs Wang Hao 0-1 51 2010 Tal Memorial C11 French 4. Karjakin vs Gelfand 1-0 57 2010 Tal Memorial C42 Petrov Defense 5. Grischuk vs Eljanov 1-0 60 2010 Tal Memorial E00 Queen's Pawn Game 6. Gelfand vs Shirov 1-0 61 2010 Tal Memorial D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. Mamedyarov vs Karjakin ½-½ 39 2010 Tal Memorial E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 8. Kramnik vs Grischuk ½-½ 39 2010 Tal Memorial D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. Wang Hao vs Aronian ½-½ 40 2010 Tal Memorial E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 10. Nakamura vs Eljanov 1-0 40 2010 Tal Memorial E00 Queen's Pawn Game 11. Shirov vs Mamedyarov 0-1 71 2010 Tal Memorial C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 12. Eljanov vs Kramnik 0-1 49 2010 Tal Memorial E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 13. Grischuk vs Wang Hao ½-½ 22 2010 Tal Memorial D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. Karjakin vs Nakamura ½-½ 70 2010 Tal Memorial C67 Ruy Lopez 15. Aronian vs Gelfand 1-0 41 2010 Tal Memorial D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 16. Mamedyarov vs Aronian ½-½ 35 2010 Tal Memorial D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. Gelfand vs Grischuk ½-½ 41 2010 Tal Memorial D02 Queen's Pawn Game 18. Karjakin vs Shirov ½-½ 63 2010 Tal Memorial C78 Ruy Lopez 19. Nakamura vs Kramnik ½-½ 33 2010 Tal Memorial C42 Petrov Defense 20. Wang Hao vs Eljanov ½-½ 79 2010 Tal Memorial A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 21. Kramnik vs Wang Hao ½-½ 34 2010 Tal Memorial E10 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Eljanov vs Gelfand 1-0 53 2010 Tal Memorial D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 23. Shirov vs Nakamura ½-½ 79 2010 Tal Memorial C67 Ruy Lopez 24. Aronian vs Karjakin ½-½ 56 2010 Tal Memorial E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 25. Grischuk vs Mamedyarov ½-½ 49 2010 Tal Memorial D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 28 OF 43 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-11-10    The Rocket: Wang hao seems to play like a machine as black.. every move is almost optimal against Nakamura. Nov-11-10    malthrope: <polarmis: I'm getting later and later in posting these (hopefully I'll post today's this evening!), but here GM Sergey Shipov on Round 5: [ http://www.chessintranslation.com/2... ]> Post them any way you want to <polarmis> -- and we'll be sure to read them! :XD - Mal Nov-11-10    Skakalec: <The Rocket> <Wang hao seems to play like a machine as black.. every move is almost optimal against Nakamura.> I wonder if <20...Rc8> was stronger then <20...Ba4>. If not winning. Nov-11-10    turbo231: Wang is playing extremely aggressive also! Nov-11-10    Tomlinsky: <turbo321: Is it who or whom here?> Well, you could expand it to something along the lines of 'I am unsure as to whom will be playing with the White pieces' just to show off to the natives. I find Scandinavians to generally have a better command of the English language these days for some strange reason. - Available for childrens parties & bar mitvahs - Nov-11-10    ex0duz: Yeah, Wang has been playing awesome chess so far, i am rooting for him to place in top 3 at least.. he deserves it after shanghai, which was a big disappointment, considering he had a few 'won' positions that he spoilt. But yeah, Naka/Hao 1/2-1/2, which is a good enough result for me, because i also want Naka to do well and place top 3. :) Nov-11-10    Blunderdome: "Who" has white, whether you're sure or not. Nov-11-10    turbo231: <Tomlinsky: I find Scandinavians to generally have a better command of the English language these days for some strange reason.> Germans also, they teach English starting in the first grade in Germany. Maybe even in kindergarden. Germans speak better English than I do. Although that's not saying very much. Nov-11-10    The Rocket: <"I wonder if <20...Rc8> was stronger then <20...Ba4>. If not winning."> You are welcome to explain how its winning because neither myself nor rybka can see how Nov-11-10    turbo231: Naka vs Wang, extremely disappointing game for me. That game was extreme from the start. A lot of short games today, what's going on? Maybe every one is tired. Nov-11-10    Marmot PFL: If anyone can win they could catch Aronian, but they also don't want to lose and drop out of the chase. So they are plaing it safe. Mamedyarov has some chance to win, as his rook controls the d file and he has a time edge. Nov-11-10    Chessgames Bookie: Here's a special chance to make some quick chessbucks with our in-game betting proposition: Tal Memorial Rd 6: Gelfand-Kramnik IN GAME BETTING Betting closes in about 25 minutes. In the event that the game ends before then, all bets are off. Nov-11-10    Troller: So Aronian has 2 whites and 1 black (against Eljanov) left. As comfortable a schedule you can get in this kind of field, he is clear favourite to win the tournament now. It seems the participants are combative enough, but somehow many games have ended up drawn. Today Naka & Shirov might have tried a little more, though; but then I guess they judged their positions not any better by declining repetition. Nov-11-10    Marmot PFL: I forgot to watch the video. Did Naka explain why he took the draw? Nov-11-10    turbo231: <Chessgames Bookie: Here's a special chance to make some quick chessbucks with our in-game betting proposition: Tal Memorial Rd 6: Gelfand-Kramnik IN GAME BETTING Betting closes in about 25 minutes. In the event that the game ends before then, all bets are off.> How does that work? Do you play with real money? Nov-11-10    ex0duz: Naka and Hao both(at same time) had a little post game analysis with the board(which imo they should do more often, it's nice to hear superGM's arguing over which moves/lines were better and why, and what moves/lines they were scared of or missed completely), but i noticed it a little late and only caught the end. However, they both agreed that the position was 'unclear' so i'm guessing they both took the draw because they did not have the will to play any other moves in the final position. Analysis starts at around 17:03:40 @ http://video.russiachess.org/browse... Nov-11-10    whiteshark: Though a piece down atm, Mamedyarov has a decisive advantage against Eljanov. Position after <42...Ng6>: click for larger view <43. Kg4 > or <43. Bxg5 > Nov-11-10    boz: Yes, looks like Eljanov is going down. Nov-11-10    Hovik2009: Elianov doesn't have a extra piece! that black squered bishop looks like a pawn that can't promote to anything. Nov-11-10    boz: Mamedyarov joins Aronian at the top. He's playing some fine chess lately. Eljanov seems to be falling into frogbert's category of "visitors" to the top ten list. Not real top ten material...at least not yet. Nov-11-10    Tomlinsky: How's Shirov doing? Not all games are up where I usually look for some reason. Nov-11-10    Eyal: So far six players are without a loss, while three players divide between them 10 out of 11 losses in the decisive games. It's no surprise that two of them are Eljanov and Shirov, but Gelfand is usually more solid. Nov-11-10    Eyal: Going over today's games, it looks like Mamedyarov is the only one who didn't take an unofficial day off (Karjakin-Grischuk might seem like heady stuff, but most of it was known - and knowingly drawish - theory). Nov-11-10    ycbaywtb: <<<ex0duz: Is Kramnik always this focused before the start of games? It's like he's had his head buried in between his hands for 5 minutes and he hasn't even moved once. Wang Hao must be intimidated>>> perhaps kramnik is thinking his best days are behind him, and when to throw in the towel? Nov-11-10    ycbaywtb: Naka is hanging in there. Can he find a second win somewhere and join the leaders? Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 43) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 28 OF 43 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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