Sinquefield Cup (2015)

greenpawn34

Only Chess

23 Aug 15

greenpawn34

e4

Joined: 06 May 08
Moves: 43363

23 Aug 15

3

Round one and no draws.
Levon Aronian beat Fabiano Caruana

Magnus Carlsen loses to Veselin Topalov

Hikaru Nakamura beat Viswanathan Anand

Anish Giri beat Alexander Grischuk

Wesley So lost to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Data Fly

Joined: 18 Feb 10
Moves: 0

24 Aug 15

What an amazing set of games! I shall be sure to tune in the remaining rounds of this tournament as it looks like all the players are going for it.

64squaresofpain

The drunk knight

Stuck on g1

Joined: 02 Sep 12
Moves: 60568

25 Aug 15

I haven't really looked over the games in detail yet... but I note this is 2 wins in a row for Toppy vs. McArlsen!

Data Fly

Joined: 18 Feb 10
Moves: 0

25 Aug 15

Yes, Topov is #2 in the live ratings now. I view this with the same scepticism as I did when Barry Bonds and Justin Gatlin became superhuman athletes past the age of thirty.

byedidia

Mister Why

San Carlos, CA

Joined: 21 Feb 12
Moves: 6039

25 Aug 15

Originally posted by Data Fly
Yes, Topov is #2 in the live ratings now. I view this with the same scepticism as I did when Barry Bonds and Justin Gatlin became superhuman athletes past the age of thirty.

That's quite an assertion!

64squaresofpain

The drunk knight

Stuck on g1

Joined: 02 Sep 12
Moves: 60568

26 Aug 15

It might be too early to say, who knows, but it's good to see Aronian having a decent tourney for once.. been struggling for a little while.