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Originally posted by Talem16
Round 5 - Thursday the 18th
S. Karjakin - A. Motylev½-½
A. Shirov - L. van Wely0-1
S. Tiviakov - V. Topalov½-½
D. Navara - T. Radjabov0-1
R. Ponomariov - V. Kramnik½-½
V. Anand - P. Svidler1-0
L. Aronian - M. Carlsen½-½
It seems to be that playing Radjabov means it's time to lose. Will he also beat Kramnik, Anand, Topalov, Aronian?

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Originally posted by Wulebgr
It seems to be that playing Radjabov means it's time to lose. Will he also beat Kramnik, Anand, Topalov, Aronian?
i don't think he would beat them all. he still has to face the strongest ones.

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He will lose to both Kramnik and Anand

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Originally posted by idioms
He will lose to both Kramnik and Anand
I wouldnt be so sure.

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Round 6 - Fri. Jan. 19th
A. Motylev - M. Carlsen
½-½
P. Svidler - L. Aronian
½-½
V. Kramnik - V. Anand
1-0
T. Radjabov - R. Ponomariov
½-½
V. Topalov - D. Navara
½-½
L. van Wely - S. Tiviakov
½-½
S. Karjakin - A. Shirov
1-0

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Round 7 - Sat. Jan. 20st
A. Shirov - A. Motylev
½-½
S. Tiviakov - S. Karjakin
½-½
D. Navara - L. van Wely
1-0
R. Ponomariov - V. Topalov
0-1
V. Anand - T. Radjabov
½-½
L. Aronian - V. Kramnik
½-½
M. Carlsen - P. Svidler
0-1

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Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 21nd
A. Motylev - P. Svidler
0-1
V. Kramnik - M. Carlsen
½-½
T. Radjabov - L. Aronian
0-1
V. Topalov - V. Anand
1-0
L. van Wely - R. Ponomariov
½-½
S. Karjakin - D. Navara
1-0
A. Shirov - S. Tiviakov
½-½

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Originally posted by Talem16
Round 8 - Sun. Jan. 21nd
A. Motylev - P. Svidler
0-1
V. Kramnik - M. Carlsen
½-½
T. Radjabov - L. Aronian
0-1
V. Topalov - V. Anand
1-0
L. van Wely - R. Ponomariov
½-½
S. Karjakin - D. Navara
1-0
A. Shirov - S. Tiviakov
½-½
Yep, Topalov has taken the lead. I kind of like Topalov despite his bs in the Wch match, but I'd still rather see Radjabov win.

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I know it's only group C, but look who's still maintaining a wicked lead there. Nepomniachtchi(sp?). He hasn't lost a game yet (7 wins, 1 draw!)

Hou Yifan is also doing pretty good for her age (12 yrs!! I only learned my first opening at that age.)

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und 9 - Tuesday the 23rd
S. Tiviakov - A. Motylev½-½
D. Navara - A. Shirov0-1
R. Ponomariov - S. Karjakin1-0
V. Anand - L. van Wely1-0
L. Aronian - V. Topalov½-½
M. Carlsen - T. Radjabov½-½
P. Svidler - V. Kramnik½-½

Everytime kajakin plays ponomariov, he always lost track , I know they were working together no long time ago but I think karjakin always plays easy against ponomariov. He show him respect.

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Round 10 - Wed. Jan. 24th
A. Motylev - V. Kramnik
½-½
T. Radjabov - P. Svidler
½-½
V. Topalov - M. Carlsen
1-0
L. van Wely - L. Aronian
½-½
S. Karjakin - V. Anand
0-1
A. Shirov - R. Ponomariov
½-½
S. Tiviakov - D. Navara
½-½

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oh man. youngsters are going down. carlsen having terrible tourn.

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Round 11

D. Navara - A. Motylev½-½
R. Ponomariov - S. Tiviakov½-½
V. Anand - A. Shirov½-½
L. Aronian - S. Karjakin1-0
M. Carlsen - L. van Wely½-½
P. Svidler - V. Topalov1-0
V. Kramnik - T. Radjabov½-½

Topalov is still in first place, but he's only half a point ahead of Svidler, Radjabov and Aronian.

The game Carlsen - von Wely ended in a stalemate. I think that's the first time I have seen a stalemate in a GM game. 🙂

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Round 11

D. Navara - A. Motylev½-½
R. Ponomariov - S. Tiviakov½-½
V. Anand - A. Shirov½-½
L. Aronian - S. Karjakin1-0
M. Carlsen - L. van Wely½-½
P. Svidler - V. Topalov1-0
V. Kramnik - T. Radjabov½-½

Topalov is still in first place, but he's only half a point ahead of Svidler, Radjabov and Aronian.

The game Carlsen - von Wely ended in a stalemate. I think that's the first time I have seen a stalemate in a GM game. 🙂
Thanks for posting. I have not been able to get to playchess today, nor access the official site. Both have been recurrent problems the past week (perhaps due to high traffic).

I'm glad Topalov lost! Now Kramnik needs to whip him tomorrow and catch the leaders.