Wijk aan Zee

Originally posted by tomtom232
She is married 😕

I am voting for Magnus all the way! if he wins this he might have a shot at becoming the youngest world champ evah!

What about she being married? I'm just saying... 😛

I just noticed her apparent weight gain on this video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=91-9gbj1Res

Originally posted by Nordlys
Polgar is already out of the race. There's just one round left, and she's 2 points behind Aronian and Carlsen. Radjabov is playing Carlsen tomorrow, so he isn't allowed to win. 😉

I know she is out of the race. To be honest with you I didn't she was in the race to start with. But I just like her style and I like to see her win. 😛

Radjabov is a KID player so he got my full time support always! 😛 But Carlsen is ok too. 😛

Originally posted by adam warlock
I know she is out of the race. To be honest with you I didn't she was in the race to start with. But I just like her style and I like to see her win. 😛

Radjabov is a KID player so he got my full time support always! 😛 But Carlsen is ok too. 😛

Polgar is playing Aronian today, so obviously I want her to win! 😀 (I also like to see her win in general, unless she's playing Carlsen. 😉)

Carlsen and Radjabov will also fight for a place among the top 10 in the next FIDE list today. Current inofficial standings:

live top list, updated 2008-01-26

0 games = fide january list 2008

01 Anand 2793,1 -5,9 (2) 14 1969
02 Kramnik 2788,0 -11 (1) 12 1975
03 Morozevich 2774,1 +9,1 (1) 11 1977
04 Topalov 2768,4 -11,6 (1) 12 1975
05 Mamedyarov 2756,7 -3,3 (1) 12 1985
06 Shirov 2755,0 0 (0) 0 1972
07 Aronian 2753,3 +14,3 (2) 13 1982
08 Leko 2750,8 -2,2 (1) 12 1979
09 Carlsen 2749,9 +16,9 (1) 12 1990
10 Svidler 2747,0 -16 (2) 16 1976
11 Radjabov 2746,3 +11,3 (1) 12 1987
12 Ivanchuk 2743,3 -7,7 (3) 21 1969
13 Karjakin 2732,0 0 (0) 0 1990
14 Adams 2728,4 +2,4 (1) 12 1971
15 Kamsky 2726,0 0 (0) 0 1974
16 Ponomariov 2719,0 0 (0) 0 1983
17 Gelfand 2718,6 -18,4 (1) 12 1968
18 Grischuk 2716,3 +5,3 (1) 11 1983
19 Jakovenko 2711,2 -8,8 (1) 11 1983
20 Alekseev 2711,0 0 (0) 0 1985
21 Bacrot 2708,5 +8,5 (2) 17 1983
22 Polgar 2708,4 +1,4 (1) 12 1976
23 Bu 2701,1 +10,1 (1) 5 1985
24 Akopian 2700,0 0 (0) 0 1971
25 Eljanov 2698,6 +6,6 (2) 15 1983

- games/tournaments rated -
torre memorial (8 rounds)
pamplona intl (7 rounds)
russian championship (11 rounds)
german bundesliga (rounds 1-7 of 15)
corus a+b (rounds 1-12 of 13)
gibtelecom (rounds 1-5 of 10)

- explanation of columns -
1 position
2 name
3 current live rating
4 current change
5 (tournaments played)
6 games played
7 year of birth

(source: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessuser?uname=frogbert)

Originally posted by tomtom232
I am not surprised to see Kramnik in the middle of the pack...he was never very good in tournament play.

That's not really true.

From his profile at chessgames.com:

"Major tournament triumphs were soon to follow, such as Dortmund 1995, Tilburg 1997, and Wijk aan Zee 1998. Dortmund became a favorite stop, as Kramnik would go on to win seven more times, either as shared champion, or clear first. In 2000 Kramnik won his first Linares tournament, completing his set of victories in all three of chess's "triple crown" events: Corus, Linares, and Dortmund. Kramnik would later capture additional Linares victories in 2003 (shared) and 2004."

It's true that his style is more suited to match play. But he's had plenty of success in tournaments.

Polgar - Aronian 1/2-1/2
Carlsen - Radjabov looks like a draw, too.
So most likely Carlsen and Aronian will share the win.

Edit: Possibly also shared with Anand, who is still playing.

Originally posted by Nordlys
Polgar - Aronian 1/2-1/2
Carlsen - Radjabov looks like a draw, too.
So most likely Carlsen and Aronian will share the win.

Edit: Possibly also shared with Anand, who is still playing.

Anand - Kramnik 1/2 - 1/2

So the winners are Carlsen and Aronian. Brilliant!!!

I see- not biased in any way, are you Nordlys? 😉

Originally posted by Earthworm
I see- not biased in any way, are you Nordlys? 😉

No, not at all! 😉

Originally posted by Nordlys
No, not at all! 😉

I think I'll PM jusuh just for him to come and badmouth Carlsen a little bit. 😛
Good for Carlsen but I'm still a Radjabov fan. One day, and not a very far away one, will fight for the world title.

Originally posted by Jusuh
Im not saying he is bad. He just isnt THAT good as u most patzers think he is. He is gifted and talented, but then again its nothing new nowadays. I think he has reached his maximum level, and probably the level he can sustain over the long run is somewhere between 2680-2720.

Look the page four of this thread.

Always so smart, always so rude, always so superior to all of us.

Ha ha ! Looks at the results of the tourney, Magnus is good chess player at the end, as most of us patzers think.

What place did you took on Wijk anyway ?