Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information: Tal Memorial standings after 6

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Tal Memorial standings after 6

Standings after 6 rounds:

1.	Kramnik, Vladimir	g	RUS	2772	4½	2958
2.	Anand, Viswanathan	g	IND	2788	4	2884
3-4.	Gelfand, Boris	g	ISR	2758	3½	2823
3-4.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2739	3½	2821
5-6.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2801	3	2765
5-6.	Aronian, Levon	g	ARM	2786	3	2759
7.	Ponomariov, Ruslan	g	UKR	2739	2½	2709
8-10.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2750	2	2643
8-10.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2752	2	2637
8-10.	Svidler, Peter	g	RUS	2754	2	2637

Official website: http://tal.russiachess.org

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Magnificent performance Mr. Kramnik.; Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:19:00 PM CST
aam said...: I don't know what you top players think, but speaking as an amateur, Kramnik's endgame against Ruslan Ponomariov was quite amazing.

Did Black have any chance at all for a draw once he sac-ed the exchange?

Towards the end, would it have helped if Kramnik's pawn on f5 and Ponomariov's g7 pawn were around (with Black still an exchange down)?; Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:23:00 AM CST

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