Aerosvit 2008 Foros Round 2
Great day for the Ukrainian home favourites yesterday with Ivanchuk, Karjakin and Volokitin winning and Eljanov drawing. And some very exciting games as well.
Shirov also won in round 2 to take the sole lead with 2/2 !
The two non-decisive games yesterday were not so exciting. Eljanov played the same Grunfeld line against Van Wely that Shirov (won with) the day before, and it ended in a fairly early draw.
This winter the elite has mainly played 1.e4 against Magnus. Despite his broad repertoire they have probably felt that he is vulnerable. But lately Leko resorted to 1.d4 in the final Miskolc game and yesterday Peter Svidler chose 1.d4 as well. It could of course be a coincident, or a general trend in elite chess, but it could also be that his opponents are considering him less vulnerable against 1.e4 after winning several games with black in various openings.
Anyhow, Magnus chose the Queen Indian line with 4....Ba6 and Peter started spending time. The rest of the game followed Cheparinov-Kamsky, Baku 2008. None of the players were especially happy to draw in this manner but despite spending about an hour each none of them could find any improvement during the game.
Rybka prefers white in the end position after 22.b3 but Peter obviously did not think he had any significant edge and offered a draw that was accepted by Magnus.
Not an interesting game of course, but a good result for Magnus.
1,5 points after having played his two highest rated opponents is just a great start.
With 50% decided games, the organiser should be happy about the fighting spirit. No vacation mood in the playing hall.
Our luggage arrived yesterday during the game, and I would like to thank the organiser for all the help received to this end.
Yesterday we had heavy rain and thunder, and consequently the air is lighter today. Finally time to go for a swim in the sea.
Today, in round 3 Magnus plays white against Dutch Look Van Wely who should be in a great mood after Holland crushed Italy 3-0 in the European Championship in Football yesterday.
Magnus has a good score against Van Wely this year, but the Dutchman is notoriously dangerous over the board and we should be looking forward to an interesting game!
H.Carlsen,
Foros, Ukraine, June 10th 2008
Shirov also won in round 2 to take the sole lead with 2/2 !
The two non-decisive games yesterday were not so exciting. Eljanov played the same Grunfeld line against Van Wely that Shirov (won with) the day before, and it ended in a fairly early draw.
This winter the elite has mainly played 1.e4 against Magnus. Despite his broad repertoire they have probably felt that he is vulnerable. But lately Leko resorted to 1.d4 in the final Miskolc game and yesterday Peter Svidler chose 1.d4 as well. It could of course be a coincident, or a general trend in elite chess, but it could also be that his opponents are considering him less vulnerable against 1.e4 after winning several games with black in various openings.
Anyhow, Magnus chose the Queen Indian line with 4....Ba6 and Peter started spending time. The rest of the game followed Cheparinov-Kamsky, Baku 2008. None of the players were especially happy to draw in this manner but despite spending about an hour each none of them could find any improvement during the game.
Rybka prefers white in the end position after 22.b3 but Peter obviously did not think he had any significant edge and offered a draw that was accepted by Magnus.
Not an interesting game of course, but a good result for Magnus.
1,5 points after having played his two highest rated opponents is just a great start.
With 50% decided games, the organiser should be happy about the fighting spirit. No vacation mood in the playing hall.
Our luggage arrived yesterday during the game, and I would like to thank the organiser for all the help received to this end.
Yesterday we had heavy rain and thunder, and consequently the air is lighter today. Finally time to go for a swim in the sea.
Today, in round 3 Magnus plays white against Dutch Look Van Wely who should be in a great mood after Holland crushed Italy 3-0 in the European Championship in Football yesterday.
Magnus has a good score against Van Wely this year, but the Dutchman is notoriously dangerous over the board and we should be looking forward to an interesting game!
H.Carlsen,
Foros, Ukraine, June 10th 2008
Comments:
Posted by: Dhananjay Khadilkar
Dear Mr Larsen
I am a sports journalist working for DNA based in Mumbai, India. I wish to interview Magnus Carlsen. Could you please mail me either yours or Magnus' interview?
Thank You
Dhananjay Khadilkar
I am a sports journalist working for DNA based in Mumbai, India. I wish to interview Magnus Carlsen. Could you please mail me either yours or Magnus' interview?
Thank You
Dhananjay Khadilkar
Posted by: Gegga
Who is Mr Larsen?
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