[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Update from ongoing and recent events: the Russian Championship Ultrafinal, the Carlos Torre Memorial and the Dallas GM International

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Update from ongoing and recent events: the Russian Championship Ultrafinal, the Carlos Torre Memorial and the Dallas GM International
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   First, the Russian Championship Superfinal results from round 2:
   Rychagov - Tomashevsky 1/2-1/2
   Svidler - Dreev 1-0 (Not very sporting of Svidler, considering that
   Dreev was the star of my ChessBase show yesterday.)
   Grischuk - Amonatov 1-0
   Timofeev - Inarkiev 1/2-1/2
   Sakaev - Jakovenko 1-0
   Morozevich - Vitiugov 0-1
   Standings after Round 2:
   1-4. Rychagov, Tomashevsky, Grischuk, Sakaev 1.5
   5-8. Svidler, Amonatov, Inarkiev, Vitiugov 1
   9-12. Morozevich, Jakovenko, Timofeev, Dreev .5
   Next, the Carlos Torre Memorial, which has moved past the qualifying
   stage into the knockout stage. Here are the results of the first game
   of the 1/8 finals:
   Bruzon - Ivanchuk 0-1
   Nogueiras - Dominguez 1/2-1/2
   Harikrishna - G. Hernandez 1-0
   Quezada - Leon Hoyos 1-0
   H. Hernandez - Graf 0-1
   Tregubov - Meier 1-0
   Cordova - Zapata 1-0
   J. Gonzales - Almeida 1/2-1/2
   Finally, there was the Dallas GM Invitational, which took place from
   December 6-14, 2007. IM Kuljasevic of Croatia and GM Ramirez of Costa
   Rica (both college students in Dallas, I think) tied for first place
   with 7.5/11, half a point ahead of Georgian GM Izoria. Most notably
   for U.S. chess, 13-year-old Ray Robson achieved his third and final IM
   norm. Congratulations!