[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: The Daily Update: Extended Garbage Time in Aerosvit

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
The Daily Update: Extended Garbage Time in Aerosvit
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1213723080.shtml


   For those unfamiliar with the expression "garbage time", it's used in
   TV coverage of professional basketball games here in the U.S. when one
   side has a big lead with lots of time left and the players have to go
   through the motions for the rest of the game. For the most part, that
   seems to be the story at [1]Foros thanks to Carlsen's large lead. The
   past two rounds saw three short draws out of the six games, but today
   that number went up to four games, none of them making it to move 21.
   At least two players failed to get the memo that the tournament was
   essentially over, however. Nisipeanu defeated Shirov on the white side
   of a Sveshnikov Sicilian using the trendy 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4
   variation, while Eljanov outplayed Volokitin with black in the Berlin
   Wall. In so doing, Eljanov moved into clear second, but a point and a
   half behind Carlsen with two rounds to go makes it exceedingly
   unlikely that he'll find his way to first.
   Standings after Round 9:
   1. Carlsen 7
   2. Eljanov 5.5
   3-4. Ivanchuk, Karjakin 5
   5-7. Alekseev, Svidler, Jakovenko 4.5
   8-9. Nisipeanu, Volokitin 4
   10-11. Shirov, van Wely 3.5
   12. Onischuk 3

References

   1. http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2008/index_e.htm