[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: The Daily Update: Carlsen clinches first in Aerosvit

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
The Daily Update: Carlsen clinches first in Aerosvit
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1213824252.shtml


   Magnus Carlsen and Pavel Eljanov drew today (against Andrei Volokitin
   and Sergey Karjakin, respectively), and that means that Carlsen, who
   leads by a point and a half with one round to play, is the winner of
   the [1]2008 Aerosvit tournament. Carlsen's last two games were fairly
   quick draws, but today he tried for a good long time to break down
   Volokitin's Orthodox QGD. Surprisingly, perhaps, Volokitin proved the
   technically superior player today, and enjoyed a nominal advantage by
   the end of the game. Meanwhile, nothing much happened in
   Eljanov-Karjakin, and Nisipeanu-Onischuk and Alekseev-Jakovenko were
   drawn as well.
   Two games concluded with a winner, one of which was important for the
   leaderboard. Vassily Ivanchuk won very quickly when Loek van Wely
   blundered just out of the opening; that puts the great Ukranian into a
   tie for second with Eljanov. Alexei Shirov also improved his
   tournament position with a win over Peter Svidler. It looked like
   Svidler had good counterplay in the double-rook ending, but it was
   Shirov who ultimately won the tactical battle. Both games were
   interesting, and can be replayed with my comments, [2]here.
   Standings after Round 10 (of 11):
   1. Carlsen 7.5 (he'll have Black vs. Karjakin tomorrow)
   2-3. Ivanchuk, Karjakin 6 (they play tomorrow; Ivanchuk will have
   White)
   4. Karjakin 5.5
   5-6. Alekseev, Jakovenko 5
   7-10. Svidler, Volokitin, Shirov, Nisipeanu 4.5
   11-12. Onischuk, van Wely 3.5

References

   1. http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2008/index_e.htm
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/foros2008_rd10.htm