[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: The Daily Update: Carlsen wins Aerosvit, Ivanchuk second

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
The Daily Update: Carlsen wins Aerosvit, Ivanchuk second
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1213897475.shtml


   As expected, Magnus Carlsen drew his last round game with Sergey
   Karjakin, putting a close to [1]his most successful tournament yet.
   Carlsen finished an undefeated 8-3, winning by a point and achieving a
   2881 TPR. It looks like the 1969-1975 generation (Anand, Ivanchuk,
   Kamsky, Kramnik and Topalov) is running out of time, and getting
   replaced by an upstart born in 1990.
   Still, let's not toss them overboard just yet! Indeed, Vassily
   Ivanchuk continued his run of good form, and after his first-round
   loss to Carlsen matched him the rest of the way. He defeated Pavel
   Eljanov in the last round to take clear second (7-4, 2811 TPR);
   hopefully he will maintain his current high level through the rest of
   the year.
   Other winners today: Volokitin, who avenged an earlier loss on the
   white side of the Berlin by defeating Alekseev's attempt to use the
   Wall, and Shirov, who won a lively tactical struggle on the black side
   of a QGA against the slumping Onischuk.
   The Ivanchuk-Eljanov and Onischuk-Shirov games can be replayed
   [2]here, with my comments.
   Final Standings:
   1. Carlsen 8 (of 11), 2881 TPR
   2. Ivanchuk 7, 2811
   3-4. Karjakin (2745), Eljanov (2750) 6
   5-7. Volokitin (2714), Jakovenko (2711), Shirov (2709) 5.5
   8-10. Alekseev (2675), Svidler (2672), Nisipeanu (2678) 5
   11. van Wely 4, 2612
   12. Onischuk 3.5, 2583

References

   1. http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/aerosvit2008/index_e.htm
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/foros2008_rd11.htm