[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: The Daily Update: Morozevich extends his lead in Sarajevo, plus the Tournament of Draws

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
The Daily Update: Morozevich extends his lead in Sarajevo, plus the Tournament of Draws
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1211917431.shtml


   In [1]Sarajevo, the games Movsesian-Dominguez and Sokolov-Predojevic
   were drawn (the former quickly; the latter after a long and lively
   fight), but Morozevich brought home the full point by outplaying
   Timofeev in a virtuoso bishop ending. At the halfway point, then,
   after the first of the two round-robins, Morozevich leads with 4 out
   of 5, good enough for a 2919 performance rating. (If he keeps this up,
   he might make it to #2 on the July FIDE list!)
   Meanwhile, in the ToD (the [2]King's Tournament), four of the five
   games were drawn (three very quickly), but Vaganian spoiled the warm
   feelings by defeating Suba. After four rounds, therefore, the winning
   percentage remains a disappointingly high 20%, but hopefully fatigue
   will start setting in, lowering both the move count and any slight
   aggressive tendencies the players might still be suffering.
   Let's have a look at the Morozevich ending - right [3]here.

References

   1. http://www.skbosna.ba/?jezik=bos
   2. http://www.clubulregilor.ro/
   3. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/morozevich_timofeev_sarajevo2008.htm