the comp says #20 , I probably couldn't win this in years, lol

edit: I think this behaviour by Kramnik to always leave is really unnecessary. Against Topalov I kind of get it, but Karjakin actually seems like a nice person : (

wingpawn

Poland1342 Posts

June 12 2014 20:37 GMT

#666

Standings after Round 8:

1. Sergey Karjakin - 5 points (+3 -1 =4)
2. Fabiano Caruana - 4.5 points (+2 -1 =5)
Magnus Carlsen - 4.5 points (+1 -0 =7)
3. Alexander Grischuk - 4 points (+2 -2 =4)
Vladimir Kramnik - 4 points (+2 -2 =4)
Veselin Topalov - 4 points (+2 -2 =4)
4. Simen Agdestein - 3.5 points (+0 -1 =7)
Anish Giri - 3.5 points (+1 -2 =5)
Peter Svidler - 3.5 points (+0 -1 =7)
Levon Aronian - 3.5 points (+1 -2 =5)

Last round will decide.

Final Round!
Starts June 13, 14:30 local time (UTC+2)

Magnus Carlsen – Simen Agdestein
Anish Giri – Peter Svidler
Vladimir Kramnik – Alexander Grischuk
Fabiano Caruana – Sergey Karjakin
Veselin Topalov – Levon Aronian

Ethenielle

Norway1006 Posts

June 12 2014 21:17 GMT

#667

So basically, because Caruana is +2, Carlsen has zero hope of getting first place at this point?

Despite all I kind of cheered for him(I'm norwegian after all), but he did play pretty damn bad this tournament, as he admitted himself.

Even though his aura did some serious work.

wingpawn

Poland1342 Posts

June 12 2014 21:25 GMT

#668

On June 13 2014 06:17 Ethenielle wrote:
So basically, because Caruana is +2, Carlsen has zero hope of getting first place at this point?

Nope, the tiebreaker for this tournament in case of equal points are extra games in blitz and armageddon, if needed. There's still a chance for Carlsen, but he really needs a win against Agdestein and a draw or Caruana win against Karjakin.

urboss

Austria1223 Posts

June 13 2014 08:46 GMT

#669

Agdestein was Carlsen's coach.
Now the question is if this is a good thing or a bad thing for Agdestein.

Anyway, would be great to see a blitz decider match, so I'm cheering for Carlsen.

ThePhan2m

Norway2751 Posts

June 13 2014 16:22 GMT

#670

Seems like Sergey Karjakin is winning. Caruana made a blunder at the time control, so now seems like Karjakin will win the tournament.

xM(Z

Romania5299 Posts

June 13 2014 16:48 GMT

#671

good run by Alexander Grischuk
grats to Sergey Karjakin

wingpawn

Poland1342 Posts

June 13 2014 17:58 GMT

#672

Round 9 Results:

Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Simen Agdestein
Anish Giri 1/2-1/2 Peter Svidler
Vladimir Kramnik 0-1 Alexander Grischuk
Fabiano Caruana 0-1 Sergey Karjakin
Veselin Topalov 1/2-1/2 Levon Aronian

Norway Chess 2014 - Final Standings:

1. Sergey Karjakin - 6 points (+4 -1 =4)
2. Magnus Carlsen - 5.5 points (+2 -0 =7)
3. Alexander Grischuk - 5 points (+3 -2 =4)
4. Fabiano Caruana - 4.5 points (+2 -2 =5)
Veselin Topalov - 4.5 points (+2 -2 =5)
5. Vladimir Kramnik - 4 points (+2 -3 =4)
Anish Giri - 4 points (+1 -2 =6)
Levon Aronian - 4 points (+1 -2 =6)
Peter Svidler - 4 points (+0 -1 =8)
6. Simen Agdestein - 3.5 points (+0 -2 =7)

Congratulations to Sergey Karjakin!

urboss

Austria1223 Posts

June 14 2014 09:27 GMT

#673

Next Tournament:
Rapid/Blitz World Championship 2014 in Dubai
http://dubai2014wrb.com
featuring Carlsen, Anand, Aronian, Grischuk, Nakamura, Karjakin, Caruana...

don_kyuhote

3007 Posts

June 14 2014 09:47 GMT

#674

Wow after ten draws, no win, no loss performance at Gashimov Memorial, Karjakin strikes 1st place on the backs of 4 wins. Nice

wingpawn

Poland1342 Posts

June 15 2014 07:28 GMT

#675

Holy shit, the starting list for Dubai tournament is astonishing. There are twenty eight 2700+ grandmasters in!

+ Show Spoiler [2700+ elite] +

1. Magnus Carlsen 2882
2. Levon Aronian 2815
3. Alexander Grischuk 2792
4. Viswanathan Anand 2785
5. Fabiano Caruana 2783
6. Hikaru Nakamura 2772
7. Sergey Karjakin 2770
8. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2760
9. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2758
10. Peter Svidler 2753
11. Boris Gelfand 2753
12. Nikita Vitiugov 2747
13. Ian Nepomniachtchi 2735
14. Wang Hao 2734
15. Pavel Elljanov 2732
16. Pendyala Harikrishna 2726
17. Etienne Bacrot 2721
18. Alexander Morozevich 2719
19. Radoslaw Wojtaszek 2716
20. Teimour Radjabov 2713
21. Laurent Fressinet 2711
22. Le Quang Liem 2710
23. Alexander Moiseenko 2707
24. Baadur Jobava 2706
25. Arkadij Naiditsch 2705
26. Yuriy Kryvoruchko 2704
27. Vladimir Malakhov 2701
28. Francisco Vallejo Pons 2700

Hoping for Hikaru and MVL to do good, we need some good upsets at the top.

Biff The Understudy

France8160 Posts

June 15 2014 08:17 GMT

#676

On June 14 2014 18:47 don_kyuhote wrote:
Wow after ten draws, no win, no loss performance at Gashimov Memorial, Karjakin strikes 1st place on the backs of 4 wins. Nice

People make conclusions on very very small samples. Thing is, to get a sizeable sample to evaluate someone's form, you need months, since they play so few games.

Ten draws in one tournament really doesn't mean anything at all I think.

I would have been tremendously excited to see Anand play in Norway, in another hand. When is his next classical tournament?

urboss

Austria1223 Posts

June 15 2014 08:34 GMT

#677

Anand said he will skip the Chess Olympiad in August. His only classical tourney will be in Geneva in October.
And yeah, the Dubai list is quite impressive.

Arnstein

Norway3381 Posts

June 15 2014 09:58 GMT

#678

I can't believe the blunder Carlsen did in his second last game in Norway Chess. It's just....wow.

wingpawn

Poland1342 Posts

June 16 2014 09:59 GMT

#679

On June 14 2014 18:27 urboss wrote:
Next Tournament:
Rapid/Blitz World Championship 2014 in Dubai
http://dubai2014wrb.com
featuring Carlsen, Anand, Aronian, Grischuk, Nakamura, Karjakin, Caruana...

Hmm, according to their website, the games in Dubai are starting at 11:00 GMT. One hour left, not two...

Live Stream

Already many upsets; Morozevich, Aronian, Nakamura all lost in 1st round to lower rated players.

Zen5034

United States384 Posts

June 16 2014 12:49 GMT

#680

The commentator is bad at updating the board, but I like his accent.