About Morozevich
Monday, January 4, 2010
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Alexander Morozevich
An unorthodox player and indomitable warrior always spoiling for a fight, Alexander Morozevich is one of the most interesting grandmasters of modern chess. He made his international debut as a teenager at the elite Tilburg Interpolis Tournament of 1993, where the shy youngster became the darling of the public for his unique style in an impressive series of consecutive wins against three well-known members of the chess establishment. A year later, he again stunned the chess world when he won the Lloyds Bank Open in London with a phenominal 10.5/11. His predilection for unusual openings does not always make for the best results in match play but that has not prevented him from gradually rising through the ranks to reach his current fourth position in the FIDE ratings. In the tournament arena, where he loves to uncork theoretical novelties and unleash the most daring attacks, he can be virtually irresistible. Asked to describe his style, he replied: “Honestly, I don’t know. It always turns out crazy: something is always hanging and my King is constantly open… But is seems that I can play different chess yet.” Some of his peers feel his chess is “incorrect” but that does not seem to worry him in the least. “Such talk doesn’t bother me at all, I play as I understand the game and see fit.”
Sunday, July 19, 2009
About Alexander Morozevich
What other grandmasters are saying about GM Alexander Morozevich...
"Morozevich is a bright player; I like how he plays. This is active chess: only forward! Sometimes luck is on his side, sometimes it is not. It is not boring to watch his games." – Vladimir Kramnik (’64-Chess Review’, No. 2, 2000)
"Morozevich is a fresh player with very original thinking. He makes many mistakes, but plays with tremendous ingenuity. It is a pleasure to watch his play." – Nigel Short (’64-Chess Review’, No. 2, 2000)
"I know that he makes quick draws very rare and he is an original player with great fighting spirit. I like that he plays for win against everybody." - GM Zoltán Gyimesi (e-mail, Oct. 2000)
"Morozevich is one of the most talented players in the world, a genius of the game of Chess. I first watched him in person in the Lloyds Bank 1994 wherein he scored an incredible score of 9.5 / 10, drawing only against Tkachiev and beating several GMs. One of the most enterprising players, too." - GM Thipsay (e-mail, Oct. 2000)
"He is the biggest talent in modern chess, with extremely original openings. He has big chances for World Champion title." GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: (23rd October 2000)
"Alexander is one of the most original players in the top ranks today. His youth means that he has every right to try and fight for the highest title in the future." GM Yasser Seirawan (13th October 2000)
"I first saw Morozevich at Hyeres open in 1992. Already then his bright talent was evident. His game against GM Tony Kosten earned his a nickname ‘modern classic’. I always believed in his great chess future." GM Dmitry Komarov (4th October 2000)
"Morozevich is a bright player; I like how he plays. This is active chess: only forward! Sometimes luck is on his side, sometimes it is not. It is not boring to watch his games." – Vladimir Kramnik (’64-Chess Review’, No. 2, 2000)
"Morozevich is a fresh player with very original thinking. He makes many mistakes, but plays with tremendous ingenuity. It is a pleasure to watch his play." – Nigel Short (’64-Chess Review’, No. 2, 2000)
"I know that he makes quick draws very rare and he is an original player with great fighting spirit. I like that he plays for win against everybody." - GM Zoltán Gyimesi (e-mail, Oct. 2000)
"Morozevich is one of the most talented players in the world, a genius of the game of Chess. I first watched him in person in the Lloyds Bank 1994 wherein he scored an incredible score of 9.5 / 10, drawing only against Tkachiev and beating several GMs. One of the most enterprising players, too." - GM Thipsay (e-mail, Oct. 2000)
"He is the biggest talent in modern chess, with extremely original openings. He has big chances for World Champion title." GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: (23rd October 2000)
"Alexander is one of the most original players in the top ranks today. His youth means that he has every right to try and fight for the highest title in the future." GM Yasser Seirawan (13th October 2000)
"I first saw Morozevich at Hyeres open in 1992. Already then his bright talent was evident. His game against GM Tony Kosten earned his a nickname ‘modern classic’. I always believed in his great chess future." GM Dmitry Komarov (4th October 2000)
Thursday, July 16, 2009
More More Morozevich
Mig on Chess #81, 8.1.99
The next time 21-year-old Russian champion Alexander Morozevich shows up for a tournament his opponents might look a little green. This will either be because the thought of playing against the hottest player in the world today makes them nauseous or because they have covered themselves in kryptonite in order to have a chance against the Russian superman. While Viswanathan Anand has garnered headlines for his run of tournament wins at the top level in the past few years, Morozevich has won just about everything else, or at least everything he has played in. His remarkable play has the side-effect of highlighting the fallacy of only updating the FIDE rating lists twice a year as it’s crystal clear he is playing at a completely different level than his 2625 rating would suggest. In the past year he has run up almost impossible scores in strong events, hitting a 2900 performance rating on more than one occasion! (A TPR, or tournament performance rating, is a measure of how well you playe 14b0 d in that one tournament. 2900 is very, very rare, even for folks with real ratings of 2700 and 2800.) An updated rating list, such as that of the WCC (or whatever), more correctly shows Morozevich breaking into the top ten, as can be seen from his play.
Oh, his play? Well, he just finished decimating yet another tournament field, this one in Pamplona, Spain. Doing a fine impression of one of the bulls the town is known for Morozevich scored eight out of nine (seven wins and two draws) to take first place two full points ahead of Poland’s Krasenkow. His games were full of the creative energy that has become his trademark. He seeks complications from the outset, values the initiative over almost any quantity of material, and seems to almost enjoy playing with doubled pawns and other structural weaknesses that would horrify a more traditional player. Again and again he would throw his pawns forward in the opening, daring his opponent to refute his aggressive play and time after time he would come out on top in these experiments. With his foe’s pieces in disarray and a storm brewing on the board the tactics would come like a hurricane, usually leaving his opponent soggy, windblown, and down material or facing mate. In even positions it was never Morozevich who made the fatal mistake. Just when it looked like he would have to settle for a draw there would come the tiny opportunity he needed and WHAMMO! it was over.
Chess fans have known Morozevich’s name for years, although he is only 21 years old. At the age of 17 he scored his first 2900 performance at the Lloyd’s Bank open, scoring 9.5/10 and the world only wondered how long it would take until he was knocking on the door of the world championship. But the next few years weren’t kind to him and he failed to impress in most of the big tournament invitations that came his way. Apart from his first place in, again, Pamplona 95-96, he finished in the middle of the pack of the international round-robins and strong Russian events he played in. He even finished in clear last place at the 1996 Donner Memorial and people began to wonder if a player with his unbalanced style could compete in the world of category 16+ tournaments. But he continued with his nose to the grindstone, playing the tough Russian Cup circuit and when 1998 arrived, so did Morozevich. And this time he wasn’t taking any prisoners.
Ahem. Before you run out to stock up on canned goods and bottled water some questions remain. While these scores are very impressive, none were made against top 10 players. Morozevich has played only two games against players rated 2670 or higher in the past two years, so it still remains to be seen if he can compete with the big boys. (Those two were against Peter Svidler and Sergei Rublevsky in 1998 and yes, he beat them both!) But when the new rating lists come out we can expect to see Morozevich receiving some choice invitations and testing his mettle against some 2700s. According to Spanish chess journalist Leontxo Garcia Morozevich will be playing in this year’s edition of Dos Hermanas in Seville in April. Past events have included the likes of Anand, Kramnik, Karpov, Shirov, and other usual suspects. His risky style is an organizer’s dream and he hates short draws almost as much as I do. (According to ChessBase 7.0’s handy "player dossier" feature less than 6% of his games are draws of under 20 moves.) He plays 1.e4 exclusively with the white pieces and has a varied black repertoire that includes the French, the Sicilian, and various fashionable Slavs with which he has been very successful. (He has long given up the Chigorin’s Defense that he revived four years ago.)
While Morozevich was busy racking up points like a pin-ball machine, second and third places went to two of the other foreign invitees, Krasenkow and Holland’s Van Wely. Spanish number two (after Alexei Shirov) Miguel Illescas tied with Emil Sutovsky of Israel with an even score. Former women’s World Champion Xie Jun finished at minus one, about what her 2510 rating predicted. The rest of the crosstable was filled in with Spanish players with too many names and not enough points. Jesus de la Villa Garcia was the best of the lot, at minus one with Xie Jun. Junior hope Francisco Vallejo Pons, Oscar de la Riva Aguado and Lluis Comas Fabrego shared last place at minus three in a heartwarming display of unity.
The next time 21-year-old Russian champion Alexander Morozevich shows up for a tournament his opponents might look a little green. This will either be because the thought of playing against the hottest player in the world today makes them nauseous or because they have covered themselves in kryptonite in order to have a chance against the Russian superman. While Viswanathan Anand has garnered headlines for his run of tournament wins at the top level in the past few years, Morozevich has won just about everything else, or at least everything he has played in. His remarkable play has the side-effect of highlighting the fallacy of only updating the FIDE rating lists twice a year as it’s crystal clear he is playing at a completely different level than his 2625 rating would suggest. In the past year he has run up almost impossible scores in strong events, hitting a 2900 performance rating on more than one occasion! (A TPR, or tournament performance rating, is a measure of how well you playe 14b0 d in that one tournament. 2900 is very, very rare, even for folks with real ratings of 2700 and 2800.) An updated rating list, such as that of the WCC (or whatever), more correctly shows Morozevich breaking into the top ten, as can be seen from his play.
Oh, his play? Well, he just finished decimating yet another tournament field, this one in Pamplona, Spain. Doing a fine impression of one of the bulls the town is known for Morozevich scored eight out of nine (seven wins and two draws) to take first place two full points ahead of Poland’s Krasenkow. His games were full of the creative energy that has become his trademark. He seeks complications from the outset, values the initiative over almost any quantity of material, and seems to almost enjoy playing with doubled pawns and other structural weaknesses that would horrify a more traditional player. Again and again he would throw his pawns forward in the opening, daring his opponent to refute his aggressive play and time after time he would come out on top in these experiments. With his foe’s pieces in disarray and a storm brewing on the board the tactics would come like a hurricane, usually leaving his opponent soggy, windblown, and down material or facing mate. In even positions it was never Morozevich who made the fatal mistake. Just when it looked like he would have to settle for a draw there would come the tiny opportunity he needed and WHAMMO! it was over.
Chess fans have known Morozevich’s name for years, although he is only 21 years old. At the age of 17 he scored his first 2900 performance at the Lloyd’s Bank open, scoring 9.5/10 and the world only wondered how long it would take until he was knocking on the door of the world championship. But the next few years weren’t kind to him and he failed to impress in most of the big tournament invitations that came his way. Apart from his first place in, again, Pamplona 95-96, he finished in the middle of the pack of the international round-robins and strong Russian events he played in. He even finished in clear last place at the 1996 Donner Memorial and people began to wonder if a player with his unbalanced style could compete in the world of category 16+ tournaments. But he continued with his nose to the grindstone, playing the tough Russian Cup circuit and when 1998 arrived, so did Morozevich. And this time he wasn’t taking any prisoners.
Ahem. Before you run out to stock up on canned goods and bottled water some questions remain. While these scores are very impressive, none were made against top 10 players. Morozevich has played only two games against players rated 2670 or higher in the past two years, so it still remains to be seen if he can compete with the big boys. (Those two were against Peter Svidler and Sergei Rublevsky in 1998 and yes, he beat them both!) But when the new rating lists come out we can expect to see Morozevich receiving some choice invitations and testing his mettle against some 2700s. According to Spanish chess journalist Leontxo Garcia Morozevich will be playing in this year’s edition of Dos Hermanas in Seville in April. Past events have included the likes of Anand, Kramnik, Karpov, Shirov, and other usual suspects. His risky style is an organizer’s dream and he hates short draws almost as much as I do. (According to ChessBase 7.0’s handy "player dossier" feature less than 6% of his games are draws of under 20 moves.) He plays 1.e4 exclusively with the white pieces and has a varied black repertoire that includes the French, the Sicilian, and various fashionable Slavs with which he has been very successful. (He has long given up the Chigorin’s Defense that he revived four years ago.)
While Morozevich was busy racking up points like a pin-ball machine, second and third places went to two of the other foreign invitees, Krasenkow and Holland’s Van Wely. Spanish number two (after Alexei Shirov) Miguel Illescas tied with Emil Sutovsky of Israel with an even score. Former women’s World Champion Xie Jun finished at minus one, about what her 2510 rating predicted. The rest of the crosstable was filled in with Spanish players with too many names and not enough points. Jesus de la Villa Garcia was the best of the lot, at minus one with Xie Jun. Junior hope Francisco Vallejo Pons, Oscar de la Riva Aguado and Lluis Comas Fabrego shared last place at minus three in a heartwarming display of unity.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Morozevich marries Geraldine Halliwell
This hoax was posted on a newsgroup several years ago, but still pretty funny!
London - Alexander Morozevich, one of the brightest young stars in the chess sky, has married Geraldine Halliwell of former Spice Girl fame in a private ceremony in London's famous Notting Hill area on Friday July 6th.
The bride was dressed in a tight white nylon dress under which her trademark Union Jack dress could be seen. The groom was wearing a dark Armani suit highlighting the differences between the spartan eastern criterias he had been brought up under and the extravagant western luxury that his new wife would expect to live in. A number of personal friends attended the ceremony. Sean
Connery, Tina Turner, and Robbie Williams are just some names of celebrities.
Geri radiated happiness and seemed pleased with having landed herself a chessplayer. "I mean, really, I've always wanted a chess player. You get tired of filmstars and football players so quickly. All they think about is themselves, right? A chessplayer is someone with a brain, which is unusual
for men, you know, somebody who actually reacts to the world around him."
'Sascha' coyly drew a parallel between Geraldine and Adams' eigth move in the first game of his match against Leko. This is also not the first famous chess/showbiz couple to appear. Recent pairings include Irina Krush with Leonardo di Caprio and Viktor Korchnoi with Billie Piper.
According to friends of the family, Geri and Sascha had been an item for quite a while. Says Geri: "Yes, I still remember the day back in February, when he asked me to go to the movies and see that new film, "Frankenstein's Revenge", you know, the one with Andrew Horton-Kitchlew? I thought, well OK, why not?
And I just thought he was so fascinating to be with. He speaks five languages, you know?"
The happy couple was then off for a honeymoon in Dortmund. The place was specifically chosen by Sascha to avoid being near chess, so he could be near his bride instead. Lots of warm wishes go from the staff of TBS to the happy couple. May they produce Russia's next olympic team.
TBS - Tryll Broadcasting Service
News guaranteed not to appear elsewhere!
London - Alexander Morozevich, one of the brightest young stars in the chess sky, has married Geraldine Halliwell of former Spice Girl fame in a private ceremony in London's famous Notting Hill area on Friday July 6th.
The bride was dressed in a tight white nylon dress under which her trademark Union Jack dress could be seen. The groom was wearing a dark Armani suit highlighting the differences between the spartan eastern criterias he had been brought up under and the extravagant western luxury that his new wife would expect to live in. A number of personal friends attended the ceremony. Sean
Connery, Tina Turner, and Robbie Williams are just some names of celebrities.
Geri radiated happiness and seemed pleased with having landed herself a chessplayer. "I mean, really, I've always wanted a chess player. You get tired of filmstars and football players so quickly. All they think about is themselves, right? A chessplayer is someone with a brain, which is unusual
for men, you know, somebody who actually reacts to the world around him."
'Sascha' coyly drew a parallel between Geraldine and Adams' eigth move in the first game of his match against Leko. This is also not the first famous chess/showbiz couple to appear. Recent pairings include Irina Krush with Leonardo di Caprio and Viktor Korchnoi with Billie Piper.
According to friends of the family, Geri and Sascha had been an item for quite a while. Says Geri: "Yes, I still remember the day back in February, when he asked me to go to the movies and see that new film, "Frankenstein's Revenge", you know, the one with Andrew Horton-Kitchlew? I thought, well OK, why not?
And I just thought he was so fascinating to be with. He speaks five languages, you know?"
The happy couple was then off for a honeymoon in Dortmund. The place was specifically chosen by Sascha to avoid being near chess, so he could be near his bride instead. Lots of warm wishes go from the staff of TBS to the happy couple. May they produce Russia's next olympic team.
TBS - Tryll Broadcasting Service
News guaranteed not to appear elsewhere!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Morezevich defeated Gurevich
1 December 2001
MOSCOW: Defending FIDE world champion Viswanathan Anand of India missed good chances to win against France's Vladislav Tkachiev in the first game of the third round of the FIDE world championship.
Second seed Michael Adams of England drew with Black against Russia's Vadim Zvjaginsev. Third seed Alexander Morezevich of Russia defeated Mikhail Gurevich of Russia. And sixth seed Evgeny Bareev was upset with the white pieces by his countryman Konstantin Sakaev.
Tkachiev, playing the black side of the Archangelsk variation of the Ruy Lopez sacrificed a pawn. They followed Anand's game against Dutch grandmaster Jeroen Piket in Dortmund in 2000 until Anand varied on move 14.
Anand's 18th move initiated a series of sharp tactical exchanges. When the smoke cleared a few moves later, Anand had won two bishops for a rook. Tkachiev decided to give back an exchange. This left him with two pawns for a piece, but real drawing chances since the pawns were all on one side of the board and Anand's pawns were split.
But Anand gave up a pawn, and suddenly whatever winning chances he had were gone. The players agreed to a draw on move 48. After the game, both players said that they weren't sure when or whether Anand missed a win.
The tournament is organized as a series of two-game elimination matches, with rapid and blitz playoffs in the case of ties. The finals will be held here in January.
Sixty-four top women players are also competing under the same format for the women's world championship. The world's strongest woman player, Judit Polgar of Hungary, played in the men's championship and was eliminated in the second round.
The only American player left in either tournament, Camilla Baginskaite, lost to Xu Yuhua of China.
The second game of this round, along with the playoffs, will take place here on Sunday.
Chess has had two world champions since 1993, when then-world champion Garry Kasparov broke away from FIDE and formed the Professional Chess Association. He defended his title under the PCA's auspices against Briton Nigel Short in 1993 and against Anand in 1995. The PCA disbanded in 1998.
In 2000, Kasparov lost a match to Vladimir Kramnik, sponsored by Braingames.net, an Internet startup company. Kramnik is scheduled to defend his title next October against the winner of a qualifying event in July. Kasparov and Kramnik are playing a rival exhibition match just a few blocks away from the FIDE tournament that begins on Saturday. They will play 20 games at various time controls for a purse of $500,000.
Kasparov, Kramnik, and Anand are ranked first, second, and third in the world respectively.
( AP )
MOSCOW: Defending FIDE world champion Viswanathan Anand of India missed good chances to win against France's Vladislav Tkachiev in the first game of the third round of the FIDE world championship.
Second seed Michael Adams of England drew with Black against Russia's Vadim Zvjaginsev. Third seed Alexander Morezevich of Russia defeated Mikhail Gurevich of Russia. And sixth seed Evgeny Bareev was upset with the white pieces by his countryman Konstantin Sakaev.
Tkachiev, playing the black side of the Archangelsk variation of the Ruy Lopez sacrificed a pawn. They followed Anand's game against Dutch grandmaster Jeroen Piket in Dortmund in 2000 until Anand varied on move 14.
Anand's 18th move initiated a series of sharp tactical exchanges. When the smoke cleared a few moves later, Anand had won two bishops for a rook. Tkachiev decided to give back an exchange. This left him with two pawns for a piece, but real drawing chances since the pawns were all on one side of the board and Anand's pawns were split.
But Anand gave up a pawn, and suddenly whatever winning chances he had were gone. The players agreed to a draw on move 48. After the game, both players said that they weren't sure when or whether Anand missed a win.
The tournament is organized as a series of two-game elimination matches, with rapid and blitz playoffs in the case of ties. The finals will be held here in January.
Sixty-four top women players are also competing under the same format for the women's world championship. The world's strongest woman player, Judit Polgar of Hungary, played in the men's championship and was eliminated in the second round.
The only American player left in either tournament, Camilla Baginskaite, lost to Xu Yuhua of China.
The second game of this round, along with the playoffs, will take place here on Sunday.
Chess has had two world champions since 1993, when then-world champion Garry Kasparov broke away from FIDE and formed the Professional Chess Association. He defended his title under the PCA's auspices against Briton Nigel Short in 1993 and against Anand in 1995. The PCA disbanded in 1998.
In 2000, Kasparov lost a match to Vladimir Kramnik, sponsored by Braingames.net, an Internet startup company. Kramnik is scheduled to defend his title next October against the winner of a qualifying event in July. Kasparov and Kramnik are playing a rival exhibition match just a few blocks away from the FIDE tournament that begins on Saturday. They will play 20 games at various time controls for a purse of $500,000.
Kasparov, Kramnik, and Anand are ranked first, second, and third in the world respectively.
( AP )
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Tkachiev makes Anand sweat
2 December 2001
MOSCOW: Some missed chances by Vishwanathan Anand, a brilliant victory by Grandmaster Peter Svidler of Russia and some games wherein fortunes fluctuated. To sum it up, a very eventful day in the World Chess championships 2001 at the Kremlin.
As I had observed earlier, Tkachiev will did make it a match for Anand! A draw with the black pieces suggests that he already has. Anand will now have to play with black pieces in the next game on Sunday and will probably have a tough day to try and equalise with the unfavourable colour.
The game was on expected course in the Arkhengelsk variation of the Ruy Loopez .
Tkachiev is a master of this opening and Anand too has played it from both sides. The new idea that Anand had cooked was excellent and Tkachiev was soon in deep sea trying to work out a defensive plan in a difficult situation. Tkachiev was the first to enter complications with a piece sacrifice that netted him a rook against the Bishop pair.
The important thing here was Anand’s forces being disunited. There was little harmony and as is often the case in these kind of situations, a piece is not enough!
However, it was a spectacular manoeuvre that Anand came up with, forcing an endgame with only chances for him. But technicalities of the game were far from over as Anand realised soon. Tkachieve put up fine resistance and phew...a draw in 48 moves. Anand was looking upset after the game and we just exchanged a glance while he said that he was not sure about victory. But I am sure he is.
Among other games in the day Grandmaster Vadim Zvjagintsev was superb. He is one of the most creative players. Playing against Michael Adams with white pieces, Vadim went for the kill in an outstanding fashion. By the tenth move itself one could see that Vadim had his heart into it. Pushing pawns on both flanks, centralised king walking on all fours, pawn sacrifice, recovery.. it was all very exciting.
Only that it did not meet the desired result as Adams squeezed out with a draw. Had there been a system for bonus points on the way one plays them, Vadim would certainly have got one! I am sure this kind of game has not been played at the highest level in past many years. Peter Svidler of Russia was excellent too. On his day he can be a tough customer for anyone, especially with white pieces. His openings are a bit obscure but very well worked out. Vadim Milov of Switzerland realised it a bit late.
GM Alexander Morozevich of Russia won a very topsy-turvy game against GM Mikhail Gurevich of Belgium. One more Asian has announced his arrival at the top. GM Ye Ziangchuang, the bespectacled and lanky Chinese crushed Dutch GM Loek Van Wely with black pieces.
MOSCOW: Some missed chances by Vishwanathan Anand, a brilliant victory by Grandmaster Peter Svidler of Russia and some games wherein fortunes fluctuated. To sum it up, a very eventful day in the World Chess championships 2001 at the Kremlin.
As I had observed earlier, Tkachiev will did make it a match for Anand! A draw with the black pieces suggests that he already has. Anand will now have to play with black pieces in the next game on Sunday and will probably have a tough day to try and equalise with the unfavourable colour.
The game was on expected course in the Arkhengelsk variation of the Ruy Loopez .
Tkachiev is a master of this opening and Anand too has played it from both sides. The new idea that Anand had cooked was excellent and Tkachiev was soon in deep sea trying to work out a defensive plan in a difficult situation. Tkachiev was the first to enter complications with a piece sacrifice that netted him a rook against the Bishop pair.
The important thing here was Anand’s forces being disunited. There was little harmony and as is often the case in these kind of situations, a piece is not enough!
However, it was a spectacular manoeuvre that Anand came up with, forcing an endgame with only chances for him. But technicalities of the game were far from over as Anand realised soon. Tkachieve put up fine resistance and phew...a draw in 48 moves. Anand was looking upset after the game and we just exchanged a glance while he said that he was not sure about victory. But I am sure he is.
Among other games in the day Grandmaster Vadim Zvjagintsev was superb. He is one of the most creative players. Playing against Michael Adams with white pieces, Vadim went for the kill in an outstanding fashion. By the tenth move itself one could see that Vadim had his heart into it. Pushing pawns on both flanks, centralised king walking on all fours, pawn sacrifice, recovery.. it was all very exciting.
Only that it did not meet the desired result as Adams squeezed out with a draw. Had there been a system for bonus points on the way one plays them, Vadim would certainly have got one! I am sure this kind of game has not been played at the highest level in past many years. Peter Svidler of Russia was excellent too. On his day he can be a tough customer for anyone, especially with white pieces. His openings are a bit obscure but very well worked out. Vadim Milov of Switzerland realised it a bit late.
GM Alexander Morozevich of Russia won a very topsy-turvy game against GM Mikhail Gurevich of Belgium. One more Asian has announced his arrival at the top. GM Ye Ziangchuang, the bespectacled and lanky Chinese crushed Dutch GM Loek Van Wely with black pieces.
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