Morelia - Linares 2008 (Round 1 results and standings)
Date 2008/2/16 | Topic: Chess news
| The strongest chess tournament this year takes place in Mexican city of Morelia (15th-23rd February) and then in Spanish one - Linares (28th February - 7th March 2008).
At first round Indian Vishwanatan Anand (with blacks), Hungarian Peter Lйkу (white) and Bulgarian Veselin Topalov (white) won their games against Alexey Shirov, Teimur Radjabov and Levon Aronian. Norvegian Magnus Carlsen and Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk drawn.
See standings bellow:
| Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 15-23 FEB + 28 FEB - 7 MAR 2008 |
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| № | Name | Title | FED | Rating | Score |
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| 1 | Anand, Viswanathan | GM | IND | 2799 | 1 | | 2 | Lйkу, Peter | GM | HUN | 2753 | 1 | | 3 | Topalov, Veselin | GM | BUL | 2780 | 1 | | 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2733 | Ѕ | | 5 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | GM | UKR | 2751 | Ѕ | | 6 | Aronian, Levon | GM | ARM | 2739 | 0 | | 7 | Radjabov, Teimour | GM | AZE | 2735 | 0 | | 8 | Shirov, Alexei | GM | ESP | 2755 | 0 |
Official web sites:
http://www.ajedrezmorelialinares.com.mx/english/
http://www.chessmorelialinares.com/english/
Schedule:
| Morelia (Mexico) | | | Linares (Spain) | | | Thursday, February 14 | OPENING | | Thursday, February 28 | Round 8 | | Friday, February 15 | Round 1 | | Friday, February 29 | Round 9 | | Saturday, February 16 | Round 2 | | Saturday, March 1 | Round 10 | | Sunday, February 17 | Round 3 | | Sunday, March 2 | REST DAY | | Monday, February 18 | REST DAY | | Monday, March 3 | Round 11 | | Tuesday, February 19 | Round 4 | | Tuesday, March 4 | Round 12 | | Wednesday, February 20 | Round 5 | | Wednesday, March 5 | REST DAY | | Thursday, February 21 | REST DAY | | Thursday, March 6 | Round 13 | | Friday, February 22 | Round 6 | | Friday, March 7 | Round 14 | | Saturday, February 23 | Round 7 | | Saturday, March 8 | CLOSING |
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