Back to Blogging Tonight...Make it Tomorrow
I've been playing in tournaments yesterday and today (one round left today), and the power was out from yesterday until just a little while ago. So I'm even further behind in knowing what's going on in the chess world than nearly all of my readers, but I'll be back later with a recap of the last two days' action. (I'm looking forward to finding out what happened myself!)
UPDATE: After finishing the second tournament, the adrenalin worked its way out of my body, and now I'm ready to sleep if not hibernate. So new update, except to note that Carlsen beat Nisipeanu and Gelfand beat Ponomariov in the King's Tournament. Carlsen therefore finished the first cycle with 3.5/5, and has a half-point lead over Gelfand and Radjabov.
Also, the Ruy Lopez tournament finished on Friday, I believe, and Cheparinov won with an impressive 6/7 and a 2902 TPR. Given his performance and the praise Topalov heaps upon him, maybe he should played against Anand instead? (Don't write in, I'm not being serious.)
We'll catch up on the other events tomorrow, I hope. As for my tournaments, I won them both with a combined score of 8.5/9, and played pretty well overall, albeit against mid-1900 to low 2000 opposition. (The draw came in the last round of the Friday tournament, and clinched clear first.)
Reader Comments (3)
Goodluck!
Nice job!
This is somewhat of a random comment, but I just thought of it. You mentioned in one of your previous posts something about Carlsen almost winning a drawn position (which he seems to do on a regular basis). In this respect, could Carlsen's play be compared to that of Emmanuel Lasker?