Monday, May 23, 2005

MTel Masters 2005 Final

This is the final point tally:
Topalov: 6.5
Anand: 5.5
Polgar and Ponomariov: 5.0 each
Kramnik and Adams: 4.0 each

Result: Topalov wins the tournament, Anand is second.

No doubt that it was an interesting tournament. Thumps up to the new rule regarding draw. We saw lots of game from Kramnik producing results. These rules will make chess more interesting to watch.

Thats about good news. Bad news for Anand fans like me. Topalov might overtake him in rating and take the Kasporov held numero uno position. Anand lost to Topalov in round 6, which turned out to be decisive. Consider this, if that would have been a draw, both Anand and Topalov would had 6.0 point each and would had shared the top position.

This tournament was very good for Topalov. Specially after round 5, when he won 4 matches and drew 1. Ofcourse in final game Kramnik played a move which was a super super blunder, but it is chess. Only results matter. In short, I am disappointed with the possibility of Anand not being at top.

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

MTel Masters 2005 Update

So, I was out for some days and see what happened! Look at the point-table after round 5. All players have played a match each with other players.

Adams, M 3
Kramnik, V 3
Anand, V 2.5
Ponomariov, R 2.5
Topalov, V 2
Polgar, J 2

Out of 15 games played so far, 11 games ended in draw. All games of Round 2 and 4 were drawn.

Kramnik was interesting to watch so far. He is involved in 3 out of 4 games with a result. He started with win against Ponomariov in Round 1. And then gracefully lost to Adams in Round 3. Round 5 he won against Polgar. Following the trend I expect results in his game in Round 7, 9. Surprise loss for me, Topalov against Ponomariov.

I am Vishy fan, so obviously I was expecting him to get 5 points in 5 rounds. Its tough to beat him, but he is finding it tough to beat others too. He has neither lost or win so far. He should start beating these guys (and the solo woman Polgar). Polgar-Anand had interesting match in round 4.

Lets hope the second round of games be interesting and Anand win the tournament.

Thursday, May 12, 2005

M-Tel Masters 2005 First round

Score card says it all
Kramnik, V 1
Polgar, J 0.5
Topalov, V 0.5
Adams, M 0.5
Anand, V 0.5
Ponomariov, R 0

Anand played a draw againg Topalov, game between Adams and Polgar was draw too. Kramnik beat Ponomariov.

M-Tel Masters 2005

M-Tel Masters 2005
M-Tel Masters 2005 starts today at Sofia, Bulgeria. Vishy is palying against 5 top-class players, Topalov, Kramnik, Adams, Polgar, Ponimariov. I am sure all the matches are going to be exciting. Wish Anand good luck to win the tournament.

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Anand's ready for World Chess Championship- The Times of India

Anand's ready for World Chess Championship- The Times of India: "Anand's ready for World Chess Championship"
Times of India reports that Anand confirmed participation in world chess championship in San Luis, Argentina, around September-October this year. This going to be exciting tournament with top 8 players of world. I am looking forward to watch all the matches.

Monday, May 09, 2005

Satish Talim's Chess Blog

Satish Talim's Chess Blog: "Satish Talim's Chess Blog"
Another chess blog I liked.

Sunday, May 01, 2005