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  • #61
    Re: Candidates Tournament 2018 Berlin

    Fab Fabi remains in the lead a half point ahead of the Shak and a point ahead of Karjakhin and Grischuk.

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    • #62
      Re: Candidates Tournament 2018 Berlin

      Tomorrows game is key for the lead. Karjakhin has white against Caruana. If Karjakhin wins then he ties for first with Caruana and possibly also the Shak.

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      • #63
        Re: Candidates Tournament 2018 Berlin

        Candidates Tournament Berlin 2018

        March 23, 2018

        Round 11

        I find watching Jan and Peter to be obsessive for me and it is difficult to watch the other two broadcasts on at the same time.

        Today, the daily quiz question was this: Which two players (not necessarily in this tournament) have forfeited games in a World Championship without playing any moves?

        The answer that most get right away is Bobby Fischer forfeiting Game 2 against Spassky. The other is from the match at Elista (Toiletgate) (2006) Kramnik and Topalov, where Kramnik didn't play Game 5.

        When this happened, Peter flew to Elista with some friends for three days to give Vladimir support. He only saw Vlad for ten minutes because he was unofficial support.

        Peter was part of the official Kramnik team at Brissago, Switzerland in 2004. This was the Kramnik-Leko WCC Match in which Vladimir retained his title.

        There was a training camp three weeks before the Match. Vlad hired a villa and his team looked at tons of openings for their preparation.

        Kramnik's seconds were Evgeny Bareev, Miguel Illescas and Peter Svidler. Leko's seconds were Vladimir Akopian, Arshak Petrosian and Vladislav Tkachiev.

        At this point in the broadcast, the mouse and board froze and Jan and Peter could not show the moves. They eventually set up a board and put pieces on it to analyze Ding Liren-Grischuk. It was hard to see the position in this low-tech setup.

        Justin Horton tweet - Fantastically the Chess24 computers have stopped working so they've been forced to get out a proper set and pieces.

        After a while, the electronics unfroze and we were back to normal.

        The games:

        Round 11, Mar. 23
        Caruana, Fabiano - Kramnik, Vladimir
        D31 QGD, Semi-Slav, Marshall Gambit

        1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 c5 6.Nxc5 Nc6 7.Nf3 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 Bxc5 10.Nb5 Ke7 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.b4 Bxb5 13.cxb5 Bd6 14.g3 Rc8 15.Bg2 b6 16.Ke2 Nh6 17.Rac1 Nf5 18.Bc3 f6 19.f4 h5 20.Bc6 Rcd8 21.a4 h4 22.Kf3 hxg3 23.hxg3 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 Bb8 25.Be4 Kf7 26.Rc1 Ne7 27.Be1 f5 28.Bb1 Rd4 29.Bc3 Rc4 30.Ba2 Rc8 31.Bb2 Rd8 32.Bc4 Rc8 33.Bb3 Rxc1 34.Bxc1 Bd6 35.Bd2 Nd5 36.Bxd5 exd5 37.Bc3 Be7 38.a5 Bf6 39.Bxf6 Kxf6 40.Ke3 1/2-1/2

        Round 11, Mar. 23
        So, Wesley - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
        E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 c6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Nc3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Ne5 Rfd8 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Qd3 b4 17.Rxc8 Bxc8 18.Qc2 Nxe5 19.dxe5 d4 20.Bxd4 Rxd4 21.Qxc8+ Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Qxd8+ Bxd8 24.b3 Bc7 25.f4 Bb6+ 26.Kf1 Be3 27.h4 h5 28.Bh3 Kf8 29.Kg2 Ke7 30.Kf3 Bd2 31.e3 Be1 32.f5 exf5 33.Bxf5 g6 34.Bd3 Bc3 35.Kf4 Be1 36.Bc4 Bf2 37.Bd5 Be1 38.g4 hxg4 39.Kxg4 Bc3 40.Kf4 Be1 41.Kg4 1/2-1/2

        Round 11, Mar. 23
        Ding Liren - Grischuk, Alexander
        A35 English, symmetrical, Four Knights System

        1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.O-O b5 9.Ba2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Bd2 Be7 12.Rac1 c4 13.e4 Rd8 14.Be3 Ng4 15.e5 Na5 16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Rcd1 h5 18.h3 Nh6 19.Bb1 Nb3 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Rfe1 Kf8 22.d5 exd5 23.e6 fxe6 24.Ng5 Qd7 25.Bg6 Bf6 26.Bb6 Rc8 27.Nxe6+ Kg8 28.Nxd5 Bxd5 29.Nf4 Nc1 30.Qxh5 Nd3 31.Nxd5 Nf7 32.Qe2 Nfe5 33.Be4 Rh4 34.f4 Rxf4 35.Nxf4 Nxf4 36.Bh7+ Kh8 37.Qe4 Qc6 38.Bd4 Nxh3+ 39.Kh2 Ng5 40.Qxc6 Rxc6 41.Bc2 Ngf7 42.Bxe5 Nxe5 43.Rd5 Re6 44.Kh3 Kg8 45.b3 Kf7 46.bxc4 Nxc4 47.Rd7+ Be7 48.Rxe6 Kxe6 49.Ra7 Nxa3 50.Rxa6+ Kd5 51.Bh7 Nc4 52.Kg4 Bf6 53.Ra7 Kd4 54.Bg8 Nd6 55.Kf3 Kc5 56.Ra8 b4 57.Ke2 Bc3 58.Kd3 Kb6 59.Ke3 Kc6 60.Kf4 Nb7 61.Kf5 Nc5 62.g4 Kb5 63.g5 b3 64.Kg6 Kb4 65.Bd5 Bd4 66.Kh7 Kc3 67.g6 b2 68.Ba2 Kc2 69.Rb8 Ne4 70.Rb4 Nc3 71.Be6 Kc1 72.Bf5 Be5 73.Rb7 b1=Q 74.Bxb1 Nxb1 75.Rxg7 Nc3 76.Re7 Bd4 77.Rd7 Be5 78.Kh6 Kc2 79.Kg5 Kb3 80.Kf5 Bh8 81.Rb7+ Kc2 82.Rh7 Bd4 83.Ke6 Kb3 84.Rd7 Bh8 85.Rd8 Bg7 86.Kf7 Be5 87.Re8 Bd4 88.Rb8+ Kc2 89.Rb7 Be5 90.Rb6 Bd4 91.Rf6 Bxf6 92.Kxf6 Nd5+ 93.Kf7 Ne3 94.Kf6 Nd5+ 95.Kf7 Ne3 96.g7 Nf5 1/2-1/2

        Nigel Short - am really surprised that Ding didn't find 28.Nd8! It was practically the same combination that Kramnik executed yesterday

        Chessbomb kibitzer - the one who blunders will become a monk, drink himself to death, and take revenge on humanity

        Garry Kasparov - I must thank Ding Liren and Grischuk for helping me put my terrible game with Navara in St Louis behind me. After seeing this swing from +15 to zero I feel exonerated!

        Round 11, Mar. 23
        Aronian, Levon - Karjakin, Sergey
        A13 English, Neo-Catalan

        1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Bb7 8.O-O Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.Bf4 Qc7 14.Nd2 Rfd8 15.Rac1 a6 16.Qe3 c5 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.Ne4 c4 19.h4 h6 20.Rd4 Nf8 21.b3 Rxd4 22.Qxd4 Rd8 23.Nd6 Bxd6 24.exd6 f6 25.Be3 e5 26.Qb2 Qc6 27.bxc4 bxc4 28.Qb4 Rc8 29.f3 h5 30.Kf2 Kf7 31.Rd1 Nd7 32.Qb1 g6 33.g4 Rh8 34.g5 f5 35.Qc2 Rc8 36.Qc3 Ke6 37.Kg2 Qa4 38.Qd2 Qb5 39.a4 Qc6 40.Qc2 Rb8 41.Bd2 Rb3 42.Bc3 Qxa4 43.Ra1 Qc6 44.Ra5 Rb5 45.Qa4 Nb6 46.Qa1 Rxa5 47.Qxa5 Qb5 48.d7 Kxd7 49.Qa3 Nd5 50.Bxe5 Qc6 51.Qf8 Qe6 52.Qb8 c3 53.Qb7+ Ke8 54.Qb8+ Kf7 55.Qb7+ Ne7 56.Bxc3 Qxe2+ 57.Kh3 Qb5 58.Qc7 Qc6 59.Qe5 Qxf3+ 60.Kh2 Qf2+ 61.Kh1 Qxh4+ 62.Kg1 Qxg5+ 63.Kh2 Qh4+ 64.Kg1 Qe4 65.Qg7+ Ke6 66.Bf6 Nd5 67.Bb2 f4 68.Kh2 Kf5 69.Qf8+ Kg5 70.Qd8+ Kg4 71.Qc8+ Kh4 72.Bg7 Qe2+ 73.Kh1 Qf3+ 74.Kh2 Qg3+ 0-1

        This is a massive win for Sergey as the winner of the Moscow Candidates moves up to +1 and is back in contention for the all-important first place once again! What a comeback after his -2 start..

        Standings after Round Eleven

        Caruana 7
        Mamedyarov 6.5
        Karjakin 6
        Grischuk 6
        Ding Liren 5.5
        Kramnik 5
        So 4.5
        Aronian 3.5

        Round Twelve Pairings

        Grischuk-Aronian
        Karjakin-Caruana
        Kramnik-So
        Mamedyarov-Ding Liren

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        • #64
          Re: Candidates Tournament 2018 Berlin

          Candidates Tournament Berlin 2018

          March 23, 2018

          Round Eleven (continued)

          In Ding Liren - Grischuk, this was the position after 27..Kg8.



          Here 28.Nd8 28...Bc6 (28... Rxd8 29. Bxd8 Qxd8 30. Qe8+ Qxe8 31. Rxe8#) 29. Rxd5 would have decided the game.

          _________

          Chessnews.ru has conducted a poll about the result of tomorrow's game between Karjakin and Caruana. With 100 people voting:

          Karjakin win 33%
          Caruana win 18%
          Draw 49%

          https://vk.com/wall-24839153_191261

          ________

          Online comments

          - There is another reason why I prefer any other player rather than Karjakin to be the Challenger. Karjakin is a much better rapid and blitz player than both Caruana and Mamedyarov, so I'm sure he would repeat his strategy of the previous match: play solid as a rock without any risk and hope for a lucky day in the playoffs. Caru and Mame would push more in the classical games because they know that their situation would be hopeless in the rapids and blitz. Grischuk is as strong as Karjakin in faster chess, but his style is very different, so he would play more entertaining chess in the standard segment.

          - This is a fantastic Candidates. Rooting for Caruana so I'm feeling nervous about the possibilities of the last 3 rounds. It's like the feeling I get watching a basketball game where you're up 2 and you are nervous and uncomfortable because one shot could still beat you at the buzzer, but you have to remind yourself that at least you're not the one that needs the miracle shot!

          - Candidates is turning into a torture fest. Perhaps there is a new word in the lexicon of dermatology called "Chess Pattern Baldness". From people pulling their hair out in clumps watching these games.

          - Please don't let Karjakin win the tournament. Mamedyarov, Caruana, Grischuk or Ding, anybody but not Karajkin. Please Caruana win tomorrow's match.

          - Sergey Karjakin, who is now a point behind the leader faces Fabiano Caruana tomorrow with the white pieces.

          The world is holding the breath, the nightmare is getting closer.

          Well, the match will probably be boring, but not only thanks to Karjakin. It takes two to tango. Carlsen's style isn't exactly thrilling either.

          On the other hand, Karjakin would probably pose the biggest threat to Carlsen. He was very close to beating him last time around.
          Fabi, or Shak will give us little bit more entertainment, but I don't think either of them will beat Carlsen.
          So, I would say that Karjakin, especially in good form, is the biggest threat to Carlsen.

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          • #65
            Re: Candidates Tournament 2018 Berlin

            Candidates Tournament Berlin 2018

            March 24, 2018

            Round 12

            Jan talks about the situation of his friend Paco Vallejo:

            My best friend in the world, Paco Vallejo, has gone public with a situation that has been bothering him for the past two years. The story is, like so many people, in 2011 he played online poker and lost some money - a couple of thousand euros and he said that poker was not for him and didn't really revisit the thing. Then in 2016, the Spanish tax authorities sent him a bill for about half a million euros. He lost his couple of thousand euros a few years ago and never got any cash.

            This happened in different places when poker first was getting popular. The tax authorities did not differentiate between hands won and actual profit. So, they said you made this amount and did not take away losses. This led to fantasy figures. The law was changed in 2012 but was not changed retroactively.

            They are still claiming the money from him. And half a million euros would crush him financially. This has happened to others.

            Paco has been paying lawyers for a long time and has had this hanging over him for two years. We wish him all the best in this. Even if it works out, this has had its effect on him.

            Chess.com has just written about this too:

            https://www.chess.com/news/view/hunt...n-championship
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            In the premier game, Caruana has gone down to defeat to Karjakin. Disappointing - it looks more and more like a Karjakin-Carlsen rematch for the WCC.

            Round 12, Mar. 24
            Karjakin, Sergey - Caruana, Fabiano
            C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 Be6 9.O-O-O Qd7 10.a3 h6 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Rg8 13.Be2 c5 14.Be3 d5 15.f4 O-O-O 16.Bf3 Bg4 17.Bxd5 Bxd1 18.Rxd1 Qc7 19.c4 Rge8 20.Qf2 b6 21.g4 Bf6 22.Kb1 Rd7 23.Rd3 g5 24.Ka2 Ree7 25.Qf3 Kd8 26.Bd2 Kc8 27.Qf1 Rd6 28.fxg5 Bxg5 29.Bxg5 hxg5 30.Qf5+ Rdd7 31.Qxg5 Qe5 32.Qh6 Kd8 33.g5 Qd6 34.Qh8+ Re8 35.Qh4 Qg6 36.Qg4 Re5 37.h4 Ke7 38.Rd2 b5 39.Bxf7 Qf5 40.Rxd7+ Kxd7 41.Qxf5+ Rxf5 42.g6 Ke7 43.cxb5 Rh5 44.c4 Rxh4 45.a4 Rg4 46.a5 Kd6 47.a6 Kc7 48.Kb3 1-0

            Final position in Karjakin-Caruana



            Shakh with the white pieces has surprisingly lost to Ding Liren

            Round 12, Mar. 24
            Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Ding Liren
            D41 QGD, Semi-Tarrasch

            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Bb3 Re8 16.h3 Nf6 17.Qf4 Nh5 18.Qh2 h6 19.Ne5 Nf6 20.Qf4 b5 21.Re3 Rc7 22.Nd3 Rc3 23.Nc5 Rxe3 24.Qxe3 Bc6 25.Rc1 Qb6 26.f3 Rd8 27.Kf2 a5 28.g4 a4 29.Bc2 Nd7 30.Bd3 Nxc5 31.Rxc5 b4 32.Bc4 Bd7 33.g5 hxg5 34.Qxg5 Be8 35.Qe7 b3 36.axb3 a3 37.b4 Ra8 38.d5 a2 39.dxe6 a1=Q 40.exf7+ Bxf7 41.Bxf7+ Kh7 42.Qh4+ Qh6 43.Rh5 Qa7+ 0-1

            Round 12, Mar. 24
            Grischuk, Alexander - Aronian, Levon
            C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed

            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6 9.Bd2 Kh8 10.h3 Nd7 11.Nc3 Na5 12.Nd5 Nxb3 13.axb3 Bb7 14.c4 f5 15.Ba5 Rc8 16.Rc1 bxc4 17.bxc4 fxe4 18.dxe4 Nc5 19.Bc3 Qe8 20.b4 Ne6 21.Bd2 c6 22.Nxe7 Qxe7 23.Be3 c5 24.bxc5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Rxc5 26.Nd2 Bc8 27.Nf1 Be6 28.Ne3 Rc6 29.Qa4 Rfc8 30.Rb1 h6 31.Rb8 Rxc4 32.Rxc8+ Rxc8 33.Qxa6 Qc7 34.Rd1 Rd8 35.Qd3 Qc5 36.Kh2 Qc7 37.Kg1 Qc5 38.Rd2 Qc7 39.Qa3 Qe7 40.Rd1 Kh7 41.Qb4 Qc7 42.Rd3 Kg8 43.Qd2 Qe7 44.Kh2 Qf8 45.Kg1 Qe7 46.Qd1 Kh7 47.Rd2 Qf8 48.Rd3 Qe7 49.Rd2 Qf8 50.Nf1 Rd7 51.Ng3 Qb8 52.Kh2 Qf8 53.Kg1 Qb8 54.Kh2 Qf8 1/2-1/2

            And the last game to end is the Kramnik one:

            Round 12, Mar. 24
            Kramnik, Vladimir - So, Wesley
            D31 QGD, Charousek Exchange

            1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.Qb3 Qb6 9.f3 g5 10.Be5 f6 11.Bg3 Qxb3 12.axb3 h5 13.gxh5 Rxh5 14.Bd3 Kf7 15.h4 f5 16.Nh3 f4 17.exf4 Bxh3 18.fxg5 Bd7 19.Kf2 Na6 20.Bxa6 bxa6 21.Ne2 Bd8 22.Be5 Ne7 23.Nf4 Rh7 24.h5 Kg8 25.Rag1 Nf5 26.h6 Be8 27.g6 Rxh6 28.Rxh6 Nxh6 29.Rh1 Bg5 30.Ne6 Bxg6 31.Nxg5 Nf7 32.Ne6 Nxe5 33.dxe5 Re8 34.Nf4 Bc2 35.Rg1+ Kf7 36.e6+ Kf6 37.Nh5+ Ke5 38.f4+ Kd6 39.Ng7 Rf8 40.Ke3 d4+ 41.Kf3 Ke7 42.b4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

            To kill time, the guys have almost completely forgotten the Kramnik game and are discussing the plural of the word "octopus". Peter is sure that it is "octopi" but the OED says that it is "octopodes".

            Standings after Round Twelve

            Caruana 7
            Karjakin 7
            Mamedyarov 6.5
            Ding Liren 6.5
            Grischuk 6.5
            Kramnik 5.5
            So 5
            Aronian 4

            Round Thirteen Pairings

            Mamedyarov-Grischuk
            Ding Liren - Kramnik
            So-Karjakin
            Caruana-Aronian

            Tomorrow is a rest day and the tournament resumes on Monday, Mar. 26

            Round Fourteen Pairings

            Grischuk-Caruana
            Aronian-So
            Karjakin-Ding Liren
            Kramnik-Mamedyarov

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            • #66
              Re: Candidates Tournament 2018 Berlin

              Fab Fabi goes down to defeat against Sergei Karjakhin. The tournament is now wide open and half a point separates 5 players.

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              • #67
                Re: Candidates Tournament 2018 Berlin

                With two rounds to go Caruana 7, Karjakhin 7 and the Shak, Ding Liren, and Grischuk all with 6.5

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                • #68
                  Re: Candidates Tournament 2018 Berlin

                  Tomorrow (Sunday) is a rest day. No games.

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                  • #69
                    Re: Candidates Tournament 2018 Berlin

                    Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
                    Candidates Tournament Berlin 2018

                    March 24, 2018

                    Round 12

                    Jan talks about the situation of his friend Paco Vallejo:

                    In the premier game, Caruana has gone down to defeat to Karjakin. Disappointing - it looks more and more like a Karjakin-Carlsen rematch for the WCC.

                    To kill time, the guys have almost completely forgotten the Kramnik game and are discussing the plural of the word "octopus". Peter is sure that it is "octopi" but the OED says that it is "octopodes".
                    The chess brahs also brought up animal-named openings after talking about the Pelikan Sicilian. Eric, the chess grand wizard, would love to be on a reality TV show like the Bachelor but doesn't like having to always explain about chess on dates.

                    The brahs have invented names for pawns on the files, such as Bernie for the b-pawn, George for the g-pawn, Hillary for the h-pawn (I don't know, Donald for the d-pawn?). Has naming been done before? Is it useful in teaching?

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                    • #70
                      Re: Candidates Tournament 2018 Berlin

                      The Pelikan wasn't named after the animal:

                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%...(chess_player)

                      Originally posted by Erik Malmsten View Post
                      The chess brahs also brought up animal-named openings after talking about the Pelikan Sicilian. Eric, the chess grand wizard, would love to be on a reality TV show like the Bachelor but doesn't like having to always explain about chess on dates.

                      The brahs have invented names for pawns on the files, such as Bernie for the b-pawn, George for the g-pawn, Hillary for the h-pawn (I don't know, Donald for the d-pawn?). Has naming been done before? Is it useful in teaching?
                      "Tom is a well known racist, and like most of them he won't admit it, possibly even to himself." - Ed Seedhouse, October 4, 2020.

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                      • #71
                        Re: Candidates Tournament 2018 Berlin

                        Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
                        Candidates Tournament Berlin 2018

                        To kill time, the guys have almost completely forgotten the Kramnik game and are discussing the plural of the word "octopus". Peter is sure that it is "octopi" but the OED says that it is "octopodes".
                        correct is octopuses

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                        • #72
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                          Fabulous Fabi has won and has taken back the lead with 8.

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                          • #73
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                            The Shak beat Grischuk and is tied with Karjakhin for second a half point back.

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                            • #74
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                              Ding has drawn Vlad the Impaler and is out of the race. However congratulations to him for remaining undefeated.

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                              • #75
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                                Tomorrow last game for all the marbles.

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