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Kramnik, Leko and Gustafsson win

30 June 2008 0:17 AM | Last modified: 11:21

Today the Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2008 has really begun. Three players won with the white pieces: Kramnik, Leko and Gustafsson, against Van Wely, Ivanchuk and Naiditsch respectively. Update: games with commentary.

Here are the games of the second round:



Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2008

Round 1: Saturday, June 28, 15:00 CET Round 2: Sunday, June 29, 15:00 CET
Gustafsson – Kramnik ½-½ Kramnik – Van Wely 1-0
Naiditsch – Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Leko – Ivanchuk 1-0
Mamedyarov – Leko ½-½ Nepomniachtchi – Mamedyarov ½-½
Ivanchuk – Van Wely ½-½ Gustafsson – Naiditsch 1-0
   
Round 3: Tuesday, July 01, 15:00 CET Round 4: Wednesday, July 02, 15:00 CET
Naiditsch – Kramnik 1-0 Kramnik – Leko ½-½
Mamedyarov – Gustafsson ½-½ Nepomniachtchi – Van Wely 1-0
Ivanchuk – Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Gustafsson – Ivanchuk ½-½
Van Wely – Leko ½-½ Naiditsch – Mamedyarov ½-½
   
Round 5: Friday, July 04, 15:00 CET Round 6: Saturday, July 05, 15:00 CET
Mamedyarov – Kramnik ½-½ Kramnik – Nepomniachtchi ½-½
Ivanchuk – Naiditsch 1-0 Gustafsson – Leko 0-1
Van Wely – Gustafsson 0-1 Naiditsch – Van Wely 1-0
Leko – Nepomniachtchi ½-½ Mamedyarov – Ivanchuk ½-½
   
Round 7: Sunday, July 06, 13:00 CET  
Ivanchuk – Kramnik 1-0  
Van Wely – Mamedyarov 0-1  
Leko – Naiditsch ½-½  
Nepomniachtchi – Gustafsson ½-½  


Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2008 Round 2 Standings

        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8    
1 Kramnik,V 2788 +42 * ½           1 1.5/2 1.25
2 Gustafsson,J 2603 +293 ½ *       1     1.5/2 1.25
3 Leko,P 2741 +195     * ½     1   1.5/2 1.00
4 Mamedyarov,S 2752 -64     ½ * ½       1.0/2 1.25
5 Nepomniachtchi,I 2634 +54       ½ * ½     1.0/2 0.75
6 Naiditsch,A 2624 -196   0     ½ *     0.5/2 0.50
7 Ivanchuk,V 2740 -221     0       * ½ 0.5/2 0.25
8 Van Wely,L 2677 -103 0           ½ * 0.5/2 0.25

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Written by peter | Filed under Coverstory 

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9 Responses to “Kramnik, Leko and Gustafsson win”

  1. arne on 30 June 2008 7:11 AM

    Good to see that at least Gusti was victorious on that sad day for Germany… :-)

  2. Mattovsky on 30 June 2008 15:07 PM

    Big deal. His opponent was also German.

  3. amit k on 30 June 2008 20:22 PM

    These guys are playing just 7 rounds
    There is no Sophia-rule to avoid short draws
    Then why do they need 2 rest days and the first rest day coming after just 2 rounds??

  4. jussu on 30 June 2008 20:29 PM

    I don’t think the number of chessplayers’ rest days should concern us spectators. They will eventually play all seven rounds, that’s for sure.

  5. Alvarez on 30 June 2008 21:39 PM

    Congratulations, very good comments, especially the ones from gustafsson-naiditsch

  6. arne on 30 June 2008 22:21 PM

    Thanks for pointing out the obvious, Mattovsky. Ever heard of the word ‘irony’?

  7. Silken on 1 July 2008 15:07 PM

    The two rest days enable the GM tournament to run with some synchronicity (is this as word ?!) with the Amateur Open, which uses 9 rounds.

  8. Mattovsky on 1 July 2008 22:32 PM

    @ Arne: We don’t seem to have the same opinion about the appropriate use of irony. But never mind.

  9. The_Anonymous_Person on 2 July 2008 7:23 AM

    Three decisive games! Drawmund is no more…

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