Of course he was happy - who wouldn't be, after a win with Black? And Magnus actually seldomly refuses an interview. But you have to realize that it was only a few minutes after the game, so he was both tired and still trembling a little perhaps.

Hey, "live games support" guys! Are you sure there was 54....Ke5 in the Topalov-Rajabov game?

No, it wasn't. It always the same: the arbiter starts putting the two kings on e4 and e5 to tell the DGT software it's a draw, but instead of doing that at the same time, he does it one by one.

Thank you, Peter
for the explanation. Anyway, the web support from Linares (I'm speaking about local guys, not about chessvibes!) is below the belt. Sorry.

Dear Peter,
thanks a lot for your work. As for the guys who were supposed to provide "live games" from Linares, I propose to organize a webmaster school for them in Khanty-Mansiysk.

raar dat de arbiter aankondigt dat chucky op tijd verloren heeft.
ik dacht dat de arbiter moet zwijgen en de tegenstander moet claimen

Magnus did not seem at all happy with how that turned out. Either that or he was just not happy to be interviewed after.

Ahh, thanks for the context. Still, it almost seems to me like Magnus gets embarrassed from winning when he hasn't played that well or when his opponent has blundered/lost on time.

Thx Peter for the nice videos! These players are so nice, looks like Seneka's words -nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura demetiae fuit -cant be applied here. All look a bit tired !

Moet je claimen dat je tegenstander de tijdscontrole niet haalt? Dat dacht ik niet. Het is de taak van de arbiter om te controleren of de tijdscontroles gehaald worden.

I think Carlsen made an error with 44. Rd7 ...

44. Rc8 Rxc3 45. b5 ... is clearly winning I believe.

White can then march the b pawn and Black has no good counter as Black's rook can't leave the c file lest he leave his bishop unprotected. If Black capture's White's b pawn with the bishop he loses his rook... no?

One more detail: it should be a winter school.

Cool videos!!!

Short postmortem overview: Aronian went wrong with 25.Qe2, a move he can hardly explain, I think, and finished up with a dead drawn position. Topalov, maybe, had a chance after Rajabov's 28....Qd2, but after 37.Qd5 he had only "practical chances", no more. I'm glad to see Ivanchuk in his very solid form again... nothing more to say. Carlsen-Shirov is still going, but... young guy will find a way, I think.

Man, that was a great game. Very entertaining. I really thought Shirov was going to get out of it with a draw.

who won the carlsen vs shirov game

Carlsen won. Shirov blundered horribly on last move. I think he was under time pressure. See frontpage.