Morelia-Linares 2007 - Round 11

Morelia-Linares 2007 March, 2-10 [15:30 EST]   The Morelia - Linares tournament takes place 16th Feb - 11th March 2007. The Morelia half takes place 17th-25th February and Linares 2nd-10th March. The GMs participants are: Topalov, Anand, Leko, Svidler, Aronian, Ivanchuk, Morozevich and Carlsen.

Round-11 REPLAY of the Linares Super Tournament
Mig Greengard and GM Larry Christiansen are commentating in round 11

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Express report of the Round 11
by John B. Henderson

Is Magnus Carlsen, a blond teenager from a remote town in Norway, the real deal and set to become the hottest property in chess since Garry Kasparov? Quite possible.

Carlsen, 16, comes from Lommedalen, a small town of only 5,000 - yet he could put his hometown firmly on the map with a stunning debut in the Morelia-Linares super-tournament, with a defining performance that looks set to announce his arrival on the elite stage of world chess.

In late May, he plays in the candidates' matches for a spot in September's world championship tournament in Mexico - in the process becoming the youngest to do since Bobby Fischer. In Linares, despite the setback of a defeat in the previous round to his co-leader Vishy Anand, Carlsen showed he's now a force to reckon with by immediately bouncing back into contention by defeating former three-time Linares winner Vassily Ivanchuk.

Powerful demonstration of Carlsen against Ivanchuk in round eleven
[photo: Macauley Peterson]

Carlsen wasted no time in overpowering Ivanchuk's suspect idea of 15 ...Qe7 in the Grünfeld, with a deadly attack that netted two pawns for a piece. Now, going into the home straight, Carlsen, on +3, looks to be hungry for success and is only a half point off the lead and a point clear of the chasing pack. Could we be seeing history in the making?

Linares video: Post Mortem Morozevich-Leko by Macauley Peterson  We’re quite happy to be able to present a new video at Chessvibes.com from Linares by Macauley Peterson (Macauley). He filmed the post mortem of one of the best games of the tournament so far: Morozevich-Leko from round nine, played last Saturday.

And he added a new feature: a few times you will see an animated chess set, to clarify a few of the positions the two GMs are talking about. GMs in order of appearance: Alexander Morozevich, Peter Leko, Arshak Petrosian, and Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Have fun!

I WANT MY MTV..... March, 8 on MTV [8 pm pacific time]  ICC'S GM Varuzhan Akobian (SCORPION83) will feature shortly on MTV's  True Life series. The episode is entitled "I'm a Genius". Its going to be about his life and his chess accomplishments and they  even accompanied Varuzhan to his recent tournament in Mexico, where  he played at the Morelia open.  This is a high-profile show with  about 30 million viewers. It will be aired on MTV on March 8, at 8 pm pacific time, and will be reaired many times.

Chess.FM coverage
ICC will have daily live commentary of the second major of 2007, hosted by Mig Greengard, who will be joined by former World Chess Champion, GM Susan Polgar, with IM Jennifer Shahade, GM Jon Speelman, GM Larry Christiansen, GM Joel Benjamin, and GM Gregory Kaidanov.

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Videos from Morelia at Chessvibes Chessvibes.com The Chessvibes team presents some fragments of the second round. Vassily Ivanchuk and Peter Leko seem to be the biggest wanderers. Especially Leko is quite interested in other positions. Also, the post-mortem games Anand-Svidler and Leko-Morozevich.