Morelia-Linares 2007 - Round 10

Morelia-Linares 2007 March, 2-10 [09:30 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.

Express report of the Round 10
by John B. Henderson

The legend that is Linares, Spain, has to be one of the most unlikely locations of the strongest series of prestigious super-tournaments ever held.

From a nothing event in 1978 in a nothing town, local grocery maganet Luis Rentero, the tournament's founding father, built the tournament into what it is today, and in the process put the little Spanish town firmly on the media map by inviting some of the world's greatest players there to participate.

Last year, in a big shake up for the event, the first half was held in Morelia, Mexico, with the second half in Linares. And this year it was no different, with the second leg of the elite double round-robin underway again in its spiritual home of the Hotel Anibal in Linares.

Anand clear first after a nice victory over Carlsen [photo: Macauley Peterson]

As the players and their entourage moved from Mexico to Spain, there was a an unlikely clash of the generations at the end of the first leg, with seasoned veteran Vishy Anand tied at the top in first place on +2 alongside 16-year-old Norwegian wunderkind Magnus Carlsen.

Following two rounds of mainly draws, the leaders clashed again in round ten, and just like the Morelia leg, youth and innocence proved no match for age and guile, as Anand ominously moved a full point clear at the top on 6.5/10 after a crushing victory over the Norwegian teen.

Round-10 REPLAY of the Linares Super Tournament
Mig Greengard and GM Joel Benjamin are commentating in round 10

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.

R	Replay (english)	L	Live (english)	L	Live (español)	L	Live (français)

Tue, Mar 6 - R11 LISTEN HOST GUEST L 09:30 EST Mig Greengard GM Larry Christiansen L 09:30 EST Stéphane Laborde L 09:30 EST GM Miguel Illescas R 17:00 EST Mig Greengard GM Larry Christiansen Wed, Mar 7 - R12 LISTEN HOST GUEST L 09:30 EST Mig Greengard GM Joel Benjamin L 09:30 EST Stéphane Laborde L 09:30 EST GM Amador Rodríguez R 17:00 EST Mig Greengard GM Joel Benjamin "tell webcast english" - "tell webcast espanol" - "tell webcast francais"

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Round-1: Milo, Russianbear and then Grotesque was the winners for the month and the NIC subscription.
Round-2: tux68, andre, and LemonExtract was the winners for the month and the NIC subscription.
Round-3: TheMuffi, and nathanschulz was the winners for the month and the NIC subscription.
Round-4: camembert, and tux68 was the winners for the month and the ICC t-shirt.
Round-5: izit , Mindride, and slimslov was the winners for the month, the ICC t-shirt and the NIC subscription.
Round-6: StigK was the winners for the the NIC subscription.
Round-7: Russianbear was the winner for the ICC t-shirt and the NIC subscription.
Round-8: RueeLopaith, zenpawn, and Akselborg was the winners for the month, the ICC t-shirt and the NIC subscription.
Round-9: CrazyIvan, Mr-brain, and pawnpicker was the winners for the month, the ICC t-shirt and the NIC subscription.
Round-10: hazystuff, tux68, and UglyMoves was the winners for the month, the ICC t-shirt and the NIC subscription.

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.

US State Champion of Champions 2007 FINAL: March, 10 [15:00 EST]  In today’s State Champions Tournament the Semi-Finals finished with Xiao Cheng (2348) Georgia and GM Julio Becerra (2601) Florida advancing to the finals next Saturday March 10, 2007 at 3PM EST.

Both matches ended in a clean 2–0 wins. The up and coming junior Xiao Cheng showed great promise in beating a veteran FIDE master decisively. Becerra will have his work cut out for him next week. This event on the ICC is run in collaboration with the United States Chess Federation.

You have more information in the ICC finger CofC07 page.
Download the PGN games of Semifinals.
Download the PGN games of Eastern Conference Qualifier.
Download the PGN games of Western Conference Qualifier.
Also, visit the United States Chess Federation website.

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