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China first National Mind Storts Games take place from 13 to 23 Noverber 2009 in Sichuang, China. Chess is the one of the games amongst other 6 games. Chess section has 8 gold medals: open team rapid, women team rapid, open individual rapid, women individual rapid, open individual blitz, women individual blitz, boys team classic, girls team classic. Official site: http://cmsg.chinaqiyuan.com/index.html Chess schedul: http://info.cmsg.chinaqiyuan.com/sport_info.action?xm=CH  Live games: http://cmsg.chinaqiyuan.com/l/chess.html

 

 

 

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图文-智运会国象男女快棋颁奖冠军非常开心

GM Bu Xiangzhi and WGM Huang Qian won rapid chess championship

 

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GM Zhou Jianchao and GM Hou Yifan second

 

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Kramnik wins Tal Memorial(2009-11-15 00:30)

 

 

The Tal Memorial takes place from November 4th to 19th 2009 in Moscow, Russia. It is a ten-player round robin event with classical time controls. The first four games take place in the National Hotel, the last five in the mall GUM. The games start at 15:00 local time, The Tal Memorial is the strongest tournament of the year, and at category 21 (average Elo 2764) one of the strongest of all time. Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/ download pgn live games: http://www.russiachess.org/online/index.htm
 

Final standings after 9 rounds

Place  Name              FED  Elo   Point  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pef.
1 Kramnik, Vladimir      RUS 2772  6.0 / 9  X = = = = = 1 1 1 = 2888
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily      UKR 2739  5.5 / 9  = X = = = 1 = = 1 = 2846
3 Carlsen, Magnus        NOR 2801  5.5 / 9  = = X = = = 1 = = 1 2839
4 Aronian, Levon         ARM 2786  5.0 / 9  = = = X 1 0 = = = 1 2804
5 Anand, Viswanathan     IND 2788  5.0 / 9  = = = 0 X = = 1 = 1 2804
6 Gelfand, Boris         ISR 2758  4.5 / 9  = 0 = 1 = X = = = = 2764
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan     UKR 2739  4.0 / 9  0 = 0 = = = X = 1 = 2723
8 Svidler, Peter         RUS 2754  3.5 / 9  0 = = = 0 = = X = = 2685
9 Morozevich, Alexander  RUS 2750  3.0 / 9  0 0 = = = = 0 = X = 2640
10 Leko, Peter           HUN 2752  3.0 / 9  = = 0 0 0 = = = = X 2640
 
Round 9 on Saturday, November 14, 2009
Vassily Ivanchuk   0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Vishy Anand          0-1    Levon Aronian
Peter Svidler      0.5-0.5  Boris Gelfand
Ruslan Ponomariov    1-0    Alex. Morozevich
Peter Leko           0-1    Magnus Carlsen

  
Round 8 on Friday, November 13, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik  0.5-0.5  Peter Leko
Magnus Carlsen      1-0    Ruslan Ponomariov
Alex. Morozevich  0.5-0.5  Peter Svidler
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Levon Aronian     0.5-0.5  Vassily Ivanchuk 

 

Round 7 on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Levon Aronian      0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Vassily Ivanchuk     1-0    Boris Gelfand
Vishy Anand        0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich
Peter Svidler      0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Peter Leko 

 

Round 6 on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik    1-0    Ruslan Ponomariov
Peter Leko        0.5-0.5  Peter Svidler
Magnus Carlsen    0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Alex. Morozevich    0-1    Vassily Ivanchuk
Boris Gelfand       1-0    Levon Aronian 

 

Round 5 on Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Levon Aronian     0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Vishy Anand         1-0    Peter Leko
Peter Svidler     0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov 

 

Round 4 on Sunday, November 8, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik     1-0    Peter Svidler
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Peter Leko         0.5-0.5  Vassily Ivanchuk
Magnus Carlsen     0.5-0.5  Levon Aronian
Alex. Morozevich   0.5-0.5  Boris Gelfand 

 

Round 3 on Saturday, November 7, 2009
Alex. Morozevich    0-1    Vladimir Kramnik
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian       1-0    Peter Leko
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov
Vishy Anand         1-0    Peter Svidler 

 

Round 2 on Friday, November 6, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik   0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Peter Svidler      0.5-0.5  Vassily Ivanchuk
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Levon Aronian
Peter Leko         0.5-0.5  Boris Gelfand
Magnus Carlsen     0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich  
 

Round 1 on Thursday, November 5, 2009
Magnus Carlsen    0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Alex. Morozevich  0.5-0.5  Peter Leko
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov
Levon Aronian     0.5-0.5  Peter Svidler
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand 
  

China first National Mind Storts Games take place from 13 to 23 Noverber 2009 in Sichuang, China. Chess is the one of the games amongst other 6 games. Chess section has 8 gold medals: open team rapid, women team rapid, open individual rapid, women individual rapid, open individual blitz, women individual blitz, boys team classic, girls team classic. Official site: http://cmsg.chinaqiyuan.com/index.html Chess schedul: http://info.cmsg.chinaqiyuan.com/sport_info.action?xm=CH  Live games: http://cmsg.chinaqiyuan.com/l/chess.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Open ceremony video

 

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Opening ceremony

 

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The teams

 

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 Local dance

 

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图文-首届智运会开幕式文艺演出祖孙两人智力竞技

 Grandfather plays a game with grandson

 

 Everything is ready

 

 Let games begin!

 

 

 

 

 

The Tal Memorial takes place from November 4th to 19th 2009 in Moscow, Russia. It is a ten-player round robin event with classical time controls. The first four games take place in the National Hotel, the last five in the mall GUM. The games start at 15:00 local time, The Tal Memorial is the strongest tournament of the year, and at category 21 (average Elo 2764) one of the strongest of all time. Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/ download pgn live games: http://www.russiachess.org/online/index.htm
 

 

Standings after round 8

Place  Name              FED  Elo   Point  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pef.
1 Kramnik, Vladimir      RUS 2772  5.5 / 8  X = . = = = 1 = 1 1 2907
2 Anand, Viswanathan     IND 2788  5.0 / 8  = X = = = . = 1 = 1 2853
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily      UKR 2739  5.0 / 8  . = X = 1 = = = 1 = 2861
4 Carlsen, Magnus        NOR 2801  4.5 / 8  = = = X = = 1 . = = 2803
5 Gelfand, Boris         ISR 2758  4.0 / 8  = = 0 = X 1 = = = . 2765
6 Aronian, Levon         ARM 2786  4.0 / 8  = . = = 0 X = 1 = = 2758
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan     UKR 2739  3.0 / 8  0 = = 0 = = X = . = 2681
8 Leko, Peter            HUN 2752  3.0 / 8  = 0 = . = 0 = X = = 2673
9 Morozevich, Alexander  RUS 2750  3.0 / 8  0 = 0 = = = . = X = 2681
10 Svidler, Peter        RUS 2754  3.0 / 8  0 0 = = . = = = = X 2678 
 
Round 9 on Saturday, November 14, 2009
Vassily Ivanchuk   Vladimir Kramnik
Vishy Anand         Levon Aronian
Peter Svidler      Boris Gelfand
Ruslan Ponomariov  Alex. Morozevich
Peter Leko          Magnus Carlsen

  
Round 8 on Friday, November 13, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik  0.5-0.5  Peter Leko
Magnus Carlsen      1-0    Ruslan Ponomariov
Alex. Morozevich  0.5-0.5  Peter Svidler
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Levon Aronian     0.5-0.5  Vassily Ivanchuk 

 

Round 7 on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Levon Aronian      0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Vassily Ivanchuk     1-0    Boris Gelfand
Vishy Anand        0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich
Peter Svidler      0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Peter Leko 

 

Round 6 on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik    1-0    Ruslan Ponomariov
Peter Leko        0.5-0.5  Peter Svidler
Magnus Carlsen    0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Alex. Morozevich    0-1    Vassily Ivanchuk
Boris Gelfand       1-0    Levon Aronian 

 

Round 5 on Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Levon Aronian     0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Vishy Anand         1-0    Peter Leko
Peter Svidler     0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov 

 

Round 4 on Sunday, November 8, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik     1-0    Peter Svidler
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Peter Leko         0.5-0.5  Vassily Ivanchuk
Magnus Carlsen     0.5-0.5  Levon Aronian
Alex. Morozevich   0.5-0.5  Boris Gelfand 

 

Round 3 on Saturday, November 7, 2009
Alex. Morozevich    0-1    Vladimir Kramnik
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian       1-0    Peter Leko
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov
Vishy Anand         1-0    Peter Svidler 

 

Round 2 on Friday, November 6, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik   0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Peter Svidler      0.5-0.5  Vassily Ivanchuk
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Levon Aronian
Peter Leko         0.5-0.5  Boris Gelfand
Magnus Carlsen     0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich  
 

Round 1 on Thursday, November 5, 2009
Magnus Carlsen    0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Alex. Morozevich  0.5-0.5  Peter Leko
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov
Levon Aronian     0.5-0.5  Peter Svidler
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand 
  

 

The World Youth Chess Championship 2009 (under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18 years old - open and girls) take place in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, between November the 11th, 2009 (arrival) and November the 23th, 2009 (departure). More than 2.000 players and 1,500 accompanying persons. Official site: http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/ download pgn live games: http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/content/view/10/11/lang,turkish/

Parings and results, Standings, Cross table

 

Live games start at 15:00 local time 

 (12 games, under 18)

 

 (12 games, under 16 and 18)

 

 (12 games, under 16)

 

 (12 games, under 12 and 14)

 

 (12 games, under 10 and 8)

 

Tournament Schedule  
Thursday, 12 November    15:00 1st round 
Friday, 13 November      15:00 2st round 
Saturday, 14 November    15:00 3st round 
Sunday, 15 November      15:00 4st round 
Monday, 16 November      10:00 5st round 
                         17:00 6st round 
Tuesday, 17 November     Free Day
Wednesday, 18 November   15:00 7th round
Thursday , 19 November   15:00 8th round
Friday , 20 November     15:00 9th round
Saturday, 21 November    15:00 10th round
Sunday , 22 November     10:00 11th round
                         19:00 Closing ceremony 
Monday , 23 November     Departure of Delegations

 

 

 

The Tal Memorial takes place from November 4th to 19th 2009 in Moscow, Russia. It is a ten-player round robin event with classical time controls. The first four games take place in the National Hotel, the last five in the mall GUM. The games start at 15:00 local time, The Tal Memorial is the strongest tournament of the year, and at category 21 (average Elo 2764) one of the strongest of all time. Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/ download pgn live games: http://www.russiachess.org/online/index.htm
 

 

Standings after round 7

Place  Name              FED  Elo   Point  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pef.
1 Kramnik, Vladimir      RUS 2772  5.0 / 7  X = . = = = 1 1 1 . 2926
2 Anand, Viswanathan     IND 2788  4.5 / 7  = X = = . . = = 1 1 2860
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily      UKR 2739  4.5 / 7  . = X = 1 . = 1 = = 2865
4 Carlsen, Magnus        NOR 2801  3.5 / 7  = = = X = = . = = . 2763
5 Gelfand, Boris         ISR 2758  3.5 / 7  = . 0 = X 1 = = . = 2762
6 Aronian, Levon         ARM 2786  3.5 / 7  = . . = 0 X = = = 1 2760
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan     UKR 2739  3.0 / 7  0 = = . = = X . = = 2714
8 Morozevich, Alexander  RUS 2750  2.5 / 7  0 = 0 = = = . X . = 2668
9 Svidler, Peter         RUS 2754  2.5 / 7  0 0 = = . = = . X = 2666
10 Leko, Peter           HUN 2752  2.5 / 7  . 0 = . = 0 = = = X 2657 
 
Round 8 on Friday, November 13, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik  Peter Leko
Magnus Carlsen    Ruslan Ponomariov
Alex. Morozevich  Peter Svidler
Boris Gelfand      Vishy Anand
Levon Aronian      Vassily Ivanchuk 

 

Round 7 on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Levon Aronian      0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Vassily Ivanchuk     1-0    Boris Gelfand
Vishy Anand        0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich
Peter Svidler      0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Peter Leko 

 

Round 6 on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik    1-0    Ruslan Ponomariov
Peter Leko        0.5-0.5  Peter Svidler
Magnus Carlsen    0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Alex. Morozevich    0-1    Vassily Ivanchuk
Boris Gelfand       1-0    Levon Aronian 

 

Round 5 on Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Levon Aronian     0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Vishy Anand         1-0    Peter Leko
Peter Svidler     0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov 

 

Round 4 on Sunday, November 8, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik     1-0    Peter Svidler
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Peter Leko         0.5-0.5  Vassily Ivanchuk
Magnus Carlsen     0.5-0.5  Levon Aronian
Alex. Morozevich   0.5-0.5  Boris Gelfand 

 

Round 3 on Saturday, November 7, 2009
Alex. Morozevich    0-1    Vladimir Kramnik
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian       1-0    Peter Leko
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov
Vishy Anand         1-0    Peter Svidler 

 

Round 2 on Friday, November 6, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik   0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Peter Svidler      0.5-0.5  Vassily Ivanchuk
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Levon Aronian
Peter Leko         0.5-0.5  Boris Gelfand
Magnus Carlsen     0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich  
 

Round 1 on Thursday, November 5, 2009
Magnus Carlsen    0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Alex. Morozevich  0.5-0.5  Peter Leko
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov
Levon Aronian     0.5-0.5  Peter Svidler
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand 
  
 
Round 9 on Saturday, November 14, 2009
Vassily Ivanchuk   Vladimir Kramnik
Vishy Anand         Levon Aronian
Peter Svidler      Boris Gelfand
Ruslan Ponomariov  Alex. Morozevich
Peter Leko          Magnus Carlsen

 

 

The World Youth Chess Championship 2009 (under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18 years old - open and girls) take place in Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, between November the 11th, 2009 (arrival) and November the 23th, 2009 (departure). More than 2.000 players and 1,500 accompanying persons. Official site: http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/ download pgn live games: http://wycc2009.tsf.org.tr/content/view/10/11/lang,turkish/

 

Tournament Schedule  
Thursday, 12 November    15:00 1st round 
Friday, 13 November      15:00 2st round 
Saturday, 14 November    15:00 3st round 
Sunday, 15 November      15:00 4st round 
Monday, 16 November      10:00 5st round 
                         17:00 6st round 
Tuesday, 17 November     Free Day
Wednesday, 18 November   15:00 7th round
Thursday , 19 November   15:00 8th round
Friday , 20 November     15:00 9th round
Saturday, 21 November    15:00 10th round
Sunday , 22 November     10:00 11th round
                         19:00 Closing ceremony 
Monday , 23 November     Departure of Delegations

 

 

 

The Tal Memorial takes place from November 4th to 19th 2009 in Moscow, Russia. It is a ten-player round robin event with classical time controls. The first four games take place in the National Hotel, the last five in the mall GUM. The games start at 15:00 local time, The Tal Memorial is the strongest tournament of the year, and at category 21 (average Elo 2764) one of the strongest of all time. Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/ download pgn live games: http://www.russiachess.org/online/index.htm
 

 

 


 

Standings after round 6

Place  Name              FED  Elo   Point  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pef.
1 Kramnik, Vladimir      RUS 2772  4.5 / 6  X = = . = . 1 1 . 1 2958
2 Anand, Viswanathan     IND 2788  4.0 / 6  = X . = = . = . 1 1 2884
3 Gelfand, Boris         ISR 2758  3.5 / 6  = . X . = 1 = = = . 2823
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily      UKR 2739  3.5 / 6  . = . X = . = 1 = = 2821
5 Carlsen, Magnus        NOR 2801  3.0 / 6  = = = = X = . = . . 2765
6 Aronian, Levon         ARM 2786  3.0 / 6  . . 0 . = X = = 1 = 2759
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan     UKR 2739  2.5 / 6  0 = = = . = X . . = 2709
8 Morozevich, Alexander  RUS 2750  2.0 / 6  0 . = 0 = = . X = . 2643
9 Leko, Peter            HUN 2752  2.0 / 6  . 0 = = . 0 . = X = 2637
10 Svidler, Peter        RUS 2754  2.0 / 6  0 0 . = . = = . = X 2637 
 
 
Round 7 on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Levon Aronian       Vladimir Kramnik
Vassily Ivanchuk   Boris Gelfand
Vishy Anand        Alex. Morozevich
Peter Svidler       Magnus Carlsen
Ruslan Ponomariov  Peter Leko 

 

Round 6 on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik    1-0    Ruslan Ponomariov
Peter Leko        0.5-0.5  Peter Svidler
Magnus Carlsen    0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Alex. Morozevich    0-1    Vassily Ivanchuk
Boris Gelfand       1-0    Levon Aronian 

 

Round 5 on Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Levon Aronian     0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Vishy Anand         1-0    Peter Leko
Peter Svidler     0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov 

 

Round 4 on Sunday, November 8, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik     1-0    Peter Svidler
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Peter Leko         0.5-0.5  Vassily Ivanchuk
Magnus Carlsen     0.5-0.5  Levon Aronian
Alex. Morozevich   0.5-0.5  Boris Gelfand 

 

Round 3 on Saturday, November 7, 2009
Alex. Morozevich    0-1    Vladimir Kramnik
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian       1-0    Peter Leko
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov
Vishy Anand         1-0    Peter Svidler 

 

Round 2 on Friday, November 6, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik   0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Peter Svidler      0.5-0.5  Vassily Ivanchuk
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Levon Aronian
Peter Leko         0.5-0.5  Boris Gelfand
Magnus Carlsen     0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich  
 

Round 1 on Thursday, November 5, 2009
Magnus Carlsen    0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Alex. Morozevich  0.5-0.5  Peter Leko
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov
Levon Aronian     0.5-0.5  Peter Svidler
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand 
  
Round 8 on Friday, November 13, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik  Peter Leko
Magnus Carlsen    Ruslan Ponomariov
Alex. Morozevich  Peter Svidler
Boris Gelfand      Vishy Anand
Levon Aronian      Vassily Ivanchuk 
 
Round 9 on Saturday, November 14, 2009
Vassily Ivanchuk   Vladimir Kramnik
Vishy Anand         Levon Aronian
Peter Svidler      Boris Gelfand
Ruslan Ponomariov  Alex. Morozevich
Peter Leko          Magnus Carlsen

 

 

 

The Tal Memorial takes place from November 4th to 19th 2009 in Moscow, Russia. It is a ten-player round robin event with classical time controls. The first four games take place in the National Hotel, the last five in the mall GUM. The games start at 15:00 local time, The Tal Memorial is the strongest tournament of the year, and at category 21 (average Elo 2764) one of the strongest of all time. Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/ download pgn live games: http://www.russiachess.org/online/index.htm
 

 

 


 

Standings after round 5

Place  Name                FED  Elo   Point  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pef.
Kramnik, Vladimir      2772  RUS  3.5 / 5  X = . = . = . 1 1 . 2919 
Anand, Viswanathan     2788  IND  3.5 / 5  = X . . = . = . 1 1 2900 
Aronian, Levon         2786  ARM  3.0 / 5  . . X = = . . = = 1 2831 
Carlsen, Magnus        2801  NOR  2.5 / 5  = . = X . = = = . . 2761 
Ponomariov, Ruslan     2739  UKR  2.5 / 5  . = = . X = = . = . 2765 
Gelfand, Boris         2758  ISR  2.5 / 5  = . . = = X . = . = 2762 
Ivanchuk, Vassily      2739  UKR  2.5 / 5  . = . = = . X . = = 2766 
Morozevich, Alexander  2750  RUS  2.0 / 5  0 . = = . = . X . = 2701 
Svidler, Peter         2754  RUS  1.5 / 5  0 0 = . = . = . X . 2615 
10  Leko, Peter           2752  HUN  1.5 / 5  . 0 0 . . = = = . X 2615  
 
Round 6 on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik  Ruslan Ponomariov
Peter Leko         Peter Svidler
Magnus Carlsen    Vishy Anand
Alex. Morozevich  Vassily Ivanchuk
Boris Gelfand     Levon Aronian 

 

Round 5 on Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Levon Aronian     0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Vishy Anand         1-0    Peter Leko
Peter Svidler     0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov 

 

Round 4 on Sunday, November 8, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik     1-0    Peter Svidler
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Peter Leko         0.5-0.5  Vassily Ivanchuk
Magnus Carlsen     0.5-0.5  Levon Aronian
Alex. Morozevich   0.5-0.5  Boris Gelfand 

 

Round 3 on Saturday, November 7, 2009
Alex. Morozevich    0-1    Vladimir Kramnik
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian       1-0    Peter Leko
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov
Vishy Anand         1-0    Peter Svidler 

 

Round 2 on Friday, November 6, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik   0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand
Peter Svidler      0.5-0.5  Vassily Ivanchuk
Ruslan Ponomariov  0.5-0.5  Levon Aronian
Peter Leko         0.5-0.5  Boris Gelfand
Magnus Carlsen     0.5-0.5  Alex. Morozevich  
 

Round 1 on Thursday, November 5, 2009
Magnus Carlsen    0.5-0.5  Vladimir Kramnik
Alex. Morozevich  0.5-0.5  Peter Leko
Boris Gelfand     0.5-0.5  Ruslan Ponomariov
Levon Aronian     0.5-0.5  Peter Svidler
Vassily Ivanchuk  0.5-0.5  Vishy Anand 
 
 
Round 7 on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Levon Aronian       Vladimir Kramnik
Vassily Ivanchuk   Boris Gelfand
Vishy Anand        Alex. Morozevich
Peter Svidler       Magnus Carlsen
Ruslan Ponomariov  Peter Leko 
 
Round 8 on Friday, November 13, 2009
Vladimir Kramnik  Peter Leko
Magnus Carlsen    Ruslan Ponomariov
Alex. Morozevich  Peter Svidler
Boris Gelfand      Vishy Anand
Levon Aronian      Vassily Ivanchuk 
 
Round 9 on Saturday, November 14, 2009
Vassily Ivanchuk   Vladimir Kramnik
Vishy Anand         Levon Aronian
Peter Svidler      Boris Gelfand
Ruslan Ponomariov  Alex. Morozevich
Peter Leko          Magnus Carlsen

 

 

November 8, Zhongshan City, the first session of the medium and small (young) students in the Mind Sports Games in the city a grand opening.  The photo shows a Grand Master chess player Xie Jun and the small guidance chess.

Google translation:

 

Yesterday morning, Zhongshan City, the first small (young) students Intelligence Games opening ceremony in Zhongshan city, and one was held in high school. Master Ma Xiaochun Qi Jie of China, Xie Jun and Lu Qin and Zhongshan the wheel of the small players to become the opening ceremony of the exhibition highlights. 

 

 'I have dreams beat Xie Jun, and she is my idol.' City of a secondary school sub-Zheng Li, yesterday took part in the exhibition wheel, reading and fourth grade, she is in 'Li Chengzhi Cup' in China's international chess tournaments to enter the country the top three, and later took part in the world competition on behalf of China. 

 

 Yesterday was the third time she was playing chess with Xie Jun.  'Her start was normal, but then more and more complicated.' Zheng Li said that if 'one to one' in chess, she is certainly not XIE masters rivals, but Xie Jun master at the same time, and 30 opponents playing chess that she had some hope of victory.  However, due to time constraints, Zheng Li, the dream of yesterday did not materialize.

 

It is understood that three special guests Ma Xiaochun, Xie Jun and Lu Qin respectively China Go, chess and Chinese chess masters, has received chess world champion.  Yesterday, three master Qi Jie 6 Go, respectively invited to the small players, 30 of small chess Chinese chess players and 21 players for a small exhibition wheels. 

 

 This reporter has learned that these and the Master 'contest of strength,' is a small player in the city in recent years, even before the province won several chess competitions for students, such as the city, and one of the Zheng Li had won the national chess section 1, there are many small chess players, Chinese chess, Zhongshan and Macau on behalf of the small players have participated in the provincial and even national competitions.

 

 Wheels exhibition from 10 am start, although the site is not a quiet game, but the small players calmly in the face Qijie master no stage fright.  To facilitate the same time, Ma Xiaochun, and six children in Chinese chess, the organizing committee specially designed for competition, he placed a rotating chair, Ma Xiaochun has been six small players Wai in the middle.  After more than 1 hours of the race, eventually Ma Xiaochun win in the six small players.  'And the master chess, success is not important, the key is I learned something.' One child said entry.  After the match, Ma Xiaochun in the interview with the media praising the children chess, Zhongshan Road, is good, wants the children to develop their interest in and redouble their efforts.

 

 Lu Qin is a Chinese chess master, a person who has been a master of 75 small players yesterday, with his 'guys,' the small players with admiration.  A sixth-grade children and Master 'confrontation,' a long time, on the master made and Bureau, he still insists that race in the end.  Although the final lost, but the children said: 'I lose too convinced that if and Bureau, not fair to both sides.' Master Lu Qin said frankly that he very much appreciated the spirit of the children that dice.

 

 Exhibition at the wheel of the scene, 'opponent,' the largest international chess master Xie Jun, participation in international chess exhibition of small wheels, there are 30 players, the reporter found that Xie Jun is only a small player with the various 'right' one would have to spend several minutes . After nearly a two-hour race, eventually, since it is little more than 20 players failed to master the next, and Xie Jun finished this game of chess.  'The kids sent to me a very serious challenge, very good, their training is very standard system.' Xie Jun said that the display of small players to make her feel Zhongshan did in the promotion of 'three chess 3 balls 3' to spend of the work, work is solid.

 

 Through the 'contest of strength', three pairs of Qi Jie, Zhongshan three chess masters were highly praised, they want to have more children, Zhongshan to participate in the movement to chess does not necessarily need to do professional players, we are just as interested in to special education, open up the purpose of thinking. (转自中山网) (Transfer from Zhongshan Network)  (Editor: FU Xin)

Source: http://games.sports.cn/chessorg/domesticnews/2009-11-09/1917651.html