The FIDE Grand Prix
Series Elista has just
began

The 4th round Nanjing Super GM
Tournament just ended all three games draw this morning, we hope
that the 3rd Grand Prix Elista will be
different! The tournament runs from
13th-29th December 2008. There have been a number of withdrawals
due to FIDE's change of regulations including Magnus Carlsen and Michael
Adams but still a category 19 (elo
2713). A notice: Christmas day is a play day and happy a New
Year!

Round 1 pairings and
results:
Bacrot-Kasimdzhanov
0.5 : 0.5 14 B70 Sicilian
Dragon
Jakovenko-Wang Yue
1 : 0 54 C67 Ruy
Lopez Berlin
Leko-Akopian
0.5 : 0.5 28 C99 Ruy
Lopez Chigorin
Inarkiev-Alekseev
0.5 : 0.5 49 C95 Ruy
Lopez Breyer
Mamedyarov-Grischuk 0.5
: 0.5 28 D85 Gruenfeld
Defence
Gashimov-Eljanov
1 : 0 93 C65 Ruy
Lopez Berlin
Radjabov-Cheparinov 0.5
: 0.5 45 B12 Caro
Kann Advanced
Live
Games During
the round, GM Sergey Shipov gives live commentary Tournament
website
Standings after round 1
Jakovenko 1.0
Gashimov
1.0
Cheparinov 0.5
Akopian 0.5
Grischuk 0.5
Mamedyarov 0.5
Inarkiev
0.5
Kasimdzhanov 0.5
Radjabov
0.5
Bacrot 0.5
Leko 0.5
Alekseev
0.5
Eljanov 0.0
Wang Yue
0.0

Wang Yue lose his game in the
first round (photo: fide)
Many
game draws in the first day, only two decisive games,
one of them was Wang Yue's and that game has ended his 85 games
undefeated record (including 3 games in early December China
Chess League Division A Championship - 10
total), but
he still beat Vladimir Kramnik's
series of 82 games undefeated record in the period January 1999 -
July 2000. Since 4th March and the first round of
Reykjavik Open against FM Bjorn Thorfinnsson (replay
here), Wang Yue has remained unbeaten in the next
82 games! Mikhail Tal signed the top two records:
86 games in the period July 1972 - April 1973 and 93(!) games
between October 1973 - October 1974. It should be added that the
great Jose Raul Capablanca was immune from February 1916 until
March 1924, but "only" over the course of 63 games. Quoted
from Chessdom.com. The
latest news: former world champion Garry Kasparov was arrested in
an rally in Moscow, police
said.