3rd Sinquefield Cup 22 August to 3 September 2015

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Re: 3rd Sinquefield Cup 22 August to 3 September 2015

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:26 pm

Aronian's resurgence is very heartening to see, though.

A(nother) flop here any many would have been questioning his continued place amongst the "elite", so he was under some pressure.
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Re: 3rd Sinquefield Cup 22 August to 3 September 2015

Post by David Robertson » Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:01 pm

Can anyone shed any light on Carlsen's woeful performance v. Grischuk? I haven't followed post-match comments or opinion. But judging only from Carlsen's lethargic, even frivolous play, I'd speculate that he really can't be @rsed - or thinks he can wing it from any position. Just asking
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Re: 3rd Sinquefield Cup 22 August to 3 September 2015

Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:14 pm

David Robertson wrote:Can anyone shed any light on Carlsen's woeful performance v. Grischuk? I haven't followed post-match comments or opinion. But judging only from Carlsen's lethargic, even frivolous play, I'd speculate that he really can't be @rsed - or thinks he can wing it from any position. Just asking
A completely uneducated guess is that's what can happen with someone with an incredible will to win when they can't accept it's time to bail out and make a draw. Having scored 4/9 in Norway I assume he's trying desperately to claw back some points on Topalov in the overall standings.
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Re: 3rd Sinquefield Cup 22 August to 3 September 2015

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:09 pm

Carlsen slips up again.....
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Re: 3rd Sinquefield Cup 22 August to 3 September 2015

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:23 pm

Carlsen should have drawn against Grischuk, should have won against Nakamura, should be joint leader going into the last round...

(Congrats to Aronian on his great performance here.)
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Re: 3rd Sinquefield Cup 22 August to 3 September 2015

Post by MartinCarpenter » Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:35 pm

Bit of a shock whenever he doesn't beat Nakamura mind :) The bishop pair does normally happily pummel a rook, but clearly not so easy this time.

Aronian being back in form is very good news.
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Re: 3rd Sinquefield Cup 22 August to 3 September 2015

Post by Tim Harding » Tue Sep 01, 2015 8:44 pm

MartinCarpenter wrote:Bit of a shock whenever he doesn't beat Nakamura mind :) The bishop pair does normally happily pummel a rook, but clearly not so easy this time.

Aronian being back in form is very good news.
Aronian just won the tournament by forcing Topalov to take perpetual check,
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Re: 3rd Sinquefield Cup 22 August to 3 September 2015

Post by LawrenceCooper » Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:49 pm

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Carlsen should have drawn against Grischuk, should have won against Nakamura, should be joint leader going into the last round...
Despite his toils in the latter rounds he is still likely to finish 2nd or 3rd and get a decent amount of tour points keeping him in contention going into the last event. It will seem strange that he could score more tour points for 5/9 than Nakamura scored with 6/9 in Norway but that's the way it's being calculated.
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Re: 3rd Sinquefield Cup 22 August to 3 September 2015

Post by LawrenceCooper » Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:19 am

Grand Tour standings:

Veselin Topalov 2798 BUL 17
Hikaru Nakamura 2802 USA 16
Levon Aronian 2780 ARM 15
Magnus Carlsen 2876 NOR 14
Anish Giri 2773 NED 13
Viswanathan Anand 2804 IND 12
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2723 FRA 12
Fabiano Caruana 2805 ITA 9
Alexander Grischuk 2781 RUS 8

http://www.grandchesstour.com/tour-standings

Actual points scored:

Topalov & Nakamura 11
Giri 10.5
Anand, Aronian & MVL 9
Carlsen 8.5
Grischuk 8
Caruana 7.5
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