http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/ en-us 2008-08-02T06:08+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1204920022.shtml With four players having a chance to at least tie for first, the preconditions were in place for a thrilling last round. This might have seemed especially likely, given the very... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-03-07T20:03+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1204835487.shtml The leaderboard stayed steady, but that’s not to say there wasn’t any action today. Let’s start with the leaders: Anand played the Najdorf against Ivanchuk and was possibly surprised by his... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-03-06T20:03+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1204672232.shtml World champion Viswanathan Anand continues to lead, but Magnus Carlsen has closed back to within half a point of first as we head for the last two rounds after tomorrow’s rest... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-03-04T23:03+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1204588886.shtml World champion Viswanathan Anand is now the prohibitive favorite to win this year’s edition of the Morelia/Linares tournament, enjoying a full point lead with just three rounds to go. He took... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-03-04T00:03+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1204504060.shtml Andres Segovia - have a read and a listen.... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-03-03T00:03+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1204407391.shtml Four games, four draws:... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-03-01T21:03+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1204325392.shtml Round 9 Results:... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-02-29T22:02+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1204257760.shtml There was another great round today in Linares; it's nice to see that the change of venue and the days off didn't cool the players' ardor. Three of the four games... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-02-29T04:02+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1204157878.shtml Why wait for my post-round recap, when you can watch my commentary live? You can do just that tomorrow (and possibly for all the rounds of Linares) by logging on to... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-02-28T00:02+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1204151668.shtml Or rather, starts tomorrow; it's Morelia/Linares that's resuming. When we left off, at the end of the Morelia leg of the event, the standings were as follows:... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-02-27T22:02+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1203913661.shtml Still getting caught back up on my regularly scheduled life, and part of that involves catching up on the biggest tournament on the calendar...now that mine has passed. I'm referring, of... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-02-27T04:02+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1203744109.shtml Ok, time for another super-superficial recap, based on my spending all of 1-2 minutes on each game. (Better than nothing, hopefully!)... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-02-23T05:02+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1203577418.shtml Round 5 Results:... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-02-21T07:02+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1203488305.shtml Time for another super-superficial report on this event. (I need a strong guest blogger to help out!) First, the results:... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-02-20T06:02+00:00 http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1203313413.shtml Having spent only the time since the previous post looking at the games, this will be an incredibly superficial "report", but here's the recap with my initial impressions.... Dennis Monokroussos 2008-02-18T05:02+00:00