Mexico City, Round 13, Live Update
In one of the two games with relevance to first place, Gelfand and Kramnik agreed to a draw after 26 moves. (Appropriately, I should add - the final position posed no problems for either side.) The game was a Semi-Slav with e3 and 6.Bd3, and although White enjoyed the initiative Kramnik was able to neutralize it with a few accurate moves.
The other game that matters, Grischuk-Anand, is still going, but Anand is frankly in trouble, about to be down a pawn for nothing in a rook and knight ending. The material is reduced, so maybe he'll be able to save a draw, but my impression is that this is an endgame White should win.
Should Grischuk win this game, Anand's lead over Gelfand will be cut to half a point going into the last round, with Kramnik another half a point behind. These are the relevant last round pairings:
Anand - Leko
Morozevich - Gelfand
Kramnik - Aronian
Of course, Grischuk hasn't won the game yet, but if he does we could be in for a fantastic (and potentially tragic) finish.
The other game that matters, Grischuk-Anand, is still going, but Anand is frankly in trouble, about to be down a pawn for nothing in a rook and knight ending. The material is reduced, so maybe he'll be able to save a draw, but my impression is that this is an endgame White should win.
Should Grischuk win this game, Anand's lead over Gelfand will be cut to half a point going into the last round, with Kramnik another half a point behind. These are the relevant last round pairings:
Anand - Leko
Morozevich - Gelfand
Kramnik - Aronian
Of course, Grischuk hasn't won the game yet, but if he does we could be in for a fantastic (and potentially tragic) finish.
Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on
Friday September 28, 2007 at 5:10pm