The Daily Update: Carlsen wins Aerosvit, Ivanchuk second
As expected, Magnus Carlsen drew his last round game with Sergey Karjakin, putting a close to his most successful tournament yet. Carlsen finished an undefeated 8-3, winning by a point and achieving a 2881 TPR. It looks like the 1969-1975 generation (Anand, Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Kramnik and Topalov) is running out of time, and getting replaced by an upstart born in 1990.
Still, let's not toss them overboard just yet! Indeed, Vassily Ivanchuk continued his run of good form, and after his first-round loss to Carlsen matched him the rest of the way. He defeated Pavel Eljanov in the last round to take clear second (7-4, 2811 TPR); hopefully he will maintain his current high level through the rest of the year.
Other winners today: Volokitin, who avenged an earlier loss on the white side of the Berlin by defeating Alekseev's attempt to use the Wall, and Shirov, who won a lively tactical struggle on the black side of a QGA against the slumping Onischuk.
The Ivanchuk-Eljanov and Onischuk-Shirov games can be replayed here, with my comments.
Final Standings:
1. Carlsen 8 (of 11), 2881 TPR
2. Ivanchuk 7, 2811
3-4. Karjakin (2745), Eljanov (2750) 6
5-7. Volokitin (2714), Jakovenko (2711), Shirov (2709) 5.5
8-10. Alekseev (2675), Svidler (2672), Nisipeanu (2678) 5
11. van Wely 4, 2612
12. Onischuk 3.5, 2583
Still, let's not toss them overboard just yet! Indeed, Vassily Ivanchuk continued his run of good form, and after his first-round loss to Carlsen matched him the rest of the way. He defeated Pavel Eljanov in the last round to take clear second (7-4, 2811 TPR); hopefully he will maintain his current high level through the rest of the year.
Other winners today: Volokitin, who avenged an earlier loss on the white side of the Berlin by defeating Alekseev's attempt to use the Wall, and Shirov, who won a lively tactical struggle on the black side of a QGA against the slumping Onischuk.
The Ivanchuk-Eljanov and Onischuk-Shirov games can be replayed here, with my comments.
Final Standings:
1. Carlsen 8 (of 11), 2881 TPR
2. Ivanchuk 7, 2811
3-4. Karjakin (2745), Eljanov (2750) 6
5-7. Volokitin (2714), Jakovenko (2711), Shirov (2709) 5.5
8-10. Alekseev (2675), Svidler (2672), Nisipeanu (2678) 5
11. van Wely 4, 2612
12. Onischuk 3.5, 2583
Posted by Dennis Monokroussos on
Thursday June 19, 2008 at 1:44pm
But this concrete position is not a draw and in human play you are right, it is generally an easy win.
Just check 6-man tablebases yourself on several normal positions, for example 8/2q3k1/8/8/6PP/5Q1K/8/8 w - - 0 1