Radjabov (White)
Anand (Black)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4
7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7
12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6 14.Re1 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.b3 b4
17.Na4 c3 18.a3 a5 19.d5 Qe7 20.d6 Qf6 21.e5 Qf4 22.Bd3 bxa3
23.Qe2 Qd2 24.Rxa3 Qxe2 25.Rxe2 g4 26.Nxc3 *

No clear advantage to either at this point.

On Jan 12, 10:23*am, RookHouse wrote:

- Judit Polgar held on for a DRAW with the Black pieces against
Ivanchuk.

- Kramnik drew with the White pieces against Van Wely.

On Jan 12, 10:32*am, RookHouse wrote:
On Jan 12, 10:23*am, RookHouse wrote:

- Judit Polgar held on for a DRAW with the Black pieces against
Ivanchuk.

- Kramnik drew with the White pieces against Van Wely.

Adams-Gelfand ended in a quick 21-move DRAW.

On Jan 12, 10:33*am, RookHouse wrote:

Radjabov-Anand Update

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3
b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bd6 a6
14.Re1 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.b3 b4 17.Na4 c3 18.a3 a5 19.d5 Qe7 20.d6
Qf6 21.e5 Qf4 22.Bd3 bxa3 23.Qe2 Qd2 24.Rxa3
Qxe2 25.Rxe2 g4 26.Nxc3 Rg8 27.Ne4 Kd8 28.Nd2 c5 29.Bb5 Bd5 30.Nc4 Rg5
31.Rea2 Nxe5 32.Nb6 Rb8 33.Rxa5 Be4 34.Ra7 f6 35.R2a6 Rg8
*

- Eljanov-Leko just ended in a 27-move draw.

On Jan 12, 11:25*am, RookHouse wrote:

Radjabov just forced a Bishop for a Rook exchange and looks to have an
advantage against Anand.

On Jan 12, 11:32*am, RookHouse wrote:

Wow. Mamedyarov was up two pawns with the White pieces and just
resigned to Carlsen. Very confused.

Aronian-Topalov in an imbalanced endgame. Topa has the the twin Rooks
and Aronian has the two extra pawns, to go along with his Rook &
Bishop.

On Jan 12, 11:53*am, RookHouse wrote:

- Aronian defeted Topalov in a 62-move game.

Radjabov is having a difficult time trying to put ANand away, even
with the Rook vs Bishop advantage. Anand may hold on for a DRAW.

So far, Aronian & Carlsen have the only Wins of the day, with the
Radjabov-Anand match the only one still in progress (move 68).

On Jan 12, 1:04*pm, RookHouse wrote:

Radjabov held on to beat Anand (85 moves). Great game and a great
start for Radja.

On a side note, Fabiano Caruana won his first round game in Group C
with the Black pieces.


Here are the matchups for tomorrow's Round 2:

L. van Wely - J. Polgar
V. Topalov - V. Ivanchuk
B. Gelfand - L. Aronian
P. Leko - M. Adams
M. Carlsen - P. Eljanov
A. Anand - S. Mamedyarov
V. Kramnik - T. Radjabov

Anand & Mamedyarov are both coming off of first round losses, so that
should be an exciting game.

Kramnik-Radjabov should be the game of the day.

Thanks for the update and telling us who you think are best games of the
day....

I wish this was on pay per view because i would be watching ...My
webtv can not follow the games live .....Some day i will buy a real
computer.....

Yes , Anand vs Mam will be good , i think who ever loses this game will
not have a chance to win the tournament ....I think if no one has a
clear advantage within the first 20 moves they will draw soon after ,
maybe 5 to 8 moves...

The I7 year old Carlsen is PUMPED up to get this win.....Is he a future
world champion ?
These next few weeks will give you a idea since he is going against the
best.....

Polger held on for a draw , i think this is my pick just because she is
a huge underdog + the only lady ...Lets see how she does in round two...

Morphy , are you pulling for Radjabov to win the whole thing ?....