Norwegian GM Magnus Carlsen beat Leinier Dominguez of Cuba in 43 moves. Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria drew with Spanish GM Alexei Shirov in 30, while Chinese GM Wang Yue drew against Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in 34 moves. Carlsen and Shirov lead with 4.5/7 points. Shirov’s performance is 2865, Carlsen’s is 2857. Games and standings.
Archive for May 20th, 2009
Sofia Super-GM: Carlsen beats Dominguez
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Monokroussos Playchess Show: Sigurjonsson-Stein, Reykjavik 1972
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Leonid Stein (1934-1973) was one of the great players of his day. He won three
Soviet championships, two super-tournaments, twice earned entry into the Candidates
cycle, and had an overall plus score against world champions.Our
Playchess lecturer Dennis Monokroussos
shows us an exceptional and exciting game by this great and not forgotten master.
Be there to watch at 9 p.m. ET.