President's Cup: Kramnik-Mamedyarov duel |
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| Sunday, 02 May 2010 | ||||
 The President's Cup held in Baku, Azerbaijan, was a round robin rapid & blitz event with most of the strongest players of the host participating (e.g. Shakhriar Mamedyarov and Teimour Radjabov, Guseinov and R. Mamedov), and a few elite international grandmasters (Kramnik, Kamsky, J. Polgar, Sutovsky). Rapid standings: 1-3: Kramnik, Mamedyarov, Kamsky - 5 points (out of 7) 4: Radjabov - 3,5 points 5-6: Polgar, Sutovsky - 3 7: Mamedov - 2 8: Guseinov - 1,5 Kramnik has been announced the winner due to higher tie-breaks. Mamedyarov, who managed to beat the ex-World Champion with White, expressed his pity that there were no additional matches. Vladimir came back by saying he has lost due to his adventurous play, otherwise he would have equalized easily. Thus, the atmosphere got a little bit heated, so everyone was waiting for the blitz. The blitz event was a round robin including 14 players (8 from the main group and some local qualifiers). It has essentially been a race between Kramnik, Mamedyarov and Radjabov. Once again, Vladimir and Shakhriar finished with equal scores. Blitz standings: 1-2: Mamedyarov, Kramnik - 10.5/13 3: Radjabov - 9,5 4: Guseinov - 8,5 5: Safarli - 8 6-8: Kamsky, Sutovsky, Mamedov - 7,5 9: Polgar - 6,5 10-11: Rasulov, Badzharani - 4 12: Allakhverdiev - 3,5 13: Rakhmanov - 2 14: Mamedyarova T. - 1,5 This time a tie-break match was arranged, which Shakhriar won 2-0!   
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