Shirov wins in Shanghai, Kramnik qualifies for Bilbao Masters Final |
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| Wednesday, 08 September 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
 Alexei Shirov, photo by ChessVibes Standings (traditional scoring system): 1. Shirov (2749) - 4.5/6 2.-3. Kramnik (2790), Aronian (2783) - 3/6 4. Wang Hao (2724) - 1.5/6 However, the organizers have opted for a weird "football" scoring system, so the offical table looks like this: 1. Shirov - 12 2.-3. Kramnik, Aronian - 7 4. Wang Hao - 3 Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian had to play a blitz (4m+3s/move) tie-break to determine the winner. In game 1 Vladimir won convincingly. Game #2 should have ended in a draw, but Levon Aronian tried to escape from a perpetual check, got into a losing position, but Kramnik somehow lost on time. Nonetheless, in game 3 the ex-World Champion prevailed with Black in an Armageddon game (5 vs 4, no increments, a draw is in Black's favor). Am I the only one to find it strange that an entry to a top classical event is determined by who wins (or draws) a 5 vs 4 min game? Congratulations to Alexei Shirov for his impressive victory in a XXI-category event and to Kramnik for overcoming bad luck and qualifying for the Bilbao Masters Final. The event will take place from October 9 to 15 and feature the World Champion Viswanathan Anand, #1 on the rating list Magnus Carlsen, Alexei Shirov and Vladimir Kramnik. This will take the category of the event to an amazing XXII - an absolute record in the history of chess! Official website 
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