28 July 2011
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
The latest chess news from the Biel Chess Fest is that Carlsen continues to lead despite a draw with Alexander Morozevich in the eighth round. On the other hand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Yannick Pelletier with a rook sacrifice and Alexei Shirov beat Fabiano Caruana. You can access the official website at this link.
Meanwhile, here are the very nice games. You can run them in our gameplayer below.
Standings after Round 8
Name ELO Points
1. Magnus Carlsen 17
2. Alexander Morozevich 14
3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 10
4. Alexei Shirov 10
5. Fabiano Caruana 6
6. Yannick Pelletier 4
From Alexandra Kosteniuk’s
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Hi everyone,
The latest chess news from the Biel Chess Fest is that Carlsen continues to lead despite a draw with Alexander Morozevich in the eighth round. On the other hand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat Yannick Pelletier with a rook sacrifice and Alexei Shirov beat Fabiano Caruana. You can access the official website at this link.
Meanwhile, here are the very nice games. You can run them in our gameplayer below.
Standings after Round 8
Name ELO Points
1. Magnus Carlsen 17
2. Alexander Morozevich 14
3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 10
4. Alexei Shirov 10
5. Fabiano Caruana 6
6. Yannick Pelletier 4
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From Alexandra Kosteniuk’s
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com