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Aerosvit 2008: Carlsen and Shirov win in round one
08.06.2008 – The first round of the traditional tournament that is taking place in the sanatorium complex Foros on the shores of the Black Sea saw top seed Magnus Carlsen win a fine game against veteran Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk. Alexei Shirov took a point with the black pieces against Loek van Wely. The event is a category 19 with an average Elo of 2711. Illustrated report. |
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Aerosvit 2008: Five wins in round three, Carlsen leads
10.06.2008 – Another exciting round in Foros, Ukraine. Magnus Carlsen outplayed Loek van Wely to go into the sole lead. Pavel Eljanov, Evgeny Alekseev and Dmitry Jaovenko won their white games against Alexei Shirov, Peter Svidler and Andrei Volokitin respectively. The draw average is 44%, while exactly half of all games were won by White (and one by Black). Full report. |
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Aerosvit 2008: Ukrainians win on all boards
10.06.2008 – A great day for the host country: three Ukrainian players scored, defeating a Russian, a Romanian and an American GM. Meanwhile Alexei Shirov scored a second victory, over Dmitry Jakovenko, to take the lead in the Black Sea tournament. And good news: Magnus Carlsen's bags have been located and delivered at the hotel. Round two report. |
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Aerosvit 2008: Carlsen wins again, leads with 3050 performance
11.06.2008 – Magnus Carlsen won another game, this time with black against Pavel Eljanov. This put him in the lead with 3.5/4 points and a performance of 3050. But Magnus is being pursued by the other "youngster", 18-year-old Sergey Karjakin, who beat Dmitry Jakovenko and has 3.0/4 points. Van Wely beat Alekseev, the other three games were drawn in less than 20 moves. Round four report. |
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Aerosvit 2008: All games drawn, Carlsen leads at halftime
13.06.2008 – Naturally it couldn't go on forever. Magnus Carlsen, the ultimate fighter, took a break in round six and drew in eighteen moves against Evgeny Alexeev. All other games were drawn. At halftime Carlsen leads by a point and a half, ahead of two young Ukrainian grandmasters. Saturday is a free day. Round six report with beautiful pictorial impressions by WGM Anastasiya Karlovich. |
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Aerosvit 2008: Carlsen wins yet again, 3100 performance
13.06.2008 – This is becoming quite incredible: Magnus Carlsen beat Alexei Shirov (who blundered in a drawn position on move 61). His score is now 4.5/5, with a performance just a point shy of 3100. If the world rankings were published today he would be number two behind Vishy Anand. Three other games were decided in a day of exciting chess. Round five report. |
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Aerosvit 2008: Carlsen continues to win
15.06.2008 – "Where were we? Ah, yes, the winning streak..." Magnus Carlsen came out of the free day refreshed and ready to rumble. His opponent, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, playing white, went down to the typical relentless pressure exerted by the 17-year-old Norwegian. Magnus once again has a performance of over 3000. Report with pictures of a new weapon against the Petroff. |
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Aerosvit 2008: Ivanchuk, van Wely, Alekseev win
16.06.2008 – Vassily Ivanchuk defeated Alexei Shirov on the black side of an Exchange Gruenfeld, in 36 moves. With this he advanced into the group of three "chasing" Magnus Carlsen, who is two full points ahead. Evgeny Alekseev beat Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and Loek van Wely beat Andrei Volokitin. Carlsen drew against tail-ender Alexander Onischuk. Round eight report. |
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Aerosvit 2008: Eljanov and Nisipeanu win, Carlsen leads
17.06.2008 – Romania's Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu defeated Alexei Shirov after a fatal king move by the latter. Magnus Carlsen played a 16-move draw today, while one of his nearest rivals, Ukrainian GM Pavel Eljanov, defeated compatriot Andrei Volokitin to come within theoretical striking distance. With two rounds to go Carlsen leads by a point and a half. And before we forget: Happy Birthday, Pyotr! |
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Aerosvit 2008: Carlsen wins with a round to spare
18.06.2008 – Vassily Ivanchuk defeated Loek van Wely with the black pieces to join Pavel Eljanov (who drew against Karjakin) in second place. Alexei Shirov defeated Peter Svidler in a Slav, and Magnus Carlsen drew a marathon 79-move game against birthday boy Andrei Volokitin. With a round to go Carlsen is a point and a half ahead and therefore already the winner of Aerosvit 2008. Round ten report. |
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Aerosvit 2008: Carlsen wins by a full point
19.06.2008 – Alexei Shirov and Andrei Volokitin scored final round victories, while Vassily Ivanchuk won another game, this time against Pavel Eljanov in a queen ending. Magnus Carlsen held Ukrainian co-prodigy Sergey Karjakin to a draw to take the category 19 tournament by a full point, with a 2877 performance. He will be number two in the next world rankings – if FIDE rates this event. |
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Karlovich: a pictorial review of Aerosvit-2008
23.06.2008 – The tournament finished a few days ago, with a stunning victory by the youngest participant, 17-year-old Magnus Carlsen. It was a great success, with over 100,000 visitors to the official web site. Television teams and journalists from many different countries were there. We bring final impressions by WGM Anastasiya Karlovich, who also conducted a short interview with Sergey Karjakin. |
