The chess hero of Tal Tournament
It's two in a row for Big Chucky. Just a couple of days after winning the classical Tal Memorial, Ivanchuck proved to the chess world that he is also the master of blitz tournament by capturing these years edition of 2008 Tal Blitz in Moscow. After 17 rounds he was actually running third behind Kramnik and Carlsen, both of whom he handily defeated today. But after strings of heroic victory on the final day, it was Ivanchuck who emerge as the over all winner of these tough tournament that attracted a number of GM's from all over the planet. Other list of his victims on the final 17 rounds are Svidler, Mamedyarov, Grischuck, Kamsky, Graschev, Alekseev, Karpov, Morozevich, Movsesian, and Eljanov. Kramnik finished a strong second and the "wild card" entry Magnus Carlsen finished third. Another wild card entry former world champion Antoly Karpov ended in 14th place.
Here are the final standings:
1. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 23.5
2. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 22.5
3. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2775 21.0
4. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 20.0
5. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 20.0
6. Lékó, Peter g HUN 2741 18.0
7. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 18.0
8. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 18.0
9. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 17.5
10. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 17.5
11. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 17.0
12. Grachev, Boris g RUS 2640 14.5
13. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 14.0
14. Karpov, Anatoly g RUS 2651 14.0
15. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 14.0
16. Movsesian, Sergei g SVK 2723 12.5
17. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2716 12.5
18. Tkachiev, Vladislav g FRA 2664 11.5
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