The Bosnia Sarajevo tournament is taking place from May 23rd to June 2nd, 2008,
with the rounds starting at 13:30h CEST. The event has been organised by the
Sarajevo Chess Club “Bosna”, the venue is the Concert Hall of House
of Army. It is a six-player double round robin, with an additional “B”
tournament taking place (average Elo 2445). The rate of play is 90 minutes for
40 moves, with 30 seconds' increment per move, then 15 minutes + 30 seconds/move
for the rest of the game. The games are being broadcast on Playchess.com.
In the lead (to put it mildly) in Sarajevo: Russian GM Alexander Morozevich
Standings after seven rounds
The site Live Top List tracks chess
ratings of players over 2700 on a daily basis (by Hans Arild Runde). According
to the latest calculations the world rankings at this moment, after eight rounds
in Sarajevo and all other relevant tournaments, would look like this:
| Rank |
Player |
Rating |
Change |
games |
events |
born |
| 01 |
Anand |
2798,1 |
-4,9 |
2 |
1 |
1969 |
| 02 |
Morozevich |
2789,1 |
+15,1 |
16 |
2 |
1977 |
| 03 |
Kramnik |
2788,0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1975 |
| 04 |
Ivanchuk |
2780,5 |
+40,5 |
25 |
3 |
1969 |
| 05 |
Topalov |
2777,0 |
+10 |
10 |
1 |
1975 |
| 06 |
Carlsen |
2775,4 |
+10,4 |
16 |
3 |
1990 |
| 07 |
Radjabov |
2744,1 |
-6,9 |
31 |
3 |
1987 |
| 08 |
Mamedyarov |
2742,1 |
-9,9 |
23 |
2 |
1985 |
| 09 |
Shirov |
2741,4 |
+1,4 |
11 |
2 |
1972 |
| 10 |
Leko |
2741,0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1979 |
| 11 |
Svidler |
2738,0 |
-8 |
32 |
3 |
1976 |
| 12 |
Aronian |
2737,1 |
-25,9 |
11 |
2 |
1982 |
| 13 |
Adams |
2734,5 |
+5,5 |
20 |
2 |
1971 |
| 14 |
Grischuk |
2728,2 |
+12,2 |
21 |
2 |
1983 |
| 15 |
Movsesian |
2727,6 |
+32,6 |
43 |
6 |
1978 |
| 16 |
Karjakin |
2727,3 |
-4,7 |
27 |
3 |
1990 |
| 17 |
Gelfand |
2721,5 |
-1,5 |
9 |
1 |
1968 |
| 18 |
Kamsky |
2720,1 |
-5,9 |
22 |
2 |
1974 |
| 19 |
Ponomariov |
2717,6 |
-1,4 |
10 |
1 |
1983 |
| 20 |
Eljanov |
2717,1 |
+30,1 |
19 |
3 |
1983 |
Or, if you prefer a graphic view:
On Monday night we will know if Alexander Morozevich has reached escape velocity
and is on a trajectory out of the solar system. We will keep tracking his orbital
data.
Standings in the B tournament in Sarajevo
