Sing along in Slovenia
11/8/2002 – While Garry Kasparov is chalking up a 3000 Elo performance on board one for
the leading Russian team a Slovenian group is singing
the praises of the game. Sample: "Chess! Black and White, checkered board's what
we play on, your queen and my king can't meet, that's for sure. Closer and closer,
your knight took my pawn..." The song and results are here.
The song by the Slovenian group is definitely worth keeping. It is available in English Real or MP3, as well Slovenian Real or MP3. Meanwhile Garry Kasparov and his team from Russia are marching towards victory. Kasparov, who will turn 40 early next year, is displaying an incredible 3000 Elo performance on the top board. You will find links to all games and results at the bottom of this page.
Kasparov in Russia vs Hungary [Photos by Eugeny
Atarov]
Top performance by individual players
|
Board
|
Player |
Age
|
Elo
|
Score
|
Perf.
|
|
RUS 1
|
Kasparov Garry |
39
|
2838
|
7 8
|
2985
|
|
TJK 1
|
Amonatov Farrukh |
2518
|
9 10
|
2850
|
|
|
GEO 6
|
Gagunashvili Merab |
17
|
2538
|
5 6
|
2832
|
|
RUS 3
|
Khalifman Alexander |
36
|
2690
|
6½ 8
|
2827
|
|
ARM 1
|
Akopian Vladimir |
30
|
2689
|
6½ 9
|
2815
|
|
POL 5
|
Markowski Tomasz |
27
|
2549
|
7 8
|
2806
|
|
CHN 1
|
Ye Jiangchuan |
41
|
2667
|
6½ 10
|
2778
|
|
MDA 1
|
Bologan Viktor |
30
|
2627
|
6 8
|
2777
|
|
USA 2
|
Seirawan Yasser |
42
|
2629
|
6½ 8
|
2776
|
|
HUN 6
|
Acs Peter |
21
|
2591
|
6½ 8
|
2758
|
|
ENG 2
|
Short Nigel |
37
|
2684
|
8 11
|
2757
|
|
HUN 2
|
Polgar Judit |
26
|
2685
|
8 11
|
2756
|
|
AUS 1
|
Rogers Ian |
42
|
2557
|
8 10
|
2747
|
|
ISR 1
|
Gelfand Boris |
34
|
2704
|
4 6
|
2747
|
Robert Gwaze (2280) on ZIM 1 has scored 9 out of 9, for which no rating can
be calculated.
|
Board
|
Player |
Age
|
Elo
|
Score
|
Perf.
|
|
RUS 4
|
Kosintseva Tatiana |
16
|
2427
|
8½ 9
|
2741
|
|
CHN 4
|
Zhao Xue |
17
|
2367
|
8 9
|
2667
|
|
GEO 1
|
Chiburdanidze Maia |
41
|
2497
|
8 10
|
2646
|
|
VIE 1
|
Hoang Thanh Trang |
22
|
2420
|
8 10
|
2629
|
|
IND 1
|
Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman |
23
|
2394
|
8½ 11
|
2612
|
|
CHN 2
|
Xu Yuhua |
26
|
2473
|
8½ 11
|
2584
|
|
RUS 2
|
Matveeva Svetlana |
33
|
2465
|
7½ 10
|
2580
|
|
USA 1
|
Krush Irina |
18
|
2403
|
7½ 11
|
2546
|
The above stastics were calculated Juha Kivijärvi of Finland.
Results of Round 12
| Men's results round 12 CRO 1.5 2.5 RUS GEO 1.5 - 2.5 HUN CHN 2.5 - 1.5 ENG UKR 1 - 3 ARM CAN 2 - 2 POL |
Women results round 12 VIE 2 - 1 GEO CHN 1.5 - 1.5 ARM RUS 2.5 - 0.5 HUN POL 1.5 - 1.5 YUG SLO-B 1.5 - 1.5 SLO-A |
|
Men's standings
1. RUS 34.5 pts. 2. HUN 32.5 pts. 3. ARM 30 pts. 4. GEO 29.5 pts. |
Women's standings
1. CHN 25.5 pts. 2. GEO 25.5 pts. 3. RUS 25 pts. 4. POL 23 pts. |
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