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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