Round Nine of Aerosvit Foros 2008

Carlsen leading by 1.5 point with two rounds to go

Annotated games:
Carlsen - Ivanchuk / Svidler - Carlsen / Nisipeanu - Ivanchuk / Carlsen - Van Wely
Eljanov - Carlsen / Carlsen - Shirov / Shirov - Karjakin / Carlsen - Alekseev
Nisipeanu - Carlsen / Carlsen - Onischuk / Jakovenko - Carlsen

Pavel Eljanov beat his over-aggressive compatriot Andrei Volokitin with Berlin Ruy Lopez and approached the leading Magnus Carlsen to "only" 1.5 points distance. Young Norwegian didn't object an early draw offer from Dmitry Jakovenko who led White pieces, and is in wonderful position to win the tournament. Carlsen is also fighting for the top of the FIDE rating list, see Hans Arild Runde's list for more details and projection of the July rating list. Join us on Wednesday at 14:00 CET for the live coverage of Carlsen-Volokitin.

Round 9 results:
Karjakin, Sergey ½ - ½ Van Wely, Loek
Volokitin, Andrei 0 - 1 Eljanov, Pavel
Jakovenko, Dmitry ½ - ½ Carlsen, Magnus
Onischuk, Alexander ½ - ½ Alekseev, Evgeny
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1 - 0 Shirov, Alexei
Ivanchuk, Vassily ½ - ½ Svidler, Peter

Round 9 standings:
1. Magnus Carlsen 2765 - 7.0
2. Pavel Eljanov 2687 - 5.5
3-4. Vassily Ivanchuk 2740 and Sergey Karjakin 2732 - 5.0
5-7. Dmitry Jakovenko 2711, Evgeny Alekseev 2711 and Peter Svidler 2746 - 4.5
8-9. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2684 and Andrei Volokitin 2684 - 4.0
10-11. Alexei Shirov 2740 and Loek Van Wely 2676 - 3.5
12. Alexander Onischuk 2664 - 3.0

Round 10 pairings:
Van Wely, Loek - Ivanchuk, Vassily
Eljanov, Pavel - Karjakin, Sergey
Carlsen, Magnus - Volokitin, Andrei
Alekseev, Evgeny - Jakovenko, Dmitry
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Onischuk, Alexander
Shirov, Alexei - Svidler, Peter

Peter Svidler received flowers for his 32nd birthday. GMs Alexander Motylev, Dusan Rajkovic and Branko Damljanovic also celebrating today.

Onischuk - Alekseev, one of the quick draws

Photos:
Round 1 / More on the tournament website