Only the day before yesterday the enigmatic Alexander Morozevich was the virtual no. 1 in the world. Yesterday he lost a somewhat silly game against Ivanchuk, taking too much risks and never seeing back his sacrificed pawns. Today he fought a fierce battle with the American revival Gata Kamsky and lost again after an interesting fight. The video analysis of this last game takes approximately 54 minutes. Yes, I’ve gone crazy… So get your coffee and donuts, sit back and enjoy the ride!
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[video] Chess News #29: Moro Inflicts Poena On Pono
During the sixth round of the Tal Memorial Tournament in Moscow, Alexander Morozevich managed to beat Ruslan Ponomariov in a Nimzo-Indian game. The Muscovite played the surprising 7.c6!? and from there on both players were on their own. Not long thereafter Ponomariov played carelessly, allowing his knights to be bottled up and losing one of them. Even though Morozevich’s technique seemed to waver, the win was never in doubt. In the process Morozevich became virtually the new #1 in the FIDE rankings! Congrats, Moro!
[video] Chess News #28: Morozevich – Kramnik, Moscow 2008
[video] Chess News #8: Morozevich – Sokolov, Sarajevo 2008
During this year’s Bosna Chess Tournament Alexander Morozevich managed another one of his impressive tournament victories. But in the process he was also reaching very high ELO levels. There was a lot of speculation whether he would overtake Kramnik or even Anand in the FIDE rankings! But during the last three rounds he took it easy and played draws. Nevertheless he ended up on the first place with a score of 7,5 out of ten and a TPR of 2869. In this installment of Your Daily Chews we will look at his seemingly effortless victory against Dutch GM Ivan Sokolov. Enjoy the video! (appr. 20. min)