Sunday, March 11, 2007

Chess News -
At Morelia-Linares 2007, Linares, Spain

Round - 14 (Mar. 10)
HUN 2741 GM (5) Leko 1-0 Carlsen (7½) GM 2690 NOR
RUS 2728 GM (7) Svidler 0-1 Morozevich (6½) GM 2747 RUS
BUL 2783 GM (5½) Topalov ½-½ Aronian (6½) GM 2744 ARM
UKR 2750 GM (6) Ivanchuk ½-½ Anand (8) GM 2779 IND

Final Standing at Morelia-Linares 2007 -
1 Anand Viswanathan IND - 8 pts
T2 Morozevich Alexander RUS - 7½ pts
T2 Carlsen Magnus NOR - 7½ pts
T4 Svidler Peter RUS - 7 pts
T4 Aronian Levon ARM - 7 pts
6 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR - 6½ pts
T7 Topalov Veselin BUL - 6 pts
T7 Leko Peter HUN - 6 pts

So with that Vishwanathan Anand wins prestigious 2007 Morelia-Linares tournament by 1 point ... With his title win here and poor performance from Topalov give him captures Chess World No. 1 ranking in new ranking release in April 2007 ... This will be first occassion for Vishy to lead Chess world in the ranking.
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Golf News -
At Clariden Leu Singapore Masters - Fourth Round

T8 RANDHAWA Jyoti IND 65 68 72 75 -8
T39 GANGJEE Rahil IND 72 68 77 69 -2
T46 SINGH Jeev Milkha IND 69 73 70 75 -1
T55 GHEI Gaurav IND 68 70 77 74 +1
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At PODS Championship - Third Round (USPGA Tour)

T26 Daniel Chopra 67 71 73 -2

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