Saturday, January 26, 2008

Chess News -
At Corus Chess 2008,

Round 12 - Saturday the 26th (grandmaster group A)
L. van Wely - V. Anand ½-½
V. Kramnik - M. Carlsen 0-1
T. Radjabov - P. Leko ½-½
S. Mamedyarov - B. Gelfand ½-½
P. Eljanov - V. Topalov 1-0
M. Adams - J. Polgar 0-1
L. Aronian - V. Ivanchuk ½-½


Round 12 - Saturday the 26th (grandmaster group B)
P. Harikrishna - M. Krasenkow ½-½
W. Spoelman - H. Koneru 1-0


Anand only managed draw with van Wely ... But Carlsen scored surprising win over Kramnik, so now Anand is on T3 with 7 pts.

Hari is on sole 4th position with 7 pts, but Humpy dropped to 11th position.

In grandmaster group C event, Parimarjan Negi scored exciting win against Greece GM Efstratios Grivas ... Negi is still on 2nd with 8 pts and he is still 1 pts behind leader Caruana ... In last round Negi facing Caruana so if he wins this battle then Negi having chance to win the title.

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Hockey News -
At 8 Nations U21 Invitational Tournament, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

India dw Holland 3-3

Goal Scored - Diwakar Ram (IND) (PC) 12', 40' & 58' and Mirk van der Weerden (NED) (PC) 8' & 51', Bob de Voogd (NED) 56'

Other Matches -
Australia bt New Zealand 6-1
Germany bt Malaysia 3-1

India-Holland match was an exciting game, with lead changing hands three times ... As Netherlands knew that they had to beat Indians to reach in the final.

But Australia go through to the final as the tournament rules stipulate that should any of the teams be level on points, then the team who have won more matches will count more in the final standings.

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