Chess News -
At Morelia-Linares 2008, Mexico & Spain

Round 12 - Tuesday, March 4th
Anand ½-½ Peter Leko
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Veselin Topalov
Alexei Shirov ½-½ Levon Aronian
Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Teimour Radjabov

Anand agreed to another draw this time against Leko ... But Carlsen again upset Topalov this time with white-pieces to close gap to ½ pt ...So now battle is hot for Morelia-Linares title between Anand and Carlsen with Aronian having outside chance.

After today's rest day next in 13th round Anand will play with black-pieces against Vassily Ivanchuk ... But in same round match between Aronian and Carlsen is also important.

Standing after 12th Round -
1 Vishwanathan Anand IND 7½ pts
2 Magnus Carlsen NOR 7 pts
3 Levon Aronian ARM 6½ pts
4 Veselin Topalov BUL 6 pts
T5 Teimour Radjabov AZE 5½ pts
T5 Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 5½ pts
T7 Peter Leko HUN 5 pts
T7 Alexei Shirov ESP 5 pts
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Tennis News -
At $15K Ivory Coast F1, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire

[R1] (7) RASTOGI Karan (IND,514) bt (Q) ZORLU Ergun (TUR,985) 63 63

[R2] (7) RASTOGI Karan (IND,514) vs (Q) NEDELKO Ivan (RUS,986)

Doubles -
[R1] (1) RASTOGI Karan (IND)/ SATSCHKO Alexander (GER) vs BLANDIN Jeremy (FRA)/ TASSART Antoine (FRA)

Karan having winning start in singles at Cote D'Ivoire ... In second round he is facing another qualifier.
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At $15K USA F6, McAllen, TX

[R1] SIPAEYA Sunil-Kumar (IND,418) l (4) CHEKHOV Pavel (RUS,287) 26 67(6)
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At $10K Sabadell Futures, Spain

[Q1] (2) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,588) bt STANCULESCU Andra (ROU,UNR)

[Q2] (2) NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND,588) l (WC) BOADA-PLADE LLORENS Anna (ESP,UNR) 67(3) 26

Doubles -
[R1] NAGARAJ Sandhya (IND)/ SOLSONA-CARCASONA Sheila (ESP) l POLJAKOVA Katarina (SVK)/ ZLOCHOVA Zuzana (SVK) 26 26