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Lightning World: photographic prints from Moscow

November 18, 2009 A Comment

Photos of the tournament that is played in Moscow:

By Misha Savinov


The output of the metro station "Teatral'naya" for those who come to the GUM in this means of transport


The Godunov restaunte Gate


Access to GUM shopping center is through the arch in the wall


Two policemen on horseback


The technicians, wearing a white coat with a screen that will carry the game room


The GUM is the huge building on the right


The second floor of the mall GUM


Bolat Grandmasters Anatoly Assanov and Vaisser


FIDE Vice President Geoffrey Borg of talking to the GM Vlad Tkachiev


The head referee and the main organizer welcoming viewers


The draw for the matches: World Champion Vishy Anand chooses a box ...


... And then the former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk does the same ...


Going ... and then World Champion Blitz Lenier Dominguez


Anatoly Karpov and Vladimir Kramnik


Ivanchuk, Dominguez, Anand, Kosteniuk, Grischuk, Aronian, Leko


Judit Polgar and her husband Gustaf


The game room full of people


Two of the favorites: Alex Grischuk and Shakh Mamedyarov (and the background is part of the Kremlin)


Grischuk in action, Mamedyarov in the background


Ivanchuk vs Carlsen in the first round (won Carlsen)


GM Sergey Karjakin


The winner of last year, Lenier Dominguez is on the verge of losing his game against Morozevich in round two


A duel which caused great interest among the spectators: Kramnik vs Carlsen (Magnus won in 22 moves)


Peter Svidler started with 3 wins in the first 3 games


Grischuk overpowering Mamedyarov, Karjakin vs Morozevich, Svidler vs Dominguez at the bottom


Vladimir losing to Judit in the fourth round Awesome!


Anatoly Karpov keeping the tables against Peter Svidler in 50 moves, in the fifth round


Vishy Anand taking the lead before the first break


His opponent in the sixth round scored 2.5 / 7 points before going to dinner and 5.5 / 7 later. A workaround is to eat something ...


Vugar Gashimov is going through a rough patch


Dmitry Jakovenko not a specialist in the blitz, but he loves to face strong opponents in any case


A fantastic day for Anatoly Karpov (here in his game against Grischuk in the seventh round): a single
defeat in 14 games and third place after first day


Ivanchuk and Gelfand


The official commentators, Alexander Motylev, Mark Gluhovsky ...


Sergey Rublevsky ... and with Kramnik that is helping to access the area of the players


Dusk in the GUM


At the end of the day, Vishy is top of the standings with two points

Source: http://www.chessbase.com/espanola/newsdetail2.asp?id=7746

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