Aerosvit 2008: Carlsen wins by a full point
19.06.2008 –
Aerosvit-2008 Tournament in Foros, Ukraine
The "Aerosvit-2008" tournament took place in a sanatorium complex in the settlement Foros of AR Crimea, Ukraine, from June 8th to June 19th, 2008. It was a 12-player round robin with invited participants. The average rating of the players was 2711.7, time controls 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes to the end of the game, with an addition of 30 sec. after every move. In case of equal points at the end of the tournament the tiebreak is based on the (1) the result of the direct encounter; (2) the Sonneborn-Berger system; (3) the number of won games.
Round eleven report (final)
Black Eljanov, Pavel Carlsen, Magnus Alekseev, Evgeny Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter Van Wely, Loek Shirov, Alexei
Full report to follow...
Final standings (after eleven rounds)
Magnus watch
Magnus Carlsen's overall performance in this tournament is 2877, and his live rating is 2791.5. Which means that if the FIDE world rankings were published today he would be second in the world, seven points behind Anand and one point ahead of (can you guess?) Vassily Ivanchuk! Yes, the Ukrainian GM has overtaken Vladimir Kramnik, who is 2788 and now number four on the list. Alexander Morozevich is a point (actually a tenth of a point) behind Kramnik and Veselin Topalov is number six, eleven points behind Morozevich. Just twelve days left for the official list with the exact figures to be published.
But will Foros be rated? In the Executive Board Minutes of the 78th FIDE Congress, 14-16 November, 2007, in Antalya, Turkey, we read:
"Linares Tournament had been rated for April but some tournaments were not rated. The Qualification Commission decided to have a clear deadline, except for FIDE events listed in the FIDE Handbook. The 15th of the respective previous month is the deadline. A fine of 50 euros should be paid for the late registration."
On Thursday a member of the FIDE ratings commission announced that Foros would be included in the July 1st rating list, but then on Friday the same member retracted his statement, saying that he had been made aware of the above decision and that FIDE was determined to stick by this rule.
We can only repeat what we said a few days ago: FIDE has in the past made exceptions to include key tournaments in the ratings lists. In April 2007 it rated Morelia/Linares although the results could only be submitted after the original deadline. The consideration is that the accuracy of the ratings and their up-to-dateness should take precedence over burocratic guidelines. This applies especially in cases where chess history is in the making. The pressure from chess fans and the media will be enormous. In 2007 1.1 billion chess fans were ready to launch a protest if Anand were not ranked number one. Under worldwide pressure FIDE had to relent and corrected its April list one day later to include Morelia/Linares and put Anand on the top of the rankings.
Live ratings
Independent of what FIDE decides, for the time being we have Hans Arild Runde's Live Top List, which is updated minutes after tournaments are completed. The Live Top List cover all players with a current, live rating above 2700, who are now generally known as "Super-GMs".
Live Top List – June 19th, compiled at 18:57 CEST.
Rank | Player | Rating | Change | games | events | born | FIDE |
01 | Anand | 2798,1 | -4,9 | 2 | 1 | 1969 | id-card |
02 | Carlsen | 2791,5 | +26,5 | 27 | 4 | 1990 | id-card |
03 | Ivanchuk | 2790,8 | +50,8 | 36 | 4 | 1969 | id-card |
04 | Kramnik | 2788,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1975 | id-card |
05 | Morozevich | 2787,9 | +13,9 | 20 | 3 | 1977 | id-card |
06 | Topalov | 2777,0 | +10 | 10 | 1 | 1975 | id-card |
07 | Radjabov | 2744,1 | -6,9 | 31 | 3 | 1987 | id-card |
08 | Mamedyarov | 2742,1 | -9,9 | 23 | 2 | 1985 | id-card |
09 | Leko | 2741,0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1979 | id-card |
10 | Aronian | 2737,1 | -25,9 | 11 | 2 | 1982 | id-card |
11 | Shirov | 2736,7 | -3,3 | 22 | 3 | 1972 | id-card |
12 | Adams | 2734,5 | +5,5 | 20 | 2 | 1971 | id-card |
13 | Karjakin | 2728,9 | -3,1 | 38 | 4 | 1990 | id-card |
14 | Grischuk | 2728,2 | +12,2 | 21 | 2 | 1983 | id-card |
15 | Svidler | 2727,2 | -18,8 | 43 | 4 | 1976 | id-card |
16 | Eljanov | 2724,9 | +37,9 | 34 | 5 | 1983 | id-card |
17 | Movsesian | 2723,3 | +28,3 | 53 | 7 | 1978 | id-card |
18 | Kamsky | 2722,7 | -3,3 | 28 | 3 | 1974 | id-card |
19 | Gelfand | 2719,8 | -3,2 | 10 | 2 | 1968 | id-card |
20 | Ponomariov | 2717,6 | -1,4 | 10 | 1 | 1983 | id-card |
21 | Gashimov | 2716,9 | +37,9 | 34 | 4 | 1986 | id-card |
22 | Polgar | 2710,6 | +1,6 | 3 | 1 | 1976 | id-card |
23 | Jakovenko | 2709,5 | -1,5 | 31 | 5 | 1983 | id-card |
24 | Dominguez | 2707,5 | +12,5 | 19 | 2 | 1983 | id-card |
25 | Ni | 2705,0 | +1 | 28 | 4 | 1983 | id-card |
26 | Bu | 2704,6 | -3,4 | 25 | 4 | 1985 | id-card |
27 | Milov | 2704,6 | +14,6 | 16 | 4 | 1972 | id-card |
28 | Wang Yue | 2704,1 | +15,1 | 28 | 4 | 1987 | id-card |
29 | Alekseev | 2702,7 | -8,3 | 23 | 3 | 1985 | id-card |
