GM Viswanathan Anand of India, won the 25th edition of the Morelia/Linares super grandmaster tournament. The current World Champion, one of the two top-ranked players in the world, finished a half point (+4-1=9) ahead of GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway, +5-3=6). Carlsen, 17 years old, finished a half point ahead of GMs Levon Aronian (Armenia, +3-2=9) and Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria, +5-4=5).
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Friday, March 21, 2008
Anand Wins Linares-Morelia for 2nd Consecutive Year
This news came out a few weeks ago, but I think it's important to post here as well.
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Levon Aronian,
Magnus Carlsen,
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Veselin Topalov,
Viswanathan Anand
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