World Chess (Rapid) Day 2: Magnus Carlsen Bulldozes Ahead for 1.5 Point Lead

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Hi everyone,

Magnus Carlsen has powered himself to a 1.5-point lead at the World Rapid Chess Championship on the second day of play in Astana, Kazakhstan. He is leading with 8.5/10. Five games had been played on Day. Karjakin and Carlsen were in joint lead at the beginning of second day's play. By the end of the day, Karjakin had lost two games against Mamedyarov and Carlsen. Carlsen, earlier in the day, drew with Gelfand and Dreev, but beat Mamedyarov and Tkachiev as well.

Five more rounds are to be played on Sunday to decide the World Rapid Chess Champion 2012. 

Karjakin and Topalov are in second place with 7.0/8. Karjakin started with a draw and two wins, but lost his final two games against Mamedyarov and Carlsen.

Standings
1. Carlsen, Magnus 8.5
2-3. Topalov, Veselin 7
2-3. Karjakin, Sergey 7
4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 6
5-7. Grischuk, Alexander 5.5
5-7. Dreev, Aleksey 5.5
5-7. Radjabov, Teimour 5.5
8-9. Svidler, Peter 5
8-9. Kurnosov, Igor 5
10-11. Gelfand, Boris 4.5
10-11. Ivanchuk, Vassily 4.5
12-13. Morozevich, Alexander 4
12-13. Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 4
14-15. Bologan, Viktor 3
14-15. Tkachiev, Vladislav 3
16. Ismagambetov, Anuar 2

World Rapid 2012 results 

Day 2
Round 6
Carlsen, Magnus - Dreev, Aleksey ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Topalov, Veselin ½-½
Karjakin, Sergey - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas - Ismagambetov, Anuar 1 - 0
Kurnosov, Igor - Gelfand, Boris 1 - 0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Bologan, Viktor 1 - 0
Radjabov, Teimour - Grischuk, Alexander 1 - 0
Svidler, Peter - Tkachiev, Vladislav ½-½
Round 7
Bologan, Viktor - Karjakin, Sergey 0-1
Dreev, Aleksey - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½
Gelfand, Boris - Carlsen, Magnus ½-½
Grischuk, Alexander - Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 1 - 0
Ismagambetov, Anuar - Svidler, Peter 0-1
Morozevich, Alexander - Ivanchuk, Vassily ½-½
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Kurnosov, Igor ½-½
Topalov, Veselin - Radjabov, Teimour 1-0
Round 8
Carlsen, Magnus - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0
Gelfand, Boris - Tkachiev, Vladislav 1 - 0
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bologan, Viktor 1 - 0
Karjakin, Sergey - Dreev, Aleksey 1 - 0
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas - Topalov, Veselin 1 - 0
Kurnosov, Igor - Ismagambetov, Anuar 1 - 0
Radjabov, Teimour - Morozevich, Alexander ½-½
Svidler, Peter - Grischuk, Alexander 1 - 0
Round 9
Bologan, Viktor - Radjabov, Teimour 1 - 0
Dreev, Aleksey - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1 - 0
Grischuk, Alexander - Kurnosov, Igor ½-½
Ismagambetov, Anuar - Gelfand, Boris 1 - 0
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar - Karjakin, Sergey 1 - 0
Morozevich, Alexander - Kazhgaleyev, Murtas ½-½
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1
Topalov, Veselin - Svidler, Peter 1 - 0
Round 10
Carlsen, Magnus - Karjakin, Sergey 1 - 0
Gelfand, Boris - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas - Bologan, Viktor 0-1
Kurnosov, Igor - Topalov, Veselin 0-1
Radjabov, Teimour - Dreev, Aleksey ½-½
Svidler, Peter - Morozevich, Alexander 0-1
Tkachiev, Vladislav - Ismagambetov, Anuar 0-1

The game Carlsen-Karjakin is now up at Chess King.

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Astana World Rapid Chess Qualifiers Day 1: GM Igor Kurnosov rleads

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Hi everyone,

Igor Kurnosov

The World Rapid Chess Championship 2012 qualifiers have begun in Astana today. Three players will qualify for the final of the 24 players taking part in the event. GM Igor Kurnosov is leading with four points in five rounds that were played on Tuesday.

GM Dmitry Andreikin, GM Alexander Moiseenko, GM Vladislav Tkachiev, GM Alexey Dreev and GM Nikolai Chadaev have 3.5 points each. GM Kuderinov, GM Gagunashvili, GM Le Quang Liem and GM Anton Filipov have 3.0 points each.

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Astana World Blitz, Rapid Chess from July 1 - Carlsen Top Seed

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Hi everyone,

Fide has released the full list for Astana World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, 1-11 July 2012.

Qualifiers by rating for finals (6-10 July)
01. Magnus Carlsen 2835
02. Teimour Radjabov 2784
03. Sergey Karjakin 2779
04. Alexander Morozevich 2769
05. Vassily Ivanchuk 2764
06. Alexander Grischuk 2761
07. Veselin Topalov 2752
08. Peter Svidler 2741
09. Boris Gelfand 2727
10. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2726

Nominee of FIDE President
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami 2578

Two players for each event are nominated by the host organisers - Kazakhstan Chess Federation

RAPID
Kazhgaleyev, Murtas 2595
Ismagambetov, Anuar 2478

BLITZ
Jumabayev, Rinat 2556
Kotsur, Pavel 2548

Three other players will qualify for the respective Blitz or Rapid Finals from the Semi Finals to be held between the 1st and 4th July 2012.

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