Aronian wins

The Sochi Grand Prix tournament is over. GM Levon Aronian from Armenia emerged victorious.

Chessbase Report


This tournament was a thriller. Many wonderful games were played and many interesting novelties were brought to light.

I was sad to see Boris Gelfand finish near the rock bottom and Ivanchuk being far from his best. That is a signal to myself to stop playing! We are simply getting to old for this kind of energy consuming activities.

One has to wonder why Grischuk took the Leko-pill before the tourney. One win, two losses, the rest draws. Maybe his poker-gambling lifestyle has taken a toll. And he is one of the few top GMs who still smoke.

The Chinese Wang Yu was the only one not to lose a game, two wins the rest was draw. He was one of the Chinese players who participated in the Reykjavik open 2008, and I think I am not confused when I say that he lost against a friend of mine with c.a. 2360 in the first round - was totally beaten. Obviously that friend of mine, currently the President of the Icelandic Chess Federation, is sooooooo much better than those muppet GMs at Sochi

Roar...or maybe it was an one lucky strike!