Enjoy these images from the Baku-fide official site… round 9 was played today…
Please click HERE to play through some of the games of the Grandmasters played in round 9.
….ahw….isn’t he mummy’s sweet little boy!
….yeah, yeah, yeah….let’s do it…before they call it a
2move-checkmate-game!
…er….where is that rule again…the handshake rule… um…oh yeah…here…
…. that’s my boy! let’s shake it!
…oh dear!…who taught you to start with that pawn!!
….come on Magnus…I’ve been waiting for this day! ….you’re taking too long now!
Is everything alright, my boy? “Daddy” will keep an eye on you…ok…?
….and one more smile for mummy!..ahw…so sweet….
…er….I did say I’m sorry….so could we start playing now….you are playing white…ain’t you?
On the side bar of the blog you will find a link to “live games” to see what the players cooked up for us today in round 9.
Standings after round 9!
1 Grischuk Alexander 2716 RUS 6
2 Gashimov Vugar 2679 AZE 5½
Wang Yue 2689 CHN 5½
4 Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE 5
5 Carlsen Magnus 2765 NOR 5
6 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 AZE 5
7 Adams Michael 2729 ENG 5
8 Bacrot Etienne 2705 FRA 4½
9 Kamsky Gata 2726 USA 4½
10 Svidler Peter 2746 RUS 4
11 Karjakin Sergey 2732 UKR 4
12 Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL 3½
13 Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 RUS 3
14 Navara David
Pairings for rounds 10-13. Tomorrow, the 1st May…is a free day.
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Round 10 on 02/05/08 at 15:00
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| Kamsky Gata – Yue Wang | ||||
| Svidler Peter – Bacrot Etienne | ||||
| Inarkiev Ernesto – Adams Michael | ||||
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar – Grischuk Alexander | ||||
| Carlsen Magnus – Navara David | ||||
| Gashimov Vugar – Karjakin Sergey | ||||
| Radjabov Teimour – Cheparinov Ivan | ||||
| Round 11 on 03/05/08 at 15:00 | ||||
| Cheparinov Ivan – Kamsky Gata | ||||
| Karjakin Sergey – Radjabov Teimour | ||||
| Navara David – Gashimov Vugar | ||||
| Grischuk Alexander – Carlsen Magnus | ||||
| Adams Michael – Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||||
| Bacrot Etienne – Inarkiev Ernesto | ||||
| Yue Wang – Svidler Peter | ||||
| Round 12 on 04/05/08 at 15:00 | ||||
| Kamsky Gata – Svidler Peter | ||||
| Inarkiev Ernesto – Yue Wang | ||||
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar – Bacrot Etienne | ||||
| Carlsen Magnus – Adams Michael | ||||
| Gashimov Vugar – Grischuk Alexander | ||||
| Radjabov Teimour – Navara David | ||||
| Cheparinov Ivan – Karjakin Sergey | ||||
| Round 13 on 05/05/08 at 14:00 | ||||
| Karjakin Sergey – Kamsky Gata | ||||
| Navara David – Cheparinov Ivan | ||||
| Grischuk Alexander – Radjabov Teimour | ||||
| Adams Michael – Gashimov Vugar | ||||
| Bacrot Etienne – Carlsen Magnus | ||||
| Yue Wang – Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | ||||
| Svidler Peter – Inarkiev Ernesto | ||||
Enjoy the video from the FideBaku2008 website.
Chessalee 
Good pictures and cute comments. 🙂
Who’s leading currently?
LOL! … 😉 standings are now up!
Oh. I thought I had asked a stupid question when I saw them. Glad you let me know that you had updated and I wasn’t just not seeing things.
😉 I was still busy! give me a break man! lol!