Ivanchuck takes M-Tel Masters 2008

Submitted by benws on Sun, 05/18/2008 at 10:02am.

After 4 straight draws, Vassily Ivanchuck (cartoon pictured!) won his last round game against Ivan Cheparinov to take the M-Tel Masters tournament by 1.5 points. Topalov tried his best to beat Radjabov, but the game ended in a perpetual check. Aronian-Xiangzhi also ended in a draw by three-fold repetition.

4th M-Tel Masters, 08-18.05.2008 Final Ranking

Rank	Name	IRtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts
1	Ivanchuk Vassily	2740	UKR	* *	1 ½	1 ½	1 1	1 ½	1 ½	8,0
2	Topalov Veselin	2767	BUL	0 ½	* *	½ ½	1 1	1 0	1 1	6,5
3	Radjabov Teimour	2751	AZE	0 ½	½ ½	* *	½ ½	½ 1	½ 1	5,5
4	Cheparinov Ivan	2695	BUL	0 0	0 0	½ ½	* *	1 1	½ ½	4,0
5	Bu Xiangzhi	2708	CHN	0 ½	0 1	½ 0	0 0	* *	½ ½	3,0
6	Aronian Levon	2763	ARM	0 ½	0 0	½ 0	½ ½	½ ½	* *	3,0

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by eternaloptimist - 17 months ago
Orange Beach, AL United States

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 2120

What a brilliant tournament by Chucky! He won every game in the first half of the trnt., went undefeated & won by 1.5 points! He got in the lead early & coasted to victory. What happened to Aronian? He tied for first in the Corus trnt. in Jan. with Carlsen & won or tied for first in both sections of the Amber trnt. in March. This surprises me a lot that he didn't win a single game!

by momijigari - 17 months ago
Kharkiv Ukraine

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 364

Chucky is the best.

Ukraine rules :)

by boymadness135246 - 17 months ago
BC Canada

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 32

wow,black really knows how to trick people,and white knows how to play tactics!

by Thegoobkid - 17 months ago
(Toronto, Canada) Brisbane Australia

Member Since: Mar 2008
Member Points: 84

Bu Xiangzhi is pretty sneaky

19...b5 to move 20.cxb6

by ericmittens - 17 months ago
London, ON Canada

Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 1823

I'm thinking Chucky has won a lot of new fans after this tournament. Not only for his great chess but also for his endearing oddball personality!

by benws - 17 months ago
NC United States

Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 1166

thanks, SonofPearl. nobody had posted anything yet, and the results were up, so i thought i would be the one to do it this time :) so, since you edited my article, i'll assume you're admin?

and Orlychess- it's called en passant.

by Orlychess - 17 months ago
United States

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 5

In the game between Aronian & Bu Move 19...b5 to move 20.cxb6 cant be right.

by Gokukid - 17 months ago
Dasmarinas Philippines

Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 703

What a horror show it had been. The last axe was...I thought he'd been being merciful.

by SonofPearl - 17 months ago
Wales

Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 5988

Hey, benws, you did my job for me! I added the cartoon just for fun. All the players received framed cartoon portraits of themselves at the end of the tournament.

Congratulations to Ivanchuk on a great performance in the tournament. Aronian will be very dissapointed by his showing, but I'm sure he'll back to win another day.

I hope everyone enjoyed the coverage!

by obregon26 - 17 months ago
Northern Virginia United States

Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 389

Chuckie is the man!!!

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