Kamsky Wins In Mainz
Gata Kamsky won the Grenke Rapid World Championship at the 2010 Chess Classic Mainz.
After the first day there were 12 players on a perfect 5/5 score, but only Kamsky made it to 8/8, helped by crucial wins against Lev Aronian and Sergey Karjakin.
Kamsky won against Kasmdzhanov to make it 9/9 before taking 2 draws to seal the title with a score of 10/11.
The large chasing pack was headed by Gashimov, Aronian and Bareev, half a point behind.
World Champion Vishy Anand completed his 40-board simultaneous exhibition with 34 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. Congratulations to Henrik Karlzen and Bernd Grill on beating the champion!
Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk did even better in her 20-board Chess960 simul, with 16 wins, 4 draws and no losses! The official site has a report (in German) with pictures here.
The top of the standings in the Grenke Rapid World Championship:
| Name | Nat | Elo | W | D | L | Score | |
| 1 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2713 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Gashimov, Vugar | AZE | 2719 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 9.5 |
| 3 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2783 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 |
| 4 | Bareev, Evgeny | RUS | 2663 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 |
| 5 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2747 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Kempinski, Robert | POL | 2612 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9.0 |
| 7 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2760 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 8 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2749 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 9 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | GER | 2684 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9.0 |
The rate of play was 20 minutes plus a 5 second increment per move. A selection of Kamsky's games are below.
