Kamsky, Leko win Game 2 with Black. Bareev Beats Polgar.

Monday, 28 May 2007 00:00

Gata Kamsky, Peter Leko and Evgeny Bareev entered the win column in Game 2 of the Candidates Matches. Kamsky and Leko beat Etienne Bacrot and Mikhail Gurevich, respectively, with the black pieces. Bareev was among the last to finish, exacting the point from Judith Polgar in 64 moves. The Game 1 winners, Lev Aronian and Alexander Grischuk, drew to hold on to their one point lead while the other matches, Kasimjanov-Gelfand, Rublevsky-Ponomariov and Shirov-Adams remained tied. Watch games live at the official site. Download games. Read photo report. Gata Kamsky, Peter Leko and Evgeny Bareev entered the win column in Game 2 of the Candidates Matches. Kamsky and Leko beat Etienne Bacrot and Mikhail Gurevich, respectively, with the black pieces. Bareev was among the last to finish, exacting the point from Judith Polgar in 64 moves. The Game 1 winners, Lev Aronian and Alexander Grischuk, drew to hold on to their one point lead while the other matches, Kasimjanov-Gelfand, Rublevsky-Ponomariov and Shirov-Adams remained tied. Candidates Matches Rounds 1 and 2 shall select four qualifiers to the World Championship Tournament in Mexico City. Watch games live at the official site. Photos by Casto Abundo Download PGN R1 R2 Round 2: Monday, May 28th Levon Aronian  1/2:1/2  Magnus Carlsen Mikhail Gurevich  0-1  Peter Leko Rustam Kasimdzhanov  1/2:1/2  Boris Gelfand Sergei Rublevsky  1/2:1/2  Ruslan Ponomariov Etienne Bacrot  0-1  Gata Kamsky Vladimir Malakhov  1/2:1/2  Alexander Grischuk Evgeny Bareev  1-0  Judith Polgar Alexei Shirov  1/2:1/2  Michael Adams Charts from Chessbase  Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6  Tot.   Perf.   Magnus Carlsen 2676 0 ½ 0.5    Levon Aronian 2759 1 ½ 1.5      Peter Leko 2749 ½ 1 1.5    Mikhail Gurevich 2635 ½ 0 0.5      Ruslan Ponomariov 2717 ½ ½ 1.0    Sergei Rublevsky 2680 ½ ½ 1.0      Boris Gelfand 2733 ½ ½ 1.0    Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2677 ½ ½ 1.0      Gata Kamsky 2705 ½ 1 1.5    Etienne Bacrot 2709 ½ 0 0.5      Alexander Grischuk 2717 1 ½ 1.5    Vladimir Malakhov 2679 0 ½ 0.5      Judit Polgar 2727 ½ 0 0.5    Evgeny Bareev 2743 ½ 1 1.5      Michael Adams 2734 ½ ½ 1.0    Alexei Shirov 2699 ½ ½ 1.0   Wunderkind Magnus Carlsen watching other games, seemingly untroubled by his first round loss. `I have a bad back,` explained Gurevich, who is the only player with a special chair. Journalists asked at the post-game press conference if they will draw all six games and go into tie break. Rublevsky replied `When two strong players face each other, it is not simple to win and the result is most likely a draw.` `We now have an equal lifetime score against each other,` Kamsky said at the press conference at which Bacrot was absent. A pensive Malakhov waited in the sidelines for Grischuk to arrive before sitting down. Journalists were waiting for their press conference after the game but at that late hour players must have been eager to go back for dinner. Similar to their first game the previous day, Game 2 also ended in a draw by repetition.