Shipov on Carlsen-Anand

From the great Chess in Translation site!

Bilbao round 2: Anand beats Carlsen

The World Champion should now be is now over 2800 and #1 on the live rating list.  He's had Black in his first two games!  Carlsen tried hard to squeeze Anand, but overplayed a slightly better position.

Kramnik (who had White in rounds 1 & 2) leads the tournament after pounding Shirov.

Magnus Carlsen: crisis of form?

Kramnik beats Carlsen in round 1 at the Bilbao Grand Slam final (Shipov's round one notes are here).  Neither of the preceding links are permalinks: they'll go stale shortly.

Anand (having obviously worked on opposite-color bishop endings after Sofia) drew Shirov fairly easily.

Here are the top six players in the world per the Live Ratings list.  The world champ Anand could easily reclaim the top spot by the end of this event.

	Player		Rating	Change	Games	Events	Birth Yr
01	Carlsen		2805,1	-20,9	9	2	1990
02	Anand		2799,3	-0,7	1	1	1969
03	Aronian		2793,8	+10,8	16	2	1982
04	Topalov		2785,5	-17,5	9	1	1975
05	Kramnik		2785,2	+5,2	16	3	1975
06	Ivanchuk		2771,9	+17,9	10	1	1969