Pressemitteilung der ACP
The last period was
a relatively quiet one, as only three events were taken into account in the ACP
Tour. As a matter of fact, nothing really changed in the standings.
Amongst ACP members,
only Teimour Radjabov scored a big jump thanks to his win in Dos Hermanas. He
now appears on place 11 with 452 points and still trails 8th placed Alexander
Grischuk by 115 points.
1 Anand 1598
2 Leko 1196
3 Gelfand 916
4 Kramnik 839
5 Morozevich 709
6 Bacrot 612
7 Amonatov 600
8 Grischuk 567
9 Bologan 545
10 Short 510
The very strong 7th
Dubai Open International Chess Championship was won by 16-year-old Wang Hao.
This untitled Chinese player created one of the greatest sensations of the last
years. His ten followers all received 96 ACP points for their efforts.
The third
tournament registered is the Grand Prix d'Echecs de Bordeaux. Unfortunately,
this event turned out to be weaker than previously expected. But both finalists
Anatoly Karpov and Hisham Hamdouchi made it up by producing a very tense
struggle which was finally won by the former World Champion. May will be full of
interesting tournaments. We deeply regret the decision of the organizing comitee
of the Super GM Tournament in Sofia not to enter the ACP Tour. The participants
will, thus, only be awarded half the points they would have received under
normal circumstances.
American opens
specialists will have the opportunity of upsetting the standings, as three
tournaments will be registered in the next list: the strong HB Global Chess
Challenge in Minneapolis, the CCA International & NY State Open in Lake George
and the open in Chicago. The Bosna closed tournament in Sarajevo will probably
join the ACP Tour as well, as we are still waiting for the organizer's final
decision. Finally, the strong rapid tournament of Livry-Gargan near Paris will
complete the period.
The ACP Board