Congratulations Hikaru. Everyone was rolling on ICC when u checkmated Bu in that last endgame with rook and knight. Bravo dude!
BRAVO!! SUPERB!! nice comeback!! 5 straight wins and 2 more in tiebreaks.. BRAVO!! IS this 4 straight tournaments you have won or 5?
A fantastic performance by Hikaru, especially after the letdown of round 5! What's funny is Chessbase's praising of Bu Xiangzhi in their article, thinking he was just going to easily win it. Nowhere in that article does it mention Hikaru... Guess they better do a new article on the actual winner of the tournament!
What a great showing by Hikaru. He came back from nowhere to force the playoff and wins 2-0.
Great job Hikaru!
Great job, Hikaru!!!! An amazing comeback with those five wins in a row...and then two more! Keep up the good work! 2700 soon...
Yeah chessbase does need a new article about Hikaru and his comeback and it should be bigger than the one about Bu !!! Their coverage of this tournament sucked. all they are worried about is Magnus Carlsen .......they give him everything he wants.
Congratulations Hikaru!! You continue to live up to your ICC handle. I missed the games today because I had P/T, but I about fell out of my chair when I saw you won it!!! Unbelieveable Hikaru, simply unbelieveable!!
@jbmd79 Let's not induce hate between HN and MC. A healthy rivalry is OK, but hate is not on place here.
i am not inducing hate between magnus and hikaru. I am simply stating that chessbase.com has hardly written any articles about Hikaru so after writing that article about Bu, Hikaru definitely deserves an even better article. As for my statements about Carlsen, chessbase caters to him and gives him everything he wants or needs. That is why i made that statement. Hikaru has did it all on his own! So he deserves even more praise!
Yeah, Mr. Nakamura's just one step away from breaking 2700 and showing that he can compete with anyone. What was the rating change due to Gibraltar?
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4427
Looks like they admit they jinxed Bu.
Hello Hikaru!
I'm a big fan, grat job in Gibralter.