Black Day

Notably, the color of Black seems to be setting the look of the 2009 World Chess Cup - thanks to the early wins of GM Wesley So against GM Vassily Ivanchuk (Round 2-Game 1) and GM Gata Kamsky (Round 3-Game 1).

Even GM Peter Svidler posted a win with Black against GM Alexei Shirov (Round 4-Game 1). Add to that the brutal win of GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov who extracted a full point from GM Viktor Laznicka (Round 4-Game 1).

Oh boy, oh boy . . . please redefine the meaning of colors and paint Khanty-Mansiysk BLACK today (December 1). Please give Black the meaning of joy.