What A Difference A Day Makes....

Twenty-four little hours....

Ah, that's a great song (one of several) by one of the steamiest chantreuses of the 1950's - Miss Etta James - who is still out there doing appearances, still in fine voice at __. No, darlings, that's not Etta James in the photo - that's Alexander Morozevich.

After three rounds, Moro has 1.5 points, after defeating Peter Svidler. Amazingly, this game got no coverage at The Week in Chess when I checked just a few minutes ago (about 10:00 p.m. Milwaukee time), the only decisive game of the day (the rest were draws)! Susan Polgar's blog had it covered:

Morozevich, Alexander - Svidler, Peter 1-0 37 C45 Scotch Game

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 0–0 8.0–0 Ne5 9.Bb3 d6 10.f3 Be6 11.Kh1 Bc4 12.Rf2 d5 13.Bc2 dxe4 14.Nd2 Bd3 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.fxe4 Qg6 17.Rf4 Nc4 18.Bg1 Qh6 19.Rf3 Qd2 20.Qb1 Bb6 21.Bb3 Bxd4 22.cxd4 Na5 23.Bc2 Rad8 24.Rc3 Nac6 25.d5 Nb4 26.Bb3 Na6 27.Be3 Qe2 28.Bc4 Qg4 29.h3 Qh4 30.Bxa6 bxa6 31.Rxc7 f5 32.Bc5 Rfe8 33.d6 Ng6 34.exf5 Nf4 35.Qc2 Re2 36.Qb3+ Kh8 37.Rg1 White wins 1–0

Where Moro is at in the standings at the moment - I can't figure out this stuff, darlings! I couldn't find a definitive table online tonight so I'll wait 24 hours - that seems to be the lead time to reporting on this event (except for SP getting us the moves of the game so quickly. How DOES she do that???) There's a lot of chess left to be played, however, and much mojo to be worked in Moro's behalf. Wel'll see what we can do at Goddesschess (ahem)...