This very exciting tournament has finished! We can surely say that Nakamura was the hero of the A group while Anand, Carlsen and Kramnik were surely disapointed. McShane had a wonderful tournament which is a continuation of London Classic. Vocaturo won the C group and won the right to compete in the B group next year!
The final standings of A group:
1. H. Nakamura 9
2. V. Anand 8½
3-4. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 8
5-6. V. Kramnik, M. Vachier-Lagrave 7½
7-8. A. Giri, R. Ponomariov 6½
9-10. I. Nepomniachtchi, Wang Hao 6
11-13. A. Grischuk, E. l’Ami, J. Smeets 4½
14. A. Shirov 4
Final standings in the B group:
1-2. L. McShane, D. Navara 8½
3. Z. Efimenko 8
4-6. L. Liem, G. Sargissian, W. So 7½
7. V. Tkachiev 7
8. R. Wojtaszek 6½
9-10. L. Fressinet, Li Chao 6
11. S. Ganguly 5½
12. W. Spoelman 5
13. J. Hammer 4
14. F. Nijboer 3½
Final standings of the C Group:
1. D. Vocaturo 9
2. I. Nyzhnyk 8½
3. K. Lahno 8
4-6. M. Bluvshtein, I. Ivanisevic, D. Swiercz 7½
7. M. Kazhgaleyev 7
8-8. B. Bok, T. Sachdev 6½
10. S. Siebrecht 5½
11. M. van der Werf 5
12. R. van Kampen 4½
13-14. J.W. de Jong, R. Pruijssers 4
My congratulations to the winners!