Aronian-Anand 1/2
Kramnik-Carlsen 1/2 Carlsen managed to make a draw a pawn down due to his opponent’s bad Bishops and potential weaknesses had he played …d3-d4
Jones-Nakamura 1/2
Adams-Polgar 1-0
McShane had a rest day.
Standings after the 3rd round: Carlsen and Kramnik lead with 7 points, Adams is 3rd with 6.
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Today the 9th round is being played. Karjakin and Caruana are leading the event with 5 points, four players are after then on 4.5.
Pairings
Karjakin-Gelfand 1/2
Wang Hao-Caruana 1-0
Kasimdzhanov-Morozevich 1/2
Leko-Svidler 1/2
Ponomariov-Kamsky 1/2
Dominguez-Mamedyarov 1/2
There was only one decisive game today – Wang Hao won against Caruana who shared the 1st place before this round. This makes Karjakin the sole leader with 5.5 points. Five players – Mamedyarov, Caruana, Kasimdzhanov, Morozevich and Leko – are on 5 points.
Pairings of the 2nd round
Polgar-Jones 1/2
Nakamura-Kramnik 0-1
Carlsen-Aronian 1-0
Anand-McShane 1/2
Carlsen and Kramnik are leading the event with 6 points after 2 rounds, Nakamura and Adams are on 3. With his 2nd round win Carlsen broke Kasparov’s record and his Live rating is now 2855.7!
Games of the round
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Top 100 Players December 2012
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2848 0 1990
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2815 0 1982
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2795 0 1975
4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2793 0 1987
5 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2782 6 1992
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2775 0 1969
7 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2775 0 1990
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2771 6 1975
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2766 6 1969
10 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2764 0 1983
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