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Tata Steel Masters 2014

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Aronian
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Aronian lost a very interesting game to van Wely in the last round, but as it was known two days ago (:)) remained on the first place! Giri and Karjakin shared 2nd-3rd.

Results of the last round

Nakamura, H. – Giri, A. ½-½
Naiditsch, A. – Rapport, R. 1-0
So, W. – Caruana, F. ½-½
Gelfand, B. – Harikrishna, P. 1-0
Aronian, L. – Van Wely, L. 0-1
Karjakin, S. – Dominguez, L. ½-½

Final standings with ELO and performance included

1 Aronian, L. 8.0 / 11 2812 2911
2 Giri, A. 6.5 / 11 2734 2809
3 Karjakin, S. 6.5 / 11 2759 2806
4 Caruana, F. 6.0 / 11 2782 2775
5 Dominguez, L. 6.0 / 11 2754 2778
6 So, W. 6.0 / 11 2719 2781
7 Harikrishna, P. 5.5 / 11 2706 2746
8 Van Wely, L. 5.0 / 11 2672 2713
9 Nakamura, H. 5.0 / 11 2789 2703
10 Gelfand, B. 4.5 / 11 2777 2675
11 Rapport, R. 3.5 / 11 2691 2614
12 Naiditsch, A. 3.5 / 11 2718 2612

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Tata Steel Masters 2014

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Aronian
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Levon Aronian won the event with one round to go! He now has 8 points out of 10 games while Karjakin and Giri have 6.

Results of the 10th round

Giri, A. – Karjakin, S. ½-½
Dominguez, L. – Aronian, L. 0-1
Van Wely, L. – Gelfand, B. 0-1
Harikrishna, P. – So, W. ½-½
Caruana, F. – Naiditsch, A. 0-1
Rapport, R. – Nakamura, H. 0-1

Standings after 10 rounds with ELO and performance included

1 Aronian, L. 8.0 / 10 2812 2983
2 Giri, A. 6.0 / 10 2734 2811
3 Karjakin, S. 6.0 / 10 2759 2812
4 Harikrishna, P. 5.5 / 10 2706 2779
5 Caruana, F. 5.5 / 10 2782 2777
6 Dominguez, L. 5.5 / 10 2754 2776
7 So, W. 5.5 / 10 2719 2777
8 Nakamura, H. 4.5 / 10 2789 2703
9 Van Wely, L. 4.0 / 10 2672 2671
10 Rapport, R. 3.5 / 10 2691 2640
11 Gelfand, B. 3.5 / 10 2777 2633
12 Naiditsch, A. 2.5 / 10 2718 2557

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