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Tata Steel Masters 2014

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Aronian
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Aronian managed to win against Karjakin in Carlsen style! 🙂 He kept pressing, creating problems and finally won a rook endgame with extra pawn which was very unpleasant for Black.

Results of the 9th round

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

Standings after 9 rounds

1 Aronian, L. 7.0 / 9 2812 2962
2 Giri, A. 5.5 / 9 2734 2817
3 Caruana, F. 5.5 / 9 2782 2824
4 Dominguez, L. 5.5 / 9 2754 2812
5 Karjakin, S. 5.5 / 9 2759 2821
6 Harikrishna, P. 5.0 / 9 2706 2789
7 So, W. 5.0 / 9 2719 2788
8 Van Wely, L. 4.0 / 9 2672 2696
9 Rapport, R. 3.5 / 9 2691 2666
10 Nakamura, H. 3.5 / 9 2789 2664
11 Gelfand, B. 2.5 / 9 2777 2585
12 Naiditsch, A. 1.5 / 9 2718 2474

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Tata Steel Masters 2014

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Giri-Aronian
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Aronian drew against Giri and remained on the 1st place with 6 points out of 8. Karjakin is 2nd with 5.5, Giri, Dominguez and Caruana are on 5.

Results of the 6th round

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

Standings after the 8th round with ELO and performance included

1 Aronian, L. 6.0 / 8 2812 2933
2 Karjakin, S. 5.5 / 8 2759 2873
3 Caruana, F. 5.0 / 8 2782 2833
4 Dominguez, L. 5.0 / 8 2754 2821
5 Giri, A. 5.0 / 8 2734 2838
6 Harikrishna, P. 4.0 / 8 2706 2749
7 Van Wely, L. 4.0 / 8 2672 2742
8 So, W. 4.0 / 8 2719 2754
9 Rapport, R. 3.0 / 8 2691 2661
10 Nakamura, H. 3.0 / 8 2789 2653
11 Gelfand, B. 2.0 / 8 2777 2558
12 Naiditsch, A. 1.5 / 8 2718 2501

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