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Tata Steel Masters 2014

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Gelfand-Aronian
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Aronian drew versus Gelfand and is leading with 5.5 points out of 7 games. Giri and Karjakin are on 4.5.

Results of the 7th round

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

Standings after 7 rounds with ELO and performance included

1 Aronian, L. 5.5 / 7 2812 2970
2 Giri, A. 4.5 / 7 2734 2835
3 Karjakin, S. 4.5 / 7 2759 2827
4 Caruana, F. 4.0 / 7 2782 2795
5 Dominguez, L. 4.0 / 7 2754 2777
6 So, W. 4.0 / 7 2719 2804
7 Harikrishna, P. 3.0 / 7 2706 2693
8 Van Wely, L. 3.0 / 7 2672 2695
9 Rapport, R. 3.0 / 7 2691 2693
10 Nakamura, H. 3.0 / 7 2789 2694
11 Gelfand, B. 2.0 / 7 2777 2591
12 Naiditsch, A. 1.5 / 7 2718 2533

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Tata Steel Masters 2014

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Aronian-So
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Aronian won the 4th game (out of 6 games!), this time against Wesley So by using his vast knowledge of a Gruenfeld system he analysed many years ago. He is leading the event with 5 points.

Results of the 6th round

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

Standings after 6 rounds with ELO and performance included

1 Aronian, L. 5.0 / 6 2812 3007
2 Giri, A. 4.0 / 6 2734 2849
3 Karjakin, S. 4.0 / 6 2759 2851
4 Dominguez, L. 3.5 / 6 2754 2786
5 Caruana, F. 3.5 / 6 2782 2804
6 So, W. 3.5 / 6 2719 2811
7 Harikrishna, P. 3.0 / 6 2706 2752
8 Nakamura, H. 3.0 / 6 2789 2757
9 Van Wely, L. 2.0 / 6 2672 2613
10 Rapport, R. 2.0 / 6 2691 2624
11 Gelfand, B. 1.5 / 6 2777 2546
12 Naiditsch, A. 1.0 / 6 2718 2492

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