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Caruana and

Gelfand (Both photos taken from the official site)

There were three (! :)) winners in this event – Caruana and Gelfand, who shared the win in the tournament and Mamedyarov, who qualified to play in the Candidates event by overall points!

Final standings

1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 ITA 7
2 GM Gelfand Boris 2764 ISR 7
3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 USA 6½
4 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 FRA 6½
5 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 RUS 5½
6 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 CUB 5½
7 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 UKR 5
8 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 UKR 5
9 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 RUS 5
10 GM Wang Hao 2736 CHN 5
11 GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 FRA 4½
12 GM Giri Anish 2737 NED 3½

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(Photo taken from the official site)

What an incredible round it was! Nakamura (the leader of the event for 2 rounds) lost to Gelfand, Caruana managed to win against Tomashevsky (who hadn’t lost a single game in the event yet!). So, now
Caruana & Gelfand lead the tournament with just one round to go!

Results of the 10th round

GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 ½ – ½ GM Wang Hao 2736
GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 0 – 1 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723
GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 ½ – ½ GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757
GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 1 – 0 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 ½ – ½ GM Giri Anish 2737
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 0 – 1 GM Gelfand Boris 2764

Standings after 10 rounds

1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 ITA 6½
2 GM Gelfand Boris 2764 ISR 6½
3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 USA 6
4 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 FRA 6
5 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 RUS 5
6 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 CUB 5
7 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 UKR 4½
8 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 UKR 4½
9 GM Wang Hao 2736 CHN 4½
10 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 RUS 4½
11 GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 FRA 4
12 GM Giri Anish 2737 NED 3

Pairings of the last round

GM Wang Hao 2736 – GM Fressinet Laurent 2708
GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2785
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 – GM Caruana Fabiano 2779
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 – GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
GM Giri Anish 2737 – GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772
GM Gelfand Boris 2764 – GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756

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