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Wijk aan Zee 12th round

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GM Group A

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Carlsen won against Nakamura and secured the 1st place before the last round! He has 9.5 points, Aronian and Anand are on 8.

Results of the 12th round

van Wely, L. – Caruana, F. 1-0
Aronian, L. – Giri, A. ½-½
Carlsen, M. – Nakamura, H. 1-0
Harikrishna, P. – Wang, H. ½-½
Anand, V. – L’Ami, E. 1-0
Sokolov, I. – Hou, Y. 0-1
Leko, P. – Karjakin, S. ½-½

GM Group B

Rapport won against Timman and is back to sharing 1st place. Places 1st to 3rd (before the last round) are – Rapport, Movsesian and Naiditsch with 8.

Results of the 12th round

van Kampen, R. – Nikolic, P. 0-1
Rapport, R. – Timman, J. 1-0
Edouard, R. – Naiditsch, A. ½-½
Ernst, S. – Ipatov, A. ½-½
Movsesian, S. – Grandelius, N. ½-½
Tiviakov, S. – Smeets, J. ½-½
Turov, M. – Dubov, D. 1-0

GM Group C

The battle for 1st place continues as both Brunello and Peralta won their games and have 10 points. Swinkels is 3rd with 7.5.

Results of the 12th round

Goryachkina, A. – Kovchan, A. 0-1
Peralta, F. – Klein, D. 1-0
Swinkels, R. – Admiraal, M. ½-½
Brunello, S. – Romanishin, O. 1-0
Schut, L. – Burg, T. 0-1
Bitensky, I. – van der Werf, M. ½-½
Mekhitarian, K. – Gretarsson, H 1-0

Today is the last round and it begins at 12.00pm local time!

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Wijk aan Zee 11th round

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GM Group A

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Carlsen was held by Wang Hao to a draw and now has 8.5. Aronian is on 7.5 and Anand is on 7.

Results of the 11th round

Leko, P. – van Wely, L. 1-0
Karjakin, S. – Sokolov 1-0
Hou, Y. – Anand, V. ½-½
L’Ami, E. – Harikrishna ½-½
Wang, H. – Carlsen, M. ½-½
Nakamura, H. – Aronian 0-1
Giri, A. – Caruana, F. 1-0

GM Group B

Movsesian had retained his position as the leader of the event and Naiditsch joined him after winning vs Rapport. They both have 7.5 points. Rapport, Smeets and Dubov have 7.

Results of the 11th round

Turov, M. – van Kampen, R. ½-½
Dubov, D. – Tiviakov, S. 1-0
Smeets, J. – Movsesian, S. ½-½
Grandelius, N. – Ernst, S. 0-1
Ipatov, A. – Edouard, R. 0-1
Naiditsch, A. – Rapport, R. 1-0
Timman, J. – Nikolic, P. 1-0

GM Group C

Peralta won against Admiraal and again joined Brunello in the battle for the 1st place. They have 9 points, Swinkels and Klein have 7.

Results of the 11th round

Mekhitarian, K. – Goryachkina, 1-0
Gretarsson, H. – Bitensky, I. 1-0
van der Werf, M. – Schut, L. 0-1
Burg, T. – Brunello, S. ½-½
Romanishin, O. – Swinkels, R. ½-½
Admiraal, M. – Peralta, F. 0-1
Klein, D. – Kovchan, A. ½-½

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Tradewise Gibraltar – Masters 2013 4th round

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It narrowed down to 4 leaders – Le Quang, Vitiugov, Swiercz and Iturrizaga who have 4 points.

Results of top 10 boards

1 GM Jones Gawain C 2632 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Adams Michael 2725
2 GM Swiercz Dariusz 2627 3 1 – 0 3 GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711
3 GM Le Quang Liem 2705 3 1 – 0 3 GM Salgado Lopez I 2606
4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694 3 1 – 0 3 GM Kulaots Kaido 2587
5 GM Ehlvest Jaan 2603 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Yu Yangyi 2688
6 GM Iturrizaga Edua 2650 3 1 – 0 3 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2555
7 GM Jakubiec Artur 2518 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Tkachiev Vladis 2650
8 GM Kamsky Gata 2740 2½ 1 – 0 3 GM Stefanova Antoa 2516
9 GM Cmilyte Viktori 2515 2½ 0 – 1 2½ GM Ivanchuk Vassi 2758
10 GM Navara David 2710 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Harika Dronaval 2514

Top 10 pairs of the 5th round

1 GM Iturrizaga Edua 2650 4 – 4 GM Le Quang Liem 2705
2 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694 4 – 4 GM Swiercz Dariusz 2627
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassil 2758 3½ – 3½ GM Ehlvest Jaan 2603
4 GM Sandipan Chanda 2590 3½ – 3½ GM Kamsky Gata 2740
5 GM Adams Michael 2725 3½ – 3½ GM Felgaer Ruben 2557
6 IM Ibarra Jerez J 2538 3½ – 3½ GM Navara David 2710
7 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 3½ – 3½ GM Gordon Stephen 2533
8 GM Tkachiev Vladis 2650 3½ – 3½ IM Teran Alvarez I 2399
9 GM Al-Sayed Mohamm 2507 3½ – 3½ GM Georgiev Kiril 2643
10 IM Melia Salome 2403 3½ – 3½ GM Jones Gawain C 2632

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