
Black to play
The solution is: 27…Bg2+!! 28.Kxg2 Rf2+ 29.Kh3 [29.Kg1 Rfxe2+ 30.Kf1 (30.Kh1 Rxh2#) 30…Nxh2#] 29…Rxh2+ 30.Kxg4 h5+ 31.Kf4 Be3+ 0-1
Carlsen won the 1st place with 7 points. Ding and Karjakin are on 5.
Results of the 9th round
| GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2779 | ½ – ½ | GM | Topalov Veselin | 2740 |
| GM | Navara David | 2739 | ½ – ½ | GM | Radjabov Teimour | 2756 |
| GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2845 | 1-0 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | 2771 |
| GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2790 | ½ – ½ | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2753 |
| GM | Ding Liren | 2812 | ½ – ½ | GM | Giri Anish | 2797 |
View the full cross table here.