
White to play
The solution is: 25.Nc6! Qg5+ 26.Kb1 Bd7 27.Qb4 Bc8 [27…b6 28.Ra3 Kb7 29.Rxa6+-; 27…Bxc6 28.dxc6 Rb8 29.cxb7+ Ka7 30.Rxd6+-] 28.Qb5! 1-0
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.