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Karjakin-Grischuk

Karjakin-Grischuk


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Only Karjakin emerged victorious today as all other games were drawn. Caruana continues to lead and has 3 points out of 4 games.

Results of the 4th round

Caruana 2.5 1/2 1 Giri
Agdestein 1.5 1/2 2 Kramnik
Karjakin 1 1-0 2 Grischuk
Topalov 1 1/2 1.5 Carlsen
Aronian 1.5 1/2 1 Svidler

Standings after 4 rounds

1. Caruana 3
2. Kramnik 2.5
3-7. Carlsen, Agdestein, Aronian, Karjakin, Grischuk 2
8-10. Giri, Svidler, Topalov 1.5

Games of the 4th round

Pairings of the 5th round

Alexander Grischuk – Simen Agdestein
Peter Svidler – Sergey Karjakin
Magnus Carlsen – Levon Aronian
Anish Giri – Veselin Topalov
Vladimir Kramnik – Fabiano Caruana

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Carlsen-Caruana

Carlsen-Caruana


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Caruana leads with 2.5 out of 3 after drawing against Carlsen yesterday. Grischuk and Kramnik won against Aronian and Giri respectively and share 2nd place with 2 points.

Pairings of the 3rd round

Sergey Karjakin – Simen Agdestein ½-½
Alexander Grischuk – Levon Aronian 1-0
Peter Svidler – Veselin Topalov ½-½
Magnus Carlsen – Fabiano Caruana ½-½
Anish Giri – Vladimir Kramnik 0-1

Standings after 3 rounds

1. Carlsen 2.5
2-3. Grischuk, Kramnik 2
4-6. Aronian, Carlsen, Agdestein 1.5
7-10. Giri, Svidler, Topalov, Karjakin 1

Today is a rest day.

Pairings of the 4th round

Levon Aronian – Peter Svidler
Sergey Karjakin – Alexander Grischuk
Fabiano Caruana – Anish Giri
Veselin Topalov – Magnus Carlsen
Simen Agdestein – Vladimir Kramnik

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Caruana

Caruana


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Caruana won a spectacular game and is leading the event with 2 out of 2. The game also helped him pass the 2800 mark in Live ratings!

Results of the 2nd round

Levon Aronian – Sergey Karjakin 1-0
Vladimir Kramnik – Magnus Carlsen 1/2 – 1/2
Fabiano Caruana – Peter Svidler 1-0
Veselin Topalov – Alexander Grischuk 0-1
Simen Agdestein – Anish Giri 1/2 – 1/2

Games of the 2nd round

Pairings of the 3rd round

Sergey Karjakin – Simen Agdestein
Alexander Grischuk – Levon Aronian
Peter Svidler – Veselin Topalov
Magnus Carlsen – Fabiano Caruana
Anish Giri – Vladimir Kramnik

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Caruana

Caruana


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Caruana was the only winner (Grischuk made a mistake in mutual time pressure) in the first round as all other games ended in a draw!

Results of the first round

Levon Aronian – Simen Agdestein 1/2 – 1/2
Sergey Karjakin – Veselin Topalov 1/2 – 1/2
Alexander Grischuk – Fabiano Caruana 0 – 1
Magnus Carlsen – Anish Giri 1/2 – 1/2
Peter Svidler – Vladimir Kramnik 1/2 – 1/2

Games of the first round

Pairings of the 2nd round

Levon Aronian – Sergey Karjakin
Vladimir Kramnik – Magnus Carlsen
Fabiano Caruana – Peter Svidler
Veselin Topalov – Alexander Grischuk
Simen Agdestein – Anish Giri

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Participants: Carlsen, Aronian, Grischuk, Caruana, Kramnik, Topalov, Karjakin, Svidler, Giri and Agdestein.

This impressive event started with a blitz tournament. Final results:

Carlsen 7.5 out of 9
Aronian 6.5
Karjakin, Grischuk 5.5
Svidler 5
Giri 4.5
Kramnik, Caruana 3.5
Topalov 2
Agdestein 1.5

Some games from the blitz event

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