Nakamura
Results of the 1st round
Anand, Viswanathan 2797 ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir 2783
Aronian, Levon 2777 ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey 2760
Caruana, Fabiano 2811 0-1 Nakamura, Hikaru 2776
Games of the round
Pairings of the 2nd round
Kramnik, Vladimir-Nakamura, Hikaru
Karjakin, Sergey-Caruana, Fabiano
Anand, Viswanathan-Aronian, Levon
Aronian-Anand
So, as usual, the players played the preliminary blitz event in order to determine the numbers for the Classic event :). Aronian became 1st with 4 points out of 5.
Final standings:
Aronian 4
Caruana, Anand 3.5
Nakamura 2
Kramnik, Karjakin 1
Some games from the blitz event
Pairings of the 1st round of the Classical event
Aronian, Levon 2777 – Karjakin, Sergey 2760
Caruana, Fabiano 2811 – Nakamura, Hikaru 2776
Anand, Viswanathan 2797 – Kramnik, Vladimir 2783
This elite event starts today with a blitz in order to determine the numbers of the players! The participants are:
Caruana
Anand
Nakamura
Kramnik
Aronian
Karjakin