Tata Steel Masters 2014

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Aronian
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Levon Aronian won the event with one round to go! He now has 8 points out of 10 games while Karjakin and Giri have 6.

Results of the 10th round

Giri, A. – Karjakin, S. ½-½
Dominguez, L. – Aronian, L. 0-1
Van Wely, L. – Gelfand, B. 0-1
Harikrishna, P. – So, W. ½-½
Caruana, F. – Naiditsch, A. 0-1
Rapport, R. – Nakamura, H. 0-1

Standings after 10 rounds with ELO and performance included

1 Aronian, L. 8.0 / 10 2812 2983
2 Giri, A. 6.0 / 10 2734 2811
3 Karjakin, S. 6.0 / 10 2759 2812
4 Harikrishna, P. 5.5 / 10 2706 2779
5 Caruana, F. 5.5 / 10 2782 2777
6 Dominguez, L. 5.5 / 10 2754 2776
7 So, W. 5.5 / 10 2719 2777
8 Nakamura, H. 4.5 / 10 2789 2703
9 Van Wely, L. 4.0 / 10 2672 2671
10 Rapport, R. 3.5 / 10 2691 2640
11 Gelfand, B. 3.5 / 10 2777 2633
12 Naiditsch, A. 2.5 / 10 2718 2557

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Tata Steel Masters 2014

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Aronian
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Aronian managed to win against Karjakin in Carlsen style! 🙂 He kept pressing, creating problems and finally won a rook endgame with extra pawn which was very unpleasant for Black.

Results of the 9th round

Rapport, R. – Giri, A. ½-½
Nakamura, H. – Caruana, F. ½-½
Naiditsch, A. – Harikrishna, P. 0-1
So, W. – Van Wely, L. 1-0
Gelfand, B. – Dominguez, L. ½-½
Aronian, L. – Karjakin, S. 1-0

Standings after 9 rounds

1 Aronian, L. 7.0 / 9 2812 2962
2 Giri, A. 5.5 / 9 2734 2817
3 Caruana, F. 5.5 / 9 2782 2824
4 Dominguez, L. 5.5 / 9 2754 2812
5 Karjakin, S. 5.5 / 9 2759 2821
6 Harikrishna, P. 5.0 / 9 2706 2789
7 So, W. 5.0 / 9 2719 2788
8 Van Wely, L. 4.0 / 9 2672 2696
9 Rapport, R. 3.5 / 9 2691 2666
10 Nakamura, H. 3.5 / 9 2789 2664
11 Gelfand, B. 2.5 / 9 2777 2585
12 Naiditsch, A. 1.5 / 9 2718 2474

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