Tata Steel Masters 2014

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Aronian-So
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Aronian won the 4th game (out of 6 games!), this time against Wesley So by using his vast knowledge of a Gruenfeld system he analysed many years ago. He is leading the event with 5 points.

Results of the 6th round

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

Standings after 6 rounds with ELO and performance included

1 Aronian, L. 5.0 / 6 2812 3007
2 Giri, A. 4.0 / 6 2734 2849
3 Karjakin, S. 4.0 / 6 2759 2851
4 Dominguez, L. 3.5 / 6 2754 2786
5 Caruana, F. 3.5 / 6 2782 2804
6 So, W. 3.5 / 6 2719 2811
7 Harikrishna, P. 3.0 / 6 2706 2752
8 Nakamura, H. 3.0 / 6 2789 2757
9 Van Wely, L. 2.0 / 6 2672 2613
10 Rapport, R. 2.0 / 6 2691 2624
11 Gelfand, B. 1.5 / 6 2777 2546
12 Naiditsch, A. 1.0 / 6 2718 2492

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Aronian
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Aronian managed to win yet another very interesting and complex endgame and is now leading with 4 points out of 5!

Results of the 5th round

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

Standings after the 5th round with current ELO and performance

1 Aronian, L. 4.0 / 5 2812 2977
2 Giri, A. 3.5 / 5 2734 2863
3 So, W. 3.5 / 5 2719 2891
4 Dominguez, L. 3.0 / 5 2754 2789
5 Karjakin, S. 3.0 / 5 2759 2800
6 Caruana, F. 3.0 / 5 2782 2827
7 Harikrishna, P. 2.5 / 5 2706 2746
8 Nakamura, H. 2.5 / 5 2789 2757
9 Van Wely, L. 1.5 / 5 2672 2598
10 Rapport, R. 1.5 / 5 2691 2615
11 Naiditsch, A. 1.0 / 5 2718 2526
12 Gelfand, B. 1.0 / 5 2777 2500

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