Top 100 Players April 2013

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Not much had changed over one month and the first three players are still the same :).

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2872 0 1990
2 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2809 0 1982
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2801 6 1975
4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2793 0 1987
5 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2786 0 1990
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2783 6 1969
7 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2772 6 1992
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2771 0 1975
9 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2767 0 1987
10 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2766 0 1985
11 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2764 0 1983
12 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2758 0 1977
13 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2757 0 1969
14 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2747 0 1976
15 Leko, Peter g HUN 2744 0 1979
16 Wang, Hao g CHN 2743 0 1989
17 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2741 0 1974
18 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2739 6 1968
19 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2734 0 1983
20 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2733 0 1983
21 Giri, Anish g NED 2727 3 1994
22 Adams, Michael g ENG 2727 0 1971
23 Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2727 0 1990
24 Dominguez Perez, Leinier g CUB 2723 0 1983
25 Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2722 0 1987
26 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2722 0 1990
27 Le, Quang Liem g VIE 2717 9 1991
28 Vitiugov, Nikita g RUS 2712 0 1987
29 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2709 0 1979
30 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2709 0 1980
31 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2708 0 1990
32 Areshchenko, Alexander g UKR 2707 3 1986
33 Bruzon Batista, Lazaro g CUB 2707 0 1982
34 Ding, Liren g CHN 2707 0 1992
35 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2706 1 1985
36 Fressinet, Laurent g FRA 2706 0 1981
37 Navara, David g CZE 2706 0 1985
38 Wang, Yue g CHN 2706 0 1987
39 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2705 0 1983
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The World Chess Candidates Tournament – London 2013 13th round

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Svidler, Carlsen
(Photo was taken from the official website of the event)

GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 0-1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2872
GM Grischuk Alexander 2764 1/2 GM Aronian Levon 2809
GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810 1/2 GM Gelfand Boris 2740
GM Svidler Peter 2747 1-0 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757

Carlsen again played a very long game, this time trying to outplay Radjabov from an equal position. True, white had an isolated pawn in the endgame but it was very difficult to get to it. The endgame proved to be very complicated as white had made some mistakes after precise play. Possible improvements are 78.Bc4, 80.Kd4 and 83.Kc3 but in this case Black retains a much better position.
Aronian equalized against Grischuk and should have played 14…Ng4 to exchange the knights actively. Instead, 14…Nd7 allowed white to preserve the knights and get a good game in the center. White was slightly better due to bishops pair and active pieces but it was difficult to get more than that.
Kramnik played a very rare line of the Fianchetto Gruenfeld but Black got a comfortable position and later created some pressure on the kingside. The 21st move of Black – Nf3 was perhaps a sacrifice but it wasn’t good as Black didn’t get much for the pawn and white became quite better. Around the 30th move various improvements can be found but overall it wasn’t easy for white to realize the advantage as Black pieces were active.
Ivanchuk played a rare line of the Advanced French against Svidler and didn’t manage to equalize. White, in attempt to complicate the position and perhaps get an attack on the king in the middle, sacrificed a pawn. White missed or perhaps didn’t like the incredible 18.Re1 move pointed out by the engine which threatens Bh5 and Qxd5 but in any case, b3 instead was also very strong. After that Black got under attack & into time pressure and lost on time…

Carlsen and Kramnik lead the tournament with 8.5 points, Svidler and Aronian have 7.

Pairings of the last round (the games start at the usual time!)

GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 – GM Svidler Peter 2747
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757 – GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810
2GM Gelfand Boris 2740 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2764
GM Aronian Levon 2809 – GM Radjabov Teimour 2793

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