Today’s pairings
Mamedyarov-Karjakin
Morozevich-Leko 1-0
Caruana-Kasimdzhanov 1/2
Gelfand-Wang Hao 1/2
Kamsky-Svidler 1/2
Ponomariov-Dominguez 1-0
Leaders have changed!
Morozevich now leads with Mamedyarov after the latter won against Karjakin. They both have 6 points, three players – Karjakin, Ponomariov, Wang Hao have 5.5.
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Aronian-Anand 1/2
Kramnik-Carlsen 1/2 Carlsen managed to make a draw a pawn down due to his opponent’s bad Bishops and potential weaknesses had he played …d3-d4
Jones-Nakamura 1/2
Adams-Polgar 1-0
McShane had a rest day.
Standings after the 3rd round: Carlsen and Kramnik lead with 7 points, Adams is 3rd with 6.
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Today the 9th round is being played. Karjakin and Caruana are leading the event with 5 points, four players are after then on 4.5.
Pairings
Karjakin-Gelfand 1/2
Wang Hao-Caruana 1-0
Kasimdzhanov-Morozevich 1/2
Leko-Svidler 1/2
Ponomariov-Kamsky 1/2
Dominguez-Mamedyarov 1/2
There was only one decisive game today – Wang Hao won against Caruana who shared the 1st place before this round. This makes Karjakin the sole leader with 5.5 points. Five players – Mamedyarov, Caruana, Kasimdzhanov, Morozevich and Leko – are on 5 points.
Pairings of the 2nd round
Polgar-Jones 1/2
Nakamura-Kramnik 0-1
Carlsen-Aronian 1-0
Anand-McShane 1/2
Carlsen and Kramnik are leading the event with 6 points after 2 rounds, Nakamura and Adams are on 3. With his 2nd round win Carlsen broke Kasparov’s record and his Live rating is now 2855.7!
Games of the round
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