IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

Incredible results happened in the A group today. Carlsen blundered a piece today against Giri and lost. The whole game was weird. Watch it at http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tournament/livegames . Nakamura played a very interesting game against Shirov. In the B group McShane is leading with 3 out of 3! An outstanding result so far! In Group C we have two leaders with 2.5 points – Lahno and Vocaturo.

Standings in A group:

1. H. Nakamura 2½
2-4. V. Anand, A. Giri, I. Nepomniachtchi 2
5-10. L. Aronian, V. Kramnik, E. l’Ami, R. Ponomariov, J. Smeets, M. Vachier-Lagrave 1½
11-13. M. Carlsen, A. Grischuk, W. Hao 1
14. A. Shirov ½

Group B:

1. L. McShane 3
2-4. Z. Efimenko, D. Navara, G. Sargissian 2
5-10. L. Fressinet, S. Ganguly, F. Nijboer, W. So, W. Spoelman, R. Wojtaszek 1½
11-12. L. Liem, V. Tkachiev 1
13-14. L. Chao, J. Hammer ½

Group C:

1-2. K. Lahno, D. Vocaturo 2½
3-6. M. Bluvshtein, I. Nyzhnyk, T. Sachdev, S. Siebrecht 2
7. B. Bok 1½
8-13. I. Ivanisevic, M. Kazhgaleyev, R. Pruijssers, D. Swiercz, M. van der Werf, R. van Kampen 1
14. J.W. de Jong ½

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There was a tough day in the A group yesterday – only Nepomniaschi won against Wang Hao! In the B group Ganguly won against Hammer and McShane Beat Li Chao. All other games were drawn. Some more action was shown in the C group with Kazhgaleyev coming back to win against van Kampen, Bluvshtein, Lahno and Siebrecht winning against Swiercz, Sachdev and van der Werf respectively!

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