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#1 in the World and Russia! Shining from the Shadows

Shining from the Shadows

Will this be the year when the world No.2, Levon Aronian, finally emerges from the shadows of Magnus Carlsen? The Armenian has often been overlooked with the rise of the Norwegian world No.1 - but he's more than made his mark by winning the first major of 2012 at the 74th Tata Steel Chess tournament, in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.

Despite the hiccup of an unexpected loss to the tournament "punch-bag", David Navara, in round 11, Aronian rallied with a superb penultimate round win over world title challenger Boris Gelfand to be guaranteed of first place. Aronian finished on 9/13, a full point ahead of the chasing pack of Carlsen, Teimour Radjabov and rising star Fabiano Caruana; who not only took a share of the runner-up spoils, but in the process also forced his way into the top 10 for the first time on the unofficial daily live ratings.

With his performance in clinching his third Tata Steel title, Aronian, 29, is now closing in fast on the No.1 ranking and has clearly established himself as an equal rival alongside Carlsen for the future world championship stakes. Many of Aronian's victories in Wijk were trademark displays of his aggressive and dynamic style, including his win over Gelfand that secured him the title - and to commemorate Aronian's win, we have made GM Alex Yermolinsky's Game of the Day showing that particular game free for all to view.

Also checkout the final Tata Steel video with the traditional pea soup dinner, prize giving ceremony and short interviews with the top two of Aronian and Carlsen, plus B & C group winners Pentala Harikrishna and Maxim Turov. It can be found at http://www.facebook.com/InternetChessClub.

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#1 in the World and Russia! Game of the Day

And just to see a little of what you all miss by not being an ICC member, we've made free the Carlsen-Aronian Game of the Day from round three! Being a member gives you access not only to our live commentary coverage, but also to all of our GOTDs.

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#1 in the World and Russia! Final Standings after Round 13

# Name FED FIDE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 PTS TPR
1 Aronian, Levon ARM 2805 . 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 9 2891
2 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2835 1 . ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 8 2835
3 Radjabov, Teimour AZE 2773 ½ ½ . ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 2840
4 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2736 0 ½ ½ . ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8 2842
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2766 ½ ½ ½ ½ . ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 2810
6 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2759 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ . ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 2811
7 Kamsky, Gata USA 2732 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ . 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 7 2785
8 Karjakin, Sergey RUS 2769 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 . 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 2753
9 Van Wely, Loek NED 2692 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 . ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2702
10 Gelfand, Boris ISR 2739 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ . ½ ½ ½ 0 5 2668
11 Topalov, Veselin BUL 2770 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ . ½ ½ 1 5 2666
12 Gashimov, Vugar AZE 2761 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ . ½ 1 5 2667
13 Navara, David CZE 2712 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ . ½ 2647
14 Giri, Anish NED 2714 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ . 2647


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   GM Joel Benjamin's "Game  of  the  Week" Feb 03, 2012 

 

Three-time U.S. Champion GM Joel Benjamin brings you a new show every Friday at 15:00 Server Time. Joel is regarded by many as one of the best commentators and analysts' we have in the game today -- so if you want to get ahead of the game, get ready to tune-in!

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Players: GM Viktorjia Cmilyte vs. GM Kateryna Lahno
Description: Tata Steel Chess 2012 Group B
ECO: D82: Grunfeld
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A Tribute to GM Tseshkovsky

Caro-Kann Advance Variation

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Model Games: The Scheveningen

Hector Gambit (Caro - Kann Defense)
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Peter Ypma vs. GM Robert Hess

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Closed Game Structure: QGD #3

Model Games: The Modern Benoni

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GM Nikita Vitiugov vs. GM Alexander Morozevich

Black's Early Advantage Fades Away
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A Tribute to GM Tseshkovsky #3

Caro-Kann Advance Variation #3

Closed Game Structure: QGD #4

Model Games: The Czech Benoni

Semi-Slav Noteboom variation #2

GM Arkadij Naiditsch vs. GM Nikita Vitiugov

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It’s the 70’s show! Part 1

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