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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. Join ICC today by clicking here to view all of our GOTDs - and access our video archives containing hundreds of regular weekly shows!     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. 13 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Gata Kamsky GM Veselin Topalov 12 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Boris Gelfand GM Levon Aronian 11 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Fabiano Caruana GM Anish Giri 10 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Teimour Radjabov GM Loek Van Wely 9 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Magnus Carlsen GM Sergey Karjakin 8 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Boris Gelfand GM Gata Kamsky 7 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Sergey Karjakin GM Veselin Topalov 6 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Teimour Radjabov GM Sergey Karjakin 5 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Hikaru Nakamura GM David Navara 4 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Vassily Ivanchuk GM Loek Van Wely 3 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Magnus Carlsen GM Levon Aronian 2 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Levon Aronian GM Hikaru Nakamura 1 GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere GM Sergey Karjakin GM Levon Aronian Join ICC today by clicking here to make sure you don't miss a single minute of Chess.FM's continued live commentary coverage and Game of the Days from Tata Steel 2012. 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 7½ 2810 6 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2759 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ . ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ 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 6½ 2753 9 Van Wely, Loek NED 2692 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 . ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 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 4½ 2647 14 Giri, Anish NED 2714 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ . 4½ 2647 Trivia Tata '12 ICC 1 month ICC 3 months NIC subscription Round 1 MikeAngelo Denethor dariant Round 2 MikeAngelo CaptainHook Anotherboby Round 3 trabiwa alec-805 oldtimer Round 4 MikeAngelo trabiwa stosh Round 5 Knallo Knallo dilemmaart Round 6 todd Masciarelli XXXX Round 7 Abel Masciarelli SK Round 8 CaptainHook arctor wstaylor Round 9 Abel GunSlinger CarpeRookem Round 10 CaptainHook Abel Logos1 Round 11 Abel chesschallenged ryeb Round 12 todd BlkSabb bioniclime Round 12 CaptainHook Masciarelli Bootylicious  Game of the Day Trivia! 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Chess.FM Spotlight

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! | Free Preview | Full Show (members only) Players: GM Viktorjia Cmilyte vs. GM Kateryna Lahno Description: Tata Steel Chess 2012 Group B ECO: D82: Grunfeld Run Time: 00:35:15    January 2012 Jan 1st - 31st    January  2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A Tribute to GM Tseshkovsky Caro-Kann Advance Variation Closed Game Structure: QGD #2 Model Games: The Scheveningen Hector Gambit (Caro - Kann Defense) #5 Peter Ypma vs. GM Robert Hess Instructive King & Pawn Endgame (Again) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 A Tribute to GM Tseshkovsky #2 Caro-Kann Advance Variation #2 Closed Game Structure: QGD #3 Model Games: The Modern Benoni Semi-Slav Noteboom variation GM Nikita Vitiugov vs. GM Alexander Morozevich Black's Early Advantage Fades Away 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 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 This Story's Ending has Twists 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 It’s the 70’s show! Part 1 Caro-Kann Advance Variation #4 Closed Game Structure: QGD #5 Model Games: Model Games: The Modern Benoni #2 Semi-Slav Noteboom variation #3 GM Etienne Bacrot vs. GM Alexandr Fier Well-known Opening Tactical Pattern 29 30 31         It’s the 70’s show! Part 2 Caro-Kann Advance Variation #5 Closed Game Structure: QGD #6 Model Games: Model Games: The Modern Benoni #3 Semi-Slav Noteboom variation #4 GM Viktorjia Cmilyte vs. GM Kateryna Lahno

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