Tata Steel 2012

Levon, Levon likes his money

It's Levon Aronian's tournament to lose! After beating the Dutch no1, Anish Giri, in round 10, the amenable Armenian World no.2 now has an impressive +5 score at the top on 7.5/10, a full point ahead of his nearest rival, Vassily Ivanchuk, who leapfrogged Magnus Carlsen in the standings after beating cellar-dweller David Navara.

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	Levon Aronian leads the Tata Steel Chess tournament by a full point going into Friday's final three rounds - can he hold on to win his third Tata Steel title?

Aronian is definitely in the money, and he's the clear odds-on favorite now to win his third Tata Steel Chess tournament. And in doing so, he also has a good chance of replacing Carlsen as the new number one! So far, Aronian has gained a massive 21.5-point swing on the unofficial live ratings to be within seven points of taking the top spot - and if it wasn't for his round three setback of losing to Carlsen, he would have been the new World No.1 by now!

 

And as we move into the final weekend of action, Aronian still has everything to play for - its not just the title that's up for grabs for him, its also the coveted no1 spot in the world rankings. The Grandmasters of the Mic Chess.FM team of Yasser Seirawan, Alex Yermolinsky, David Smerdon and Ben Finegold will be following all the action live on the final weekend, starting on Friday, to see if he Aronian can indeed score a remarkable double of winning the tournament and supplanting Carlsen at the top of the world rankings.

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Game of the Day

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Rd	Commentator	Game	Members		FREE
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

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Standings after Round 10

#	Name	FED	FIDE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	PTS	TPR
1	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2805	.	½	0	.	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	.	1	.	7½	2946
2	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2766	½	.	½	.	½	½	½	½	.	½	1	.	1	1	6½	2861
3	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2835	1	½	.	½	½	½	.	.	0	.	½	1	1	½	6	2825
4	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2773	.	.	½	.	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	.	1	6	2817
5	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	2736	0	½	½	½	.	½	½	½	1	1	.	.	½	.	5½	2802
6	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2759	0	½	½	½	½	.	.	.	½	½	½	1	.	1	5½	2797
7	Van Wely, Loek	NED	2692	½	½	.	½	½	.	.	½	.	½	½	½	½	½	5	2750
8	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2732	0	½	.	½	½	.	½	.	1	.	0	½	½	1	5	2746
9	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2769	0	.	1	0	0	½	.	0	.	1	1	0	.	1	4½	2721
10	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	2770	½	½	.	½	0	½	½	.	0	.	.	½	½	½	4	2679
11	Giri, Anish	NED	2714	0	0	½	½	.	½	½	1	0	.	.	1	0	.	4	2691
12	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2739	.	.	0	½	.	0	½	½	1	½	0	.	½	½	4	2679
13	Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	2761	0	0	0	.	½	.	½	½	.	½	1	½	.	½	4	2678
14	Navara, David	CZE	2712	.	0	½	0	.	0	½	0	0	½	.	½	½	.	2½	2566

Schedule

Date	Host	Analyst
Fri., 27 Jan	GM Yasser Seirawan OM	GM Ben Finegold Finegold
Sat., 28 Jan	GM Yasser Seirawan OM	GM David Smerdon smurfo
Sun., 29 Jan	GM Yasser Seirawan OM	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere
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