Levon Aronian set a statement: I am #2, and I'll challenge Magnus for the World Title! Well, of course he never said that, but his way to play in Wijk aan Zee - despite his loss with Van Wely in last round - seems to strongly affirm his leading position as probable Challenger. Levon played his best chess during the tournament, and won it with one round to go. In the last round he probably pushed a bit too much; Loek Van Wely didn't falter and won the game. Still, Levon finished 1.5 points ahead of Giri and Karjakin, with an impressive +6=4-1 score, which looks like a warning to the participants to the Candidates tournament, to be held in March.
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Round | Date | Host | Play | PGN |
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1 | Jan 11 | GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere |
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2 | Jan 12 | GM Varuzhan Akobian SCORPION83 |
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3 | Jan 13 | GM Gregory Kaidanov Kaidanov |
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4 | Jan 15 | GM Joel Benjamin MrHat |
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5 | Jan 17 | GM Larry Christiansen LarryC |
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6 | Jan 18 | GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere |
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7 | Jan 19 | GM David Smerdon smurfo |
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8 | Jan 21 | GM Larry Christiansen LarryC |
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9 | Jan 23 | GM Miguel Illescas Illescas |
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10 | Jan 25 | GM Ronen Har-Zvi Indiana-Jones |
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11 | Jan 26 | GM Jonathan Speelman Speelman |
Round | Date | 1 month | 3 months | NiC |
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1 | Jan 11 | SaltofLife | Ahijah | BeqoStudent |
2 | Jan 12 | Corocotta | Jack-ONeill | mstefa |
3 | Jan 13 | TheEye | Deatcatbouncer | cosmo22 |
4 | Jan 16 | KingHarvest | bioniclime | Disinterred |
5 | Jan 17 | Activekids | caglar | DuoFold |
6 | Jan 18 | Activekids | TheEye | doubleknights |
7 | Jan 19 | RumiLives | MikeAngelo | Laurence |
8 | Jan 21 | TheEye | Gambit101 | little-master |
9 | Jan 23 | Corocotta | Activekids | LouCid |
10 | Jan 25 | MikeAngelo | oldtimer | pinak |
11 | Jan 26 | funkymunky | MikeAngelo | fearnone |
Name | Rating | Fed. | |
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GM Levon Aronian | 2803 | (ARM) | |
GM Hikaru Nakamura | 2786 | (USA) | |
GM Fabiano Caruana | 2782 | (ITA) | |
GM Boris Gelfand | 2777 | (ISR) | |
GM Sergey Karjakin | 2756 | (RUS) | |
GM Leinier Dominguez | 2754 | (CUB) | |
GM Arkadij Naiditsch | 2737 | (GER) | |
GM Anish Giri | 2734 | (NED) | |
GM Wesley So | 2719 | (PHI) | |
GM Pentala Harikrishna | 2708 | (IND) | |
GM Richard Rapport | 2687 | (HUN) | |
GM Loek Van Wely | 2678 | (NED) |
Comments
EXCITING FIELD, AND YOUNG TALENTS.
Great tournament, look forward to it!
Why do they always include loek van wely? for sure he will end up in the cellar dwellar again.
Is a great tournamentthe ,the best in the world chess