In spite of scoring only 1/2 point in the final 3 rounds today, including 2 straight losses, Aronian still maintains a comfortable 1.5 point lead over Carlsen going into the final day with 10 games to go. Here are the standings after day 2. Nakamura made a surge early on day 2 but he is still 3 points behind the leader.
Standings after 28 rounds
| 1 | GM | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2801 | 18.5 |
| 2 | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2802 | 17.0 |
| 3 | GM | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2744 | 16.0 |
| 4 | GM | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2720 | 16.0 |
| 5 | GM | Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2791 | 16.0 |
| 6 | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2741 | 15.5 |
| 7 | GM | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2741 | 15.5 |
| 8 | GM | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2763 | 14.0 |
| 9 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2703 | 14.0 |
| 10 | GM | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2771 | 14.0 |
| 11 | GM | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2742 | 14.0 |
| 12 | GM | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2760 | 13.5 |
| 13 | GM | Savchenko, Boris | RUS | 2632 | 13.0 |
| 14 | GM | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2722 | 13.0 |
| 15 | GM | Movsesian, Sergei | SVK | 2721 | 12.5 |
| 16 | GM | Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2709 | 12.0 |
| 17 | GM | Grachev, Boris | RUS | 2654 | 12.0 |
| 18 | GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2744 | 11.5 |
| 19 | GM | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2660 | 11.0 |
| 20 | GM | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2683 | 11.0 |
http://www.russiachess.org/online/blitz/cross_table_acc_places&28.html
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
this is real chess.
that’s pretty impressive if he got .5/2 with two straight losses.
Do blitz events like this affect their ratings? I hope not.
Of course it doesn’t count on the rating! Only standard length games count. How come people ask this all the time. People even ask if blind chess counts…
Goes to show how much most ‘anons’ even know about chess! This is just ‘fun’ chess and has no bearing whatsoever on the slower game.
I remember reading somewhere that FIDE is considering creating a speed chess rating. I think it would be cool.
Nepomniachtchi – molodets !
He’s the real thing!
what is the story with Mamerof sp? with eleven pts.
He starts 0-10 then goes on a tear.