While many bloggers predicted a quick draw by Aronian, he defeated Grischuk and finished clear first. However, second place was not settled until the final minute. Radjabov defeated Karjakin while Wang was held to a draw by Ivanchuk. This gave clear second to Radjabov. Kamsky made a mini comeback and finished in a tie for 3rd. Early leaders Grischuk and Cheparinov faded and finished way back.
Final round results:
Aronian, Levon – Grischuk, Alexander 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey – Radjabov, Teimour 0-1
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Wang Yue ½-½
Gashimov, Vugar – Svidler, Peter 0-1
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Cheparinov, Ivan 1-0
Navara, David – Kamsky, Gata 0-1
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad – Gelfand, Boris ½-½
Final standings:
1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2737 8½
2. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 8
3. Wang Yue g CHN 2704 7½
4. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 7½
5. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 7
6. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2709 7
7. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 7
8. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 6½
9. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2717 6½
10. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 6
11. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2687 6
12. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 5½
13. Navara, David g CZE 2646 4
14. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2556 4
Never underestimate Aronian! I wonder why he took so long to winning a top-level tourney.
Aronian is the invisible man !
“Chucky holds Wang”
Contact the New York Times and Hustler!
Umm… Aronion won Chorus last year and this year, he won Linares last year, and also just won the Melody Amber tournament. Probably more too… so he has won top tournaments before.
Correction: he won 2006 Linares from the first attempt.He also won Tal Memorial, rapid match against Kramnik, rapid supertournament this June, Fisher chess world championship… All that since 2006when he started getting invitations to elite tournaments. That is impressive!