This is one of the most unusual (or shocking) round I have ever witnessed in a long time. Aronian, in a dead drawn position, managed to find the only losing plan. Magnus, who was worse throughout most of the game, had drawing chances. But he did not find the right continuation and Ivanchuk managed not to blunder in time pressure to win. All of a sudden, Kramnik is now in 1st place with just two rounds to go. This is pretty incredible. What most people thought was a two horse race in the first half, turns out to be Carlsen chasing Kramnik.
Round 12 results
GM Aronian Levon 2809 0 – 1 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2810
GM Carlsen Magnus 2872 0 – 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2757
GM Gelfand Boris 2740 ½ – ½ GM Svidler Peter 2747
GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 ½ – ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2764
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It’s a Soviet fix.
The best player wins… easier than it seems! 🙂
totally fixed. i may quit chess. first kramnik is accused of cheating with topalov years back, now grschuk makes a rookie move in a serious position to kramnik, but plays great to all others? this is so fixed, i am forever a fan of kasparov and i have 0 respect for kramnik.
well Ivanchuk played like his good all days and when a player played that way he is unbeatable, while Aronian push too hard to catch up with the leader and paid dearly with it. Fatigue finally caught on Carlsen in this round and he wasn’t playing in his usual self throughout the game. This make the last 2 rounds an exciting Chess.
Why would Svidler or Ivanchuk prevent a Russian from winning the tournament? I predict some staged blunders in the next few rounds in favor of Kramnik. Remember, they all play in the same teams.
Watch Ivanchuk lose on time tramnik in the last round … story of the tournament turns out to be Ivanchuk.
Who wants to watch another Kramnik-Anand match? Not me.
Look at the picture. Smiling Aronian says to Carlsen ” I got you!”