Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website
It will come down to the final round in the A group. All top 3 leaders have White in the final game. Carlsen will have White against Caruana. Shirov will have White against Dominguez. And Kramnik will have White against Karjakin. Anand with a small outside chance IF Carlsen loses, and Kramnik / Shirov draw or lose, and IF he can beat van Wely with Black.
What is your prediction?
Group A
| L. van Wely – V. Anand | |
| N. Short – J. Smeets | |
| H. Nakamura – S. Tiviakov | |
| M. Carlsen – F. Caruana | |
| V. Ivanchuk – P. Leko | |
| A. Shirov – L. Dominguez | |
| V. Kramnik – S. Karjakin |
Group B
| A. Naiditsch – E. l’Ami | |
| W. So – A. Muzychuk | |
| V. Akobian – D. Howell | |
| P. Negi – A. Giri | |
| P. Harikrishna – T. Nyback | |
| L. Nisipeanu – E. Sutovsky | |
| D. Reinderman – Ni |
Group C
| D. Vocaturo – S. Swaminathan | |
| S. Plukkel – B. Bok | |
| L. Chao – Z. Peng | |
| R. van Kampen – S. Kuipers | |
| K. Lie – M. Muzychuk | |
| N. Grandelius – R. Swinkels | |
| A. Gupta – R. Robson |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Top 3 don’t need to loose for Anand to tie for a win. Carlsen needs to loose, and Kramnik and Shirov need to draw. No way Carlsen will loose.
Carlsen’s gonna lose. Fabiano Caruana began his chess career at the Polgar Center and is destined for greatness. And when Caruana becomes World Champion we will all know where this brilliant career began. We can thank Susan Polgar.
Caruana’s success is due to his hard work and the commitment from his parents, especially his father.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
I’m a fan of MC but I hope will win just because he has played interesting chess
CRLAWN ll the way…its his tourney to lose…and I honestly doubt ( Though I like him a lot) Fabiano is anywhere near Carlsens class. I’m imagining Carlsen will play to win..look at the other results and play accordingly. He’s got it in the bag. Would be a MAJOR upset if Carlsen doesn’t at least tie for first…
Kramnik, Shirov, and Anand will have uneventful draws. Anand must be happy with his performance, given that he has to pull some punches here. He will end this tournament as the only undefeated player. Carlsen may go for it with Caruana, so there is a slight chance that he overplays and loses. But I’ll give Carlsen 90% probability of winning the title.
Who the heck is CRLAWN?
carlsen will AT LEAST tie for first. gotta love that money. war magnus!
carlsen and kramnik tie for first.
Shirov agreed a draw with apparently a clear win on the board