The Candidates will be held in London between October 24-Nov 12. The eight-person line-up includes Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Peter Svidler, Alexander Grischuk, Vasily Ivanchuk. The seventh spot goes to the loser of the world title match in May between Anand and Boris Gelfand. The remaining spot is a wild card and likely to be Teimour Radjabov. There are problems with the schedule.
Levon Aronyan won his third Tata Steel with a 2891 performance and healthy one-point lead. His rating climbs to 2824, within shouting distance of Magnus Carlsen who should be around 2834. Aronyan
Levon Aronyan leads the Tata Steel's A group with 7.5 points after 10 rounds. The Armenian GM has a 2944 tournament performance rating. He is followed by Vasily Ivanchuk (6.5), who has moved up in
Magnus Carlsen lived upto his aura, winning the Grand Slam to order. In a key ninth round encounter, he scored his second win against leader, Vassily Ivanchuk, to catch up with the Ukrainian GM.
The third round of the Sao Paulo- Bilbao Grand Slam saw a statistical oddity. The world no:1 Magnus Carlsen and no:2 Viswanathan Anand both lost, to Paco Vallejo and Vassily Ivanchuk respectively.
Magnus Carlsen finished with (+5,=4,-1,) and 19 points (soccer scoring) in Biel. His TPR was 2835. Morozevich (+4,=5,-1) scored 17 with a TPR of 2821 to confirm that he's recovered his health and
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