A perfect day for Aronian

Levon Aronian

Levon Aronian's victory over Fabiano Caruana, and Magnus Carlsen's loss with White to Sergey Karjakin, has left the Armenian a full point ahead, with only four rounds to go. The leaders in Groups B and C all won.

The ninth round details:

Group-A:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating	Moves	Opening
Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2759	½-½	Veselin Topalov	BUL	2770	37	English Opening
Levon Aronian	ARM	2835	1-0	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2736	47	English Opening
Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2766	1-0	Anish Giri	NED	2714	57	Queen's Gambit with Bf4
Vugar Gashimov	AZE	2761	½-½	David Navara	CZE	2712	40	Spanish with d3
Gata Kamsky	USA	2732	½-½	Teimour Radjabov	AZE	2773	55	Spanish with d3
Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2835	0-1	Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2769	60	Classical Dutch
Loek Van Wely	NED	2692	½-½	Boris Gelfand	ISR	2739	18	Nimzo-Indian Defence

The points tally:

Seed	Name	Age	FED	Elo	World rank	Points
1	Magnus Carlsen	21	NOR	2835	1	5.5
2	Levon Aronian	29	ARM	2805	2	6.5
3	Teimour Radjabov	24	AZE	2773	5	5.5
4	Veselin Topalov	36	BUL	2770	6	4
5	Sergey Karjakin	22	RUS	2769	7	4.5
6	Vassily Ivanchuk	42	UKR	2766	8	5.5
7	Vugar Gashimov	25	AZE	2761	10	3.5
8	Hikaru Nakamura	24	USA	2759	12	5
9	Boris Gelfand	43	ISR	2739	16	3.5
10	Fabiano Caruana	19	ITA	2736	17	4.5
11	Gata Kamsky	37	USA	2732	20	4
12	Anish Giri	17	NED	2714	28	4
13	David Navara	26	CZE	2712	30	2.5
14	Loek Van Wely	39	NED	2692	54	4.5

Here is the cross-table.

Rank	Player	Country	ELO	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
2	Levon Aronian	ARM	2805	*	0	.	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	.	1	.	.	6½
1	Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2835	1	*	½	½	.	½	.	0	.	.	½	1	1	½	5½
3	Teimour Radjabov	AZE	2773	.	½	*	.	½	½	.	1	½	½	½	.	½	1	5½
4	Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2766	½	½	.	*	½	½	½	.	½	½	1	1	.	.	5½
5	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2759	0	.	½	½	*	½	.	½	½	.	½	.	1	1	5
6	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2736	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	.	½	.	½	.	.	4½
7	Loek Van Wely	NED	2692	½	.	.	½	.	½	*	.	½	½	½	½	½	½	4½
8	Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2769	0	1	0	.	½	0	.	*	1	.	1	.	0	1	4½
9	Veselin Topalov	BUL	2770	½	.	½	½	½	.	½	0	*	.	.	½	½	½	4
10	Gata Kamsky	USA	2732	0	.	½	½	.	½	½	.	.	*	0	½	½	1	4
11	Anish Giri	NED	2714	.	½	½	0	½	.	½	0	.	1	*	0	1	.	4
12	Vugar Gashimov	AZE	2761	0	0	.	0	.	½	½	.	½	½	1	*	.	½	3½
13	Boris Gelfand	ISR	2739	.	0	½	.	0	.	½	1	½	½	0	.	*	½	3½
14	David Navara	CZE	2712	.	½	0	.	0	.	½	0	½	0	.	½	½	*	2½

Group-B:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2503	½-½	Alexander Motylev	RUS	2677
Jan Timman	NED	2568	½-½	Kateryna Lahno	UKR	2557
Daniele Vocaturo	ITA	2545	1-0	Sipke Ernst	NED	2606
Illya Nyzhnyk	UKR	2568	0-1	Pentala Harikrishna	IND	2665
Erwin L'Ami	NED	2606	1-0	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2516
Sergei Tiviakov	NED	2677	1-0	Dimitri Reinderman	NED	2581
Vladimir Potkin	RUS	2684	0-1	Lazaro Bruzon	CUB	2691

The points so far:

Rk	Name	Age	FED	Elo	World rank	Points
1	Lazaro Bruzon Batista	29	CUB	2691	55	6
2	Vladimir Potkin	29	RUS	2684	65	3.5
3	Sergei Tiviakov	38	NED	2677	70	4.5
4	Alexander Motylev	32	RUS	2677	72	6
5	Pentala Harikrishna	25	IND	2665	82	7
6	Sipke Ernst	33	NED	2606	-	4
7	Erwin L'Ami	26	NED	2596	-	6
8	Dimitri Reinderman	39	NED	2581	-	4
9	Jan Timman	60!	NED	2571	-	3.5
10	Illya Nyzhnyk	15	UKR	2568	-	4.5
11	Kateryna Lahno	22	UKR	2557	5w	3.5
12	Daniele Vocaturo	22	ITA	2545	-	4
13	Dronavalli Harika	21	IND	2516	11w	3
14	Viktorija Cmilyte	28	LTU	2503	16w	3.5

Here is the cross-table.

Rank	Player	Country	ELO	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Points
1	Pentala Harikrishna	IND	2665	*	.	½	1	1	½	.	.	.	½	½	1	1	1	7
2	Alexander Motylev	RUS	2677	.	*	.	½	½	1	.	½	1	½	½	.	1	½	6
3	Erwin L'Ami	NED	2596	½	.	*	½	½	1	0	½	1	.	.	.	1	1	6
4	Lazaro Bruzon Batista	CUB	2691	0	½	½	*	.	.	.	½	.	1	1	1	½	1	6
5	Illya Nyzhnyk	UKR	2568	0	½	½	.	*	½	½	.	1	½	1	0	.	.	4½
6	Sergei Tiviakov	NED	2677	½	0	0	.	½	*	0	1	½	1	.	1	.	.	4½
7	Sipke Ernst	NED	2606	.	.	1	.	½	1	*	.	0	1	0	0	0	½	4
8	Dimitri Reinderman	NED	2581	.	½	½	½	.	0	.	*	.	0	½	1	½	½	4
9	Daniele Vocaturo	ITA	2545	.	0	0	.	0	½	1	.	*	½	1	½	.	½	4
10	Vladimir Potkin	RUS	2684	½	½	.	0	½	0	0	1	½	*	.	½	.	.	3½
11	Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2503	½	½	.	0	0	.	1	½	0	.	*	.	½	½	3½
12	Jan Timman	NED	2571	0	.	.	0	1	0	1	0	½	½	.	*	½	.	3½
13	Kateryna Lahno	UKR	2557	0	0	0	½	.	.	1	½	.	.	½	½	*	½	3½
14	Dronavalli Harika	IND	2516	0	½	0	0	.	.	½	½	½	.	½	.	½	*	3

Group-C:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Maxim Turov	RUS	2645	1-0	Tania Sachdev	IND	2411
Etienne Goudriaan	NED	2279	½-½	Daan Brandenburg	NED	2527
Anne Haast	NED	2290	1-0	Sahaj Grover	IND	2532
Elina Danielian	ARM	2490	½-½	Elisabeth Paehtz	GER	2454
Baskaran Adhiban	IND	2561	1-0	Pieter Hopman	NED	2342
Lisa Schut	NED	2290	½-½	Matthew Sadler	ENG	2660
Lars Ootes	NED	2326	0-1	Hans Tikkanen	SWE	2549