Aronian back in control

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After a win over Boris Gelfand, the leader Levon Aronian has restored his one point lead, going into the last round. In equal second are Magnus Carlsen and Teimour Radjabov. In Group B, Pentala Harikrishna has a one-point margin over Alexander Motylev and Erwin L'Ami. Group C is still a two-horse race, with Hans Tikkanen and Maxim Turov neck-and-neck on 9.5/12.

Here is a summary of Round 12:

Group-A:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating	Moves	Opening
Veselin Topalov	BUL	2770	1-0	Anish Giri	NED	2714	47	Petroff Defence
David Navara	CZE	2712	½-½	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2736	64	Spanish Neo-Arkhangel
Boris Gelfand	ISR	2739	0-1	Levon Aronian	ARM	2805	53	Queen's Gambit 5.Bf4
Teimour Radjabov	AZE	2773	½-½	Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2766	20	Benko Gambit
Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2769	½-½	Vugar Gashimov	AZE	2761	27	Queen's Indian Defence
Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2759	1-0	Loek Van Wely	NED	2692	55	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2835	½-½	Gata Kamsky	USA	2732	59	Spanish Marshall

The points tally:

Seed	Name	Age	FED	Elo	World rank	Points
1	Magnus Carlsen	21	NOR	2835	1	7.5
2	Levon Aronian	29	ARM	2805	2	8.5
3	Teimour Radjabov	24	AZE	2773	5	7.5
4	Veselin Topalov	36	BUL	2770	6	5
5	Sergey Karjakin	22	RUS	2769	7	6
6	Vassily Ivanchuk	42	UKR	2766	8	7
7	Vugar Gashimov	25	AZE	2761	10	4.5
8	Hikaru Nakamura	24	USA	2759	12	7
9	Boris Gelfand	43	ISR	2739	16	5
10	Fabiano Caruana	19	ITA	2736	17	7
11	Gata Kamsky	37	USA	2732	20	6
12	Anish Giri	17	NED	2714	28	4
13	David Navara	26	CZE	2712	30	4
14	Loek Van Wely	39	NED	2692	54	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
1	Levon Aronian	ARM	2805	*	0	.	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	0	1	8.5
2	Magnus Carlsen	NOR	2835	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	0	.	1	1	1	½	½	7.5
3	Teimour Radjabov	AZE	2773	.	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	7.5
4	Vassily Ivanchuk	UKR	2766	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	.	½	0	½	1	1	1	7
5	Fabiano Caruana	ITA	2736	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	.	1	½	½	1	7
6	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	2759	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	.	1	½	7
7	Gata Kamsky	USA	2732	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	.	½	1	0	6
8	Sergey Karjakin	RUS	2769	0	1	0	.	0	½	0	*	1	0	1	½	1	1	6
9	Loek Van Wely	NED	2692	½	.	½	½	½	0	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	½	5
10	Boris Gelfand	ISR	2739	0	0	½	1	.	0	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	0	5
11	Veselin Topalov	BUL	2770	½	0	½	½	0	½	.	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	5
12	Vugar Gashimov	AZE	2761	0	0	0	0	½	.	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	1	4.5
13	David Navara	CZE	2712	1	½	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	.	4
14	Anish Giri	NED	2714	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	0	½	1	0	0	.	*	4

Group-B:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Dimitri Reinderman	NED	2581	1-0	Sipke Ernst	NED	2606
Lazaro Bruzon	CUB	2691	1-0	Daniele Vocaturo	ITA	2545
Kateryna Lahno	UKR	2557	0-1	Illya Nyzhnyk	UKR	2568
Harika Dronavalli	IND	2516	0-1	Sergei Tiviakov	NED	2677
Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2503	½-½	Vladimir Potkin	RUS	2684
Erwin L'Ami	NED	2596	½-½	Jan Timman	NED	2571
Alexander Motylev	RUS	2677	½-½	Pentala Harikrishna	IND	2665

The points so far:

Rk	Name	Age	FED	Elo	World rank	Points
1	Lazaro Bruzon Batista	29	CUB	2691	55	7.5
2	Vladimir Potkin	29	RUS	2684	65	5.5
3	Sergei Tiviakov	38	NED	2677	70	7
4	Alexander Motylev	32	RUS	2677	72	8
5	Pentala Harikrishna	25	IND	2665	82	8.5
6	Sipke Ernst	33	NED	2606	-	6
7	Erwin L'Ami	26	NED	2596	-	8
8	Dimitri Reinderman	39	NED	2581	-	7
9	Jan Timman	60!	NED	2571	-	5.5
10	Illya Nyzhnyk	15	UKR	2568	-	6.5
11	Kateryna Lahno	22	UKR	2557	5w	4
12	Daniele Vocaturo	22	ITA	2545	-	4
13	Dronavalli Harika	21	IND	2516	11w	3.5
14	Viktorija Cmilyte	28	LTU	2503	16w	4

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	½	1	½	.	1	½	1	0	1	1	½	1	8.5
2	Alexander Motylev	RUS	2677	½	*	½	½	1	½	½	½	.	1	1	1	½	½	8
3	Erwin L'Ami	NED	2596	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	.	½	0	1	1	1	1	8
4	Lazaro Bruzon Batista	CUB	2691	0	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	1	.	½	½	1	1	7.5
5	Sergei Tiviakov	NED	2677	½	0	0	½	*	1	½	1	1	0	½	1	.	0	7
6	Dimitri Reinderman	NED	2581	.	½	½	½	0	*	1	0	1	1	1	½	½	½	7
7	Illya Nyzhnyk	UKR	2568	0	½	½	1	½	0	*	½	0	½	1	1	1	.	6.5
8	Vladimir Potkin	RUS	2684	½	½	.	0	0	1	½	*	½	0	½	½	½	1	5.5
9	Jan Timman	NED	2571	0	.	½	0	0	0	1	½	*	1	½	½	1	½	5.5
10	Sipke Ernst	NED	2606	1	0	1	.	1	0	½	1	0	*	0	0	0	½	5
11	Daniele Vocaturo	ITA	2545	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	*	.	1	½	4
12	Kateryna Lahno	UKR	2557	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	1	.	*	½	½	4
13	Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2503	½	½	0	0	.	½	0	½	0	1	0	½	*	½	4
14	Dronavalli Harika	IND	2516	0	½	0	0	0	½	.	0	½	½	½	½	½	*	3.5

Group-C:

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