Tata Steel 2012
Aronian wins and takes the lead
| Anish Giri |
 The sixth round games (21 ko)
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Levon Aronian won his fourth game today, and with Magnus Carlsen drawing, is now half-a-point ahead.
Other winners today were Hikaru Nakamura, Teimour Radjabov and the youngest participant in Group-A Anish Giri.
Pentala Harikrishna won again and Maxim Turov drew with his closest rival and both maintain their respective leads.
Here is the summary of the sixth round games:
Group-A:
| White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating | Moves | Opening |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levon Aronian | ARM | 2805 | 1-0 | Vugar Gashimov | AZE | 2761 | 48 | Modern Benoni |
| David Navara | CZE | 2712 | ½-½ | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2835 | 82 | Semi-Slav 6.Qc2 |
| Fabiano Caruana | ITA | 2736 | ½-½ | Loek Van Wely | NED | 2692 | 69 | Scandinavian Defence |
| Veselin Topalov | BUL | 2770 | ½-½ | Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2766 | 60 | Spanish Berlin |
| Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 2773 | 1-0 | Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2769 | 62 | Queen's Indian Defence |
| Anish Giri | NED | 2714 | 1-0 | Gata Kamsky | USA | 2732 | 64 | English Opening |
| Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2739 | 0-1 | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2759 | 35 | Dutch Leningrad |
The points tally:
| Seed | Name | Age | FED | Elo |
World rank |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | 21 | NOR | 2835 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Levon Aronian | 29 | ARM | 2805 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 3 | Teimour Radjabov | 24 | AZE | 2773 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Veselin Topalov | 36 | BUL | 2770 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Sergey Karjakin | 22 | RUS | 2769 | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 42 | UKR | 2766 | 8 | 3.5 |
| 7 | Vugar Gashimov | 25 | AZE | 2761 | 10 | 1.5 |
| 8 | Hikaru Nakamura | 24 | USA | 2759 | 12 | 3.5 |
| 9 | Boris Gelfand | 43 | ISR | 2739 | 16 | 2.5 |
| 10 | Fabiano Caruana | 19 | ITA | 2736 | 17 | 3.5 |
| 11 | Gata Kamsky | 37 | USA | 2732 | 20 | 2 |
| 12 | Anish Giri | 17 | NED | 2714 | 28 | 3.5 |
| 13 | David Navara | 26 | CZE | 2712 | 30 | 1.5 |
| 14 | Loek Van Wely | 39 | NED | 2692 | 54 | 3 |
Aronian leads ahead of Carlsen and Radjabov.
Group-B:
| White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lazaro Bruzon | CUB | 2691 | 1-0 | Viktorija Cmilyte | LTU | 2503 |
| Dimitri Reinderman | NED | 2581 | ½-½ | Erwin L'Ami | NED | 2606 |
| Pentala Harikrishna | IND | 2665 | 1-0 | Jan Timman | NED | 2568 |
| Sipke Ernst | NED | 2606 | 1-0 | Vladimir Potkin | RUS | 2684 |
| Daniele Vocaturo | ITA | 2545 | ½-½ | Sergei Tiviakov | NED | 2677 |
| Alexander Motylev | RUS | 2677 | ½-½ | Illya Nyzhnyk | UKR | 2568 |
| Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2557 | ½-½ | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2516 |
The points so far:
| Rk | Name | Age | FED | Elo | World rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lazaro Bruzon Batista | 29 | CUB | 2691 | 55 | 3.5 |
| 2 | Vladimir Potkin | 29 | RUS | 2684 | 65 | 2 |
| 3 | Sergei Tiviakov | 38 | NED | 2677 | 70 | 3 |
| 4 | Alexander Motylev | 32 | RUS | 2677 | 72 | 4 |
| 5 | Pentala Harikrishna | 25 | IND | 2665 | 82 | 5 |
| 6 | Sipke Ernst | 33 | NED | 2606 | - | 2.5 |
| 7 | Erwin L'Ami | 26 | NED | 2596 | - | 3.5 |
| 8 | Dimitri Reinderman | 39 | NED | 2581 | - | 3 |
| 9 | Jan Timman | 60! | NED | 2571 | - | 3 |
| 10 | Illya Nyzhnyk | 15 | UKR | 2568 | - | 3 |
| 11 | Kateryna Lahno | 22 | UKR | 2557 | 5w | 2.5 |
| 12 | Daniele Vocaturo | 22 | ITA | 2545 | - | 3 |
| 13 | Dronavalli Harika | 21 | IND | 2516 | 11w | 2 |
| 14 | Viktorija Cmilyte | 28 | LTU | 2503 | 16w | 2 |
Pentala Harikrishna has extended his lead to a full point.
Group-C:
| White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tania Sachdev | IND | 2411 | ½-½ | Baskaran Adhiban | IND | 2561 |
| Matthew Sadler | ENG | 2660 | ½-½ | Etienne Goudriaan | NED | 2279 |
| Sahaj Grover | IND | 2532 | ½-½ | Elina Danielian | ARM | 2490 |
| Hans Tikkanen | SWE | 2549 | ½-½ | Maxim Turov | RUS | 2645 |
| Lars Ootes | NED | 2326 | 0-1 | Lisa Schut | NED | 2290 |
| Pieter Hopman | NED | 2342 | 1-0 | Anne Haast | NED | 2290 |
| Elisabeth Paehtz | GER | 2454 | ½-½ | Daan Brandenburg | NED | 2527 |
Published: 20/01/2012 22:25, modified: 29/01/2012 19:23
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