Round 13 of the candidates tournament concluded today.
5 times world champion Vishy anand went down in a grilling battle against the Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri fighting for a win. But the latter seems to have no intentions to stop his drawing streak. He now has 13 draws in this tournament so far and would be the first player in the world to draw all the games in a candidate tournament, if he draws his last game.
As for Anand, Indian fans will be a bitter disappointed because this means that he is out of contention to win the tournament. Only Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana has a real chance to become the next challenger to Magnus Carlsen.
In other games, Hikaru Nakamura came out on top against Veselin Topalov, but the victory is too late to win the tournament.
Sergey Karjakin made a difficult draw against Levon Aronian, involving moves lasting more than 100.
Fabiano Caruana could not convert his rook + bishop vs rook endgame to a win against Peter Svidler. Analysis showed he had a real chance of mating, but threw it all back away a few moves later. Though the endgame was difficult and hardly you can blame Caruana as they played more than 6 hours and here also moves lasted more than 100, the time pressure and the 50 move rule were all acting against him.
Anyways what this means is that we are going for an epic clash between the two leaders of the tournament! Karjakin vs Caruana. Without going into the details, this is how the Bermuda Triangle works:-
The one who wins becomes the winner of the tournament.
If the game is drawn between them, then :-
If Anand draws or loses to Svidler, then Sergey Karjakin is the champion.
If Anand wins, Caruana is the champion.
Taking a look at the standings one more time:-
5 times world champion Vishy anand went down in a grilling battle against the Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri fighting for a win. But the latter seems to have no intentions to stop his drawing streak. He now has 13 draws in this tournament so far and would be the first player in the world to draw all the games in a candidate tournament, if he draws his last game.
As for Anand, Indian fans will be a bitter disappointed because this means that he is out of contention to win the tournament. Only Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana has a real chance to become the next challenger to Magnus Carlsen.
In other games, Hikaru Nakamura came out on top against Veselin Topalov, but the victory is too late to win the tournament.
Sergey Karjakin made a difficult draw against Levon Aronian, involving moves lasting more than 100.
Fabiano Caruana could not convert his rook + bishop vs rook endgame to a win against Peter Svidler. Analysis showed he had a real chance of mating, but threw it all back away a few moves later. Though the endgame was difficult and hardly you can blame Caruana as they played more than 6 hours and here also moves lasted more than 100, the time pressure and the 50 move rule were all acting against him.
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| American Fabiano Caruana |
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| Sergey Karjakin |
The one who wins becomes the winner of the tournament.
If the game is drawn between them, then :-
If Anand draws or loses to Svidler, then Sergey Karjakin is the champion.
If Anand wins, Caruana is the champion.
Taking a look at the standings one more time:-
| # | Name | Pts | SB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | 7.5 | 47.5 |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 7.5 | 46 | |
| 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | 7 | 43.25 |
| 4 | Giri, Anish | 6.5 | 43.5 |
| Svidler, Peter | 6.5 | 41.75 | |
| Aronian, Levon | 6.5 | 40.75 | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 6.5 | 39 | |
| 8 | Topalov, Veselin | 4 | 27.75 |
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