Candidates Tournament has entered its 12th round. There were two decisive games.
5 times world champion Vishy Anand lost to American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in a miniature lasting only 26 moves. In another game , Sergery Karjakin had simple win against bulgerian grandmaster Veselin Topalov. Anish Giri continued his drawing streak, and made a comfortable draw against Peter Svidler. Finally , Fabiano Caruana made peace with Levon Aronian.
The lost against Nakamura would surely upset Anand fans as now the Indian Ace finds himself second to two co-leaders of the tournament - Caruana and Karjakin (with Karjakin having a better tie-break).
Nakamura in the press conference revealed that he had studied this line earlier and took a gamble that Anand would play the most suitable "human moves" and then went on to clinch the victory. This preparation payed off quite well as he was able to trap Anand in his jinx very early in the game. As expected Anand didn't utter a word in the press conference, his face clearly showing the look of disgust. The only problem facing Anand is that he gets to play the white pieces, but his opponent is someone who clearly preferes to have an all throught-out drawn tournament than winning or losing. He is Anish Giri.
Meanwhile Karjakin was able to pull out a win in an important game against Topalov. This put him in joint lead with Caruana. It is quite clear now, with two games left, the contention for the top spot is being grilled between these two players unless if out of miracle, someone comes from behind.
5 times world champion Vishy Anand lost to American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in a miniature lasting only 26 moves. In another game , Sergery Karjakin had simple win against bulgerian grandmaster Veselin Topalov. Anish Giri continued his drawing streak, and made a comfortable draw against Peter Svidler. Finally , Fabiano Caruana made peace with Levon Aronian.
The lost against Nakamura would surely upset Anand fans as now the Indian Ace finds himself second to two co-leaders of the tournament - Caruana and Karjakin (with Karjakin having a better tie-break).
Nakamura in the press conference revealed that he had studied this line earlier and took a gamble that Anand would play the most suitable "human moves" and then went on to clinch the victory. This preparation payed off quite well as he was able to trap Anand in his jinx very early in the game. As expected Anand didn't utter a word in the press conference, his face clearly showing the look of disgust. The only problem facing Anand is that he gets to play the white pieces, but his opponent is someone who clearly preferes to have an all throught-out drawn tournament than winning or losing. He is Anish Giri.
Meanwhile Karjakin was able to pull out a win in an important game against Topalov. This put him in joint lead with Caruana. It is quite clear now, with two games left, the contention for the top spot is being grilled between these two players unless if out of miracle, someone comes from behind.
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| Caruana and Karjakin lead the tournament with 7 points each.
Taking a look at the scoresheet now.
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