Gelfand had a bad tournament up to 8 rounds. But he played the spoiler role by beating the tournament leader Mamedyarov in the final round. This sets up a big tie at the top of the leader board. Grischuk gambled and pushed hard for a win against Nakamura in the final round. However, his opponent played well to obtain a winning position. A blunder on move 84 was costly for Nakamura as he could have tied for 1st.
Final standings (provided by TWIC)
| 1. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2801 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2832 |
| 2. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2760 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2836 |
| 3. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2763 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2836 |
| 4. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2771 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2798 |
| 5. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2741 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2802 |
| 6. | Wang Hao | g | CHN | 2727 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2803 |
| 7. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2791 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2753 |
| 8. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2741 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 3½ | 2679 |
| 9. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2735 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 3 | 2634 |
| 10. | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2742 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 2½ | 2592 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Did Nakamura choke?
He certainly did!
LOL! He was quite expressive in his bitter disappointment after the failed win!
His facial expression said it all…
Rui leprechaun
(…such a narrow missed goal! :))
Is that Tal on the picture? If not, what the heck is that pic doing in this article?