Another day of fighting chess in Sochi. Aronian was the first to finish. He scored a full point after Gelfand blundered a piece. The early leader Cheparinov has fallen back with 2 losses in the 2nd half. Kamsky drew again.
Round 11 results:
Aronian, Levon – Gelfand, Boris 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey – Cheparinov, Ivan 1-0
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Gashimov, Vugar 1-0
Wang Yue – Kamsky, Gata ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Radjabov, Teimour ½-½
Navara, David – Grischuk, Alexander ½-½
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad – Svidler, Peter 0-1
Standings after 11 rounds:
1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2737 7
2. Wang Yue g CHN 2704 6½
3. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2727 6½
4. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2744 6½
5. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2709 6
6. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 6
7. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2717 6
8. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 5½
9. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2728 5½
10. Cheparinov, Ivan g BUL 2687 5½
11. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2738 5
12. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 4½
13. Navara, David g CZE 2646 3½
14. Al-Modiahki, Mohamad g QAT 2556 3
Al-Modiahki is going down. He put up good resistance for quite a long time but I suspect that it is just incredibly tough having to face top GMs every single day, they are wearing him out…
It’s the other way round with Aronian. There is only one opponent who is to fear by him: Chucky.
okay