Carlsen leads by 1.5 with 2 to go

Round 9 results:

Jakovenko, Dmitry – Carlsen, Magnus ½-½
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Svidler, Peter ½-½
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter – Shirov, Alexei 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey – Van Wely, Loek ½-½
Volokitin, Andrei – Eljanov, Pavel 0-1
Onischuk, Alexander – Alekseev, Evgeny ½-½

While everyone is focusing on the incredible performance by Carlsen, GM Eljanov is quietly having a fantastic event as well. He is in clear 2nd behind Carlsen and ahead of all the other big names. Karjakin is also doing well at +1.

Standings after 9 rounds:

1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2765 7
2. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2687 5½
3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 5
4. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732 5
5. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746 4½
6. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2711 4½
7. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2711 4½
8. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2684 4
9. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2684 4
10. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2677 3½
11. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2740 3½
12. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2664 3

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