Magnus was trailing Anand by 2 points after day 1. He stormed by to lead Anand by 1 point after day 2. It looks like it will be a 2 man race between Carlsen and Anand on the final day with Karjakin having an outside shot.

Standings after 28 (of 42) rounds:

No. Title Name Fed. FIDE















Total
1 GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2801















21.0
2 GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2788















20.0
3 GM Karjakin, Sergey UKR 2723















18.5
4 GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2772















16.5
5 GM Svidler, Peter RUS 2754















16.5
6 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan UKR 2739















16.0
7 GM Grischuk, Alexander RUS 2736















16.0
8 GM Aronian, Levon ARM 2786















14.5
9 GM Karpov, Anatoly RUS 2619















14.0
10 GM Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2750















13.5
11 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2719















13.5
12 GM Leko, Peter HUN 2752















13.0
13 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry RUS 2736















12.5
14 GM Dominguez Perez, Leinier CUB 2719















12.0
15 GM Bareev, Evgeny RUS 2634















12.0
16 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2739















12.0
17 GM Naiditsch, Arkadij GER 2689















12.0
18 GM Gelfand, Boris ISR 2758















11.5
19 GM Polgar, Judit HUN 2680















11.5
20 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 2517















11.0
21 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE 2758















11.0
22 GM Tkachiev, Vladislav FRA 2642















9.5


Source: http://tal.russiachess.org/results/2009/blitz/tournament_table_acc_places.html

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