In spite of a poor showing in rapid chess on the final day, Magnus hung on to win Zurich 2014.
Final Standings (Classic & Rapid Tournament)
Rank Name Points ELO
1 Magnus Carlsen 10 pts
2 Fabiano Caruana 9
3 Levon Aronian 9
4 Hikaru Nakamura 7½
5 Viswanathan Anand 5
6 Boris Gelfand 4½
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Magnus had a win in first game with black against Gelfand.
Get your facts right!
Nakamura just got lucky. He should’ve been in 5th place
Nakamura won the championship in both formats. Congratulations Nakamura. Others lost. Well next time they can try for 2nd place as Nakamura will always be first.