Photo by Fred Lucas
Group A
| Round 12 – Saturday the 29th | |
| V. Anand – A. Giri | ½-½ |
| R. Ponomariov – A. Shirov | ½-½ |
| E. l’Ami – L. Aronian | ½-½ |
| J. Smeets – A. Grischuk | 0-1 |
| M. Carlsen – Wang Hao | 1-0 |
| H. Nakamura – V. Kramnik | ½-½ |
| M. Vachier-Lagrave – I. Nepomniachtchi | 1-0 |
Group B
| Round 12 – Saturday the 29th | |
| L. Fressinet – Li Chao | 1-0 |
| V. Tkachiev – W. Spoelman | 1-0 |
| F. Nijboer – D. Navara | 0-1 |
| L. McShane – W. So | 1-0 |
| R. Wojtaszek – S. Ganguly | 0-1 |
| L. Liem – Z. Efimenko | ½-½ |
| G. Sargissian – J. Hammer | ½-½ |
Group C
| Round 12 – Saturday the 29th | |
| B. Bok – R. Pruijssers | 1-0 |
| M. van der Werf – T. Sachdev | 0-1 |
| S. Siebrecht – M. Bluvshtein | 0-1 |
| I. Ivanisevic – J.W. de Jong | 1-0 |
| K. Lahno – M. Kazhgaleyev | ½-½ |
| D. Swiercz – D. Vocaturo | 1-0 |
| I. Nyzhnyk – R. van Kampen | 1-0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The WC with White barely survived to draw with Giri!
Did Giri throw away the game on purpose? According to the computer on chessbomb.com, his last move …Rd2 was a dud. He was winning before that.
Giri’s pocket Rybka ran out of power.
Carlsem beating Wang in public. Nothing new here.