Drawing provided by Dario
Karjakin, Sergey – Carlsen, Magnus
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Eljanov, Pavel
Svidler, Peter – Van Wely, Loek
Onischuk, Alexander – Shirov, Alexei
Volokitin, Andrei – Alekseev, Evgeny
Jakovenko, Dmitry – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
Standings after 10 rounds:
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2765 7½
2-3. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 6
2-3. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2687 6
4. Karjakin, Sergey g UKR 2732 5½
5-6. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2711 5
5-6. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2711 5
7-10. Svidler, Peter g RUS 2746 4½
7-10. Volokitin, Andrei g UKR 2684 4½
7-10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2740 4½
7-10. Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROU 2684 4½
11-12. Onischuk, Alexander g USA 2664 3½
11-12. Van Wely, Loek g NED 2677 3½
Your prediction?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Carlsen – Karjakin > quick draw
Ivanchuk wins.
I agree. Quick draw. Carlsen is not in a fighting mood lately. Probably tired and he’s already won.
Carlsen is not in fighting mood lately? Yesterday he again played a 80 moves marathon. He will be very motivated today, and so will Karjakin, so they will fight!
Karjakin – Carlsen
4 draws
3 wins of Karjakin
2 wins of Carlsen
I hope Carlsen win and equalize the score
I agree with the first anon- it should be a draw between Carlsen and Karjakin, while Ivanchuk should win his game- so that both Carlsen and Ivanchuk will have virtual ratings within a point of each other.
I would think Karjakin will want to fight. He probably feels Carlsen is stealing his thunder as a young player and Karjakin should want to show he is as good or better than Magnus. A win for Krajakin would move him up closer to Carlsen’s final score.
For Magnus this is his opportunity to put a few extra points onto his elo for the July list. A perfect time to add a touch of psychology to his reputation. That means throw fear into the hearts of his opponents.
GO MAGNUS GO.
draw draw draw lol
Need to draw a bottle of Orange Juice into that picture.