Final Round Blindfold Results:
Anand-Van Wely 1/2-1/2
Kramnik-Karjakin 1/2-1/2
Mamedyarov-Gelfand 1-0
Topalov-Ivanchuk 1-0
Leko-Aronian 1/2-1/2
Morozevich-Carlsen 1/2-1/2
Final Blind Standings:
1-4. Aronian 6.5
Kramnik 6.5
Morozevich 6.5
Topalov 6.5
5-7. Anand 6
Carlsen 6
Leko 6
8-9. Karjakin 5
Van Wely 5
10-11. Ivanchuk 4.5
Mamedyarov 4.5
12. Gelfand 3
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I knew Topa had it in him.
Go Topa!
Yep…as things stand now, he will probably either solely remain second in the combined final standings, or share it with someone.
so Kramnik would have won the blindfold as well as sole second if he had taken that free point after Gelfand blundered his queen
Yes, that highly sporting move by Kramnik will, unfortunately, be lost in the annals of chess.
pooor topalov, so gifted, and so so … dark into the dark … so much lost in his style …