Final round pairings
Aronian – Carlsen
Vallejo – Caruana
Anand – Karjakin
Carlsen or Caruana?
Standings before the final round
| 1-2. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2773 | * | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 16 | |
| 1-2. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2843 | 0 | 1 | * | * | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
| 3. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2816 | ½ | 0 | ½ | . | * | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 10 | |
| 4. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2778 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | * | ½ | . | ½ | 1 | 9 | |
| 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2780 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | * | * | ½ | ½ | 8 | |
| 6. | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2697 | 0 | . | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | * | 5 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura!
Caruana obviously has better odds, and should go for a win with black. Aronian will not lose twice in a row, even to Carlsen.
Caruana 0-3 vs carlson in rapid thus must avoid playoff. Thus, a draw for Fab, matching MC’s draw vs Lev, concedes the tournament. So he will go for win. If win effort backfires, will prob be able to dig himself out of a hole against Paco, get a draw, and hope for upset in rapid.
Anand sucks! His time is over and he surely will be crushed in the next title match,be it vs Carlsen,Grischuk or Aronian. I hope it will be Carlsen who makes it though ( the candidates )
Yes,Carunana is favorite but I hope Pons can hold the last game because he deserves it.