12 October 2011
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen for winning the Grand Slam Chess Masters in his signature style. All credit to Vassily Ivanchuk for a tenacious show. Here are the final standings.
Hello everyone,
Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen for winning the Grand Slam Chess Masters in his signature style. All credit to Vassily Ivanchuk for a tenacious show. Here are the final standings.
Grand Slam Masters Final 2011 | Round 10 Standings (football)
1-2 Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk 15
3-4 Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian 12
5 Vishy Anand 12
6 Francisco Vallejo 10
After the last round saw Carlsen and Ivanchuk tie for first, a tiebreak of blitz games were held which saw Carlsen drawing the first game with White but winning the second with Black and the title. Carlsen drew with Hikaru Nakamura, Ivanchuk drew with Levon Aronian while Viswanathan Anand beat Francisco Vallejo.
Here are all the games of the last round including the tiebreaks. Enjoy. You can access the official website at this link.
1-2 Magnus Carlsen, Vassily Ivanchuk 15
3-4 Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian 12
5 Vishy Anand 12
6 Francisco Vallejo 10
After the last round saw Carlsen and Ivanchuk tie for first, a tiebreak of blitz games were held which saw Carlsen drawing the first game with White but winning the second with Black and the title. Carlsen drew with Hikaru Nakamura, Ivanchuk drew with Levon Aronian while Viswanathan Anand beat Francisco Vallejo.
Here are all the games of the last round including the tiebreaks. Enjoy. You can access the official website at this link.
