[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: Corus, Round 12: A quick recap

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
Corus, Round 12: A quick recap
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   Round 13, the final round, is underway, so I'll keep this relatively
   brief.
   The big result of round 13 was Carlsen's win - with Black - over
   Kramnik. Kramnik losses are rare enough, and he loses with White just
   a little more frequently than Roger Federer loses a tennis semi-final.
   Anyway, Carlsen played very well, and, helped along by a Kramnik
   miscalculation on move 29, he managed to win the game and catch
   Aronian in first place. As all the other games relevant to first place
   were drawn, the key standings saw Carlsen and Aronian with 7.5 and
   Anand and Radjabov with 7. With Carlsen playing Radjabov in the last
   round, anything could happen!
   Round 12 Results:
   van Wely - Anand 1/2-1/2
   Kramnik - Carlsen 0-1
   Radjabov - Leko 1/2-1/2
   Mamedyarov - Gelfand 1/2-1/2
   Eljanov - Topalov 1-0 (!)
   Adams - Polgar 0-1
   Aronian - Ivanchuk 1/2-1/2
   Standings after Round 12:
   1-2. Aronian, Carlsen 7.5
   3-4. Anand, Radjabov 7
   5. Ivanchuk 6.5
   6-9. Leko, Adams, Kramnik, Mamedyarov 6
   10-11. Topalov, Polgar 5.5
   12. Eljanov 5
   13. van Wely 4.5
   14. Gelfand 4
   Pairings for Round 13: (The last round)
   Ivanchuk - van Wely
   Polgar - Aronian
   Topalov - Adams
   Gelfand - Eljanov
   Leko - Mamedyarov
   Carlsen - Radjabov
   Anand - Kramnik
   Other Groups:
   In group B, Movesian continued his winning ways, defeating L'Ami,
   while his closest pursuers (Short and Bacrot) drew each other. Thus
   with one round to go, the leading standings are:
   1. Movsesian 9
   2-3. Short, Bacrot 8
   Meanwhile, in Group C, Caruana continued to win. Of those entering the
   round within a point of the youngster, only Negi kept pace. Even so,
   he's still a point back with a round to go:
   1. Carlsen 9
   2. Negi 8
   Finally, in the finale of the Honorary Group, Timman beat Korchnoi's
   1...e5 in the last round, while Ljubojevic defeated Portisch. The
   final standings look like this:
   1. Ljubojevic 4
   2-3. Timman, Korchnoi 3
   4. Portisch 2