Wang Yue catches Grischuk on the top

Bacrot made the worst blunder of the entire event

Round 11 results:

Cheparinov Ivan 2695 ½ - ½ Kamsky Gata 2726
Karjakin Sergey 2732 ½ - ½ Radjabov Teimour 2751
Navara David 2672 ½ - ½ Gashimov Vugar 2679
Grischuk Alexander 2716 ½ - ½ Carlsen Magnus 2765
Adams Michael 2729 ½ - ½ Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752
Bacrot Etienne 2705 0 - 1 Inarkiev Ernesto 2684
Wang Yue 2689 1 - 0 Svidler Peter 2746

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Wang Yue used fashionable Bg5 variation to outplay Peter Svidler in his favorite Gruenfeld Indian defence. Black tried to reduce the positional squeeze by sacrificing an exchange, but Chinese had no mercy and converted the advantage into win.

Etienne Bacrot, who has been ultra solid so far, committed the worst blunder of this tournament by putting the Queen en price on attacked square. My friend joked that Ernesto Inarkiev covered the culprit Knight with his hand, so Bacrot didn't see it. Frenchmen actually had almost winning position in the opening, but then dropped the advantage with 17. d4 when 17. Nc7 was the right move.

Round 11 standings:

1-2. Grischuk Alexander 2716 RUS and Yue Wang 2689 CHN - 7.0
3. Gashimov Vugar 2679 AZE - 6.5
4-6. Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 AZE, Adams Michael 2729 ENG and Carlsen Magnus 2765 NOR - 6.0
7-8. Radjabov Teimour 2751 AZE and Kamsky Gata 2726 USA - 5.5
9-11. Cheparinov Ivan 2695 BUL, Karjakin Sergey 2732 UKR and Bacrot Etienne 2705 FRA - 5.0
12-13. Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 RUS and Svidler Peter 2746 RUS - 4.5
14. Navara David 2672 CZE - 3.5

Round 12 on 4th May at 15:00 local time

Kamsky Gata 2726 - Svidler Peter 2746
Inarkiev Ernesto 2684 - Wang Yue 2689
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2752 - Bacrot Etienne 2705
Carlsen Magnus 2765 - Adams Michael 2729
Gashimov Vugar 2679 - Grischuk Alexander 2716
Radjabov Teimour 2751 - Navara David 2672
Cheparinov Ivan 2695 - Karjakin Sergey 2732