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Annotated games:
Carlsen - Ivanchuk / Svidler - Carlsen / Nisipeanu - Ivanchuk / Carlsen - Van Wely
Eljanov - Carlsen / Carlsen - Shirov / Shirov - Karjakin / Carlsen - Alekseev
Nisipeanu - Carlsen / Carlsen - Onischuk / Jakovenko - Carlsen / Carlsen - Volokitin
In spite of the nice leading edge when first place was almost guaranteed, Magnus Carlsen played for a win against Ukrainian Andrei Volokitin who owes him for a catastrophic 0-4 score in their earlier encounters. The long and tense battle finished in a draw after 80 moves, and after Eljanov drew with Karjakin, the first place at the 2008 Aerosvit Foros was secured for Carlsen. Vassily Ivanchuk once again "shocked" his opponent with an early Qf6, and this time it paid off as he forced Loek Van Wely to resignation practically right after the opening.
Alexei Shirov recovered after a string of bad results to beat Peter Svidler. See GM Mikhail Golubev's game analysis for the official website. Hans Arild Runde's list is a projection of the July rating list, see also his Measure Up column on the Chessdom pages. Join us on Thursday at 14:00 CET for the live coverage of Karjakin-Carlsen.
Round 10 results:
Van Wely, Loek 0 - 1 Ivanchuk, Vassily
Eljanov, Pavel ½ - ½ Karjakin, Sergey
Carlsen, Magnus ½ - ½ Volokitin, Andrei
Alekseev, Evgeny ½ - ½ Jakovenko, Dmitry
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter ½ - ½ Onischuk, Alexander
Shirov, Alexei 1 - 0 Svidler, Peter
Round 10 standings:
1. Magnus Carlsen 2765 - 7.5
2-3. Pavel Eljanov 2687 and Vassily Ivanchuk 2740 - 6.0
4. Sergey Karjakin 2732 - 5.5
5-6. Dmitry Jakovenko 2711 and Evgeny Alekseev 2711 - 5.0
7-10. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2684, Peter Svidler 2746, Alexei Shirov 2740 and Andrei Volokitin 2684 - 4.5
11-12. Alexander Onischuk 2664 and Loek Van Wely 2676 - 3.5
Round 11 pairings:
Svidler, Peter - Van Wely, Loek
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Eljanov, Pavel
Karjakin, Sergey - Carlsen, Magnus
Volokitin, Andrei - Alekseev, Evgeny
Jakovenko, Dmitry - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
Onischuk, Alexander - Shirov, Alexei
Today it was Andrei Volokitin's turn to receive birthday gifts
Shirov - Svidler 1-0
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