Anand still leading, Topalov moving forward

Morelia Linares round 11 - results and replayable games

Alexei Shirov is expert for the Gruenfeld Indian defence and also unpleasant opponent for Veselin Topalov, but the Bulgarian managed to impose him another defeat in the same variation. Earlier he won with Sokolsky Attack at the 2007 Corus. Thanks to Magnus Carlsen's loss, when he played somehow carelessly against the last-placed Peter Leko, Topalov and Aronian have evened with him on the second place tie. Radjabov-Anand was uneventful draw where black used the cleaning line to force quick exchanges against the rare setup in Caro-Kann. Completely on the opposite, Aronian-Ivanchuk deviated from the known theory already on 8th move and turned into wild chase as the pieces were disappearing from the queenside. Aronian realised he could only end up worse, and proceeded to trade the queens which killed all the tension and draw was imminent.

Round 11 results:

Teimour Radjabov - Vishy Anand draw
Levon Aronian - Vassily Ivanchuk draw
Veselin Topalov - Alexei Shirov 1-0
Peter Leko - Magnus Carlsen 1-0

Round 11 standings:

1. Vishy Anand 7.0
2-4. Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian and Veselin Topalov 6.0
5-6. Teimour Radjabov and Vassily Ivanchuk 5.0
7-8. Alexei Shirov and Peter Leko 4.5

Round 12 pairings:

Vishy Anand - Peter Leko
Magnus Carlsen - Veselin Topalov
Alexei Shirov - Levon Aronian
Vassily Ivanchuk - Teimour Radjabov

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