Carlsen wins another against Topalov

Morelia Linares round 12 - results and replayable games

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Marshall Attack and Sveshnikov Sicilian have survived another test. Carlsen escaped from weaker position to win another game against Topalov. Deja vu? :) Shirov persistently followed 'his line' against the Marshall Attack, where Leko held a draw with black the other day, and managed to push the pawn all the way to f7. Cute mate threat from Aronian forced him to underpromote and we had a pleasure to follow an interesting unbalanced ending, where black was able to reach a draw. Ivanchuk-Radjabov and Anand-Leko were also drawn.

Round 12 results:

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

Round 12 standings:

1. Vishy Anand 7.5
2. Magnus Carlsen 7.0
3. Levon Aronian 6.5
4. Veselin Topalov 6.0
5-6. Teimour Radjabov and Vassily Ivanchuk 5.5
7-8. Alexei Shirov and Peter Leko 5.0

Round 13 pairings:

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

Please note that Wednesday, March 5th, is rest day. Join us on Thursday at 10:00 EST / 16:00 CET for the live commentary on the 13th round of Morelia-Linares. See you there!