Sergey Karjakin and Magnus Carlsen are leaders of the World Rapid Chess Championship 2012 after day 1. Karjakin convincingly won against Gelfand, Tkachiev, Ismgambetov, and Grischuk, and after a secure draw against Topalov in round 5 is at the top with 4,5/5. Carlsen is with the same result after victories against Kazhgaleyev, Morozevich, Bologan, Kurnosov and a draw with Svidler.
Tomorrow at 11:00 CET starts the second day of the competition. Replay all games of day 1 here with analysis, and join us for more live coverage tomorrow.
World Rapid Chess 2012 standings
1-2. Karjakin, Carlsen 4.5
3-5. Grischuk, Topalov, Radjabov 3.5
6. Dreev 3
7-10. Svidler, Gelfand, Ivanchuk, Mamedyarov 2.5
11-12. Tkachiev, Kurnosov 2
13. Kazhgaleyev 1.5
14-15. Bologan, Morozevich 1
16. Ismagambetov 0
Results day 1
| 1 | |||||
| Gelfand, Boris | – | Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 | ||
| Grischuk, Alexander | – | Bologan, Viktor | 1_0 | ||
| Ismagambetov, Anuar | – | Dreev, Aleksey | 0-1 | ||
| Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | – | Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | ||
| Kurnosov, Igor | – | Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | ||
| Svidler, Peter | – | Radjabov, Teimour | ½-½ | ||
| Tkachiev, Vladislav | – | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½-½ | ||
| Topalov, Veselin | – | Morozevich, Alexander | 1_0 | ||
| 2 | |||||
| Bologan, Viktor | – | Topalov, Veselin | ½-½ | ||
| Carlsen, Magnus | – | Morozevich, Alexander | 1_0 | ||
| Dreev, Aleksey | – | Grischuk, Alexander | 0-1 | ||
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | – | Gelfand, Boris | 0-1 | ||
| Karjakin, Sergey | – | Tkachiev, Vladislav | 1_0 | ||
| Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | – | Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | ||
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | – | Ismagambetov, Anuar | 1_0 | ||
| Radjabov, Teimour | – | Kurnosov, Igor | 1_0 | ||
| 3 | |||||
| Gelfand, Boris | – | Radjabov, Teimour | ½-½ | ||
| Grischuk, Alexander | – | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1_0 | ||
| Ismagambetov, Anuar | – | Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 | ||
| Kurnosov, Igor | – | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | 1_0 | ||
| Morozevich, Alexander | – | Bologan, Viktor | 1_0 | ||
| Svidler, Peter | – | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | ||
| Tkachiev, Vladislav | – | Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | ||
| Topalov, Veselin | – | Dreev, Aleksey | ½-½ | ||
| 4 | |||||
| Carlsen, Magnus | – | Bologan, Viktor | 1_0 | ||
| Dreev, Aleksey | – | Morozevich, Alexander | 1_0 | ||
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | – | Ismagambetov, Anuar | 1_0 | ||
| Karjakin, Sergey | – | Grischuk, Alexander | 1_0 | ||
| Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | – | Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ | ||
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | – | Topalov, Veselin | 0-1 | ||
| Radjabov, Teimour | – | Tkachiev, Vladislav | ½-½ | ||
| Svidler, Peter | – | Kurnosov, Igor | ½-½ | ||
| 5 | |||||
| Bologan, Viktor | – | Dreev, Aleksey | ½-½ | ||
| Gelfand, Boris | – | Svidler, Peter | ½-½ | ||
| Grischuk, Alexander | – | Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | ||
| Ismagambetov, Anuar | – | Radjabov, Teimour | 0-1 | ||
| Kurnosov, Igor | – | Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | ||
| Morozevich, Alexander | – | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0-1 | ||
| Tkachiev, Vladislav | – | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | ½-½ | ||
| Topalov, Veselin | – | Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | ||
