Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Chess News
At 2011 Chess Masters Final, São Paulo

Round 10 - Tuesday, October 11
Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Levon Aronian
Viswanathan Anand 1-0 Francisco Vallejo
Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Magnus Carlsen

Chess Masters Final 2011 - Final Standing
1 Magnus Carlsen 15 (1.5)
2 Vasily Ivanchuk 15 (0.5)
3 Hikaru Nakamura 12
- Levon Aronian 12
- Viswanathan Anand 12
6 Francisco Vallejo 10

Anand avoided a last place finish ... He defeated Francisco Vallejo playing with white to finish ahead of him in the final standing ... Carlsen and Ivanchuk ended on the top position ... So top prize was decided by two blitz games, in which Carlsen defeated Ivanchuk in the last game playing with black.

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