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At The Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2015, Shamkir, Azerbaijan

Round Nine
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZE,2754) ½-½ Adams Michael (ENG,2746)
Caruana Fabiano (ITA,2802) ½-½ Anand Viswanathan (IND,2791)
Carlsen Magnus (NOR,2863) 1-0 Mamedov Rauf (AZE,2651)
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime (FRA,2762) ½-½ So Wesley (USA,2788)
Giri Anish (NED,2790) ½-½ Kramnik Vladimir (RUS,2783)

Final Standing
1. Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2863) 7 pts
2. Viswanathan Anand (IND,2791) 6 pts
3. Wesley So (USA,2788) 5 pts
4. Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2802) 5 pts
5. Vladimir Kramnik (RUS,2783) 4 pts
6. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE,2754) 4 pts
7. Michael Adams (ENG,2746) 3½ pts
8. Anish Giri (NED,2790) 3½ pts
9. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2762) 3½ pts
10. Rauf Mamedov (AZE,2651) 3½ pts

In the final round as expected draw between Anand and Caruana ... In this round only Carlsen score victory against lowly rated Rauf with White and capture title in style with full point lead ... Anand also finish on the second with full point lead over third place Wesley So.

With this performance Anand is re-entering into 2800+ rating club and also becoming WR #2 in ranking.