Sao Paulo Chess Masters R5: Caruana Wins First Leg of Grand Slam
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Latest chess news from Sao Paulo: Fabiano Caruana held up against Levon Aronian and drew the fifth round at the Chess Masters Grand Slam. Caruana finished the first half of the Sao Paulo-Bilbao Grand Slam event with the lead. But, Caruana did not get an easy draw. In fact, he was nearly lost at least twice against Aronian, but the latter let the Italian Grandmaster escape!
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Caruana on his way to drawing
with Aronian in Sao Paulo.
The Italian Grandmaster begins the Bilbao section with 11 points, from October 8. Levon Aronian has seven points and Magnus Carlsen has six points.
Day 5th Results:
Aronian-Caruana 1/2-1/2
Vallejo-Karjakin 1/2-1/2
Anand-Carlsen 1/2-1/2
Standings after Sao Paulo with the 3-1-0 scoring
- Fabiano Caruana: 11 points.
- Levon Aronian: 7 points.
- Magnus Carlsen: 6 points.
- Viswanathan Anand: 5 points.
- Francisco Vallejo: 3 points.
- Sergei Karjakin: 3 points
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Sao Paulo Chess Masters R4: Caruana Beats Vallejo; Leads
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Fabiano Caruana won his fourth-round game against Francisco Vallejo to maintain his lead at the Sao Paulo Chess Masters Grand Slam event. The Italian's victory over the Spanish and the draw between Carlsen and Aronian ensures that Caruana holds on to his lead in the first leg of the event that ends with Round 5 on Saturday in Sao Paulo. The second half will be played in Bilbao, Spain.
Day 4 results:
Caruana-Vallejo 1-0
Carlsen-Aronian 1/2-1/2
Karjakin-Anand 1/2-1/2
The scoring pattern is 3-1-0 and the standings so far are:
Fabiano Caruana: 10 points.
Levon Aronian: 6 points.
Magnus Carlsen: 5 points.
Viswanathan Anand: 4 points.
Francisco Vallejo: 2 point.
Sergei Karjakin: 2 points
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Sao Paulo Chess Masters R2: Karjakin Loses to Caruana, Vallejo Loses to Carlsen, Anand-Aronian Draw
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Italian-American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana beat Russia's Sergey Karjakin in the second round to take lead at the Sao Paulo Chess Masters Grand Slam final. Vallejo Pons lost to Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand drew with Levon Aronian.
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After the surprising victory obtained yesterday by Fabiano Caruana over number 1 in the world rankings, Magnus Carlsen, the Italian-American continued his winning streak on Day 2 of the 5th Chess Masters Final after beating Sergey Karjakin, thereby placing himself at the top of the provisional leaderboard in the first round of the tournament being played in Sao Paulo. Caruana's lead has been favoured by a draw between Olympic champion, Armenia's Aronian, the only one who can catch up to him after his victory on the first day and India's Viswanathan Anand.
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Sao Paulo Chess Masters R1: Aronian Beats Karjakin, Carlsen Loses to Caruana, Anand Draws with Paco
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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The very strong chess masters grand slam event has begun in Sao Paulo. The first round saw very exciting games with Levon Aronian grounding out Sergey Karjakin. Magnus Carlsen tried to pull off a win from a draw and then blundered in time trouble. Vallejo Paco did well to hold world chess champion Vishy Anand to a tough draw.
Round 1 Results
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Francisco Vallejo
Levon Aronian 1-0 Sergey Karjakin
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Sao Paulo tournament organiser Davy D'Israel shakes hands with Vishy Anand to start the game.
The event will see chess games in a 10-round double round-robin format. The scoring is based on the three points for a win, and only one for a draw with the Sofia rules. Following tradition, the games are played in the glass cube! GM Ian Rogers joined GM Gilberto Milos for the live commentary during the round. There were several chess-related activities for children and other players and these activities will continue throughout the tournament.
Photos by Albert Silver and official site
Round 2: Francisco Vallejo - Magnus Carlsen
Sergey Karjakin - Fabiano Caruana
Viswanathan Anand - Levon Aronian
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