Carlsen Wins Arctic Securities Final

Despite world champion Vishy Anand's best efforts, Magnus Carlsen won the final of the Arctic Securities Chess Stars rapid event in Norway.

Anand qualified in first place with 5/6 compared to Carlsen's 3.5/6 but he lost the first game of the final with the black pieces and made no headway with the white pieces in game two, losing 1.5-0.5 to the world #1.

In the 3rd/4th place playoff Jon Ludvig Hammer won the second game to beat Judit Polgar 1.5-0.5 and take third spot.

Is he asleep? Carlsen gathers himself before the first game of the final (pic from the official blog)