Karjakin Wins Corus!
In a dramatic final round, Sergei Karjakin (pictured) beat Leinier Dominguez in a sharp struggle in the last round to take the crown at Corus.
Magnus Carlsen pushed hard to try to find a win that would give him a share of first place, but eventually over pressed and lost against Wang Yue.
In the B Group, a dramatic final game between Short and Caruana ended with a Caruana victory which put him top of the group and earned him an invite to the A Group next year! Kasimdzhanov lost to Motylev to miss out.
Finally, in the C Group, Wesley So wrapped up the expected overall victory with a draw in the final round, and gets an invite to the B Group next year.
The final round results:
| A GROUP | |||||
| Radjabov, Teimour | Stellwagen, Daniel | ½-½ | 24 | B83 | Sicilian Scheveningen |
| Dominguez Perez, Leinier | Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 | 41 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation |
| Kamsky, Gata | Movsesian, Sergei | ½-½ | 47 | B83 | Sicilian Scheveningen |
| Wang Yue | Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | 67 | D45 | Anti-Meran Variations |
| Smeets, Jan | Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 22 | B42 | Sicilian Paulsen |
| Adams, Michael | Van Wely, Loek | ½-½ | 35 | B84 | Sicilian Scheveningen |
| Morozevich, Alexander | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 1-0 | 45 | D10 | Slav Defence |
| B GROUP | |||||
| Caruana, Fabiano | Short, Nigel D | 1-0 | 67 | E06 | Catalan |
| Motylev, Alexander | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 1-0 | 75 | B07 | Pirc Defence |
| Vallejo Pons, Francisco | Sasikiran, Krishnan | 1-0 | 52 | C69 | Ruy Lopez Exchange |
| Efimenko, Zahar | Volokitin, Andrei | 1-0 | 40 | B42 | Sicilian Paulsen |
| Navara, David | Mecking, Henrique | ½-½ | 33 | C96 | Ruy Lopez |
| L'Ami, Erwin | Hou Yifan | ½-½ | 53 | E12 | Queens Indian Petrosian |
| Werle, Jan | Reinderman, Dimitri | ½-½ | 21 | E94 | King's Indian Classical |
| C GROUP | |||||
| So, Wesley | Howell, David W L | ½-½ | 19 | C96 | Ruy Lopez |
| Holzke, Frank | Romanishin, Oleg M | ½-½ | 11 | E16 | Queens Indian |
| Harika, Dronavalli | Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 59 | D12 | Slav Defence |
| Bitalzadeh, Ali | Nijboer, Friso | 1-0 | 39 | A85 | Dutch |
| Bosboom, Manuel | Hillarp Persson, Tiger | 0-1 | 29 | A04 | Dutch System |
| Iturrizaga, Eduardo | Pruijssers, Roeland | 1-0 | 33 | E94 | King's Indian Classical |
| Leon Hoyos, Manuel | Gupta, Abhijeet | 0-1 | 40 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto |
| A GROUP | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Karjakin, Sergey | UKR | 2706 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2750 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7½ |
| 3 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2761 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 7½ |
| 4 | Movsesian, Sergei | SVK | 2751 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 5 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2776 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 7 |
| 6 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB | 2717 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2725 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ |
| 8 | Van Wely, Loek | NED | 2625 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Wang Yue | CHN | 2739 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Smeets, Jan | NED | 2601 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2779 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 5½ |
| 12 | Stellwagen, Daniel | NED | 2612 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 5½ |
| 13 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2712 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 5½ |
| 14 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2771 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 5½ |
| B GROUP | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2646 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
| 2 | Short, Nigel D | ENG | 2663 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Motylev, Alexander | RUS | 2676 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8 |
| 4 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2687 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2671 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 7½ |
| 6 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2702 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 7 | Efimenko, Zahar | UKR | 2688 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Navara, David | CZE | 2638 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ |
| 9 | Reinderman, Dimitri | NED | 2549 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6 |
| 10 | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2571 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | L'Ami, Erwin | NED | 2603 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ |
| 12 | Mecking, Henrique | BRA | 2567 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 4½ |
| 13 | Werle, Jan | NED | 2607 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2711 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 4 |
| C GROUP | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | So, Wesley | PHI | 2627 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9½ |
| 2 | Hillarp Persson, Tiger | SWE | 2586 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
| 3 | Giri, Anish | RUS | 2469 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ |
| 4 | Gupta, Abhijeet | IND | 2569 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 5 | Howell, David W L | ENG | 2622 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 6 | Holzke, Frank | GER | 2524 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 6½ |
| 7 | Harika, Dronavalli | IND | 2473 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Bitalzadeh, Ali | NED | 2400 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5½ |
| 9 | Nijboer, Friso | NED | 2560 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 5½ |
| 10 | Bosboom, Manuel | NED | 2418 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 5½ |
| 11 | Pruijssers, Roeland | NED | 2444 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 5½ |
| 12 | Iturrizaga, Eduardo | VEN | 2528 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 5½ |
| 13 | Leon Hoyos, Manuel | MEX | 2542 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Romanishin, Oleg M | UKR | 2533 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 4½ |
Picture from ChessVibes.
