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Shining from the Shadows

Will this be the year when the world No.2, Levon Aronian, finally emerges from the shadows of Magnus Carlsen? The Armenian has often been overlooked with the rise of the Norwegian world No.1 - but he's more than made his mark by winning the first major of 2012 at the 74th Tata Steel Chess tournament, in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.

Despite the hiccup of an unexpected loss to the tournament "punch-bag", David Navara, in round 11, Aronian rallied with a superb penultimate round win over world title challenger Boris Gelfand to be guaranteed of first place. Aronian finished on 9/13, a full point ahead of the chasing pack of Carlsen, Teimour Radjabov and rising star Fabiano Caruana; who not only took a share of the runner-up spoils, but in the process also forced his way into the top 10 for the first time on the unofficial daily live ratings.

With his performance in clinching his third Tata Steel title, Aronian, 29, is now closing in fast on the No.1 ranking and has clearly established himself as an equal rival alongside Carlsen for the future world championship stakes. Many of Aronian's victories in Wijk were trademark displays of his aggressive and dynamic style, including his win over Gelfand that secured him the title - and to commemorate Aronian's win, we have made GM Alex Yermolinsky's Game of the Day showing that particular game free for all to view.

Also checkout the final Tata Steel video with the traditional pea soup dinner, prize giving ceremony and short interviews with the top two of Aronian and Carlsen, plus B & C group winners Pentala Harikrishna and Maxim Turov. It can be found at http://www.facebook.com/InternetChessClub.

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13	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Gata Kamsky GM Veselin Topalov
12	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Boris Gelfand GM Levon Aronian
11	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Fabiano Caruana GM Anish Giri
10	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Teimour Radjabov GM Loek Van Wely
9	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Magnus Carlsen GM Sergey Karjakin
8	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Boris Gelfand GM Gata Kamsky
7	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Sergey Karjakin GM Veselin Topalov
6	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Teimour Radjabov GM Sergey Karjakin
5	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Hikaru Nakamura GM David Navara
4	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Vassily Ivanchuk GM Loek Van Wely
3	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Magnus Carlsen GM Levon Aronian
2	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Levon Aronian GM Hikaru Nakamura
1	GM Alex Yermolinsky Sweere	GM Sergey Karjakin GM Levon Aronian

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Final Standings after Round 13

#	Name	FED	FIDE	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	PTS	TPR
1	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2805	.	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	0	1	9	2891
2	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2835	1	.	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	8	2835
3	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2773	½	½	.	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	8	2840
4	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	2736	0	½	½	.	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	8	2842
5	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2766	½	½	½	½	.	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	7½	2810
6	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2759	0	½	½	½	½	.	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	7½	2811
7	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2732	0	½	½	½	½	½	.	1	½	½	1	½	1	0	7	2785
8	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2769	0	1	0	0	½	½	0	.	1	0	1	½	1	1	6½	2753
9	Van Wely, Loek	NED	2692	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	.	½	½	½	½	½	5½	2702
10	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2739	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	1	½	.	½	½	½	0	5	2668
11	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	2770	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	.	½	½	1	5	2666
12	Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	2761	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	.	½	1	5	2667
13	Navara, David	CZE	2712	1	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	.	½	4½	2647
14	Giri, Anish	NED	2714	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	0	½	1	0	0	½	.	4½	2647

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