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#1 in the World and Russia! Tal-ented Finisher

Magnus Carlsen has a recognized talent for being one of the best tournament finishers in the game, and the World #1 reaffirmed this status at the Tal Memorial with yet another dramatic - and classy - final round win to claim the title on tiebreak.

In a final round of fighting chess, the highlight was easily the battle of Garry Kasparov students past and present with Carlsen taking on Hikaru Nakamura with the huge fan-base for both expecting fireworks from the off...only it soon turned into a very Black Friday for the US #1, who after a dubious pawn sacrifice followed by an error saw Carlsen turning the screw with a very workman-like and instructive opposite-colored bishop win.

And with that clash coming also at the traditional start of the holiday season, the game features in a free ICC Thanksgiving Game of the Day special from GM Alex Yermolinsky! To view all the other GOTDs (and ICC's vast archive of regular weekly shows), click here now to join ICC!

The win allowed Carlsen to share first place with overnight leader Levon Aronian, who was pushed to his limits to save the draw with Ian Nepomniachtchi, but the Norwegian took the bragging rights to the title on the first tiebreak scores of playing the most blacks in the tournament.

There was some conciliation for Aronian though with his performance in Moscow seeing him leapfrog World Champion Viswanathan Anand in the unofficial live ratings, as he's now jumped to 2815.3, only nine Elo-points behind Carlsen. The biggest Moscow loser though was cellar-dweller Nakamura, who plummeted outside of the Top Ten in the live ratings and will now be looking to bounce back next week at the London Chess Classic.

#1 in the World and Russia! Game of the Day

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11/24
 Yermo GM Alex Yermolinsky
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11/23
 Yermo GM Alex Yermolinsky
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11/22
 Yermo GM Alex Yermolinsky
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11/20
 GM Gregory Kaidanov GM Gregory Kaidanov
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11/19
 GM Larry Christiansen GM Larry Christiansen
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11/18
 Yermo GM Alex Yermolinsky
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11/17
 Yermo GM Alex Yermolinsky
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11/16
 Yermo GM Alex Yermolinsky
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#1 in the World and Russia! Final Standings after Round 9
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 Name FED FIDE Score TPR
1
 Carlsen Magnus NOR 2826 5.5 2851
2
 Aronian Levon ARM 2802 5.5 2854
3
 Karjakin Sergey RUS 2763 5.0 2821
4
 Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2730 5.0 2825
5
 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2775 5.0 2820
6
 Svidler Peter RUS 2755 4.5 2779
7
 Anand Viswanathan IND 2811 4.5 2773
8
 Gelfand Boris ISR 2744 3.5 2700
9
 Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2800 3.5 2694
10
 Nakamura Hikaru USA 2758 3.0 2653


#1 in the World and Russia! London Calling

 
London calling to the faraway towns/Now that war is declared-and battle come down... goes the iconic anthem from The Clash - and everyone now climbs aboard the elite charabanc with the thirdLondon Chess Classicalmost upon us, with the first round starting a week from today on Saturday, 3rd December.

And again, its a truly stellar field: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Viswanathan Anand (India), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), and the English quintet of Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell.

GM Yasser Seirawan will again be hosting Chess.FM's team of grandmaster commentators for our live coverage of this elite year-ending spectacular, so dare you miss it? Join ICC today byclicking hereto grab your ringside seat for the London Chess Classic, where, after the Tal Memorial, there's bound to be scores to settle and reputations to protect.



#1 in the World and Russia! GM Joel Benjamin's tribute to the great Vasily Smyslov


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GM Joel Benjamin, in his weekly Chess.Fm show, Game of the Week, pays tribute to the great Vasily Smyslov.


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