by scribe | Mar 21, 2013 | current news, games, positions, tournaments
And then there were two. In round six of the Candidates Tournament, it became crystal clear who the two contenders are. Both Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen won their games today, and continue to share first place at 4½-1½. Meanwhile, their opposition has literally...
by scribe | Mar 20, 2013 | current news, games, people, tournaments
When the histories are written about this year’s Candidates Tournament, they will probably say very little about Round 5, which took place today. After all, all four games were drawn. But as opposed to round one, when all four games were also drawn, this round...
by scribe | Mar 16, 2013 | current news, people, positions, tournaments
In today’s second round of the Candidates Tournament, Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov scored the first two wins (against Gelfand and Ivanchuk, respectively) to move into first place. Magnus Carlsen continued his drawing ways, splitting the point against...
