TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
5th Final Masters Sao Paulo Bilbao 2012 (10)
Magnus Carlsen wins 5th Final Masters after blitz playoff against Caruana
Mark Crowther - Saturday 13th October 2012
Magnus Carlsen won the 5th Final Masters which started in Sao Paulo and concluded in Bilbao after a blitz playoff with Fabiano Caruana. Caruana took a quick draw with black against Francisco Vallejo Pons, Magnus Carlsen had to work a bit harder to hold Levon Aronian. Game of the day was probably Viswanathan Anand against Sergey Karjakin which was a sharp Semi-Slav which was also drawn. Carlsen and Caruana tied on 17 points but Carlsen won the blitz playoff 2-0 winning the first game in a rook and pawn ending with black and winning a piece quickly in game two. Games and final standings below.
| 5th Final Masters Sao Paulo/Bilbao (BRA/ESP), 24 ix-13 x 2012 | cat. XXII (2781) | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2773 | * | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 17 | 2892 |
| 2. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2843 | 0 | 1 | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2878 |
| 3. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2816 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 11 | 2774 |
| 4. | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2778 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 10 | 2745 |
| 5. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2780 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | 9 | 2745 |
| 6. | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2697 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | * | 6 | 2649 |
| Round 10 (October 13, 2012) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aronian, Levon | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 44 | E18 | Queens Indian | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ | 45 | D16 | Slav Lasker/Smyslov | |
| Vallejo Pons, Francisco | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 19 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin | |
| 5th Final Masters PO Bilbao ESP Mon 24th Sep 2012 - Sat 13th Oct 2012
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | Pts |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2843 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | ITA | 2773 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 players | |||||||
View the games on this Page
Download the PGN from this page
vs
