Tata Steel Chess Super-GM final round today: Exciting finish awaited; videos of Naka, Carlsen wins

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Hello Everyone,


The fantastic Tata Steel Chess Super-GM in Wijk aan Zee will witness the final 13th round today. It's been an exciting tournament and the last round is sure to live up to it all.


First, the standings. 

Standings after round 12 in Group A
1. H. Nakamura 8½
2. V. Anand 8, 
3. L. Aronian, M. Carlsen 7½
5. V. Kramnik, M. Vachier-Lagrave 7
7. A. Giri, R. Ponomariov 6
9. I. Nepomniachtchi, Wang Hao 5½
11. A. Grischuk, E. l'Ami, J. Smeets 4
14. A. Shirov 3½

Today's pairings

Group A: Round 13 - Sun. Jan. 30st

Ian Nepomniachtchi - Viswanathan Anand  

Vladimir Kramnik - Max. Vachier-Lagrave  

Wang Hao - Hikaru Nakamura  

Alexander Grischuk - Magnus Carlsen  

Levon Aronian - Jan Smeets  

Alexei Shirov - Erwin l'Ami  

Anish Giri - Ruslan Ponomariov

Some super cool videos now.

Standings after round 12 of Group B

1. L. McShane, D. Navara 8

3. Z. Efimenko 7½

4. L. Liem, G. Sargissian, W. So, V. Tkachiev 7

8. R. Wojtaszek 6

9. L. Fressinet, S. Ganguly, Li Chao 5

12. J. Hammer, W. Spoelman 4

14. F. Nijboer 3½

Standings after round 12 of Group C

1. D. Vocaturo 8½

2. I. Nyzhnyk 8

3. I. Ivanisevic 7½

4. K. Lahno, D. Swiercz 7

6. M. Bluvshtein, M. Kazhgaleyev, T. Sachdev 6½

9. B. Bok 6

10. S. Siebrecht 4½

11. J.W. de Jong, R. Pruijssers, M. van der Werf, R. van Kampen 4

Stay tuned for Sunday's final action in Wijk aan Zee at the official website www.tatasteelchess.com.

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