Sinquefield Chess Cup 2013 Last Round Today: Nakmura, Aronian, Carlsen Fighting for Title Win

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013

Hi everyone, 

 

The super-strong chess tournament in the US, the Sinquefield Chess Cup reaches its climax today in the final round: GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Levon Aronian and GM Magnus Carlsen all have chances at winning the inaugural tournament!

 

Both games were drawn on Saturday: Magnus Carlsen (3.5/5) - Hikaru Nakamura (3.0/5) and Levon Aronian (2.5/5) - Gata Kamsky (1.0/5). All three - Nakamura, Aronian and Carlsen have a chance to win the title.

Yes, before we forget, US No. 1 Hikaru Nakamura turned up with shades for his game against Carlsen like he had done for the first game against the world No. 1 in Round 3! We received an interesting article on the subject via www.worldchesschampionship2013.com: Does Chess Prodigy World No. 1 practice chess hypnotism? We're not commenting on it, but you just might enjoy reading it. ;)

Standings After Round 51 Magnus Carlsen 2862 Points: 3.5
2 Hikaru Nakamura 2772 Points 3
3 Levon Aronian 2813 Points 2.5
4 Gata Kamsky 2741 Points 1

Pairings for Round 6 - 09/15/20131 Carlsen, Magnus 2862 - Aronian, Levon 2813
2 Kamsky, Gata 2741 - Nakamura, Hikaru 2772

Be there for the live broadcast at the official website Live Coverage of the Sinquefield Cup will begin at 1 p.m. CST each day. Tune in to live commentary with GMs Yasser Seirawan, Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade!

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