2011 King's Tournament Romania : Round 10 Carlsen takes it !!

Round 10 

MG Magnus Carlsen  of Norway edges Sergey Karjakin of Russia  in the 3rd  tie break after both players finished with 6.5/10 at the end of the 2011 King's Tournament in Romania. In the 1st tie break both players had the same number of victories. In the 2nd tie break using the direct encounter ,their mini match results in a 1:1  draw. Only in the 3rd tiebreak using the SB system ,Carlsen got a 29.75 tie break scores against Karjakin 29.5. United States Hikaru Nakamura scores 4.5/10 to finished 3rd place,  
two  points behind the winner while Teimor Radjabov of Azerbaijan also with 4.5 finished  4th place.Nakamura finished with one victory while Radjabov ends up winless in 10 games. Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine finished 5th place with 4 points the same score of Liviu Dieter Nissipeanu of Romania who finished 6th place after the tie break

ROUND  9

Karjakin crushed Ivanchuk inn 22 moves of a Pirc Austrian Attack ,shares lead with Carlsen

Sergey Karjakin of Russia crushed the Pirc defense of Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine to win in only 22 moves .A bishop sacrifice by Karjakin on the 19th move proves fatal for Black as  mate or loss of materials cannot be avoided. In other game ,Magnus Carlsen was held to a draw by Liviu Dieter Nissipeanu of Romania  in 32 moves of a Closed Ruy Lopez openingwhile the game Hikaru Nakamura and Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan also ended in a draw in 46 moves of a Sicilian Defense Lowenthal variation

Ranking crosstable after Round 10

Rk.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2815	NOR	***	½½	1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	½ 1	6.5	3	1.0	29.75
2	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2776	RUS	½½	***	½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	1	6.5	3	1.0	29.50
3	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2774	USA	0 ½	½ ½	***	½ ½	1 ½	½0	4.5	1	0.0	22.25
4	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2744	AZE	½ ½	½ ½	½ ½	***	½½	0 ½	4.5	0	0.0	23.5
6	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2662	ROU	0 ½	½ 0	0 ½	½½	***	1 ½	4.0	1	0	18.75
5	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2776	UKR	½ 0	01	½	1 ½	0 ½	***	4.0	2	0	19.25

                         



 1. round 11.06.2011 time 15.30 SNr   name Élo Rés.   name Élo SNr


1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2776  1 - 0 GM Radjabov Teimour 2744 6
 2 GM Carlsen Magnus 2815  1 - 0 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2774 5
 3 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2662 1/2-1/2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2776 4

   2. round 12.06.2011 time 15.30 SNr   name Élo Rés.   name Élo SNr


6 GM Radjabov Teimour 2744 1/2-1/2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2776 4
 5 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2774  1 - 0 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2662 3
 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2776 1/2-1/2 GM Carlsen Magnus 2815 2

 3. round 13.06.2011 timer 15.30 SNr   name Élo Rés.   name Élo SNr 

2 GM Carlsen Magnus 2815 1/2-1/2 GM Radjabov Teimour 2744 6
 3 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2662  1 - 0 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2776 1 
4 GM Karjakin Sergey 2776 1/2-1/2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2774 5

 4. round 14.06.2011 time 15.30 SNr   name Élo Rés.   name Élo SNr

 3 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2662 1/2-1/2 GM Radjabov Teimour 2744 6
 4 GM Karjakin Sergey 2776 1/2-1/2 GM Carlsen Magnus 2815 2
 5 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2774 1/2-1/2 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2776 1

   5. round 15.06.2011 time 15.30 SNr   name Élo Rés.   name Élo SNr

 6 GM Radjabov Teimour 2744 1/2-1/2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2774 5
 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2776  0 - 1 GM Karjakin Sergey 2776 4
 2 GM Carlsen Magnus 2815  1 - 0 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2662

3   6. round7.06.2011 timer 15.30 SNr   name Élo Rés.   name Élo SNr


6 GM Radjabov Teimour 2744 1/2-1/2 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2776 1
 5 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2774 1/2-1/2 GM Carlsen Magnus 2815 2
 4 GM Karjakin Sergey 2776  1 - 0 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2662 3

 7. ronde le 18.06.2011 pour 15.30 SNr   nom Élo Rés.   nom Élo SNr

4 GM Karjakin Sergey 2776 1/2-1/2 GM Radjabov Teimour 2744 6
 3 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2662 1/2-1/2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2774
5 2 GM Carlsen Magnus 2815  1 - 0 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2776 1

   8. round 19.06.2011 time 15.30 SNr   name Élo Rés.   name Élo SNr

 6 GM Radjabov Teimour 2744 1/2-1/2 GM Carlsen Magnus 2815 2
 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2776 1/2-1/2 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2662 3
 5 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2774 1/2-1/2 GM Karjakin Sergey 2776 4

   9. round 20.06.2011 time 15.30 SNr   name Élo Rés.   name Élo SNr


5 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2774 - GM Radjabov Teimour 2744 6      1/2-1/2
 4 GM Karjakin Sergey 2776 - GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2776 1            1  -  0
 3 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2662 - GM Carlsen Magnus 2815 2    1/2-1/2

 10. round 21.06.2011 time 13.30 SNr   name Élo Rés.   name Élo SNr


6 GM Radjabov Teimour 2744 - GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2662 3   1/2-1/2
 2 GM Carlsen Magnus 2815 - GM Karjakin Sergey 2776 4               1/2-1/2
 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2776 - GM Nakamura Hikaru 2774 5            1  -  0