Carlsen wins Bilbao Masters

Beats Ivanchuk in 2-game speed chess tiebreak match.

Svidler wins world cup

It was Svidler over Grischuk in the final by 1-0 with 3 draws.  Ivanchuk clinched third place.  All three advance to the next stage of the next world championship (2014?).

Kramnik wins Dortmund

Anand-Gelfand 2012

Gelfand won game 6 against Grischuk, to win the match 3.5-2.5 and earn the right to face Anand next year.

Alekhine-Capablanca 1927
Tal-Botvinnik 1960
Fischer-Spassky 1972
Kasparov-Karpov 1985
Anand-Gelfand 2012

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?

Ivanchuk shares first at Capablanca Memorial

with Le, who now joins the 2700 club.

Candidates Semi-Finals Results

Gelfand over Kamsky (on tiebreak)
Grischuk over Kramnik (on tiebreak)

Does it really matter now?  Neither Gelfand nor Grischuk can beat Anand in a WC match.

Candidates Quarter-Final Results

Kamsky over Topalov
Gelfand over Memadyarov
Grischuk over Aronian (on tiebreak)
Kramnik over Radjabov (on tiebreak)

Kamsky US Champion

Kamsky beat Schulman in the tiebreak.
Anna Zatonskih is the women's champion.

Nakamura wins Wijk aan Zee

US GM Hikaru Nakamura upset 1-4 seeds to win his first Super-GM tournament.

2011 Rating List

Rank Name Title Nation Rating Gms Born

 1 Carlsen, Magnus  g  NOR  2814  17  1990
 2 Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2810  17  1969
 3 Aronian, Levon  g  ARM  2805  9  1982
 4 Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2784  16  1975
 5 Karjakin, Sergey  g  RUS  2776  20  1990
 6 Topalov, Veselin  g  BUL  2775  10  1975
 7 Grischuk, Alexander  g  RUS  2773  20  1983
 8 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar  g  AZE  2772  9  1985
 9 Ivanchuk, Vassily  g  UKR  2764  0  1969
 10 Nakamura, Hikaru  g  USA  2751  16  1987
 11 Ponomariov, Ruslan  g  UKR  2744  0  1983
 11 Radjabov, Teimour  g  AZE  2744  0  1987

Rating inflation continues apace as the 2700 Club swells to 39 members.