Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Some 2014 Tournament Results

So won the Capablanca Memorial by 1 point over Lazaro Bruzon.  (Top seed Ivanchuk ended up in last place.)

US Championship:  Defending champion Gata Kamsky tied for first with Lenderman and Akobian.  (Defending women's champion Irina Krush tied for first with long-time rival Anna Zatonskih and WGM Abrahamyan.)

Caruana won Dortmund.

Anand won Bilbao.

Caruana won the Sinquefield cup with an amazing run of 7 wins in a row and 3 draws, ending 3 points ahead of world champion Carlsen.

Karjakin repeated his win (again a 1/2 point ahead of Carlsen) at Norway Chess.

ETA Grand Prix results:  Caruana and Gelfand tied for 1st at Baku.  Andreikin won Tashkent.