Magnus Carlsen beat Hikaru Nakamura to take first place in the 6th Tal Memorial in Moscow. Carlsen quickly obtained a decisive advantage with black which he realised in a lengthy technical ending.
He edged out Levon Aronian who finished level with him on 5.5/9 due to the fact he had played more games with black, most other tie-breaks favoured the Armenian.
Final standings:
1-2. Carlsen Magnus NOR 2826 and Aronian Levon ARM 2802 – 5½
3-5. Karjakin Sergey RUS 2763, Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2730 and Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2775 – 5.0
6-7. Anand Viswanathan IND 2811 and Svidler Peter RUS 2755 – 4½
8. Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2800 and Gelfand Boris ISR 2744 – 3½
10. Nakamura Hikaru USA 2758 – 3.0
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