It seems to be the year for new faces winning super tournaments first at the Corus chess festival and now Alexander Grischuk wins Linares for the first time. He just finished ahead of Ivanchuk on tie-breaks by having more wins.
Final Standings
1. Grischuk, Alexander 8 RUS 2733
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily 8 UKR 2779
3. Carlsen, Magnus 7.5 NOR 2776
4. Anand, Viswanathan 7 IND 2791
5. Radjabov, Teimour 6.5 AZE 2761
6. Wang Yue 6.5 CHN 2739
7. Aronian, Levon 6.5 ARM 2750
8. Dominguez Perez, Leinier 6 CUB 2717
The event was a double round robin. The prize fund was 314,000 Euros, with the winner getting 100,000 Euros, followed by 75,000 and 50,000 Euros for second and third place.
World champion Anand didn't have a great tournament losing to Carlsen for the first time and finishing at just 50%. Carslen must also be a bit disappointed losing to Wang unneccessarily and stuffing up a win against Radjabov even though his 3rd place is still in the prizes.
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