2016 Candidates Moscow 10-29 March

[JustinHorton]

Looks to me like Karjakin might be holding, but mind you I thought Aronian was holding Kramnik in London.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Looks to me like Karjakin might be holding, but mind you I thought Aronian was holding Kramnik in London.

He was, until he blundered (remember it well!)

Hold this, and I would make SK the favourite to win the whole thing.

[JustinHorton]

Svidler kind of playing his way back into it, though (or even as) his next two games are against Giri and Caruana.

[JustinHorton]

Aronian resigned.

[Matthew Turner]

I suspect that at some point in his analysis Anand missed that 55 Rd8+ was not in fact winning and now it looks like it might be a draw.

[LawrenceCooper]

Meanwhile Giri has sacrificed his knight but realised his intended 51 Rg3 can be met by Rg5

[Chris Rice]

Of course its desperate for Giri missing the tactic but Nakamura did brilliantly to come up with it in the first place.

[JustinHorton]

Once again I say:

For a game that's supposed to be about deep opening preparation, it isn't half looking like it's all about taking your chances.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

If round 11 is full of blunders like these, you wonder what will happen in the final round...

[Chris Rice]

Tiredness has to the reason for the blunders so its surprising that the oldest competitor is doing so well. No substitute for experience I guess.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Am trying to work out how many times the lead has changed hand now. I think Anand, Karjakin and Caruana have always been in the lead or within half a point of the lead, is that right?

EDIT: Karjakin resigned. Great win by Anand. Did Karjakin choke, or was he just outplayed?

[James Byrne]

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[Christopher Kreuzer]

From round 2 to round 10, Karjakin was in the lead or a share of the lead. He is now a half-point behind the lead. Will be interesting to see how he reacts to his first loss. Caruana the only undefeated player. Anand has two losses and four wins.

Anand and Caruana lead on 6.5/11.
Karjakin third on 6/11.
Three players in fourth on 5.5/11 (Svidler, Aronian and Giri).

Caruana: Aronian (W); Svidler (W); Karjakin (B).
Karjakin: Topalov (W); Aronian (B); Caruana (W).
Anand: Nakamura (B); Giri (W); Svidler (B).

Aronian and Svidler play in 4 of the 9 crucial games above.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Tiredness has to the reason for the blunders so its surprising that the oldest competitor is doing so well. No substitute for experience I guess.

Or maybe (re the comment above) he has just been the luckiest?

[LawrenceCooper]

Tiredness has to the reason for the blunders so its surprising that the oldest competitor is doing so well. No substitute for experience I guess.

Tiredness and pressure which will presumably amplify in the last three rounds.