FIDE Grand Prix Sochi 2008 Final round

The final round of FIDE Sochi will be played tonight at around 7 pm. Manila time. You can see all the LIVE games HERE. Armenian GM Levon Aronian is currently protecting a half a point lead to his closest pursuers, Wang Yue of China, Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine and Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan going into the final round. Pre-tournament favorite, Vasily Ivanchuck is way behind the pack where he is tied with five other players from 7-11th place with 6 points. Crucial match up tonight and it looks like none of the players that is still in the hunt for the title will have an easy prey although the Sergei Karjakin vs. Teimour Radjabov is definitely the match up of the day.

Round 13 pairings:

Aronian Levon - Grischuk Alexander
Karjakin Sergey - Radjabov Teimour
Gashimov Vugar - Svidler Peter
Ivanchuk Vassily - Wang Yue
Navara David - Kamsky Gata
Jakovenko Dmitry - Cheparinov Ivan
Al-Modiahki Mohamad - Gelfand Boris

Rank after round 12
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	Pts	SB.
1	9	GM	Aronian Levon	2737	ARM	7½	41,50
2	6	GM	Wang Yue	2704	CHN	7	41,50
3	10	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2727	UKR	7	39,75
4	4	GM	Radjabov Teimour	2744	AZE	7	37,75
5	14	GM	Kamsky Gata	2723	USA	6½	38,50
6	13	GM	Gashimov Vugar	2717	AZE	6½	36,50
7	8	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2781	UKR	6	36,50
8	12	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2709	RUS	6	36,25
9	5	GM	Grischuk Alexander	2728	RUS	6	35,75
10	2	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2687	BUL	6	34,50
11	1	GM	Svidler Peter	2738	RUS	6	34,50
12	3	GM	Gelfand Boris	2720	ISR	5	30,00
13	7	GM	Navara David	2646	CZE	4	24,50
14	11	GM	Al-Modiahki Mohamad	2556	QAT	3½	19,50

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