27 March 2016
Sergey Karjakin In Back To The Top At The Candidates
12 rounds are played already in Moscow.
In the 12th round of the candidates tournament in Moscow, Sergey Karjakin defeated Veselin Topalov, and Hikaru Nakamura defeated Vishy Anand. Caruana-Anand and Svidler-Giri ended in draws.
Standings after 12 rounds:
Caruana, Karjakin 7
Anand 6.5
Aronian, Svidler, Giri 6
Nakamura 5.5
Topalov 4
Saturday, March 26 in a rest day.
Round 13 pairings: Caruana-Svidler, Aronian-Karjakin, Topalov-Nakamura, Anand-Giri.
