Now who is gonna avoid Caruana ? Nobody wants to talk about the Silent Killer ! too bad ! i can see the tongues hurting

and Nakaka out, what a beautiful sunday

What a great post-game conference with Carlsen and Tomashevsky! One gets a glimpse of how terribly strong these guys are. Several GMs on various sites were claiming that Tomashevsky had the winning chances in the endgame, but Carlsen would have none of it in the conference - he thought only White could be pressing. He seemed to be right (no one could show otherwise), and Tomashevsky agreed with him. Truly enlightening.

So it's between the same three guys that shared second place in Wijk behind Aronian: Caruana, Carlsen and Radjabov.

So much for "chess is dead" and call for Fischerandom! Great tournment, beautifully run, awesome chess. Can't ask for much more, except that I'd hoped Nakamura would have done better.

Columbo - Get a clue, hater.

@ Peter Doggers: small typo in the standings (states round 7 but is 8).

and i have nothing to do with the " chess is dead " you are talking about ! now, you can still HOPE ... I won't blame you for that ... while you hope i dance on the green grass like a woodoo man

McShane for President! Exchange sacrifices, superb knights maneuvering, disregard the computer evaluations and short draws, fresh ideas at openings and middle games, an example for our children to not consider the Computer as a Master...!!!

And Caruana for vice...well for these two, the order does not matter...!

Draw for Caruana in the last round and he wins Tal Memorial, is top 5 on the next rating list ahead of Anand, and can be quite content with 2012 no matter how he plays in Dortmund.

It will be very nice if Caruana finally takes Memorial Tal because after that he is playing on july in the Greek team championship with Peristeri. After that great form we will see great games by him and he is gonna really smash everyone

I think Moro could break 2800 if he would just change gears now and then. When he sat down to play Nakamura, he was a full point ahead of the field, so what did he do, he played like he was a in a must-win situation - sharp double edged play. Then he was in a group tied for first and he does the same thing (like a gambler doubling his bet to recoup his losses). However at the World Cup when he was behind and facing elimination, he went for short draws so he could go home early.

Moro is making a confusion between " beauté " and " rigueur " ... like most young poets ignoring the meaning of life and it's philosophy ... But hey ! Moro is Moro, and I like it this way ... results aren't everything ... the guy is writing a very original story ... let's just read IT ... Enjoy IT ... and be inspired

Caruana is homosexual.?