Mysterious rook moves

     Wijk is such an interesting chess festival! There are too many games worth being followed. The game Giri-Caruana has caught my eye today. I think it deserves to be the game of the day! Here you can see it:


     The sacrifice of the 2 pawns followed by two amazing rook maneuvers were a masterpiece!

Anish Giri

     Ten rounds have been played by now, and Magnus Carlsen is the clear lider, having 8p. Here you can see the standings.

		Score	Rating	TPR	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1	Carlsen, M.	8.5 / 11	2861	2929		½	½		1	½	1		1	½	½	1	1	1
2	Anand, V.	6.5 / 10	2772	2860	½		1	½	½	½	½	½	1		1			½
3	Aronian, L.	6.5 / 10	2802	2827	½	0			½	1	½		½	1		1	½	1
4	Nakamura, H.	6.5 / 10	2769	2822		½			½	½		½	½	1	1	1	½	½
5	Karjakin, S.	5.5 / 10	2780	2775	0	½	½	½			½	½		1	½	1	½
6	Leko, P.	5.5 / 10	2735	2782	½	½	0	½			½	½		½	1		½	1
7	Harikrishna, P.	5.0 / 10	2698	2741	0	½	½		½	½		1	1		½	0		½
8	Giri, A.	5.0 / 11	2726	2679		½		½	½	½	0		½	½	1	0	½	½
9	van Wely, L.	5.0 / 10	2679	2728	0	0	½	½			0	½		1		½	1	1
10	Wang, H.	4.5 / 11	2752	2665	½		0	0	0	½		½	0		½	1	1	½
11	Caruana, F.	4.5 / 11	2781	2661	½	0		0	½	0	½	0		½		½	1	1
12	Hou, Y.	3.5 / 10	2603	2638	0		0	0	0		1	1	½	0	½		½
13	L'Ami, E.	3.0 / 10	2627	2600	0		½	½	½	½		½	0	0	0	½
14	Sokolov, I.	2.5 / 10	2667	2565	0	½	0	½		0	½	½	0	½	0

Magnus Carlsen- World's Nr.1

     Magnus has had an amazing tournament so far and he's gaining 10 Elo points. I think he might get to 2900 by the end of the year.

     There are 2 more rounds to go, but I don't think that anyone will be able to challenge Carlsen for the 1st place.