I'm very impressed by Carlsen's performance in this tournament. He bounced back after a painful loss against Anand to beat Kramnik with the black pieces.
It shows an amazing blend of talent and fighting spirit.
Anand seems to be the last player in the world who can regularly beat Carlsen. I wouldn't be surprised if Carlsen gets in the top 4 in two years time and competes for the top rank in 3-4 years.
Can you tell me where it says Aronian wins on tie break? They played the same people, what kind of tie break is used in RR events? In any event Carlsen should be the champion since he won 5 games and 3 of those with black. Aronian won only 4. Carlsen also was handicapped with having 7 blacks and 6 whites while Aronian had 7 whites and only 6 blacks.
Can you tell me where it says Aronian wins on tie break? They played the same people, what kind of tie break is used in RR events? In any event Carlsen should be the champion since he won 5 games and 3 of those with black. Aronian won only 4. Carlsen also was handicapped with having 7 blacks and 6 whites while Aronian had 7 whites and only 6 blacks.
If you look at the standings at the official site, Aronian and Carlsen are both listed as first with Aronian listed ahead of Carlsen. This is based on the Sonneborn-Berger tie break system. In this system each player gets a score equal to the final score of all the opponents they defeated plus one half the score of all the opponents they drew. Carlsen scores a 48.5 while Aronian scores a 50.0.
I think if you pick a different tie break system you can make Carlsen come out ahead. But there are no tie break systems (that I'm aware of) that consider the color of the pieces played.
...This is based on the Sonneborn-Berger tie break system. In this system each player gets a score equal to the final score of all the opponents they defeated plus one half the score of all the opponents they drew. Carlsen scores a 48.5 while Aronian scores a 50.0.
I could understand a tie-break system that rewards you in proportion to the strength of the oponents you managed to defeat or draw against if it were a swiss tournament, but in a round-robin I don't see how you get around the fact that everybody plays the same opponents. There's maybe a little rationale in that, if a player started the tournament slow but finished more strongly, beating them near the end would be more difficult than a couple games into the event. Compared to the other criteria for tie-breaks suggested here though, it seems really really weak. It seems a real shame that after achieving his score with more decided games (when there is a real concern that draws at the top level are bad for chess) and with one more game as black than Aronian, Carlsen officially comes in second in the tournament based on a system that is just shy of being completely arbitrary.
So Aronian wins it, with Carlson in second. Not a bad tournament for the kid dontcha think?
Kramnik and Topalov both had pretty lousy tournaments, Anand did less well than expected....but still ok.