Final standings : 5th Kings Tournament 2011

Bazna 2011
№	Name	ELO	1	2	3	4	5	6	points
1-2	Carlsen (NOR)	2815		½, ½	1, ½	½, ½	1, ½	1, ½	6½
1-2	Karjakin (RUS)	2776	½, ½		½, ½	½, ½	1, 1	1, ½	6½
3-4	Nakamura (USA)	2774	½, 0	½, ½		½, ½	½, 0	1, ½	4½
3-4	Radjabov (AZE)	2744	½, ½	½, ½	½, ½		½, 0	½, ½	4½
5-6	Ivanchuk (UKR)	2776	½, 0	0, 0	1, ½	1, ½		½, 0	4
5-6	Nisipeanu (ROM)	2662	½, 0	½, 0	½, 0	½, ½	1, ½		4

There was no tie-break match because Carlsen has better Sonneborn-Berger, which made him the winner. According to the rules there would be a tie-brake match only if everything were equal. Kariakin qualifies for the Grand Slam Masters Final in Sao Paulo/Bilbao. The above rating increase figures are rounded down – the way the ratings are calculated (game by game) Magnus Carlsen has in reality gained 5.92 = six rating points. He is now at 2821 in live ratings, four points ahead of the previous leader Vishy Anand (2817). This is what the (inofficial) live rating list of top twenty look like after the Medias event:

#	Name	Rtng	+/-	Games	FIDE	Age / birthday
1	Carlsen	2820.8	+5.8	10	Chart	20 / 30.11.1990
2	Anand	2817.0	0.0	0	Chart	41 / 11.12.1969
3	Aronian	2804.8	-3.2	4	Chart	28 / 06.10.1982
4	Karjakin	2788.0	+12.0	10	Chart	21 / 12.01.1990
5	Kramnik	2780.6	-4.4	8	Chart	35 / 25.06.1975
6	Nakamura	2769.6	-4.4	16	Chart	23 / 09.12.1987
7	Ivanchuk	2767.6	-8.4	20	Chart	42 / 18.03.1969
8	Topalov	2767.6	-7.4	4	Chart	36 / 15.03.1975
9	Mamedyarov	2765.0	-7.0	4	Chart	26 / 12.04.1985
10	Ponomariov	2764.4	+10.4	17	Chart	27 / 11.10.1983
11	Gashimov	2760.0	0.0	0	Chart	24 / 24.07.1986
12	Gelfand	2746.2	+13.2	14	Chart	42 / 24.06.1968
13	Grischuk	2746.0	-1.0	14	Chart	27 / 31.10.1983
14	Radjabov	2743.6	-0.4	14	Chart	24 / 12.03.1987
15	Kamsky	2740.8	+8.8	12	Chart	37 / 02.06.1974
16	Svidler	2739.0	0.0	0	Chart	35 / 17.06.1976
17	Vitiugov	2732.8	-0.2	6	Chart	24 / 04.02.1987
18	Jakovenko	2730.7	-1.3	12	Chart	27 / 28.06.1983
19	Almasi	2726.4	+7.4	8	Chart	34 / 29.08.1976
20	Vallejo Pons	2724.3	+2.3	18	Chart	28 / 21.08.1982

SOURCE: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7309

Magnus wins the Bazna 5th Kings Tournament 2011, Sergey away in the final "Grand Slam"

ROMGAZ and the Chess Club Society "Elisabeta Polihroniade” of Bucharest are staging a double round robin tournament with six top GMs: the world's second highest ranked player, Magnus Carlsen of Norway; Ukrainian GM Vassily Ivanchuk, currently the world's number five; Sergey Karjakin, former child prodigy and youngest GM of all time; top US grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, clear winner of this year's Wijk aan Zee tournament; Teimour Radjabov, one of Azerbaijan's top GMs, and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, the best Romanian player. The competition is taking place from June 11th to 22nd 2011 in Medias, Romania.

          Round ten express report

Round 10: Tuesday, June 21, 13:30h
Teimour Radjabov	½-½	Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
Magnus Carlsen	½-½	Sergey Karjakin
Vassily Ivanchuk	1-0	Hikaru Nakamura

Bazna 2011
№	Name	ELO	1	2	3	4	5	6	points
1-2	Carlsen (NOR)	2815		½, ½	1, ½	½, ½	1, ½	1, ½	6½
1-2	Karjakin (RUS)	2776	½, ½		½, ½	½, ½	1, 1	1, ½	6½
3-4	Nakamura (USA)	2774	½, 0	½, ½		½, ½	½, 0	1, ½	4½
3-4	Radjabov (AZE)	2744	½, ½	½, ½	½, ½		½, 0	½, ½	4½
5-6	Ivanchuk (UKR)	2776	½, 0	0, 0	1, ½	1, ½		½, 0	4
5-6	Nisipeanu (ROM)	2662	½, 0	½, 0	½, 0	½, ½	1, ½		4

Tie-break is between the winners did not take place

In Bazna Tournament ended under the title "Royal". Two undisputed leader Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin in the internal fight in the last round worked very reliably and have completed the game world.

After reading the rules on the official website of the competition, one would have thought that in the case of the division first-place chess players with the same score to bring out the best tie-break. According to the Chess-News, this misunderstanding arose because of incorrect translation rules from Romanian into English. It turned out that tie-break was provided only if all three additional indicators someone will be equal. In the case of Carlsen and Karjakin have been equal to only two:
- number of victories,
- the number of points in between parties share the place.
The third indicator - the ratio Zonneborna-Berger - was slightly higher in Carlsen: 29.75 vs. 29.50 in Karjakin.

Thus, the winner was announced Magnus Carlsen.
3-4 Radjabov and Nakamura split, 5-6 - Ivanchuk and Nisipeanu. Table, schedule, results, and all parties, and other materials about the event
 

Recall that the "Royal Tournament" was a step in a series of "Grand Slam". Three members of the finale, which will be held from September 25 to October 11 in Sao Paulo and Bilbao: Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Viswanathan Anand. The fourth was just Sergey Karjakin, Carlsen has already had as a treasured ticket. In any case, the information published website Chessbase.