Photo by Fred Lucas for the official Corus website
With just 3 rounds to go, Carlsen and Shirov are trailing Kramnik by just 1/2 point. Magnus will have White against Dominguez, Black against Leko, and White against Caruana. Shirov will have White against Kramnik, Black against Karjaking, and White against Dominguez. Kramnik will have 2 Blacks in the final 3 rounds. He will have Black against Shirov, Black against Anand, and White against Karjakin. This will for sure be a very exciting finish.
Round 11 pairings (Friday):
Group A
| Alexei Shirov - Vladimir Kramnik |
| Magnus Carlsen - Leinier Dominguez |
| Hikaru Nakamura - Peter Leko |
| Nigel Short - Fabiano Caruana |
| Loek van Wely - Sergey Tiviakov |
| Vassily Ivanchuk - Sergey Karjakin |
| Jan Smeets - Vishy Anand |
The most critical matchup in this round for Group B is So vs. Giri. The battle for 1st is on the line for Giri.
Group B
| Wesley So - Anish Giri |
| Arkadij Naiditsch - David Howell |
| Anna Muzychuk - Erwin l'Ami |
| Varuzhan Akobian - Tomi Nyback |
| Parimarjan Negi - Emil Sutovsky |
| Pentala Harikrishna - Ni Hua |
| Liviu Nisipeanu - Dimitri Reinderman |
In group C, Li Chao has a commanding 1.5 point lead with just 3 rounds to go.
Group C
| Kjetil Lie - Ray Robson |
| Daniele Vocaturo - Peng Zhaoqin |
| Sjoerd Plukkel - Stefan Kuipers |
| Li Chao - Mariya Muzychuk |
| Robin van Kampen - Robin Swinkels |
| Benjamin Bok - Soumya Swaminathan |
| Nils Grandelius - Abhijeet Gupta |
What is your prediction?
