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In the Classical-Armageddon tournament, in case of a draw in the slow game, a sudden-death decider will follow. The time control in the classical game is 120 minutes plus an increment of 10 seconds after move 40. In the Armageddon, White has 10 minutes and Black has 7 minutes, with an increment of 1 second per move starting from move 41.
The pointing system:
Opening package: 1.b3 and Black Secrets in the Modern Italian
Wesley So published two new opening DVDs: 1.b3, the so called Nimzo-Larsen-Attack, for White and his black secrets in the modern Italian. Get them in a package and save money!
Commentary by Jovanka Houska and Jan Gustafsson
| Name | Points | |
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | 16½ |
| 2 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 15½ |
| 3 | Viswanathan Anand | 14½ |
| 4 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 14 |
| 5 | Wesley So | 12½ |
| 6 | Anish Giri | 12 |
| 7 | Aryan Tari | 9½ |
| 8 | Veselin Topalov | 9½ |
| 9 | Teimour Radjabov | 8 |
| 10 | Wang Hao | 7½ |
