MARCH 25,2013

CARSEN WITH 9 ROUND  LEAD IN  8 PLAYER SUPER GRANDMASTER WORLD TITLE MILLION DOLLAR QUALIFIER …  London, England …Today’s results: with a second win over  previously undefeated World Candidates co-leader L. Aronian, B,GELFAND (Israel) SHOVED A STILL UNDEFEATED M. CARLSEN OF NORWAY to a very precious indeed one half point tourney lead with 5 games to go … for a million dollars minimum world title match … A war is  this fierce tourney … Carlsen hanging on for draws in difficult  showdowns … 3 wins/6 draws versus the world’s best …  Aronian second, Kramnik closing in at third.

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