Candidates R9: Carlsen in sole lead as Aronian loses to Gelfand

Magnus Carlsen is the sole leader after nine rounds at the FIDE World Chess Candidates’ Tournament. On Monday, the Norwegian drew with Vladimir Kramnik while co-leader Levon Aronian lost to Boris Gelfand. Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk drew an amazingly complicated King’s Indian game after Black played a stunning piece sacrifice as early as move 12. After 6.5 hours of play, Vassily Ivanchuk scored his first win, against Teimour Radjabov, ChessVibes reported.