CHESS#1288

Kramnik played very positive chess (six wins, two losses). That included a last-round gift from Baskaran Adhiban, who made a suicidal exchange sacrifice when he held an edge

Magnus Carlsen took a record sixth title at the Tata Steel, winning a tiebreaker after sharing first place with Anish Giri. Carlsen and Giri both scored 9 points from 13 games and remained unbeaten. Carlsen won the first of two tiebreakers (at 5 min + 2 sec increment) and drew the second with an inspired counter-attack from an inferior position.

Vladimir Kramnik and Shakhriyar Mamedaryov followed in third-fourth (8.5 each) and Viswanathan Anand (8) shared fifth-sixth place with Wesley So (8). Carlsen has an incredible record — he's won every tiebreaker he has played since 2006. Giri had the better tournament