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Levon Aronian of Armenia did not give any chance to Carlsen to catch him up and in the end won the prestigious tournament at Wijk aan Zee of 2012. Aronian produced some gems in the tournament and Carlsen's usual efficiency was not sufficient. Caruana was the find of the tournament. In Group B, P Harikrishna finished first and could be invited to next year's Group A. The chances appear more bright since Harikrishna is from India and the main sponsor is an Indian company.

Oliver Barbosa of Philippines won the Parsvnath Delhi Open Chess tournament. He finished half a point ahead of two others who collected 9 points.

Levon Aronian is on 2/2 after the 2nd round of the Tata Steel (formerly Corus) Chess tournament of 2012. Aronian beat American Chess star, Nakamura. Caruana beat Karjakin. In other groups, Harikrishna beat Lahno and Tiviakov beat Timman. Young Sahaj Grover of India beat Paehtz of Germany. After this round, we have some interesting observations to make on the Live Chess ratings. Magnus Carlsen is just 13 points shy of Kasparov's all time highest FIDE rating of 2851 Aronian will surpass Anand as the 2nd highest ever FIDE rated player if he gains another ELO point but retains it until the end of the rating period. Caruana is nearly 2750 at the age of 19 and is ranked 12 in the World! Giri is 2735 and is No. 17 in the World! Harikrishna has gained impressive ELO after his 2/2 start, but it remains to be seen if he can mantain it. He has had to face frustration many times to reach 2700.

Notable points on the new FIDE rating list: Nakamura is No. 12 (but No. 6 and just a couple of points away from No. 5 on the Live Chess Rating list. Three ELO 2800+ players. Anna Muzychuk is now ELO 2580 and No. 4 in the Women's world ranking list. Hou Yifan is 122 points (!!!) ahead of the No. 2 in the World Junior Girls ranking. Editor www.IMChess.com