The world champion finished the tournament with 7.5 points from 9 rounds played, he won his last victory against Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Second place went to Fabiano Caruana after his tie with Levon Aronian, getting 6 points. Third place went to German Arkadij Naiditsch with 5 points after his victory against Georg Meier. Vachier in fourth place with 5 points, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler and Aronian in fifth, sixth and seventh with 4.5. Vallejo in the eighth with 4 points and in the ninth and tenth Meier and Keymer with 2 points. The tournament was held from April 18 to 29 in Karlsruhe (Germany), with ten of the best players in the world.