The Corus tournament ended with Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian tying for first place. Aronian had the steadier progress, whereas Carlsen did it the hard way, losing to Anand and then beating Kramnik with Black to rejoin the lead.

There is no doubt that this was an amazing achievement by a 17-year-old. It's hard to think of anything comparable by such a young player. Unofficially Carlsen now moves into the top 10, and just about everyone sees him as a future World Champion. Of course, a host of other young stars, foremost among them Radjabov and Karjakin, might have something to say about that.