Baku 1.2: Many tiebreaks

by Alejandro Ramirez
9/12/2015 – 24 of the 64 matches in Baku will go to a tiebreaker tomorrow, starting with the rapid format. Only one 2700 has been eliminated so far (Ni Hua) and several have not secured their spot in the next round just yet. Classical chess eliminations saw few surprises, with two of the highest rated players knocked out being from America: Ray Robson and former World Cup winner Gata Kamsky.
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World Cup

10th September – 5th October

Baku, Azerbaijan

Round One - Game Two

A tournament of such caliber and with so many games needs a group of arbiters

Two of them posing before the round

The knock-out system always gives us thrilling battles. Many players saw their tournament life on the line after losing yesterday, but very few were able to come back and tie the series:

Ni Hua missed two golden chances

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34...Bd5 Ni Hua must win against Mareco to force a tiebreak, and things are looking sharp. He is up a pawn and Black's king feels very unsafe. He has to be careful not to allow certain drawn endgames, but if he keeps enough pieces on the board Black's defenses should collapse with time. 35.Kh2? Overlooking or underestimating the following move 35.Ra1± 35...Rxc2! 36.Qxc2 Bb3 37.Qd3 Bxd1 38.Qxd1 Now with no danger to the Black king the winning task became far more difficult. Ng6 39.Qg4 Nxe5 40.fxe5 Qd5 41.Qf5 Kg8 42.Kg3 Ba3 43.Kg4 Qd1+ 44.Qf3 Qd7+ 45.Kg3 Qd4 46.Qf4 Qd3+ 47.Kh2 Qd5 48.Nc3 Qd3 49.Na4 White has managed to make no progress, but Mareco goes crazy g5?? Perhaps the Argentinean forgot about the simple queen retreat 50.Qg3! Qxg3+ Forced, or the bishop on a3 is lost. 50...Qe4 51.Qxa3 Qf4+ 52.Kg1 is not a perpetual: the queen controls c1. 51.Kxg3 Kf7 52.Kf3 Ke7 53.Nb6?? 53.Ke4 Ke6 54.g4 should be, without a doubt, winning. The knight hops around to d4 without letting the bishop attack e5. 53...Ke6 54.Kg4 54.Ke4 Bb2 55.Nc4 Ba1 keeps the knight stuck on defensive duty, with a draw. 54...Bc5 55.Nc4 Kd5 56.Nb2 Ba3 57.Nd3 Ke4 58.Nf2+ Kxe5 The rest is easy. White has no hope of winning. 59.Kh5 Kf4 60.Kxh6 Be7 61.g4 Kg3 62.Ne4+ Kh4 63.Kg6 Kxh3 64.Kh5 Kg2 65.Kg6 Kh3 66.Kh5 Kg2 67.Nxg5 Kg3 68.Ne6 Kf3 69.Nd4+ Kf4 70.Nf5 Bd8 ½–½
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Ni,H2704Mareco,S2599½–½2015C77FIDE World Chess Cup 20151.2

Moiseenko, Matlakov, Perunovic and Dominguez were the only ones to be able to tie their series after losing game one.

Some got a little lucky:

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28.Qxa7 Perunovic, with white, finds himself in a difficult situation. His position is still ok but he has to somehow win this position. Wang Hao's two powerful rooks should force White to give a perpetual at some point, but even if he doesn't he just needs to not do naything and White can't really cause problems. Ne2+ 28...Bd3! 29.Qxb7 Bxf1 30.Nh5+ Kg8 31.Nxf6+ Kg7 32.Nh5+= 29.Nxe2 Rxf1+ 30.Kh2 Rd2?! 31.Qe3! Rxb2 32.h5! The Chinese player severely underestimates the weakness of his own king. Perunovic wastes no time. Bxh5 32...Bb1 33.h6+ Kg6 34.Nf4+ and the attack is too strong. 33.Ng3 A nasty fork! Rfxf2 34.Nxh5+ Kg6 35.Nf4+ Kg7 36.a3 The queen and knight are too strong here. They combine easily to finish the game. b5 37.Kh3 Rxf4 38.Qg3+ Kh8 39.Qxf4 Rb3+ 40.g3 Rxa3 41.Qxf6+ Kg8 42.Qg5+ Kh8 43.Qe7 Black will soon get mated, White just has to bring up the king. 1–0
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Perunovic,M2614Wang,H27121–02015C65FIDE World Chess Cup 20151.2

A marathon game for Dominguez was worth the effort

Others got very, very lucky:

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33.Re4 Black only needs a draw in this position. What more can you ask from life? Rd8 33...h5 34.h3 Rc8 34.Bd5 Kf8 35.Rb4 Setting up a trap. Black is completely oblivious. Ke7 It's quite unclear what Perez Ponsa missed, he must have only been worried about his seventh rank! 35...Rc8 36.Rb7 Rc5 37.Rxf7+ Ke8 38.Be6 Bxg4= 36.Ke1 Suddenly the bishop is trapped. Bxg4 37.Rxg4 Kf6 38.Ra4 Re8+ 39.Kf2 Re5 Luckily for the Argentinean this endgame seems very drawish. 40.Be4 g6 41.Rd4 Ra5 42.fxg6 hxg6 43.Bf3 Ke5 44.Re4+ Kf6 45.Rb4 Ke6 46.Kg3 Rc5 47.Bg4+ Kf6 48.Rb7 Rc3+ 49.Bf3 Rc5 50.h4 Ra5 51.Bd1 Re5 52.Bb3 Re7 53.Rb6 Rd7?! 53...Re3+! 54.Kf2 Rh3= 54.Kf4 Kg7 55.Bd5 Ra7 56.Rb4 Kf6 57.Kg4 Kg7 58.Rf4 Rc7 59.Rd4 Re7 60.Bf3 Re6 61.Ra4 Re7 62.Kf4 Rc7 63.Rd4 Rd7 64.Kg5 Rd8 65.Rd5 Rd7 66.Rd3 Rd8 67.Rd4 Rd7 68.Rd5 Rd8 69.Bg4 Ra8 70.Bd1 Rb8 It's not clear why he decided to give up d6, but it's not an important pawn anyway. 71.Rxd6 Rb5+ 72.Kg4 Rb4+ 73.Kg3 Rb7 74.Bf3 Ra7 75.Rb6 Rc7 76.Rb4 Ra7 77.Kf4 Re7 78.Bd5 Kf6 78...g5+! 79.hxg5 f6= but this might also be unnecessary. 79.Rb6+ Kg7 80.Ra6 Kh6 81.Be4 Kg7 82.Bf3 Rc7 83.Be4 Re7 84.Rb6 Kf8 85.Rb8+ Kg7 86.Ra8 Rc7 87.Ra5 Re7 88.Rb5 Kh6 89.Rb1 Kg7 90.Rg1 Kf6 91.Ra1 Kg7 92.Bf3 Rc7 93.Ke5 Re7+ 94.Kd4 Rd7+ 95.Bd5 Re7 96.Rf1 Ra7 97.Ke5 Re7+ 98.Kd6 Ra7 99.Bc4 Rb7 100.Bd5 Ra7 101.Rf4 Ra6+ 102.Ke7 Ra7+ 103.Ke8 f6 White finally forces this move, but Black is fine. 104.Rb4 Kh6 105.Kf8 Ra5 106.Bf7 Re5? This move is hard to understand. 106...Ra7 107.Rg4 g5 107...Kh5 108.Rf4 f5 109.Kg7 Rb7= 108.h5 f5 109.Rb4 Ra6= 107.Rg4 g5 108.h5 Ra5 108...f5 109.Ra4 now loses because Black can't cover the sixth rank. 109.Rb4 Ra6 110.Rb5 g4! 111.Rf5 Rb6 112.Bg6 Ra6 112...Rb3! 113.Kf7 Rb6 114.Ra5 Rb3 115.Kxf6 g3? 115...Rf3+ 116.Ke5 g3 keeps the game going 116.Ra7 Now it is forced mate Rb6+ 117.Kf5 Rb5+ 118.Kf4 Rb4+ 119.Be4 A devastating loss for Perez Ponsa 1–0
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Dominguez Perez,L2732Perez Ponsa,F25631–02015C78FIDE World Chess Cup 20151.2
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35.Rb3 After playing pretty bad chess Hou Yifan finds herself down a passed pawn on a3, with cramped pieces and a relatively unsafe king. Leitao is winning, but in the World Cup, especially with time pressure, anything can happen. Nb6 36.Nb5 Rxc1 37.Bxc1 a2 Qxc1 is already a threat. 38.Ba3 Bxa3 38...Qd7! 39.Nxa3 Nc4 40.Qxa2 White has recovered her pawn, but she has clear issues with the pin. Just applying some pressure collapses her position. Nxa3?? 40...Qd8! with Qa5 next move 40...Qf8 41.Bxc4 dxc4 42.Rc3 Bd3 with a crushing position. Black's position is so good that passing a move with 40...Kh8 still kept a big avantage... 41.Rxa3 Rb8 42.Qd2 Be4 43.Bf3 Bxf3 Even in this final position Black is better due to White's king weakness. ½–½
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Hou,Y2671Leitao,R2632½–½2015B12FIDE World Chess Cup 20151.2

In my opinion that most maneuver of the round was a lovely queen switch by Le Quang Liem. Check out that queen doing work all over the board!

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37.Qxb5 The first game was drawn but things are good for Le Quang Liem. His powerful knight on e5 and active pieces make White's king much more vulnerable than Black's. The following maneuver, however, is just beautiful: Qh5 38.Bd1 Qh4 39.Qb2 Qc4! Attacking the f1 rook, white Doesn't have a choice but 40.Be2 40.Rf4 Qd3! 41.Qxa1 Qxd1 42.Bb2 Qe2! And the attack is simply too strong. Nd3 is coming, for example. 40...Qa4! 41.Bb5 Qa8! The queen is powerful on a8 as Ra2 is a real threat. 42.Qb3 Qb8! Very precise! Now the king on h2 is very uncomfortable! 43.Kh1? 43.Bc4 was the only move to continue the fight, but Black is still better. 43...Be3! All of White's pieces are pinned, Durarbayli resigned. 0–1
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Durarbayli,V2618Le,Q26970–12015C54FIDE World Chess Cup 20151.2

Deysi Cori from Peru will be going home after a 0-2 against Kramnik

Karjakin advanced with no problems 2-0

Ding Liren's 1.5-0.5 was good enough to qualify

Kamsky is the highest rated player to already be knocked out

There are many 2700+ players that have not secured their place in the next round. The 2700s that will be going to tiebreaks are Gelfand, Grischuk, Dominguez, Jakovenko, Radjabov, Tomashevsky, Vitiugov and Wang Hao. They are all favorites, but in time control it is difficult to say what will happen.

The tiebreaks will be tomorrow; players that already qualified to the next stage will have a rest day.

Varuzhan Akobian is one of three Americans already knocked out; Robson and Kamsky also did not survive

All Round 1.2 Games

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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0-0 e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.e4 Nbc6 8.Re1 d4 9.Nh4 g5 10.Nhf3 Ng6 11.h3 Be6 12.a3 a5 13.Nf1 f6 14.N3h2 Qd7 15.Qh5 a4 16.Ng4 Kh8 17.Nh6 Nce7 18.Nf5 Nxf5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Bxb7 Bxh3 21.Bxa8 Rxa8 22.Nh2 Be6 23.Qf3 Rb8 24.Qh5 Bd5 25.f3 c5 26.Nf1 Bf7 27.Qh2 Kg8 28.Nd2 f5 29.Qh3 h6 30.Kf2 Bd5 31.Qh5 Qc6 32.Kg1 Rf8 33.Rf1 f4 34.Qh2 fxg3 35.Qxg3 Nh4 36.Ne4 c4 37.Rf2 cxd3 38.cxd3 Qa6 39.Bxg5 hxg5 40.Nxg5 Qh6 41.Raf1 Nf5 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Adu,O2241Topalov,V28160–12015A07FIDE World Cup 20151.1
Nakamura,H2814Phiri,R22521–02015B42FIDE World Cup 20151.2
Zaibi,A2330Caruana,F28080–12015B12FIDE World Cup 20151.3
Giri,A2793Ssegwanyi,A23571–02015A20FIDE World Cup 20151.4
Maghsoodloo,P2447So,W27730–12015A22FIDE World Cup 20151.5
Kramnik,V2777Cori T.,D24191–02015E91FIDE World Cup 20151.6
Atabayev,Y2428Grischuk,A2771½–½2015C65FIDE World Cup 20151.7
Ding,L2782Krnan,T2440½–½2015E63FIDE World Cup 20151.8
Wiedenkeller,M2453Aronian,L27650–12015D85FIDE World Cup 20151.9
Jakovenko,D2748Iljiushenok,I2491½–½2015D11FIDE World Cup 20151.10
Espinosa Veloz,E2495Karjakin,S27620–12015C91FIDE World Cup 20151.11
Tomashevsky,E2758Rahman,Z2500½–½2015D31FIDE World Cup 20151.12
Henriquez Villagra,C2511Gelfand,B2741½–½2015B33FIDE World Cup 20151.13
Harikrishna,P2737Illingworth,M2517½–½2015B46FIDE World Cup 20151.14
Muzychuk,M2528Adams,M27420–12015A20FIDE World Cup 20151.15
Svidler,P2727Can,E2531½–½2015D78FIDE World Cup 20151.16
Sevian,S2556Radjabov,T2738½–½2015C80FIDE World Cup 20151.17
Dominguez Perez,L2732Perez Ponsa,F25631–02015C78FIDE World Cup 20151.18
Idani,P2569Mamedyarov,S2736½–½2015C65FIDE World Cup 20151.19
Wojtaszek,R2741Lalith,B25571–02015E39FIDE World Cup 20151.20
Ortiz Suarez,I2577Vachier-Lagrave,M2744½–½2015B96FIDE World Cup 20151.21
Yu,Y2721Iordachescu,V25831–02015B06FIDE World Cup 20151.22
Adly,A2596Ivanchuk,V2726½–½2015D02FIDE World Cup 20151.23
Wei,Y2734Salem,A2610½–½2015B51FIDE World Cup 20151.24
Nabaty,T2597Navara,D2728½–½2015E15FIDE World Cup 20151.25
Eljanov,P2717Jumabayev,R26061–02015A43FIDE World Cup 20151.26
Zhou,J2606Andreikin,D2720½–½2015A13FIDE World Cup 20151.27
Vitiugov,N2725Ter-Sahakyan,S2601½–½2015D12FIDE World Cup 20151.28
Goganov,A2603Leko,P2707½–½2015B90FIDE World Cup 20151.29
Ni,H2704Mareco,S2599½–½2015C77FIDE World Cup 20151.30
Brkic,A2597Fressinet,L2702½–½2015C67FIDE World Cup 20151.31
Moiseenko,A2692Lu,S25991–02015D31FIDE World Cup 20151.32
Perunovic,M2614Wang,H27121–02015C65FIDE World Cup 20151.33
Nepomniachtchi,I2705Zhao,J2621½–½2015A05FIDE World Cup 20151.34
Kovalyov,A2616Kasimdzhanov,R2704½–½2015A14FIDE World Cup 20151.35
Kovalenko,I2699Wen,Y2620½–½2015D02FIDE World Cup 20151.36
Durarbayli,V2618Le,Q26970–12015C53FIDE World Cup 20151.37
Korobov,A2700Solak,D2631½–½2015D10FIDE World Cup 20151.38
Ipatov,A2625Cheparinov,I26811–02015D30FIDE World Cup 20151.39
Matlakov,M2689Guseinov,G26341–02015E81FIDE World Cup 20151.40
Vovk,Y2628Robson,R2680½–½2015A58FIDE World Cup 20151.41
Rodshtein,M2673Iturrizaga Bonelli,E26331–02015E15FIDE World Cup 20151.42
Lupulescu,C2626Lysyj,I2671½–½2015E06FIDE World Cup 20151.43
Sargissian,G2679Bartel,M2623½–½2015A11FIDE World Cup 20151.44
Ganguly,S2652Artemiev,V2675½–½2015B90FIDE World Cup 20151.45
Hou,Y2671Leitao,R2632½–½2015B12FIDE World Cup 20151.46
Melkumyan,H2622Kamsky,G2691½–½2015E69FIDE World Cup 20151.47
Smirin,I2655Edouard,R2630½–½2015B40FIDE World Cup 20151.48
Anton Guijarro,D2628Nisipeanu,L2678½–½2015D35FIDE World Cup 20151.49
Laznicka,V2676Akobian,V26351–02015A13FIDE World Cup 20151.50
Sethuraman,S2640Sjugirov,S26641–02015A04FIDE World Cup 20151.51
Granda Zuniga,J2667Fier,A26241–02015A29FIDE World Cup 20151.52
Kempinski,R2637Nguyen,N2634½–½2015E60FIDE World Cup 20151.53
Onischuk,A2662Volokitin,A2639½–½2015D85FIDE World Cup 20151.54
Amin,B2636Saric,I26781–02015B50FIDE World Cup 20151.55
Areshchenko,A2661Khismatullin,D2651½–½2015B43FIDE World Cup 20151.56
Quesada Perez,Y2643Inarkiev,E2660½–½2015C88FIDE World Cup 20151.57
Fedoseev,V2659Adhiban,B2674½–½2015D16FIDE World Cup 20151.58
Vidit,S2651Bruzon Batista,L2659½–½2015E06FIDE World Cup 20151.59
Balogh,C2659Safarli,E2657½–½2015B33FIDE World Cup 20151.60
Grachev,B2649Motylev,A2649½–½2015D02FIDE World Cup 20151.61
Najer,E2658Mamedov,R2657½–½2015D17FIDE World Cup 20151.62
Popov,I2661Shankland,S2656½–½2015C00FIDE World Cup 20151.63
Bukavshin,I2657Zhigalko,S2656½–½2015A17FIDE World Cup 20151.64

Round One Pairings

Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
V. Topalov (BUL 2816
1
1
          
2.0
O. Adu (NGR) 2241
0
0
          
0.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Ivan Bukavshin (RUS) 2656
½
½
          
1.0
Sergei Zhigalko (BLR) 2657
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Shanglei Lu (CHN) 2599
1
0
          
1.0
Alexander Moiseenko (UKR) 2692
0
1
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Hao Wang (CHN) 2712
1
0
          
1.0
Milos Perunovic (SRB) 2614
0
1
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Can Emre (TUR) 2531
0
½
          
0.5
Peter Svidler (RUS) 2727
1
½
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (GER) 2678
1
½
          
1.5
David Anton Guijarro (ESP) 2628
0
½
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2738
½
½
          
1.0
Samuel Sevian (USA) 2556
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Romain Edouard (FRA) 2630
0
½
          
0.5
Ilia Smirin (ISR) 2655
1
½
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Tomas Krnan (CAN) 2440
0
½
          
0.5
Ding Liren (CHN) 2782
1
½
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS) 2660
½
½
          
1.0
Yuniesky Quesada Perez (CUB) 2643
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
David Navara (CZE) 2728
½
½
          
1.0
Tamir Nabaty (ISR) 2597
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Gadir Guseinov (AZE) 2634
1
0
          
1.0
Maxim Matlakov (RUS) 2689
0
1
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Levon Aronian (ARM) 2765
1
1
          
2
Michael Wiedenkeller (LUX) 2453
0
0
          
0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Denis Khismatullin (RUS) 2651
0
½
          
0.5
Alexander Areschenko (UKR) 2661
1
½
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Salem A.R. Saleh (UAE) 2610
0
½
          
0.5
Wei Yi (CHN) 2734
1
½
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Ray Robson (USA) 2680
0
½
          
0.5
Yuri Vovk (UKR) 2628
1
½
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Arthur Ssegwanyi (UGA) 2357
½
0
          
0.5
Anish Giri (NED) 2793
½
1
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Alexander Motylev (RUS) 2649
½
½
          
1.0
Boris Grachev (RUS) 2649
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Peter Leko (HUN) 2707
1
½
          
1.5
Aleksey Goganov (RUS) 2603
0
½
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Wen Yang (CHN) 2620
1
½
          
0.5
Igor Kovalenko (LAT) 2699
0
½
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Boris Gelfand (ISR) 2741
½
½
          
1.0
Cristobal Henriquez Villagra (CHI) 2511
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Alexandr Fier (BRA) 2624
½
0
          
0.5
Julio Granda (PER) 2667
½
1
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Babuk M.R. Lalith (IND) 2557
½
0
          
0.5
Radoslaw Wojtaszek (POL) 2741
½
1
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Vladislav Artemiev (RUS) 2675
1
½
          
1.5
Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND) 2652
0
½
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Wesley So (USA) 2773
1
1
          
2.0
Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) 2447
0
0
          
0.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Csaba Balogh (HUN) 2657
½
½
          
1.0
Eltaj Safarli (AZE) 2659
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Samvel Ter-Sahakyan (ARM) 2601
½
½
          
1.0
Nikita Vitiugov (RUS) 2725
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Le Quang Liem (VIE) 2697
½
1
          
1.5
Vasif Durarbayli (AZE) 2618
½
0
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Ziaur Rahman (BAN) 2500
½
½
          
1.0
Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) 2758
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen (VIE) 2634
1
½
          
1.5
Robert Kempinski (POL) 2637
0
½
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) 2744
1
½
          
1.5
Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez (CUB) 2577
0
½
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Mateusz Bartel (POL) 2623
½
½
          
1.0
Gabriel Sargissian (ARM) 2679
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Richmond Phiri (ZAM) 2252
0
0
          
0.0
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2814
1
1
          
2.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Samuel Shankland (USA) 2656
1
½
          
1.5
Ivan Popov (RUS) 2661
0
½
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Laurent Fressinet (FRA) 2702
½
½
          
1.0
Ante Brkic (CRO) 2597
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Zhao Jun (CHN) 2621
½
½
          
1.0
Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) 2705
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Michael Adams (ENG) 2742
½
1
          
1.5
Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) 2528
½
0
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Varuzhan Akobian (USA) 2635
½
0
          
0.5
Viktor Laznicka (CZE) 2676
½
1
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Federico Perez Ponsa (ARG) 2563
1
0
          
1.0
Leiner Dominguez Perez (CUB) 2732
0
1
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Gata Kamsky (USA) 2691
0
½
          
0.5
Hrant Melkumyan (ARM) 2622
1
½
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2771
½
½
          
0.5
Yusup Atabayev (TKM) 2448
½
½
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Vladimir Fedoseev (RUS) 2674
½
½
          
1.0
B. Adhiban (IND) 2659
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Rinat Jumabayev (KAZ) 2606
0
0
          
0.0
Pavel Eljanov (UKR) 2717
1
1
          
2.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) 2681
½
0
          
0.5
Alexander Ipatov (TUR) 2625
½
1
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Ilia Iljiushenok (RUS) 2749
½
½
          
1.0
Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) 2491
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Ivan Saric (CRO) 2678
0
0
          
0.0
Amin Bassem (EGY) 2636
1
1
          
2.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2726
1
½
          
1.5
Ahmed Adly (EGY) 2596
0
½
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (VEN)  
½
0
          
0.5
Maxim Rodshtein  
½
1
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Fabiano Caruana (USA) 2808
1
1
          
2.0
Amir Zaibi (TUN) 2303
0
0
           0.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Rauf Mamedov (AZE) 2657
1
½
          
1.5
Evgeniy Najer (RUS) 2658
0
½
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Sandro Mareco (ARG) 2599
1
½
          
1.5
Hua Ni (CHN) 2704
0
½
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) 2704
½
½
          
1.0
Anton Kovalyov (CAN) 2616
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Max Illingworth (AUS) 2517
0
½
          
0.5
P. Harikrishna (IND) 2737
1
½
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Sanan Sjugirov (RUS) 2664
0
0
          
0
S.P. Sethuraman (IND) 2640
1
1
          
2
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2736
1
½
          
1.5
Pouya Idani (IRI) 2569
0
½
          
0.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Rafael Leitao (BRA) 2671
½
½
           1.0
Hou Yifan (CHN) 2632
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Deysi Cori T. (PER) 2419
0
0
          
0.0
Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2777
1
1
          
2.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Lazaro Batista Bruzon (CUB) 2659
½
½
          
1.0
Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (IND) 2651
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) 2720
1
½
          
1.0
Jianchao Zhou (CHN) 2606
0
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Dragan Solak (TUR) 2631
0
½
          
0.5
Anton Korobov (UKR) 2700
1
½
          
1.5
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2762
1
1
          
2.0
Ermes Espinosa Veloz (CUB) 2495
0
0
          
0.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Andrei Volokitin (UKR) 2639
½
½
          
1.0
Alexander Onischuk (USA) 2662
½
½
          
1.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Viorel Iordachescu (MDA) 2583
0
0
          
0.0
Yu Yangyi (CHN) 2721
1
1
          
2.0
Player Rtg
G1
G2
 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7
Pts
Igor Lysyj (RUS) 2671
½
½
          
1.0
Constantin Lupulescu (ROU) 2626
½
½
          
1.0

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Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez has been playing tournament chess since 1998. His accomplishments include qualifying for the 2004 and 2013 World Cups as well as playing for Costa Rica in the 2002, 2004 and 2008 Olympiads. He currently has a rating of 2583 and is author of a number of popular and critically acclaimed ChessBase-DVDs.

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