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Round eight wasn't particularly an encouraging round for the Indians at the Isle of Man International 2016. Vidit, Harika and S.L. Narayanan were three players on 5.0/7. But in the eighth round Harika and Narayanan both slumped to a defeat against Alexei Shirov and Arkadij Naiditsch respectively, while Vidit drew his game against David Howell.
Arkadij Naiditsch vs S.L. Narayanan
The position was already bad for Black. But here Naiditsch found the fastest way to win. White to play.
[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"] [Site "Douglas ENG"] [Date "2016.10.08"] [Round "8.6"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2536"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2016.10.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Qc5 13. Nf1 Bd8 14. h3 Ba5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. g4 h6 19. Nf5 Nf8 20. Qf3 N6h7 21. Red1 Bb6 22. a5 Ba7 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Red8 25. Qb6 Qxb6 26. axb6 Rd7 27. Rd2 Rc6 28. Na4 Bc4 29. Rad1 Bb5 30. Nc3 g6 31. Rxd6 Rxc3 32. bxc3 gxf5 33. exf5 Nf6 34. c4 Bxc4 35. Bxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxf6 Kg7 37. Rfd6 Bb5 38. Rc1 Bc4 39. Rb1 Bb5 40. Rc1 Bc4 41. Rb1 Bb5 42. h4 Nd7 {[%tqu "Black has just moved his knight to d7. White can now win the game in a forced manner. Can you find it? Use the engine to refute false tries.","","",c4,"Deflecting the bishop from the defense of the d7 knight and also getting the rook in touch with the b-pawn.",10]} 43. c4 $1 {Deflecting the bishop from the defense of the d7 knight and also getting the rook in touch with the b-pawn.} Bxc4 (43... Ba4 44. Rb4 Nc5 45. f6+ Kg6 46. Rd5 a5 47. Rb2 Nd7 48. Rxa5 Bc6 49. c5 $18) 44. Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 45. b7 Rxb7 46. Rxb7 {This is an easily winning position.} Be2 47. Rb3 e4 48. Rg3 Kf6 49. g5+ hxg5 50. Rxg5 a5 51. Kh2 a4 52. Rg8 Kxf5 53. Kg3 f6 54. Ra8 Bd1 55. Ra5+ Kg6 56. Kf4 Bc2 57. Ra6 Kg7 58. Rc6 Bb1 59. Rc1 Bd3 60. Rc3 Bb1 61. Kg4 Kg6 62. h5+ Kh6 63. Rc6 Kg7 64. Rc7+ Kh8 65. Ra7 Bc2 66. h6 e3 67. fxe3 Bg6 68. Rxa4 Kh7 69. Rf4 1-0
The venerable Ukrainian GM Oleg Romanishin showed he keeps his touch, as he finished off his Italian opponent with surgical precision
Oleg Romanishin - Paolo Formento
Harika has been playing excellently at this event. This even led Vishy Anand to tweet about the Andhra girl's solid play:
In the eighth round Harika's French didn't prove enough for Shirov's attacking prowess. The Latvian won a fine attacking game:
[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"] [Site "Douglas ENG"] [Date "2016.10.08"] [Round "8.7"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2528"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2016.10.01"] {Shirov started the tournament with 4.0/4. But then slowed down a bit. But the way he won this game was quite excellent.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 {Shirov doesn't go for the sharpest lines beginning with Qg4.} Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 { The queenside is now closed. White has a clear plan of attack on the kingside with f4-f5. Hence, Black will castle queenside. Yet White will have to go for f4-f5 because that is the only active plan he has in the position. Because White's king will be on that wing, the position will become quite sharp. But, it will take several moves as the position is closed and a tempo doesn't really matter.} h6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bc1 Kb8 (14... Qxc3 15. Bd2 $18) 15. Ba3 Nc8 (15... Qxc3 16. a5 $5 Nf5 17. Bc5 $44) 16. Qd2 Ka8 17. Nh4 Rdg8 (17... g5 18. Nf3 {Later the knight will move and f4 will come in, when Black would either have to allow f5 or after gxf4, the f7 point would be weak.}) 18. g3 Nb8 19. f4 g6 20. Ng2 Bc6 21. Ne3 Nd7 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. a5 h5 {Black has built up some sort of a fortress which prevents White from expanding on the kingside. However, it is not so easy to stop Shirov!} (23... Qxa5 {This is a pawn you don't usually touch. White will be able to sacrifice something soon and open lines against the black king.}) 24. Bb4 Rd8 25. Qg2 Nb8 26. Rfb1 h4 {Maybe Harika could have just waited and seen what Shirov would do. But it is not such a tempting option. She advances her h-pawn, but after g4, the idea of f5 once again becomes possible.} 27. g4 f6 28. Rf1 g5 $6 29. f5 $1 {This is exactly what White needed. The position opens up and his pieces are excellently placed.} fxe5 30. fxe6 e4 31. Bxe4 $1 (31. Be2 $18 {was also strong.}) 31... h3 32. Qe2 dxe4 33. Rf7 {The queen on c7 is trapped!} Nd7 34. Raf1 Rhe8 35. Qxc4 $18 Nd6 36. Bxd6 Qxd6 37. exd7 Rxd7 38. R1f6 Qc7 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40. Qc5 {White is not only a pawn up. His pieces are excellently placed, especially the knight on e3 is just perfect!} Qc8 41. c4 Qb8 42. c3 Rg8 43. d5 Ba4 44. Rf7 Rc8 45. Qb6 Rf8 46. Rc7 Rf3 47. d6 Bc6 48. d7 Rf8 49. Qc5 Bxd7 50. Nd5 {A fine game by Alexei Shirov.} 1-0
Unsurprisingly, the top performing female is Hou Yifan (Hou is pronounced like Joe, and Yifan is more like EE-fan), who bounced right back after her loss to Harika. Here she continued her rampage, this time at the expense of Elisabeth Paehtz.
After his excellent start with 5.0/6 Vidit also received words of praise from Vishy:
The loss against Eljanov in round seven was a setback for Vidit. He tried to set things straight with an aggessive intent against David Howell. But the English GM was in a peaceful mood and opted for the Alapin variation in the Sicilian. It was a game without any mistakes for both sides. Gujrathi takes on the experienced Julio Granda Zuniga in the final round.
Nothing special happened in David Howell vs Vidit Gujrathi
[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"] [Site "Douglas ENG"] [Date "2016.10.08"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Howell, David W L"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2686"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2016.10.01"] 1. e4 c5 {Vidit would like to play some aggressive chess and this is shown by his first move. 1...c5 instead of 1...c6 or 1...e5.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Na3 a6 9. O-O Bf5 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 e6 {Black has equalized out of the opening without any issues. Next up would be Be7 followed by 0-0. David realizes the urgency of the situation and gets rid of his d4 pawn.} 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. d5 $5 Nxd5 15. Rd1 Bxa3 16. bxa3 O-O 17. h4 (17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rxd5 {It seems like Black is losing a piece, but after} Qe6 $15 {The back rank mate saves the day.}) 17... Rac8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Qe8 20. Rxf5 Qe1+ 21. Kh2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxc1 23. Qxb7 Qxa3 24. Qd5 Qe7 25. Qc4 Re8 26. a4 (26. Qxa6 Qxh4+ $19) 26... g6 27. Rf4 Qe6 28. Qd3 h5 29. g3 Qc6 30. Rc4 Qf6 {Quite a tame draw.} 1/2-1/2
While neither Vidit or Howell could break the tie, Michael Adams put a stop to Dutch player Benjamin Bok's streak in a classy performance.
19-year-old GM Rasmus Svane (above) ran into the ever-dangerous grandmaster from the UAE, Saleh Salem
Saleh Salem - Rasmus Svane
In the background is the game between Elisabeth Paehtz and Hou Yifan in progress (on the right is Tania Sachdev). After 66 moves the players reached the following position:
Would you be confident of checkmating your opponent with the bishop and knight? If not, you should watch the video below where I explain some of the most important features of the bishop + knight mate.
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Many times we see battles between two 2750+ players end in short draws. We try to think about the reason for the same and we realize that these guys have great control of their moves. Their sense of danger is immaculate and when they sniff that their position is going downhill, they quickly exchange stuff and make a draw. Not to forget, their opening preparation is superb. This is exactly what happened on the top two boards in the eighth round between Eljanov vs Caruana, and Nakamura vs So.
Fabiano Caruana was unable to stop Pavel Eljanov, with whom he drew
[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"] [Site "Douglas ENG"] [Date "2016.10.08"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2813"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2016.10.01"] {Elajnov was half a point ahead of the field before the start of the eighth round. He was up against Fabiano Caruana. The latter definitely would be looking for blood as a win would mean, sole first spot.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 {The Vienna variation is not seen very often at the top level, but it is provocative in nature and quite good when you are trying to play for a full point.} 5. e3 (5. e4 {is much more active, but with a half point lead Eljanov decides to keep it solid.}) 5... a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 { We have now transposed into the Queen's Gambit Accepted territory.} Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 {White needs to develop his pieces and hence this move seems completely logical. But because a6 and a4 have been added, Black can now win the pawn on d4. The point of a6 being added is that the b5 square is covered and moves like Nb5 or Bb5 will no longer be possible.} cxd4 10. Rd1 (10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 {is fine for Black.}) 10... e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 {This is all well known theory. White is going to win back his piece, but overall it seems highly unlikely that he can fight for an edge in this position.} Qd6 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 (16. Rd3 {was tried by Koneru against Ju Wenjun recently, but it doesn't change the evaluation of the position.}) 16... O-O 17. h3 Be6 (17... Bf5 {is met with the strong} 18. Bd5 $1 {when it is not so easy to defend the b7 pawn.}) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 {That's a common idea. The e6 pawn will not be very weak. Meanwhile it was important to get rid of the important c4 bishop.} 19. Kf1 Nd5 20. f3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Rac8 22. Rb1 b6 23. Re1 Rc6 24. Re4 Rd8 25. Bf4 Kf7 26. Be5 Rd2 27. Rg4 g6 28. Ke1 Rd5 ( 28... Ra2 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Rd2 $11) 29. Rf4+ Ke7 30. Re4 Bd6 31. Bd4 { Theoretically it was an excellent result for Caruana, but judging from the tournament situation it was just what Eljanov needed. He is now half point ahead with just one round to go!} 1/2-1/2
Nakamura would have been itching for revenge against So but was unable to hurt him
[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"] [Site "Douglas ENG"] [Date "2016.10.08"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2794"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2016.10.01"] {Battles between Nakamura and Wesley So are always interesting. In their last encounter Wesley won with the white pieces at the Sinquefield Cup. So Nakamura was surely angling for a revenge.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O {Theory has been growing in the f3 line of the Grunfeld. This opposite side castling position is quite sharp and not everything has been worked out here. Hence, there is quite some scope for experimentation and new ideas.} Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15. Bf4 (15. h4 {is the main line and has been already seen between Nakamura and So in their Ultimate Moves Blitz Challenge.}) 15... Rd7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 e6 {Black has to sooner or later break in the centre. } (17... c6 18. Qe3 Nbc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qc5 $14) 18. Nh3 {Threatening Ng5.} Qf8 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 20. Nf4 exd5 21. Nfxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 b5 {White hasn't found anything special out of the opening and this looks like heading towards a dull draw.} 23. Be2 c6 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Rc1 Be6 26. Nd1 Rd8 27. Ne3 Rd2 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 c5 30. b4 Nb7 31. a4 (31. a4 cxb4 32. Nxb4 a5 33. Nc6 bxa4 34. Bb5 Nd6 35. Bxa4 Bd7 $11 {will end in a draw.}) 1/2-1/2
| Bo. | No. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | No. |
| 1 | 5 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2741 | 6½ | ½-½ | 6 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2813 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 5 | ½-½ | 5½ | GM | So Wesley | 2794 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | GM | Adams Michael | 2745 | 5 | 1-0 | 5 | GM | Bok Benjamin | 2594 | 26 |
| 4 | 8 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2687 | 5 | 1-0 | 5 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2642 | 22 |
| 5 | 21 | GM | Howell David W L | 2644 | 5 | ½-½ | 5 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2686 | 9 |
| 6 | 10 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2684 | 5 | 1-0 | 5 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | 2536 | 35 |
| 7 | 11 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2679 | 5 | 1-0 | 5 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2528 | 36 |
| 8 | 29 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2581 | 5 | ½-½ | 5 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2653 | 15 |
| 9 | 6 | GM | Leko Peter | 2709 | 4½ | ½-½ | 5 | IM | Wallace John Paul | 2355 | 74 |
| 10 | 33 | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | 2552 | 4½ | ½-½ | 4½ | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2676 | 13 |
| 11 | 14 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2670 | 4½ | 1-0 | 4½ | WIM | Shvayger Yuliya | 2405 | 63 |
| 12 | 16 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2650 | 4½ | 1-0 | 4½ | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2552 | 34 |
| 13 | 18 | GM | Granda Zuniga Julio E | 2648 | 4½ | 1-0 | 4½ | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2480 | 44 |
| 14 | 37 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | 2522 | 4½ | ½-½ | 4½ | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2626 | 23 |
| 15 | 38 | GM | Schroeder Jan-Christian | 2514 | 4½ | ½-½ | 4½ | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | 2615 | 24 |
| 16 | 45 | IM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2471 | 4½ | ½-½ | 4½ | GM | L'ami Erwin | 2605 | 25 |
| 17 | 71 | Hemant Sharma (del) | 2371 | 4½ | 0-1 | 4½ | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2564 | 32 | |
| 18 | 12 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2677 | 4 | 1-0 | 4½ | GM | Illingworth Max | 2465 | 46 |
| 19 | 49 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2459 | 4 | 0-1 | 4 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2649 | 17 |
| 20 | 62 | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2414 | 4 | ½-½ | 4 | GM | Meier Georg | 2648 | 19 |
| 21 | 52 | IM | Visakh N R | 2456 | 4 | ½-½ | 4 | GM | Bachmann Axel | 2645 | 20 |
| 22 | 66 | FM | Merry Alan B | 2388 | 4 | 0-1 | 4 | GM | Lenderman Aleksandr | 2593 | 27 |
| 23 | 28 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2586 | 4 | ½-½ | 4 | IM | Lou Yiping | 2458 | 50 |
| 24 | 31 | GM | Brunello Sabino | 2566 | 4 | 1-0 | 4 | IM | Karavade Eesha | 2421 | 60 |
| 25 | 67 | IM | Houska Jovanka | 2386 | 4 | 0-1 | 4 | IM | Zumsande Martin | 2490 | 42 |
| Rk. | SNo | Ti. | Name | FED | Rtg |
TB1
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Rp |
rtg+/-
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| 1 | 5 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2741 |
7.0
|
2919 |
14.8
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| 2 | 1 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | USA | 2813 |
6.5
|
2872 |
6.3
|
| 3 | 2 | GM | So Wesley | USA | 2794 |
6.0
|
2776 |
0.3
|
| 4 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2745 |
6.0
|
2765 |
2.6
|
|
| 8 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | ISR | 2687 |
6.0
|
2821 |
14.4
|
|
| 10 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | AZE | 2684 |
6.0
|
2798 |
9.9
|
|
| 11 | GM | Shirov Alexei | LAT | 2679 |
6.0
|
2789 |
9.6
|
|
| 8 | 3 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2787 |
5.5
|
2712 |
-5.5
|
| 9 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2686 |
5.5
|
2707 |
3.1
|
|
| 14 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2670 |
5.5
|
2635 |
-2.7
|
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| 15 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2653 |
5.5
|
2574 |
-5.8
|
|
| 16 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2650 |
5.5
|
2667 |
4.9
|
|
| 18 | GM | Granda Zuniga Julio E | PER | 2648 |
5.5
|
2611 |
-2.6
|
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| 21 | GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2644 |
5.5
|
2686 |
5.9
|
|
| 29 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2581 |
5.5
|
2551 |
-2.1
|
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| 32 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2564 |
5.5
|
2534 |
-2.0
|
|
| 74 | IM | Wallace John Paul | AUS | 2355 |
5.5
|
2689 |
33.4
|
|
| 18 | 6 | GM | Leko Peter | HUN | 2709 |
5.0
|
2551 |
-13.9
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| 12 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | ARM | 2677 |
5.0
|
2646 |
-2.6
|
|
| 13 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | FRA | 2676 |
5.0
|
2596 |
-7.7
|
|
| 17 | GM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2649 |
5.0
|
2640 |
0.1
|
|
| 22 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2642 |
5.0
|
2707 |
7.8
|
|
| 23 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2626 |
5.0
|
2587 |
-3.1
|
|
| 24 | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | NED | 2615 |
5.0
|
2649 |
4.6
|
|
| 25 | GM | L'ami Erwin | NED | 2605 |
5.0
|
2588 |
-0.6
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|
| 26 | GM | Bok Benjamin | NED | 2594 |
5.0
|
2697 |
11.6
|
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| 27 | GM | Lenderman Aleksandr | USA | 2593 |
5.0
|
2554 |
-3.1
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| 31 | GM | Brunello Sabino | ITA | 2566 |
5.0
|
2572 |
2.1
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| 33 | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | IND | 2552 |
5.0
|
2477 |
-6.4
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| 35 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | IND | 2536 |
5.0
|
2648 |
12.4
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| 36 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2528 |
5.0
|
2652 |
13.4
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| 37 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2522 |
5.0
|
2545 |
2.5
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| 38 | GM | Schroeder Jan-Christian | GER | 2514 |
5.0
|
2564 |
5.5
|
|
| 42 | IM | Zumsande Martin | GER | 2490 |
5.0
|
2453 |
-3.2
|
|
| 43 | GM | Gagare Shardul | IND | 2480 |
5.0
|
2433 |
-4.5
|
|
| 45 | IM | Puranik Abhimanyu | IND | 2471 |
5.0
|
2493 |
3.2
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| Bo. | No. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Res. | Pts. | Ti. | Name | Rtg | No. |
| 1 | 2 | GM | So Wesley | 2794 | 6 | 7 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2741 | 5 | |
| 2 | 1 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | 2813 | 6½ | 6 | GM | Adams Michael | 2745 | 4 | |
| 3 | 8 | GM | Rodshtein Maxim | 2687 | 6 | 6 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2684 | 10 | |
| 4 | 14 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2670 | 5½ | 6 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2679 | 11 | |
| 5 | 32 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2564 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 3 | |
| 6 | 9 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2686 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Granda Zuniga Julio E | 2648 | 18 | |
| 7 | 15 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2653 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Howell David W L | 2644 | 21 | |
| 8 | 74 | IM | Wallace John Paul | 2355 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2650 | 16 | |
| 9 | 13 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2676 | 5 | 5½ | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2581 | 29 | |
| 10 | 35 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | 2536 | 5 | 5 | GM | Leko Peter | 2709 | 6 | |
| 11 | 36 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2528 | 5 | 5 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2677 | 12 | |
| 12 | 17 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2649 | 5 | 5 | GM | Brunello Sabino | 2566 | 31 | |
| 13 | 22 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2642 | 5 | 5 | GM | Shyam Sundar M. | 2552 | 33 | |
| 14 | 23 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2626 | 5 | 5 | GM | Schroeder Jan-Christian | 2514 | 38 | |
| 15 | 24 | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | 2615 | 5 | 5 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | 2522 | 37 | |
| 16 | 25 | GM | L'ami Erwin | 2605 | 5 | 5 | GM | Gagare Shardul | 2480 | 43 | |
| 17 | 26 | GM | Bok Benjamin | 2594 | 5 | 5 | IM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2471 | 45 | |
| 18 | 27 | GM | Lenderman Aleksandr | 2593 | 5 | 5 | WGM | Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii | 2302 | 86 | |
| 19 | 42 | IM | Zumsande Martin | 2490 | 5 | 4½ | GM | Wang Hao | 2701 | 7 | |
| 20 | 19 | GM | Meier Georg | 2648 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Kiewra Keaton F | 2454 | 53 | |
| 21 | 20 | GM | Bachmann Axel | 2645 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2442 | 54 | |
| 22 | 77 | FM | Kavutskiy Konstantin | 2332 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2586 | 28 | |
| 23 | 34 | GM | Svane Rasmus | 2552 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Visakh N R | 2456 | 52 | |
| 24 | 55 | GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | 2429 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | 2513 | 39 | |
| 25 | 44 | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2480 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Alvarado Diaz Alejandro | 2425 | 58 | |
| 26 | 46 | GM | Illingworth Max | 2465 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Tania Sachdev | 2414 | 62 | |
| 27 | 48 | GM | Ushenina Anna | 2459 | 4½ | 4½ | Hemant Sharma (del) | 2371 | 71 | ||
| 28 | 50 | IM | Lou Yiping | 2458 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Das Arghyadip | 2400 | 64 | |
| 29 | 63 | WIM | Shvayger Yuliya | 2405 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Romanishin Oleg M | 2456 | 51 |
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