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Always an interesting matchup, Anish Giri and Hikaru Nakamura forayed into the Giuoco Pianissimo, AKA ‘quiet’ Italian. Whether he had something special up his sleeve or disagreed with the engine and database results is unclear, but Nakamura entered a line that doesn’t have the best record for Black, and was certainly inferior until Giri made a mistake that led to massive exchanges and a logical draw. Investigating where he could have pressed for more led to some entertaining finds that can be found in the notes.
Among the wins of the day, one that struck one as truly bizarre, was Maxime Vachier-Lagrave’s win over Saleh Salem. Bizarre because of the opening play by Salem. Consider the position after 15 moves:
MVL vs Saleh Salem
White’s pieces are all developed, and he has castled while the exact opposite is true of Black. And it is White to move. Granted, with the queens off, and no immediate violent attack in sight, the game did not end a few moves later, but nor was it any surprise to see White take the day.
Hou Yifan essayed the 6.g3 line against Alexander Grischuk’s Sicilian Najdorf, and had scant more luck with it than Adams in the previous round. She hopefully offered a repetition with 27.Qa7, but the Russian was having none of it, and with his 27…d5! break, seized the advantage and never looked back.
After a strong and brave game in round four, Pentala Harikrishna seemed to have recovered his mojo and won a nice game against Michael Adams.
This took Harikrishna to the 50% mark, while Adams is in a world of pain with 1.0/5. For those wondering whether there will be a rest day, the answer is yes.
| Rk | SNo | Ti. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | rtg+/- |
| 1 | 4 | GM | Ding Liren | CHN | 2773 | 3,5 | 6,6 |
| 5 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2772 | 3,5 | 6,2 | |
| 3 | 1 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2795 | 3,0 | -1,3 |
| 6 | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2755 | 3,0 | 2,1 | |
| 8 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2750 | 3,0 | 1,3 | |
| 13 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | AZE | 2710 | 3,0 | 8,1 | |
| 7 | 2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2786 | 2,5 | -4,8 |
| 3 | GM | Giri Anish | NED | 2785 | 2,5 | -4,5 | |
| 7 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2751 | 2,5 | -5,3 | |
| 9 | GM | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2750 | 2,5 | -2,5 | |
| 12 | GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2724 | 2,5 | 2,5 | |
| 15 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2696 | 2,5 | 2,2 | |
| 18 | GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2621 | 2,5 | 8,1 | |
| 14 | 14 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2710 | 2,0 | -2,3 |
| 16 | GM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2652 | 2,0 | 3,0 | |
| 17 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2633 | 2,0 | 3,9 | |
| 17 | 11 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2727 | 1,5 | -9,9 |
| 18 | 10 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2747 | 1,0 | -13,4 |
| Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 4 | GM | Ding Liren | CHN | 2773 | 3½ | 3 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2795 | 1 | |
| 2 | 13 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | AZE | 2710 | 3 | 3½ | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2772 | 5 | |
| 3 | 8 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2750 | 3 | 3 | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2755 | 6 | |
| 4 | 2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2786 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2751 | 7 | |
| 5 | 15 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2696 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Giri Anish | NED | 2785 | 3 | |
| 6 | 12 | GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2724 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2750 | 9 | |
| 7 | 18 | GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2621 | 2½ | 2 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2710 | 14 | |
| 8 | 17 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2633 | 2 | 2 | GM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2652 | 16 | |
| 9 | 10 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2747 | 1 | 1½ | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2727 | 11 |
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