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Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 4 | GM | Ding Liren | CHN | 2773 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Giri Anish | NED | 2785 | 3 |
2 | 6 | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2755 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4½ | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2772 | 5 |
3 | 8 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2750 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2786 | 2 |
4 | 13 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | AZE | 2710 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2724 | 12 |
5 | 15 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2696 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2795 | 1 |
6 | 16 | GM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2652 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2710 | 14 |
7 | 7 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2751 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2750 | 9 |
8 | 18 | GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2621 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 2½ | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2747 | 10 |
9 | 17 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2633 | 2½ | ½ - ½ | 2 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2727 | 11 |
The tournament has really been creeping forward at best. One can bemoan the complete lack of effort shown in some games, and there is no question that others, even when drawn, put in an honest day’s work, but in the end, the situation looks very much like the Sharjah Grand Prix some months ago, when an incredibly modest +2 score was sufficient to grab a share of first. Will history repeat itself?
The first move in the game Grischuk - Nakamura made by the president of the publishing house "Education", Vladimir Uzun. It was a fairly quiet draw in 24 moves.
Ding Liren (above) had also had a slightly problematic event in Sharjah, losing in the opening round, and though he soon bounced back, he never quite got into gear after that. Moscow has clearly been working much better, but the second half has been that killer blow to convert some of the winning advantages he has had but missed. His game against Anish Giri in round eight was not one of them, and the entertaining draw was quite appropriate.
The rest area/café where baords and tables are available to all
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has certainly been one of the names of the Grand Prix as a whole, not just now in Moscow. At the Sharjah event, he had led until an avoidable loss to Grischuk had knocked him off the podium. He salvaged it with a win in the final round, but was third on tiebreak. In round eight, he played an interesting game against Peter Svidler.
Pentala Harikrishna may have been the only winner of the round, but it was not without some major palpitations. He had been dead lost after 25 moves to Ian Nepomniachtchi, in no uncertain terms, but blunders and more blunders cost the Russian dearly and the game reversed course. A win, no question, but not the most satisfying one, that is for sure.
Eteri Kublashvili, the author of the images of this round (photo by Anastasia Karlovich)
Rk | SNo | Ti. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | rtg+/- |
1 | 4 | GM | Ding Liren | CHN | 2773 | 5,0 | 7,3 |
5 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2772 | 5,0 | 4,8 | |
3 | 1 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2795 | 4,5 | -4,2 |
2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2786 | 4,5 | -1,0 | |
3 | GM | Giri Anish | NED | 2785 | 4,5 | -2,9 | |
6 | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2755 | 4,5 | 1,8 | |
8 | GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2750 | 4,5 | 2,2 | |
12 | GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2724 | 4,5 | 8,1 | |
13 | GM | Radjabov Teimour | AZE | 2710 | 4,5 | 10,4 | |
10 | 9 | GM | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2750 | 4,0 | -3,7 |
15 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2696 | 4,0 | 5,6 | |
16 | GM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2652 | 4,0 | 8,1 | |
13 | 14 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2710 | 3,5 | -3,8 |
18 | GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2621 | 3,5 | 6,4 | |
15 | 7 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2751 | 3,0 | -15,1 |
10 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2747 | 3,0 | -10,9 | |
17 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2633 | 3,0 | 2,5 | |
18 | 11 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2727 | 2,5 | -15,6 |
Bo. | No. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 12 | GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2724 | 4½ | 5 | GM | Ding Liren | CHN | 2773 | 4 | |
2 | 5 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2772 | 5 | 4½ | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2795 | 1 | |
3 | 2 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2786 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2755 | 6 | |
4 | 3 | GM | Giri Anish | NED | 2785 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Grischuk Alexander | RUS | 2750 | 8 | |
5 | 9 | GM | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2750 | 4 | 4½ | GM | Radjabov Teimour | AZE | 2710 | 13 | |
6 | 10 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2747 | 3 | 4 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | RUS | 2696 | 15 | |
7 | 11 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | RUS | 2727 | 2½ | 4 | GM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2652 | 16 | |
8 | 14 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2710 | 3½ | 3 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | RUS | 2751 | 7 | |
9 | 17 | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2633 | 3 | 3½ | GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2621 | 18 |
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