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Just two rounds remain at the Qatar Masters Open 2015 and the tournament is heading towards an exciting finish. At the start of the seventh round Magnus Carlsen was in the sole lead with 5.0/6, but after it ended he was joined by two more.
Magnus Carlsen leads along with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (left) and Sanan Sjugirov (right) with 5.5/7
After facing relatively unknown players until round four it looks as if Magnus is now playing in a super tournament. His round five, six and seven opponents have been Li Chao (2750), Wesley So (2775), and Anish Giri (2784). Games between the World Champion and Anish Giri have always been interesting. As Daniel King said in an interview at the London Chess Classic, “They are not rivals, they just like to tease each other!” Anish, who had the black pieces, played the Sicilian Najdorf. The opening choice clearly reflected his ambitions before the game. Magnus went for a sedate setup. As the Dutch grandmaster rightly pointed out in the post-game conference: “The thing about Najdorf is that there is no easy way for White to play for a small solid edge. Either you have to go all out or you have to be satisfied with equality.” Both players tried their best to complicate the game. Anish even sacrificed an exchange to get a solid central pawn majority. But before things got out of hand Magnus sacrificed the exchange back and steered the game into calmer waters.
“My entire strategy of drawing with Ganguly yesterday was to avoid Magnus today!
Yet I am paired with him!” Anish Giri talks to Pentala Harikrishna before the start of the game.
Some mandatory loosening up before the game
“Please start your clocks!”
“But where is Magnus?”
There comes the World Champion with his famous black bag
Some preparatory actions by Magnus before making the first move of the game
And we are off! Carlsen and Giri fought hard but eventually drew their game in 52 moves
[Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2015.12.27"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2834"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2015.12.20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Rd1 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. O-O b5 16. c3 g6 17. a3 Rab8 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Qa2 Nc5 20. Bf1 Bg5 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Na5 Qc7 23. Nb3 Qc6 24. Rd5 Nd7 25. Rd3 Nc5 26. Rf3 Rd7 {[#] The entire battle in this game revolved around the d5 square. Giri has been careful not to allow Magnus to somehow get his knight to d5 and is thus maintaining equal chances.} 27. Na5 Qa8 $1 {Keeps an eye on the e4 pawn.} ( 27... Qc8 {Anish was afraid of b4 followed by an eventual c4.}) 28. Qd5 $5 { With this move Magnus gives up the fight for d5 but secures the c6 square for his knight. Both players thought that they were doing very well at this point in the game. The truth is somewhere is between - the position is round about equal.} Qxd5 29. exd5 e4 30. Rh3 f5 {The rook on h3 is quite stupidly placed, but with his next two moves Magnus clears the third rank.} 31. Nc6 Rb6 32. b4 Na4 33. c4 Rc7 34. Rb3 Bd2 (34... Bf6 35. f3 {is pretty good for White.}) ( 34... Kg7 35. Nd4 {followed by Ne6 looked scary to Anish, although here bxc4 is very good for Black.} bxc4 $15) 35. Rd1 Bg5 {In some lines now Black has Nb2 resources attacking the rook on d1. This was the idea of losing a tempo with Bg5-d2-g5.} 36. g3 Bf6 37. Rc1 Rbxc6 {Black gets good compensation for the exchange.} 38. dxc6 Rxc6 39. Rbb1 Bg5 $1 {This was the move that Magnus had missed. The rook has to move to a square where it will be undefended, and then the c4 pawn could be attacked further.} 40. Rc2 d5 41. c5 d4 {Optically Black's position looks superb. If he gets three moves and brings his king over to d5, it will be a horrible position for White. But Magnus senses the danger and quickly presses the emergency brakes.} 42. Rd1 Bf6 (42... d3 43. Bxd3 exd3 44. Rxd3 $16 {is clearly better for White because of the protected passed pawn on c5 and the active rooks that will wreak havoc in Black's position.}) 43. Rcd2 Nc3 44. Rxd4 Nxd1 45. Rxd1 Bb2 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Ra8 Bxa3 48. Bxb5 Rc7 ( 48... axb5 49. Rxa3 $14 {would be a sad endgame to defend for Black.}) 49. Rxa6 Bxb4 50. c6 Ke7 51. Rb6 Bd6 52. Rb7 {A nice game with a lot of subtle ideas.} 1/2-1/2
Are they playing chess 960? A puzzled Ponomariov looks at the crazy position
in the game between Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Surya Shekhar Ganguly
If past games of Mamedyarov are anything to go by, then you can be relatively sure that the Azeri player has come to Doha in a creative mood. Creativity is not an unknown commodity when it comes to Shakhriyar but his games at the Qatar Masters Open 2015 have just surpassed all borders and lie somewhere on the edge of insanity. Although in his defense it must be said that in the seventh round it wasn’t him but Ganguly who started the madness with 7…Qd3!? This was a dream scenario for Mamedyarov who revels in unusual positions. The Indian grandmaster also showcased quite a lot of ingenious ideas, and the advantage fluctuated many times before it settled down into an opposite coloured bishop endgame where Shakhriyar was two pawns up. There were some technical difficulties, but he converted the position, nonetheless.
[Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2015.12.27"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2748"] [BlackElo "2648"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "169"] [EventDate "2015.12.20"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 $5 {This line with e3 is not common but has been seen many times in the past and hence is not really a surprise.} Nc6 7. Nge2 Qd3 $5 {An idea borrowed from the game Svidler-Nepomniachtchi, Russian Championships 2011. Try finding the game to see the similar contours to this move.} 8. f4 f6 9. Be4 Qa6 {This entire white strategy of Qd8-d3-a6 looks quite suspect.} 10. fxe5 fxe5 11. Ng1 $1 {Of course Mamedyarov undevelops! After seeing his games from this tournament we all know that we can always expect something unexpected from him!} (11. O-O { would be unambitious and would give Black a fine position after} Bg4 {and 0-0-0 coming up.}) 11... Nd7 12. Nd5 (12. Qh5+ g6 13. Bxg6+ hxg6 14. Qxh8 Nb4 $1 $17 {was Ganguly's idea.}) 12... Bd6 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Nf3 Nc5 15. Qg5+ Ne7 $1 16. Nxe7 Bxe7 17. Qxe5 {White has won a pawn, but the black king is safe on d8 and Black can quickly get his pieces in to the game.} Rf8 18. Rf1 Qc4 $2 ( 18... Bd7 {with the idea of Nxe4 and Bc6 could be quite strong as after} 19. d4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bc6 21. d5 Qa5+ 22. Bd2 Qxd5 $17 {Black is just better.}) 19. Bxh7 Bh3 20. Rf2 $16 Bf6 21. Qf4 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Qxd3 23. g4 {Mamedyarov plays this phase of the game quite well and has a tangible edge. But in such wild positions you can never really have a stable assessment as humans are always prone to errors.} Qd7 24. Ne5 Qd5 25. Ng6 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Qg1 27. Nxf8 { Mamedyarov has won a rook but now has to be careful against Black's counter attack.} Bxg4+ 28. Kd3 Ke8 {Making some space for the rook to come to d8. Now the next move is extremely easy for the computer to see but almost impossible for the humans to play.} 29. Rf1 {The more human approach.} (29. b3 $3 Rd8+ ( 29... Bxa1 $2 30. Qe4+ $1 Kd8 31. Ng6 $18 {A check on e7 with the queen and rook on f8 are threatened. Black is busted.}) 30. Kc4 $1 {The white king boldly moves around as if he is in a park. But there is absolutely no way to get to the king. He will escape.} Qd1 31. Qe4+ Kf7 (31... Kxf8 32. Ba3+ $18 { [%cal Ga1d1]}) 32. Rxf6+ gxf6 33. Qg6+ Ke7 34. Ba3+ $18) 29... Rd8+ 30. Kc2 Qg2 31. Nh7 $2 {An extremely bad move by Mamedyarov, who hands over the advantage to Black in just one move. It is a little unfair to condemn the play in such a complicated position with clocks ticking. It really is not easy.} Be2 $2 { This gives White an option to sacrifice his rook and wriggle out.} (31... Qc6+ 32. Kb1 Be2 {was the right move order as after} 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Bd3+ is an unstoppable threat and White will have to part with a huge chunk of his material advantage.} 34. a3 (34. b3 Bd3+ 35. Kb2 Rd6 $3 $19 {[%cal Gc6c2,Gd6a6] Once again not easy to see, but it does exist.}) 34... Bd3+ 35. Ka2 Qc2 $19 { and Bc4+ will claim the queen.}) 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33. b3 $1 Bd3+ (33... Qc6+ 34. Kb2 Bd3 35. Qxf6 Qc2+ 36. Ka3 {is absolutely nothing now.}) 34. Kb2 Bxf1 35. Qxc7 $16 {White is better now. His king is safer and he is two pawns up.} Bd3 36. Ka3 Bf5 37. Bb2 Qxd2 38. Bxf6 Qd6+ {Unfortunately Ganguly had to exchange the queens.} 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40. Bd4 {White is two pawns up although due to the opposite coloured bishop endgame it seems a tad difficult to convert this position. However in the end Mamedyarov did that and moved into the lead.} Ra6+ 41. Kb4 Be4 42. a4 Rh6 43. Ra2 a6 44. Rf2 Bd5 45. a5 Kd7 46. Kc3 Rc6+ 47. Kb2 Rh6 48. b4 Rh5 49. Kc3 Rh4 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Rb2 Rh3 52. Ba7 Rh8 53. Bb6 Rh7 54. Kc3 Rh4 55. Bd8 Rc4+ 56. Kd3 Rc8 57. Bg5 Bc4+ 58. Ke4 Bd5+ 59. Kd4 Rc4+ 60. Kd3 Rg4 61. Bf4 Rg1 62. b5 Rd1+ 63. Kc2 Rg1 64. Rb4 axb5 65. Rxb5 Rg4 66. Kc3 Rh4 67. Rb6+ Kf5 68. Kd4 Bf3 69. Rb2 Rh7 70. Rb5+ Ke6 71. e4 Rd7+ 72. Ke3 Bg2 73. Rb6+ Kf7 74. h4 Re7 75. e5 Re6 76. Rb2 Bd5 77. Rd2 Bc6 78. h5 Re8 79. h6 Ra8 80. Rh2 Kg6 81. h7 Rh8 82. Rh6+ Kg7 83. a6 Bg2 84. a7 b5 85. e6 1-0
Sanan Sjugirov played what was in my opinion one of the most flawless
games of the tournament to beat Dmitry Jakovenko and join the leaders
[Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2015.12.27"] [Round "7.7"] [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"] [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2646"] [BlackElo "2737"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2015.12.20"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 {Just six moves into the game and we already have a position that has been played only once before.} Nd7 7. e4 Bd6 8. exd5 cxd5 9. c4 Ne7 {The knight on f6 can be pushed away with g4-g5 and hence Black prefers to develop it on e7.} 10. Nc3 O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nb6 14. Bg5 $1 Qd7 (14... f6 15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Be3 $14) 15. a4 $1 Rae8 16. a5 Na8 17. Nxg6 Nxg6 18. Qa4 (18. Nxd5 Nc7 $44 {gives Black fine compensation for the pawn.}) 18... Qe6 19. Bd2 Qe5 20. f4 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Qb8 22. Nxd5 Bd6 23. Qd4 Rd8 24. Bc3 f6 25. g5 $1 {Black's position is falling apart.} Ne7 26. gxf6 Nf5 27. Qc4 Rf7 28. fxg7 Rc8 29. Nf6+ Kxg7 30. Nd7+ Kg8 31. Nxb8 Rxc4 32. dxc4 Ng3+ 33. Kg1 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Nxf4 35. Kh1 {Black is a rook down and completely lost – he decided to throw in the towel. Maybe this was the most accurate game played by Sanan Sjugirov in his entire career. Every move he made was almost the top choice of the engine. Just shows how strong this young lad really is.} 1-0
Wesley So against Ruslan Ponomariov was once again a demonstration of how good the Berlin Endgame really is. Wesley had some chances to even snatch the initiative, but in the end they had to split the point.
Wesley is currently in the chasers’ pack with 5.0/7, but has a good chance to move to six points as he faces the relatively unknown Lin Chen (2532) in the eighth round. It would not, however, be such a great idea to underestimate his Chinese opponent who scored a win against Hou Yifan in the seventh round.
Sergey Karjakin (right) employed the London System against Ni Hua in order to get
an original game of chess, but the Chinese was too solid and the game ended in a draw
After a dismal start which saw Nikita Vitiugov lose his first round to an untitled Chinese player,
the Russian is back in form and scored a fantastic win over Krishnan Sasikiran to move to 5.0/7.
And what a nice combination he employed to win the game:
[Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"] [Site "Doha QAT"] [Date "2015.12.27"] [Round "7.9"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2638"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2015.12.20"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nf1 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 14. h3 Ne7 15. Nh2 c6 16. Nhg4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 d5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. d4 exd4 20. Rxd4 c5 21. Rd2 d4 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Red1 Nc6 24. f3 g6 25. Nd5 Kg7 26. Qb6 Re6 {White had a pleasant position, but Sasikiran's last move, Re6, turned out to be an error which was taken advantage of by Vitiugov in superb fashion.} 27. Rxd4 $1 Nxd4 28. Qxd4+ {If the king moves to g8 the Nf6 will win back the material, and hence Sasikiran played f6, asking Vitiugov to show his cards.} f6 {[#]} 29. Nc7 $3 {A brilliant move. Now Qxd4 loses to Nxe6+} Re7 30. Ne8+ $1 {What an aesthetic little check! The e8 square is guarded by all the three major pieces! If you go to h7 or g8 then f6 is taken by the knight with check and if you go to f7 or f8 or h8 then Qxf6 comes with check.} (30. Ne6+ {was also similar.}) 30... Qxe8 31. Qxd8 Qf7 {Black has a weak king and a pawn less. Quite easy for a player of Vitiugov's standard to convert this position.} 32. Rd6 g5 33. b3 Re8 34. Qb6 Re7 35. Qd4 Re6 36. Rd7 Re7 37. Rd5 Qe8 38. a4 Qc6 39. Rd6 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Rf7 41. e5 Qc2+ 42. Kg3 1-0
Nguyen Ngoc Truongson scored a fine victory over the Ukrainian Anton Korobov
The game between Daniel Naroditsky and Li Chao sparked quite a lot of interest amongst the spectators.
The American was pressing throughout the game but in the end could not convert his material advantage.
In the picture you see the famous trainer Adrain Mikhalchishin, Wang Yiye and Mateusz Bartel engrossed in the game.
This is what you need to have a 2826 performance. 2470 rated and untitled player Xu Yinglun beat Ildar Khairullin and is currently on 5.0/7. He has already crossed 2500 thanks to the 32 points
he has gained in the event. In the eighth round he plays David Howell.
Vassily Ivanchuk handed N.R. Vignesh his first loss of the tournament. The 17-year-old from Tamil Nadu, India, was quite close to drawing his game against the Ukrainian genius. In spite of this loss he has a rating performance of 2721 and will most probably achieve his GM norm with a draw in the next two rounds.
It was a day when a lot of female players were paired against each other.
Alexandra Kosteniuk (right) was able to beat Zhansaya Abdumalik
Dronavalli Harika (right) got the better of Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
Short curls against long curls! Padmini Rout (left) had a much better position,
but in the end lost to Dora Derakhshani from Iran
The huge tent outside the playing hall where the players analyze after the game and the spectators can sit comfortably on the sofa and enjoy the live commentary of Peter Svidler and Alejandro Ramirez
With a size of 100,000 square metres Villagio Mall is right next to the playing hall
and is a perfect place for the players to unwind after the rounds.
It has an architectural style that is Italian and you can do just about anything here...
… from shopping, having dinner, exchanging money, to buying groceries,
which is quite essential for a chess player during a tournament.
And just in case you are in the mood, you could also try the Gondola ride inside the mall!
The style quotient is quite high in the tournament! From the top left clockwise: Hou Yifan’s hairstyle and next to it her locket, Bela Khotenashvili’s ring, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh’s lucky bracelet, Marta Bartel’s chequred pendant, Hou Yifan’s king shaped earrings, Aexandra Kosteniuk’s bracelet filled with many interesting things and Alina Bivol’s ring.
Who said guys can’t keep up! Clockwise from top left: Truongson Nguyen Ngoc’s chain, Viktor Bologan’s key chain and watch, Salem Saleh’s watch, Daniele Vocaturo’s earrings, Li Chao’s bracelet, Vassily Ivanchuk’s cap and Daniil Yuffa’s watch.
Photos by Amruta Mokal of ChessBase India
| Bo. | No. | Title | Name | Rtg | Pts. |
Res.
|
Pts. | Title | Name | Rtg | No. |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Carlsen Magnus | 2834 | 5 |
½-½
|
4½ | GM | Giri Anish | 2784 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2736 | 4½ |
½-½
|
4½ | GM | Kramnik Vladimir | 2796 | 2 |
| 3 | 17 | GM | Ponomariov Ruslan | 2710 | 4½ |
½-½
|
4½ | GM | So Wesley | 2775 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | GM | Karjakin Sergey | 2766 | 4½ |
½-½
|
4½ | GM | Ni Hua | 2693 | 18 |
| 5 | 7 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2748 | 4½ |
1-0
|
4½ | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2648 | 30 |
| 6 | 9 | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2743 | 4½ |
½-½
|
4½ | GM | Swiercz Dariusz | 2646 | 34 |
| 7 | 33 | GM | Sjugirov Sanan | 2646 | 4½ |
1-0
|
4½ | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2737 | 10 |
| 8 | 41 | GM | Naroditsky Daniel | 2628 | 4 |
½-½
|
4 | GM | Li Chao B | 2750 | 6 |
| 9 | 13 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | 2724 | 4 |
1-0
|
4 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2638 | 38 |
| 10 | 15 | GM | Korobov Anton | 2713 | 4 |
0-1
|
4 | GM | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | 2642 | 36 |
| 11 | 102 | IM | Vignesh N R | 2422 | 4 |
0-1
|
4 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2710 | 16 |
| 12 | 21 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | 2684 | 4 |
0-1
|
4 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2632 | 40 |
| 13 | 57 | IM | Lin Chen | 2532 | 4 |
1-0
|
4 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2683 | 22 |
| 14 | 29 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2648 | 4 |
1-0
|
4 | GM | Tregubov Pavel V. | 2589 | 52 |
| 15 | 31 | GM | Khairullin Ildar | 2647 | 4 |
0-1
|
4 | Xu Yinglun | 2470 | 79 | |
| 16 | 8 | GM | Tomashevsky Evgeny | 2744 | 3½ |
1-0
|
4 | IM | Yuffa Daniil | 2504 | 66 |
| 17 | 44 | GM | Bartel Mateusz | 2620 | 3½ |
½-½
|
3½ | GM | Wei Yi | 2730 | 12 |
| 18 | 45 | GM | Ipatov Alexander | 2619 | 3½ |
½-½
|
3½ | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2723 | 14 |
| 19 | 19 | GM | Moiseenko Alexander | 2689 | 3½ |
0-1
|
3½ | GM | Zhang Zhong | 2619 | 46 |
| 20 | 20 | GM | Howell David W L | 2688 | 3½ |
1-0
|
3½ | GM | Hamdouchi Hicham | 2597 | 48 |
| 21 | 47 | GM | Lu Shanglei | 2618 | 3½ |
½-½
|
3½ | GM | Fedoseev Vladimir | 2664 | 24 |
| 22 | 25 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2663 | 3½ |
½-½
|
3½ | GM | Bok Benjamin | 2594 | 50 |
| 23 | 27 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2654 | 3½ |
1-0
|
3½ | GM | Al-Sayed Mohammed | 2520 | 62 |
| 24 | 111 | FM | Li Di | 2389 | 3½ |
½-½
|
3½ | GM | Khismatullin Denis | 2654 | 28 |
| 25 | 35 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2644 | 3½ |
1-0
|
3½ | IM | Karavade Eesha | 2379 | 115 |
| 26 | 59 | GM | Xu Jun | 2526 | 3½ |
0-1
|
3½ | GM | Lenderman Aleksandr | 2626 | 42 |
| 27 | 126 | IM | Pham Le Thao Nguyen | 2319 | 3½ |
0-1
|
3½ | GM | Salem A.R. Saleh | 2622 | 43 |
| 28 | 23 | GM | Adhiban B. | 2669 | 3 |
½-½
|
3 | IM | Gagare Shardul | 2470 | 78 |
| 29 | 83 | IM | Ly Moulthun | 2462 | 3 |
1-0
|
3 | GM | Dubov Daniil | 2655 | 26 |
| 30 | 88 | IM | Firat Burak | 2446 | 3 |
0-1
|
3 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2639 | 37 |
| 31 | 39 | GM | Piorun Kacper | 2637 | 3 |
1-0
|
3 | IM | Puranik Abhimanyu | 2442 | 89 |
| 32 | 49 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | 2597 | 3 |
½-½
|
3 | IM | Saiyn Zhanat | 2394 | 108 |
| 33 | 92 | IM | Wang Yiye | 2438 | 3 |
0-1
|
3 | GM | Bluebaum Matthias | 2590 | 51 |
| 34 | 53 | GM | Esen Baris | 2562 | 3 |
½-½
|
3 | FM | Rohan Ahuja | 2426 | 99 |
| 35 | 96 | IM | Aryan Chopra | 2436 | 3 |
½-½
|
3 | GM | Rambaldi Francesco | 2560 | 54 |
| 36 | 110 | WGM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | 2390 | 3 |
0-1
|
3 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2542 | 56 |
| 37 | 114 | IM | Khademalsharieh Sarasadat | 2380 | 3 |
0-1
|
3 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2513 | 63 |
| 38 | 70 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2493 | 3 |
½-½
|
3 | Raja Harshit | 2325 | 124 | |
| 39 | 72 | GM | Shoker Samy | 2489 | 3 |
½-½
|
3 | Roy Prantik | 2370 | 119 | |
| 40 | 120 | IM | Guramishvili Sopiko | 2368 | 3 |
0-1
|
3 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2486 | 75 |
| 41 | 118 | Firouzja Alireza | 2372 | 3 |
½-½
|
2½ | GM | Bromberger Stefan | 2521 | 60 | |
| 42 | 55 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2559 | 2½ |
½-½
|
2½ | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | 2451 | 86 |
| 43 | 82 | IM | Ma Zhonghan | 2463 | 2½ |
1-0
|
2½ | IM | Svane Rasmus | 2529 | 58 |
| 44 | 84 | IM | Ali Marandi Cemil Can | 2454 | 2½ |
½-½
|
2½ | GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | 2513 | 64 |
| 45 | 65 | GM | Schroeder Jan-Christian | 2511 | 2½ |
1-0
|
2½ | Fang Yuxiang | 2438 | 94 | |
| 46 | 68 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2496 | 2½ |
1-0
|
2½ | IM | Sagar Shah | 2441 | 90 |
| 47 | 109 | IM | Abhishek Kelkar | 2393 | 2½ |
½-½
|
2½ | IM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | 2494 | 69 |
| 48 | 100 | IM | Nezad Husein Aziz | 2425 | 2½ |
½-½
|
2½ | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2488 | 73 |
| 49 | 80 | GM | Krush Irina | 2468 | 2½ |
½-½
|
2½ | FM | Basso Pier Luigi | 2438 | 93 |
| 50 | 106 | WGM | Saduakassova Dinara | 2407 | 2½ |
1-0
|
2½ | FM | Moroni Luca Jr | 2466 | 81 |
| 51 | 61 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2521 | 2 |
1-0
|
2 | IM | Seyb Alexander | 2425 | 101 |
| 52 | 74 | IM | Sanal Vahap | 2487 | 2 |
½-½
|
2 | Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | 2414 | 105 | |
| 53 | 76 | IM | Tabatabaei M.Amin | 2482 | 2 |
0-1
|
2 | IM | Tissir Mohamed | 2346 | 121 |
| 54 | 77 | GM | Neelotpal Das | 2475 | 2 |
1-0
|
2 | WIM | Bivol Alina | 2344 | 122 |
| 55 | 98 | FM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | 2429 | 2 |
1-0
|
2 | IM | Lorparizangeneh Shahin | 2454 | 85 |
| 56 | 123 | Dai Changren | 2328 | 2 |
0-1
|
2 | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | 2448 | 87 | |
| 57 | 91 | IM | Vogel Roven | 2439 | 2 |
1-0
|
2 | FM | Goriatchkin Jouri | 2318 | 127 |
| 58 | 95 | IM | Padmini Rout | 2437 | 2 |
0-1
|
2 | WIM | Derakhshani Dorsa | 2307 | 129 |
| 59 | 132 | WIM | Pratyusha Bodda | 2260 | 2 |
0-1
|
2 | GM | Carlsson Pontus | 2433 | 97 |
| 60 | 113 | IM | Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | 2385 | 1½ |
0-1
|
2 | WFM | Vaishali R | 2313 | 128 |
| 61 | 67 | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2498 | 1½ |
½-½
|
1½ | WGM | Pourkashiyan Atousa | 2322 | 125 |
| 62 | 130 | IM | Piasetski Leon | 2287 | 1½ |
½-½
|
1½ | IM | Ezat Mohamed | 2490 | 71 |
| 63 | 131 | WGM | Bartel Marta | 2271 | 1½ |
1-0
|
1½ | FM | Gholami Aryan | 2422 | 103 |
| 64 | 104 | FM | Haria Ravi | 2416 | 1 |
1-0
|
1½ | IM | Li Ruofan | 2372 | 117 |
| 65 | 107 | Siva Mahadevan | 2400 | 1 |
0-1
|
1 | IM | Konguvel Ponnuswamy | 2377 | 116 | |
| 66 | 112 | IM | Slavin Alexey | 2388 | ½ |
1
|
bye |
|
Rk
|
SNo
|
Ti.
|
Name
|
FED
|
Rtg
|
Pts
|
TB
|
rtg+/-
|
|
1
|
7
|
GM
|
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
AZE
|
2748
|
5,5
|
2871
|
10,1
|
|
2
|
1
|
GM
|
Carlsen Magnus |
NOR
|
2834
|
5,5
|
2867
|
3,5
|
|
3
|
33
|
GM
|
Sjugirov Sanan |
RUS
|
2646
|
5,5
|
2813
|
14,9
|
|
4
|
3
|
GM
|
Giri Anish |
NED
|
2784
|
5,0
|
2852
|
7,1
|
|
5
|
4
|
GM
|
So Wesley |
USA
|
2775
|
5,0
|
2842
|
6,7
|
|
6
|
79
|
|
Xu Yinglun |
CHN
|
2470
|
5,0
|
2826
|
32,6
|
|
7
|
2
|
GM
|
Kramnik Vladimir |
RUS
|
2796
|
5,0
|
2805
|
1,6
|
|
8
|
34
|
GM
|
Swiercz Dariusz |
POL
|
2646
|
5,0
|
2793
|
14,5
|
|
9
|
11
|
GM
|
Yu Yangyi |
CHN
|
2736
|
5,0
|
2784
|
5,3
|
|
10
|
5
|
GM
|
Karjakin Sergey |
RUS
|
2766
|
5,0
|
2784
|
2,3
|
|
11
|
9
|
GM
|
Harikrishna P. |
IND
|
2743
|
5,0
|
2753
|
1,6
|
|
12
|
17
|
GM
|
Ponomariov Ruslan |
UKR
|
2710
|
5,0
|
2744
|
3,8
|
|
13
|
18
|
GM
|
Ni Hua |
CHN
|
2693
|
5,0
|
2742
|
5,1
|
|
14
|
40
|
GM
|
Grandelius Nils |
SWE
|
2632
|
5,0
|
2701
|
7,7
|
|
15
|
29
|
GM
|
Akopian Vladimir |
ARM
|
2648
|
5,0
|
2701
|
5,5
|
|
16
|
13
|
GM
|
Vitiugov Nikita |
RUS
|
2724
|
5,0
|
2696
|
-1,3
|
|
17
|
36
|
GM
|
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son |
VIE
|
2642
|
5,0
|
2670
|
3,6
|
|
18
|
16
|
GM
|
Ivanchuk Vassily |
UKR
|
2710
|
5,0
|
2660
|
-3,4
|
|
19
|
57
|
IM
|
Lin Chen |
CHN
|
2532
|
5,0
|
2658
|
12,2
|
|
20
|
6
|
GM
|
Li Chao B |
CHN
|
2750
|
4,5
|
2778
|
3,3
|
|
21
|
46
|
GM
|
Zhang Zhong |
SIN
|
2619
|
4,5
|
2734
|
11,5
|
|
22
|
43
|
GM
|
Salem A.R. Saleh |
UAE
|
2622
|
4,5
|
2726
|
10,9
|
|
23
|
20
|
GM
|
Howell David W L |
ENG
|
2688
|
4,5
|
2710
|
2,7
|
|
24
|
30
|
GM
|
Ganguly Surya Shekhar |
IND
|
2648
|
4,5
|
2705
|
6,4
|
|
25
|
10
|
GM
|
Jakovenko Dmitry |
RUS
|
2737
|
4,5
|
2670
|
-5,1
|
|
26
|
8
|
GM
|
Tomashevsky Evgeny |
RUS
|
2744
|
4,5
|
2670
|
-6,0
|
|
27
|
27
|
GM
|
Bologan Viktor |
MDA
|
2654
|
4,5
|
2668
|
2,1
|
|
28
|
41
|
GM
|
Naroditsky Daniel |
USA
|
2628
|
4,5
|
2661
|
4,4
|
|
29
|
42
|
GM
|
Lenderman Aleksandr |
USA
|
2626
|
4,5
|
2579
|
-3,1
|
|
30
|
35
|
GM
|
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi |
IND
|
2644
|
4,5
|
2578
|
-4,8
|
|
31
|
102
|
IM
|
Vignesh N R |
IND
|
2422
|
4,0
|
2721
|
26,4
|
|
32
|
66
|
IM
|
Yuffa Daniil |
RUS
|
2504
|
4,0
|
2682
|
16,4
|
| Day | Round | Time | English | German |
| Mon 28 December | Round 8 | 3 PM | Daniel King | Sebastian Siebrecht |
| Tue 29 December | Round 9 | 12 PM | Yasser Seirawan | Sebastian Siebrecht |
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