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Highlights Round 8: Mamedyarov vs Carlsen

Pairings and results for round eight on 28.12.2015

Bo.	No.	Title	Name	Rtg	Pts.	Res.	Pts.	Title	Name	Rtg	No.
1	7	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748	5½	0-1	5½	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834	1
2	2	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796	5	1-0	5½	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2646	33
3	3	GM	Giri Anish	2784	5	½-½	5	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2710	17
4	4	GM	So Wesley	2775	5	½-½	5	IM	Lin Chen	2532	57
5	36	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2642	5	½-½	5	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766	5
6	18	GM	Ni Hua	2693	5	½-½	5	GM	Harikrishna P.	2743	9
7	40	GM	Grandelius Nils	2632	5	0-1	5	GM	Yu Yangyi	2736	11
8	34	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646	5	½-½	5	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2724	13
9	16	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2710	5	½-½	5	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2648	29
10	79		Xu Yinglun	2470	5	½-½	4½	GM	Howell David W L	2688	20
11	6	GM	Li Chao B	2750	4½	½-½	4½	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2644	35
12	42	GM	Lenderman Aleksandr	2626	4½	½-½	4½	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2744	8
13	10	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2737	4½	½-½	4½	GM	Naroditsky Daniel	2628	41
14	46	GM	Zhang Zhong	2619	4½	1-0	4½	GM	Bologan Viktor	2654	27
15	30	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2648	4½	1-0	4½	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2622	43
16	12	GM	Wei Yi	2730	4	½-½	4	GM	Ipatov Alexander	2619	45
17	14	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2723	4	1-0	4	GM	Bartel Mateusz	2620	44
18	50	GM	Bok Benjamin	2594	4	½-½	4	GM	Korobov Anton	2713	15
19	51	GM	Bluebaum Matthias	2590	4	½-½	4	GM	Matlakov Maxim	2684	21
20	22	GM	Hou Yifan	2683	4	½-½	4	GM	Lu Shanglei	2618	47
21	24	GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2664	4	1-0	4	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2513	63
22	52	GM	Tregubov Pavel V.	2589	4	0-1	4	GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	2663	25
23	28	GM	Khismatullin Denis	2654	4	1-0	4	IM	Ly Moulthun	2462	83
24	75	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2486	4	1-0	4	GM	Khairullin Ildar	2647	31
25	37	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639	4	1-0	4	IM	Vignesh N R	2422	102
26	38	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2638	4	½-½	4	FM	Li Di	2389	111
27	66	IM	Yuffa Daniil	2504	4	0-1	4	GM	Piorun Kacper	2637	39
28	56	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2542	4	½-½	3½	GM	Moiseenko Alexander	2689	19
29	82	IM	Ma Zhonghan	2463	3½	0-1	3½	GM	Adhiban B.	2669	23
30	48	GM	Hamdouchi Hicham	2597	3½	½-½	3½	IM	Aryan Chopra	2436	96
31	78	IM	Gagare Shardul	2470	3½	½-½	3½	GM	Vocaturo Daniele	2597	49
32	106	WGM	Saduakassova Dinara	2407	3½	1-0	3½	GM	Esen Baris	2562	53
33	54	GM	Rambaldi Francesco	2560	3½	½-½	3½	IM	Saiyn Zhanat	2394	108
34	99	FM	Rohan Ahuja	2426	3½	½-½	3½	GM	Xu Jun	2526	59
35	62	GM	Al-Sayed Mohammed	2520	3½	1-0	3½		Firouzja Alireza	2372	118
36	115	IM	Karavade Eesha	2379	3½	1-0	3½	GM	Schroeder Jan-Christian	2511	65
37	119		Roy Prantik	2370	3½	½-½	3½	GM	Khotenashvili Bela	2496	68
38	126	IM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	2319	3½	0-1	3½	WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	2493	70
39	124		Raja Harshit	2325	3½	½-½	3½	GM	Shoker Samy	2489	72
40	26	GM	Dubov Daniil	2655	3	1-0	3	IM	Puranik Abhimanyu	2442	89
41	93	FM	Basso Pier Luigi	2438	3	1-0	3	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2559	55
42	60	GM	Bromberger Stefan	2521	3	1-0	3	IM	Vogel Roven	2439	91
43	97	GM	Carlsson Pontus	2433	3	½-½	3	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2521	61
44	64	GM	Sundararajan Kidambi	2513	3	½-½	3	IM	Wang Yiye	2438	92
45	69	IM	Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan	2494	3	1-0	3	FM	Abdusattorov Nodirbek	2429	98
46	73	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2488	3	1-0	3	WGM	Abdumalik Zhansaya	2390	110
47	77	GM	Neelotpal Das	2475	3	½-½	3	IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2380	114
48	109	IM	Abhishek Kelkar	2393	3	½-½	3	GM	Krush Irina	2468	80
49	128	WFM	Vaishali R	2313	3	1-0	3	IM	Ali Marandi Cemil Can	2454	84
50	86	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2451	3	1-0	3	IM	Guramishvili Sopiko	2368	120
51	87	IM	Kashlinskaya Alina	2448	3	1-0	3	IM	Nezad Husein Aziz	2425	100
52	121	IM	Tissir Mohamed	2346	3	1-0	3	IM	Firat Burak	2446	88
53	58	IM	Svane Rasmus	2529	2½	1-0	3	WIM	Derakhshani Dorsa	2307	129
54	131	WGM	Bartel Marta	2271	2½	0-1	2½	IM	Sanal Vahap	2487	74
55	81	FM	Moroni Luca Jr	2466	2½	1-0	2½		Fang Yuxiang	2438	94
56	105		Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh	2414	2½	1-0	2½	IM	Sagar Shah	2441	90
57	116	IM	Konguvel Ponnuswamy	2377	2	0-1	2	IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2498	67
58	71	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2490	2	0-1	2		Dai Changren	2328	123
59	122	WIM	Bivol Alina	2344	2	0-1	2	IM	Tabatabaei M.Amin	2482	76
60	85	IM	Lorparizangeneh Shahin	2454	2	1-0	2	IM	Piasetski Leon	2287	130
61	125	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	2322	2	½-½	2	IM	Padmini Rout	2437	95
62	101	IM	Seyb Alexander	2425	2	1-0	2	WIM	Pratyusha Bodda	2260	132
63	127	FM	Goriatchkin Jouri	2318	2	0-1	2	FM	Haria Ravi	2416	104
64	103	FM	Gholami Aryan	2422	1½	0-1	1½	IM	Slavin Alexey	2388	112
65	117	IM	Li Ruofan	2372	1½	1-0	1½	IM	Christiansen Johan-Sebastian	2385	113
66	107		Siva Mahadevan	2400	1	1			bye
67	32	GM	Shankland Samuel L	2646	2	0			not paired

Standings after eight rounds

Rk	SNo	Ti.	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB	rtg+/-
1	1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	NOR	2834	6,5	2902	7,3
2	2	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	RUS	2796	6,0	2840	4,6
3	11	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2736	6,0	2819	8,9
4	3	GM	Giri Anish	NED	2784	5,5	2837	6,1
5	79		Xu Yinglun	CHN	2470	5,5	2811	35,4
6	4	GM	So Wesley	USA	2775	5,5	2806	3,7
7	7	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2748	5,5	2806	6,3
8	34	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2646	5,5	2787	15,6
9	46	GM	Zhang Zhong	SIN	2619	5,5	2776	17,0
10	5	GM	Karjakin Sergey	RUS	2766	5,5	2769	0,6
11	17	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	UKR	2710	5,5	2752	4,8
12	33	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	2646	5,5	2750	11,9
13	9	GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2743	5,5	2749	0,9
14	30	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2648	5,5	2746	11,0
15	18	GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2693	5,5	2745	5,8
16	29	GM	Akopian Vladimir	ARM	2648	5,5	2705	6,4
17	13	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	RUS	2724	5,5	2692	-2,4
18	36	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2642	5,5	2685	5,3
19	57	IM	Lin Chen	CHN	2532	5,5	2675	15,2
20	16	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	UKR	2710	5,5	2661	-4,3

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