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| Round 08 – July 22, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
½-½
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Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
½-½
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Hou Yifan | 2629 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
½-½
|
Anish Giri | 2750 |
The open section, with room for the spectators of the Grandmaster Tournament
The big stage, but concentration is high in the open
Despite the aggressive nature of today's games, it seems as if there wasn't enough to spark any really challenging games.
A strange perpetual finished an interesting albeit short game
Alexander Motylev and Pentala Harikrishna drew in a Caro-Kan... Just as Black's king was becoming overly exposed it was the reduced amount of material that saved the Russian player who was able to simplify into a drawn endgame in which the queen certainly did not overpower the two rooks, who gave perpetual check anyways.
Meanwhile Hou Yifan trusted her Ragozin yet again to equalize against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. In a variation that didn't give Black any real trouble it was maybe White that had to be careful at certain points. The resulting opposite colored bishop endgame was an easy draw.
These are the only two people that can be really happy with their tournament so far: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Hou Yifan
Point and a half ahead of the field, and only two rounds to go: MVL!
In the last game of the day Radoslaw Wojtaszek used a long theoretical variation to force an endgame that is marginally better for White, but that was certainly not enough to beat the defense of Anish Giri. The draw was agreed after basically every piece and every pawn came off the board.
Giri defended well today, but he needs more than that to regain the 10 rating points he is losing thus far
The fighting spirit was certainly there, though the game was mostly simplification after simplification
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| Round 01 – July 14, 2014 | ||||
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
½-½
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Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
0-1
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Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
1-0
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Anish Giri | 2750 |
| Round 02 – July 15, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
1-0
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Anish Giri | 2750 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
½-½
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Hou Yifan | 2629 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
½-½
|
Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Round 03 – July 16, 2014 | ||||
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
1-0
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Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
0-1
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
1-0
|
Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
| Round 04 –July 17, 2014 | ||||
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
½-½
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Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
1-0
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Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
½-½
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Round 05 – July 18, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
½-½
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Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
1-0
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Anish Giri | 2750 |
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
½-½
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Hou Yifan | 2629 |
| Round 06 – July 19, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
½-½
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
½-½
|
Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
½-½
|
Hou Yifan | 2629 |
| Round 07 – July 21, 2014 | ||||
| Anish Giri | 2750 |
½-½
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Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
| Hou Yifan | 2629 |
½-½
|
Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
0-1
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
| Round 08 – July 22, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 |
½-½
|
Alexander Motylev | 2698 |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 |
½-½
|
Hou Yifan | 2629 |
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 |
½-½
|
Anish Giri | 2750 |
| Round 09 – July 23, 2014 | ||||
| Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 | Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 | |
| Anish Giri | 2750 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 | |
| Hou Yifan | 2629 | Alexander Motylev | 2698 | |
| Round 10 – July 24, 2014 | ||||
| Pentala Harikrishna | 2726 | Hou Yifan | 2629 | |
| Alexander Motylev | 2698 | Anish Giri | 2750 | |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2766 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2733 | |
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