World Rapid Championship, Day 2: Ivanchuk strikes

by Johannes Fischer
12/27/2016 – On day 2 of the Rapid World Championship in Doha, Qatar, Vassily Ivanchuk was in great form. He started the day by beating Magnus Carlsen in round 6 and finished it with a win against Shakriyar Mamedyarov. With 8.0/10 he is now sole leader, half a point ahead of Mamedyarov and Ian Nepomniachtchi. With 7.0/10 Carlsen shares places 4 to 10 with six other players. Games and results...

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The Rapid World Championship is a 15 rounds Swiss event with a time-control 15 minutes+ 10 seconds additional time per move, starting from move 1. The event will be played on three days with five rounds each day. The total prize fund is 200,000 USD of which the winner will receive 40,000 USD.

Vassily Ivanchuk - on day 1 he scored 3.5/5, on day 2 he
finished with 4.5/5. (Screenshot from the live transmission)

Standings after round 10

Rk. SNo     Name FED RtgI Pts.  TB1   TB2 
1 10
 
GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2771 8,0 2726 59,0
2 5
 
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2805 7,5 2701 57,0
3 3
 
GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2812 7,5 2669 51,5
4 11
 
GM Aronian Levon ARM 2770 7,0 2762 60,5
5 51
 
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2643 7,0 2743 54,0
6 21
 
GM Korobov Anton UKR 2714 7,0 2739 59,5
7 12
 
GM Grischuk Alexander RUS 2767 7,0 2721 57,0
8 7
 
GM Anand Viswanathan IND 2802 7,0 2686 55,0
9 1
 
GM Carlsen Magnus NOR 2906 7,0 2685 54,0
10 6
 
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier CUB 2803 7,0 2677 51,5
11 47
 
GM Li Chao B CHN 2648 6,5 2758 57,0
12 13
 
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2743 6,5 2739 54,5
13 42
 
GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2663 6,5 2724 52,5
14 39
 
GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2671 6,5 2666 48,5
15 14
 
GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2736 6,5 2655 51,0
16 9
 
GM Radjabov Teimour AZE 2788 6,5 2652 49,5
17 23
 
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2710 6,5 2640 52,0
18 30
 
GM Amonatov Farrukh TJK 2693 6,5 2630 49,5
19 19
 
GM Onischuk Vladimir UKR 2720 6,5 2624 48,0
20 26
 
GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2699 6,5 2609 45,0
21 56
 
GM Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2622 6,0 2784 60,0
22 61
 
GM Wei Yi CHN 2609 6,0 2744 53,0
23 35
 
GM Bortnyk Olexandr UKR 2678 6,0 2670 47,5
24 8
 
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2795 6,0 2660 57,0
25 28
 
GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2698 6,0 2640 51,5
26 38
 
GM Howell David W L ENG 2671 6,0 2631 49,0
27 27
 
GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2699 6,0 2629 47,0
28 34
 
GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2685 6,0 2618 47,0
29 20
 
GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2716 6,0 2563 43,5
30 33
 
GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2685 5,5 2705 51,0

...106 players

Source: chess-results.com

Games - Rounds 1 to 10

 

Shakriyar Mamedyarov scored 3.5/5 on day 2. His loss in round 10
against Ivanchuk cost him the clear lead.

With 3.5/5 Magnus Carlsen repeated his result of day 1. With five rounds to go he is one point
behind Ivanchuk and still has chances to win the tournament. (Screenshot from the live transmission)

Things did not go too well for Anton Korobov (right), who had been leading
the tournament with 5.0/5 after day 1. On day 2 he just managed to get 2.0/5.

Levon Aronian will neither be too happy about his result on day 2. He scored 2.5/5.

Hikaru Nakamura, who started as second seed into the tournament,
is not in top shape in Doha, and after 10 rounds he has 5.5 points.

Sergey Karjakin (left) also has 5.5/10. Here Karjakin shares a smile
with Laurent Fressinet, who was second of Magnus Carlsen at the
Karjakin vs Carlsen World Championship match in New York.

The Women's Tournament

In the women's tournament Anna Muzychuk kept her form. After day 1 she led the field with 4.0/4, after day 2 she has 7.0/8. With 5.5/8 her closest rivals, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kateryna Lagno and Sarasadat Khademalsharieh follow 1.5 points behind.

Anna Muzychuk (right) dominates the tournament.

Ju Wenjun, number two on the women's world ranking list,
does not look too happy. She finishes day 2 with 4.0/8.

Standings after round 8

Rk. SNo     Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2 
1 2
 
GM Muzychuk Anna UKR 2570 7,0 2490 35,0
2 3
 
GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2553 5,5 2499 35,0
3 1
 
GM Lagno Kateryna RUS 2594 5,5 2481 35,5
4 21
 
IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 2386 5,5 2477 28,5
5 15
 
IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2461 5,0 2486 33,5
6 25
 
IM Kashlinskaya Alina RUS 2357 5,0 2480 33,0
7 5
 
GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2549 5,0 2445 32,0
8 17
 
IM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2417 5,0 2444 31,0
9 8
 
GM Ushenina Anna UKR 2498 5,0 2422 32,0
10 9
 
GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2491 5,0 2389 32,0
11 13
 
WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2466 4,5 2504 34,5
12 18
 
IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2406 4,5 2495 36,0
13 12
 
GM Zhao Xue CHN 2479 4,5 2392 26,5
14 28
 
WGM Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2321 4,0 2494 31,5
15 6
 
GM Ju Wenjun CHN 2542 4,0 2457 32,0
16 14
 
GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2464 4,0 2434 32,5
17 7
 
WGM Tan Zhongyi CHN 2501 4,0 2422 31,0
18 4
 
GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2552 4,0 2414 29,0
19 19
 
GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2402 4,0 2395 28,5
20 26
 
IM Gvetadze Sofio GEO 2326 4,0 2383 28,0

Games - Rounds 1 to 8

 

The final rounds will be played on December 28. Round 11 will begin at 3 pm local time (1 pm Berlin, 7 am New York).

Tournament page...


Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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