Levon Aronian wins Satty Zhuldyz Rapid and Blitz 2023

Martirosyan beats Aronian and tops the blitz

The next best thing to winning the tournament is considered to be beating the champion of the tournament. Arjun could not do it, Martirosyan could. In fact, Armenia’s number two player was the only player to remain undefeated against Aronian in both the rapid and the blitz events. Aronian managed to beat the remaining ten players at least once. 

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Runner-up: Arjun Erigaisi | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Third place overall and winner of the blitz: Haik Martirosyan | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The key game for Arjun — who had won the rapid section — in his attempt to win the tournament was the first game of the day againstMartirosyan. The game ended in a draw.

It was a must-win game for Arjun in round 12 if he wanted to set the tone for the day | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

Aronian won the tournament with a round to spare. Thus, a final-round against Martirosyan had no impact on his overall result. Martirosyan, remarkably, has never lost against Aronian in rated games.

Haik Martirosyan secured his place on the podium by beating Levon Aronian in the final round of blitz | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

The participants of the Satty Zhuldyz Rapid and Blitz Tournament 2023 | Photo: Aditya Sur Roy

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Two consecutive blunders - Levon Aronian vs Haik Martirosyan

Final standings - Blitz

Rk.		Name	Rtg.	Nt.	Pts.	n	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB	Perf.
1	GM	Martirosyan,H GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 2 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 3 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 4 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 5 GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 6 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 7 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 8 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 9 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 10 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 11 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 12 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 13 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 14 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 15 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 16 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 17 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 18 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 0 19 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 20 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 21 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 22 GM Aronian,L 2745 1 Ø 2656 15.5/22 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 2 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 3 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 4 GM Hou,Y 2628 0 5 GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 6 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 7 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 8 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 9 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 10 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 11 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ Ø 2656 5.5/11	2686		15.5	22		½ 1	1 0	1 ½	1 ½	1 ½	1 0	½ 1	½ 1	1 1	1 1	½ 0	165.50	2805
2	GM	Aronian,L GM Aronian,L 2745 1 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 2 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 3 GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 4 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 5 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 6 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 7 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 8 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 9 GM Lagno,K 2560 0 10 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 11 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 12 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 13 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 14 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 15 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 16 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 17 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 18 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 19 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 20 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 21 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 22 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 Ø 2650 15/22 GM Aronian,L 2745 1 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 2 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 3 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 4 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 5 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 6 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 7 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 8 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 9 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 10 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 11 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ Ø 2650 8/11	2745		15.0	22	½ 0		0 ½	1 ½	½ 1	½ 1	1 1	½ 1	½ ½	0 1	1 1	1 1	150.00	2783
3	GM	Keymer,V GM Keymer,V 2699 1 GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 2 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 3 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 4 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 5 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 6 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 7 GM Aronian,L 2745 1 8 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 9 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 10 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 11 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 12 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 13 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 14 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 0 15 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 16 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 17 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 18 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 19 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 20 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 21 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 22 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 Ø 2655 13/22 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 2 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 3 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 4 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 5 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 6 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 7 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 8 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 9 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 10 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 11 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ Ø 2655 4.5/11	2699		13.0	22	0 1	1 ½		1 0	½ 1	1 0	0 0	½ ½	1 ½	1 ½	1 1	1 0	139.00	2720
4	GM	Grischuk,A GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 2 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 3 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 4 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 5 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 6 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 7 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 8 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 9 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 10 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 11 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 12 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 13 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 14 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 15 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 16 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 17 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 18 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 19 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 20 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 21 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 22 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ Ø 2650 13/22 GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 2 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 3 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 4 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 5 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 6 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 7 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 8 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 9 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 10 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 11 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ Ø 2650 7/11	2745		13.0	22	0 ½	0 ½	0 1		1 ½	½ ½	1 1	1 0	½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	1 1	129.75	2715
5	GM	Erigaisi Arjun GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 2 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 3 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 4 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 5 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 6 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 7 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 8 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 9 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 10 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 11 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 12 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 13 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 14 GM Hou,Y 2628 0 15 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 16 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 17 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 18 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 19 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 20 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 21 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 22 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ Ø 2654 12/22 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 2 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 3 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 4 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 5 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 6 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 7 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 8 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 9 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 10 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 11 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 Ø 2654 9.5/11	2701		12.0	22	0 ½	½ 0	½ 0	0 ½		1 0	1 1	0 1	1 ½	1 ½	1 0	1 1	116.75	2690
6	GM	Kramnik,V GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 2 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 3 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 4 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 5 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 6 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 7 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 8 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 9 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 10 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 11 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 12 GM Hou,Y 2628 0 13 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 14 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 15 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 16 GM Gelfand,B 2674 0 17 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 18 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 19 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 20 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 21 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 22 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 Ø 2650 11.5/22 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 2 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 3 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 4 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 5 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 6 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 7 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 8 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 9 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 10 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 11 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 Ø 2650 6/11	2753		11.5	22	0 ½	½ 0	0 1	½ ½	0 1		0 1	0 1	½ 0	1 1	1 0	1 1	113.75	2664
7	GM	Sindarov,J GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 2 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 3 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 4 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 5 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 6 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 7 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 8 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 9 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 10 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 11 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 12 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 13 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 14 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 15 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 16 GM Hou,Y 2628 0 17 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 18 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 19 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 20 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 21 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 22 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 Ø 2658 10.5/22 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 2 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 3 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 4 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 5 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 6 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 7 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 8 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 9 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 10 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 11 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 Ø 2658 4.5/11	2661		10.5	22	0 1	0 0	1 1	0 0	0 0	1 0		1 ½	½ ½	1 ½	1 0	1 ½	106.25	2644
8	GM	Vakhidov,J GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 2 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 3 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 4 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 5 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 6 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 7 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 8 GM Hou,Y 2628 0 9 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 10 GM Lagno,K 2560 0 11 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 12 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 13 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 14 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 15 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 16 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 17 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 18 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 19 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 20 GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 21 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 22 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ Ø 2663 10/22 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 GM Gelfand,B 2674 0 2 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 3 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 4 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 5 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 6 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 7 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 8 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 9 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 11 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ Ø 2673 4.5/10	2607		10.0	22	½ 0	½ 0	½ ½	0 1	1 0	1 0	0 ½		½ 1	0 1	0 1	½ ½	106.50	2627
9	GM	Gelfand,B GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 2 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 3 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 4 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 5 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 6 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 7 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 8 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 9 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 10 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 11 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 12 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 13 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 14 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 15 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 16 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 17 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 18 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 19 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 20 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 21 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 22 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ Ø 2657 10/22 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 2 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 3 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 4 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 5 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 6 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 7 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 8 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 9 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 10 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 11 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ Ø 2657 5/11	2674		10.0	22	½ 0	½ ½	0 ½	½ ½	0 ½	½ 1	½ ½	½ 0		½ ½	½ ½	½ 1	105.25	2621
10	GM	Lagno,K GM Lagno,K 2560 1 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 2 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 3 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 4 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 5 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 6 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 7 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 8 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 9 GM Aronian,L 2745 1 10 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 11 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 12 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 13 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 14 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 15 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 16 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 17 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 18 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 19 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 20 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 21 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 22 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ Ø 2667 8/22 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 2 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 3 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 4 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 5 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 6 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 7 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 8 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 9 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 11 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 Ø 2673 3.5/10	2560		8.0	22	0 0	1 0	0 ½	½ ½	0 ½	0 0	0 ½	1 0	½ ½		½ ½	1 ½	82.00	2565
11	GM	Hou,Y GM Hou,Y 2628 1 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 2 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 3 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 4 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 5 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 6 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 7 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 8 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 9 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 10 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 11 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 12 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 13 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 14 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 15 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 16 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 17 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 18 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 19 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 20 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 21 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 22 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 Ø 2661 8/22 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 2 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 3 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 4 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 5 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 6 GM Lagno,K 2560 0 7 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 8 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 9 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 10 GM Gelfand,B 2674 0 11 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ Ø 2661 3.5/11	2628		8.0	22	0 0	0 0	0 0	½ 0	0 1	0 1	0 1	1 0	½ ½	½ ½		½ 1	76.75	2559
12	WGM	Assaubayeva,B WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 GM Lagno,K 2560 0 2 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 3 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 4 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 5 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 6 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 7 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 8 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 9 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 10 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 11 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 12 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 13 GM Gelfand,B 2674 0 14 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 15 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 16 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 17 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 18 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 19 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 20 GM Hou,Y 2628 0 21 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 22 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ Ø 2678 5.5/22 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 2 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 3 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 4 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 5 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 6 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 7 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 8 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 9 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 10 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 11 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ Ø 2678 3.5/11	2440		5.5	22	½ 1	0 0	0 1	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 ½	½ ½	½ 0	0 ½	½ 0		64.50	2485
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

All games - Blitz

Final standings - Rapid

Rk.		Name	Rtg.	Nt.	Pts.	n	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	TB	Perf.
1	GM	Erigaisi Arjun GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 2 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 3 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 4 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 5 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 6 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 7 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 8 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 9 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 10 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 11 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 12 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 13 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 14 GM Hou,Y 2628 0 15 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 16 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 17 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 18 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 19 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 20 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 21 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 22 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ Ø 2654 12/22 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 2 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 3 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 4 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 5 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 6 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 7 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 8 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 9 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 10 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 11 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 Ø 2654 9.5/11	2701		9.5	11		½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	45.75	2963
2	GM	Aronian,L GM Aronian,L 2745 1 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 2 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 3 GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 4 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 5 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 6 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 7 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 8 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 9 GM Lagno,K 2560 0 10 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 11 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 12 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 13 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 14 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 15 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 16 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 17 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 18 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 19 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 20 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 21 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 22 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 Ø 2650 15/22 GM Aronian,L 2745 1 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 2 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 3 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 4 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 5 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 6 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 7 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 8 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 9 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 10 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 11 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ Ø 2650 8/11	2745		8.0	11	½		½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	39.00	2825
3	GM	Grischuk,A GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 2 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 3 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 4 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 5 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 6 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 7 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 8 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 9 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 10 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 11 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 12 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 13 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 14 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 15 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 16 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 17 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 18 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 19 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 20 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 21 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 22 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ Ø 2650 13/22 GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 2 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 3 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 4 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 5 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 6 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 7 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 8 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 9 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 10 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 11 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ Ø 2650 7/11	2745		7.0	11	½	½		½	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	34.25	2752
4	GM	Kramnik,V GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 2 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 3 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 4 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 5 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 6 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 7 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 8 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 9 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 10 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 11 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 12 GM Hou,Y 2628 0 13 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 14 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 15 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 16 GM Gelfand,B 2674 0 17 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 18 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 19 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 20 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 21 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 22 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 Ø 2650 11.5/22 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 2 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 3 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 4 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 5 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 6 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 7 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 8 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 9 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 10 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 11 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 Ø 2650 6/11	2753		6.0	11	0	½	½		1	½	1	0	0	1	1	½	28.75	2686
5	GM	Martirosyan,H GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 2 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 3 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 4 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 5 GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 6 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 7 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 8 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 9 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 10 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 11 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 12 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 13 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 14 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 15 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 16 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 17 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 18 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 0 19 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 20 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 21 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 22 GM Aronian,L 2745 1 Ø 2656 15.5/22 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 2 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 3 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 4 GM Hou,Y 2628 0 5 GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 6 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 7 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 8 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 9 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 10 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 11 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ Ø 2656 5.5/11	2686		5.5	11	0	½	1	0		½	½	½	1	0	½	1	27.75	2656
6	GM	Gelfand,B GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 2 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 3 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 4 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 5 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 6 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 7 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 8 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 9 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 10 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 11 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 12 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 13 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 14 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 15 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 16 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 17 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 18 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 19 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 20 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 21 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 22 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ Ø 2657 10/22 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 2 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 3 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 4 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 5 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 6 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 7 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 8 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 9 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 10 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 11 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ Ø 2657 5/11	2674		5.0	11	0	0	½	½	½		½	1	0	1	½	½	23.00	2621
7	GM	Keymer,V GM Keymer,V 2699 1 GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 2 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 3 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 4 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 5 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 6 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 7 GM Aronian,L 2745 1 8 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 9 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 10 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 11 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 12 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 13 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 14 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 0 15 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 16 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 17 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 18 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 19 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 20 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 21 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 22 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 Ø 2655 13/22 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 2 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 3 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 4 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 5 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 6 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 7 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 8 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ 9 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 10 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 11 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ Ø 2655 4.5/11	2699		4.5	11	½	0	½	0	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	23.25	2590
8	GM	Vakhidov,J GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 2 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 3 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 4 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 5 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 6 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 7 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 8 GM Hou,Y 2628 0 9 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 10 GM Lagno,K 2560 0 11 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 12 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 13 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 14 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 15 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 16 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 17 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 18 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 19 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 20 GM Grischuk,A 2745 1 21 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 22 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ Ø 2663 10/22 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 GM Gelfand,B 2674 0 2 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 3 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 4 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 5 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 6 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 7 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 8 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 9 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 11 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ Ø 2673 4.5/10	2607		4.5	10	0	½	0	1	½	0	½		1	½		½	23.00	2637
9	GM	Sindarov,J GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 2 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 3 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 4 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 5 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 6 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 7 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 8 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 9 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 10 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 11 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 12 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 13 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 14 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 15 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 16 GM Hou,Y 2628 0 17 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 18 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 19 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 20 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 21 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 22 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 Ø 2658 10.5/22 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 2 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 3 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 4 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 5 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 6 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 7 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 8 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 9 GM Gelfand,B 2674 1 10 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 11 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 Ø 2658 4.5/11	2661		4.5	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	½	0		½	1	½	20.25	2593
10	GM	Hou,Y GM Hou,Y 2628 1 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 2 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 3 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 4 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 5 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 6 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 7 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 8 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 9 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 10 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 11 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 12 GM Kramnik,V 2753 1 13 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 14 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 1 15 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 16 GM Sindarov,J 2661 1 17 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 18 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 19 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 20 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 21 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 22 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 Ø 2661 8/22 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 2 GM Aronian,L 2745 ½ 3 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 4 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 5 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 6 GM Lagno,K 2560 0 7 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 8 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 9 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 10 GM Gelfand,B 2674 0 11 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ Ø 2661 3.5/11	2628		3.5	11	0	½	0	0	1	0	½	½	½		0	½	18.00	2528
11	GM	Lagno,K GM Lagno,K 2560 1 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 2 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 3 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 4 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 5 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 6 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 7 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 8 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 9 GM Aronian,L 2745 1 10 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 1 11 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 12 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 13 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 14 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 15 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 16 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 17 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 18 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 19 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 20 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 21 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 0 22 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 ½ Ø 2667 8/22 GM Lagno,K 2560 1 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 ½ 2 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 3 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 4 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 5 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 6 GM Hou,Y 2628 1 7 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 8 GM Grischuk,A 2745 ½ 9 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 11 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 Ø 2673 3.5/10	2560		3.5	10	0	0	½	0	½	½	½		0	1		½	16.25	2563
12	WGM	Assaubayeva,B WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 GM Lagno,K 2560 0 2 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 3 GM Keymer,V 2699 0 4 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 5 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 6 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 7 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 ½ 8 GM Sindarov,J 2661 0 9 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 10 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 11 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ 12 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 13 GM Gelfand,B 2674 0 14 GM Keymer,V 2699 1 15 GM Kramnik,V 2753 0 16 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 17 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 18 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 1 19 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 20 GM Hou,Y 2628 0 21 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 22 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ Ø 2678 5.5/22 WGM Assaubayeva,B 2440 1 GM Lagno,K 2560 ½ 2 GM Gelfand,B 2674 ½ 3 GM Keymer,V 2699 ½ 4 GM Kramnik,V 2753 ½ 5 GM Aronian,L 2745 0 6 GM Erigaisi Arjun 2701 0 7 GM Martirosyan,H 2686 0 8 GM Sindarov,J 2661 ½ 9 GM Hou,Y 2628 ½ 10 GM Grischuk,A 2745 0 11 GM Vakhidov,J 2607 ½ Ø 2678 3.5/11	2440		3.5	11	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½		15.75	2545
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger