Sinquefield Rd8: Exhaustion, gumption, and redemption

by Albert Silver
8/14/2016 – It was an inauspicious start, with symmetrical positions and split points, but thankfully for the fans it did not last. Anand against Topalov was the final draw, but neither seemed ready to accept it and serious risks were taken to avoid one. Giri sacced a pawn against Svidler, but failed to make the most of it and lost, while Aronian got an advantage early in a QGD against Nakamura and won a superb positional game analyzed in depth by GM Elshan Moradiabadi.

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2016 Sinquefield Cup

The 2016 Sinquefield Cup is an elite international event, featuring 10 of the strongest chess players in the world. Over the course of nine rounds, these competitors will battle for $300,000 in prize money (first: $75,000, second: $50,000, third: $40,000, last: $15,000) plus points toward the Grand Chess Tour and the coveted title of 2016 Sinquefield Cup Champion.

The venue is the Chess Club and Scholastic Center at 4657 Maryland Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63108. Tickets cost $10 per round or $80 for all ten rounds. Full information available at the official web site.

Hundreds of thousands of spectators worldwide are expected to enjoy the all-star commentary team of GM Yasser Seirawan, GM Maurice Ashley and WGM Jennifer Shahade as they provide keen insights and analysis, in depth player interviews and witty discussions. Commentary is also available on the CCSCSL YouTube Channel, Livestream and Twitch.

Participants

No.
Player
Rating
W-Rnk
Age
Country
1
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2819
2
25
France
2
Fabiano Caruana
2807
4
24
USA
3
Levon Aronian
2784
5
31
Armenia
4
Hikaru Nakamura
2791
6
28
USA
5
Wesley So
2771
7
22
USA
6
Viswanathan Anand
2770
8
47
India
7
Anish Giri
2769
9
22
Holland
8
Veselin Topalov
2761
12
41
Bulgaria
9
Ding Liren
2755
13
23
China
10
Peter Svidler
2751
18
40
Russia

Rounds start at 1 p.m. local time (CDT), which is UTC-5, 20:00h Europe, 23:30 India.
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Round Eight - Saturday, August, 13, 1pm
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Levon Aronian
2784
1-0
Hikaru Nakamura
2791
Ding Liren
2755
½-½
M. Vachier-Lagrave
2819
Wesley So
2771
½-½
Fabiano Caruana
2807
Anish Giri
2769
0-1 
Peter Svidler
2751
Viswanathan Anand
2770
½-½
Veselin Topalov
2761

Round eight

Photos by Lennart Ootes from official site

Sounding the opening bell

There really wasn’t a lot to say about the first draws. The games were innocuous at best, and never seemed like any serious effort was made to change this destiny. Of course, one could argue that Wesley So, playing against Fabiano Caruana, was content to nurse his plus two tournament score into the last round, he is also setting himself up for a potential headache as well. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave trails by a full point but will play him with white.

Fabiano Caruana versus Wesley So was uneventful, and So keeps his lead going into the last round

Should he beat him, there is a very serious possibility the tournament might end in a vast tie for first, and an equally large tiebreak to decide the title. When asked about this by GM Maurice Ashley in the post-game interview, So explained that it was a long tournament, and that after seven rounds the players were feeling very tired. Perhaps time to start hitting the gym?

Ding Liren’s game with MVL went nowhere very quickly, and it was quite literally symmetrical down to the pawns and pieces after 16 moves. The result was never in doubt.

Ding Liren - MVL

This was the position after 16 moves. 'Mirror, mirror, on the board...'

The same cannot be said of Anand’s fascinating fight with Topalov. Commentators and fans might have groaned when the dreaded Berlin appeared on the board, but with players such as these, and notably their longstanding rivalry, the chance of a coordinated peace effort seemed unlikely. There was more to it than that of course: after 27 moves, when a draw seemed probable, the leader Wesley So had already signed his score sheet, leaving him wide open to a decisive result in round eight, and another in round nine.

Vishy Anand: draws are only acceptable as a last resort

Needless to say, Veselin Topalov barely knows the meaning of the word

Anand made his move, putting himself in potential jeopardy, re-igniting the fires of war on the board. In the end, though certainly fascinating to accompany, they did draw, but it was a good fight to watch.

Vishy Anand - Veselin Topalov

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1.e4 (3s) e5 (5s) 2.Nf3 (6s) Nc6 (5s) 3.Bb5 (9s) Nf6 (7s) 4.0-0 (12s) Nxe4 (5s) 5.d4 (6s) Nd6 (6s) 6.Bxc6 (8s) dxc6 (4s) 7.dxe5 (7s) Nf5 (7s) 8.Qxd8+ (7s) Kxd8 (5s) 9.h3 (10s) b6 (129s) 10.Nc3 (234s) Ke8 (60s) 11.Rd1 (333s) Bb4 (8s) 12.Ne2 (57s) Bb7 (881s) 13.Ned4 (738s) Nxd4 (6s) 14.Nxd4 (8s) Bc5 (4s) 15.Nf5 (662s) Rg8 (104s) 16.g4 (26s) h5 (132s) 17.Be3 (587s) g6 (579s) 18.Nh6 (37s) Rh8 (25s) 19.Bxc5 (22s) bxc5 (35s) 20.g5 (16s) Bc8 (342s) 21.h4 (263s) Ke7 (460s) 22.f4 (341s) Be6 (431s) 23.Rf1 (265s) Rad8 (206s) 24.c3 (170s) Bh3 (522s) 25.Rf2 (382s) Ke6 (166s) 26.Re1 (42s) Rd3 (126s) 27.Re4 (171s) Rhd8 (71s) 28.Ra4
(345s) 28...Rd1+ (408s) Had Topalov played 28...Re3! the course of the game might have gone differently. 29.Rxa7 Rd1+ 30.Kh2 Bf1 31.Rxc7 Rh3+ 32.Kg1 Bc4+ 33.Kg2 Rdh1 and White's position looks quite suspicious. Bd5+ is threatening to clean up the house so 34.f5+ is forced. gxf5 35.Rxc6+ Kd5 35...Kxe5 36.Rxf5+ Ke4 37.Rcxc5= 36.Rf6 Bd3 37.Rd6+ Ke4 37...Kc4 allows 38.b3+ Kxc3 39.Rf3 and Black has nothing better than the repetition with his rooks. 38.Nxf5 38.Rxd3 Kxd3 39.Nxf5 R1h2+ 40.Kg1 Rxf2 41.Kxf2 Ke4 and Black has the exchange and good winning chances. 38...R1h2+ 39.Kg1 Rxf2 40.Kxf2 Kxf5 29.Kh2 (14s) R8d3 (7s) 30.f5+ (620s) gxf5 (233s) 31.Raf4 (44s) Bg4 (188s) 32.Kg2 (157s) Bh3+ (6 s) 33.Kh2 (6s) Bg4 (5s) 34.Nxg4 (132s) hxg4 (258s) 35.Kg2 (18s) g3 (365s) 36.Re2 ( 43s) Rb1 (72s) 37.h5 (201s) Rdd1 (168s) 38.Kxg3 (112s) Rh1 (11s) 39.Rc4 (520s) Kd5 (331s) 40.Rf4 (0s) Rbg1+ (0s) 41.Rg2 (181s) Rxg2+ (560s) 42.Kxg2 (8s) Rxh5 (12s) 43.Rxf5 (5s)
½–½
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Anand,V2770Topalov,V2761½–½2016C674th Sinquefield Cup 20168

The game that seemed most likely to end in a decisive result, from early on, was Levon Aronian against Hikaru Nakamura. The opening got an interesting treatment from both players, and is analyzed in depth by QGD expert, GM Elshan Moradiabadi, who shares his insights.

Levon Aronian - Hikaru Nakamura (annotated by GM Elshan Moradiabadi)

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1.d4 With both players sitting on 50%, only a victory could create a chance for winning the tournament. In a classical affair, Aronian punished Naka's unconventional approach to QGD. Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 Nakamura is in a solid mood today. He also has good memories: he beat Aronian in Zurich last February in the very same QGD. 5.Bf4 Aronian has played this line almost exclusively in recent tournaments. 0-0 6.e3 c5 Nakamura deviates first 6...Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5 10.a3 h6 11.Bd3 Ba6 12.0-0 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qc8 14.Rfc1 Qb7 15.Rab1 axb4 16.axb4 Rfc8 17.Nd2 Bd8 18.Nb3 Bc7 19.Bxc7 Qxc7 20.Ra1 Qb7 21.b5 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 bxc5 23.Na5 Qa8 24.Nb3 Qb7 25.Na5 Qa8 26.Nb3 Qb8 27.dxc5 cxb5 28.Qd4 b4 29.Na4 Qb5 30.Qb2 Ne4 31.f3 Nexc5 32.Naxc5 Nxc5 33.Rc1 Rc7 34.Qe5 Qb6 35.f4 Na6 36.Ra1 Rc3 37.Nd4 Nc7 38.Rb1 f6 39.Qh5 Rxe3 0-1 (39) Aronian,L (2792)-Nakamura,H (2787) Zuerich 2016 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bd3!? A rare choice, Aronian offers a quiet queenless middlegame. Black is solid, so... any problem trading queens?! dxc4 9.Bxc4 White has more space and better development, and although he has a small edge I am sure that Aronian had deeply analyzed this position before. A clever choice that might have caught Nakamura off-guard. a6 10.Bd3 Nc6 10...Nbd7 is more in the spirit of the position (Not because it is the first choice of Komodo, believe me). 11.0-0 b5 12.Ne4 Bb7!? 13.Nxc5 Nxc5 14.Be2 Rc8 15.Be5 Nfe4 16.Bd4 f6 and I do not see a way for White to maintain his bishop pair. 11.0-0 Nb4 12.Bb1 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Nbd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Be4!
This is a positional brilliancy! White lets Black capture one of his bishops and double his pawns but the 'b7 problem' outweighs all of these minuses. Nakamura might have missed this move. 15...Nf6 Nakamura switches his attention from one bishop to another, but... 15...Nxf4 16.exf4 Ra7 is probably better than what Nakamura played in the game. 16.Nd2! Be my guest! Nakamura constantly attacks White's bishops and Aronian offers them in exchange for Black's knight everytime. Re8 16...Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Be7 18.Bd6! And White dominates the dark squares. If you want to learn how to play these positions with White, I have two names in mind, whoes games might help you: Alexander Alekhine and Ulf Andersson! 17.Bf3 The cat and mouse game between Black's knight and White's bishop is over and neither of these pieces is off the board! e5 Nakamura blocks one of the two bishops. 18.Bg3 Ra7 sad necessacity 18...Bg4 19.Bxb7 Rab8 20.Bf3 Rxb2 21.Nc4 Rc2 22.Rdc1 Rxc1+ 23.Rxc1 e4 24.Bxg4 Nxg4 25.h3 Nf6 26.Bd6 would be equally bad and practically even worse than the game's continuation. 19.Rac1 b6 20.a3 Bd7 21.Nc4 e4 22.Be2 a5 The position is terrible and it looks like White is going to win some material soon. However, we all know that Nakamura is not an easy nut to crack. 23.Nd6 Re7 24.Nb5 Bxb5 25.Bxb5± Surprisingly, it is White who has a pair of bishops now! When I was 15, my coach, GM sarhan Guliev from Azerbaijan, and I would analyze similar positions in order to develop the technique to win a winning game! Ra8 26.Kf1 Re6 27.Ke2 g5 28.Bc4 Ree8 29.h4 h6 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Bd6 Kg7 32.Bb5 Bxd6 33.Rxd6 Re5 Naka got rid of one of White's bishop at the cost of a pawn. 34.Rxb6 Rh8 35.Rb7 Rf5 36.Rf1! A very strong prophylactic move! Rh2 37.Bc4 Ne8 37...Ng4 would have been met with 38.Be6 38.Rb5 Rxb5 39.Bxb5 Nd6 40.Bd7! Aronian is accurate like a machine! Kf6 40...Rxg2 41.Rh1 41.Rc1 Rh8 42.b3 Ke7 43.Rc7 Rh1 44.Ra7 Ra1 45.g4?! 45.Bg4+ Kf6 46.Ra6 Ke7 47.Rxa5 45...Rxa3 46.Ba4+ Kf8 47.Rxa5 Ra2+ 48.Kf1 f6 49.Ra8+ Ke7 50.Bc6 Rb2 51.Ra7+ Ke6 52.Bd7+ Ke7 53.Bf5+ Ke8 54.Be6 Rb1+ 55.Kg2 Rb2 56.Bd5 Rb1? After brilliant resistance, Nakamura finally cracks under the pressure 56...Rc2 covering c6 was essential after which White would have had a long road to the win. 57.Bc6+ Kf8 58.Rd7 Nf7 59.Bxe4 Rb2 60.Rb7 Nd6 61.Rb8+ Kg7 62.Bd5 Rd2 63.e4 f5 64.gxf5 Nxf5 65.Rb7+ Kh6 66.Rb6+ Kh7 67.Rb7+ Kh6 68.exf5 Good enough. Rxd5 69.f6 Rd4 70.Kg3 Kg6 71.f7 Kg7 72.b4 Kf8 73.b5 Rb4 74.b6 Kg7 75.f3 Kf8 76.Kf2 Rb3 77.Ke2 Kg7 78.Kd2 Kf8 79.Kc2 Rb5 80.Kc3 Kg7 81.Kc4 Rb1 82.Kc5 Rc1+ 83.Kd6 Rb1 84.Ke7 Re1+ 85.Kd8 Re6 86.Kc7 Re3 87.Ra7 Aronian surprised Nakamura and played a very good game. He also brought a new trend in the QGD. How about playing a queenless middlegame when there is no chance for Black to win?
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Aronian,L2792Nakamura,H27911–02016D374th Sinquefield Cup 20168

Levon Aronian was inspired and played a superb positional game to punish...

... Hikaru Nakamura for his unorthodox handling of the QGD.

If Anish Giri has certainly not been having a good event, it had been a dream compared to Peter Svidler’s thus far. When the two clashed, it was not ridiculous to expect them to quietly take their lumps and move on to the next event with a clean slate, but that was not in the cards. Anish played an interesting pawn sacrifice to generate play and an initiative, but never really seemed to get any momentum going from it, and in the end the pawn was the deciding factor.

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Anish Giri - Peter Svidler (annotated by GM Elshan Moradiabadi)

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This is definitely not Giri's tournament. Svidler managed to mercilessly take advantage of Giri's mistake and earn his first win. 1.d4 (2s) Nf6 (6s) 2.c4 (5s) g6 (3s) 3.g3 (10s) c6 (8s) 4.Nf3 (11s) Bg7 (24s) 5.Bg2 (21s) d5 (5s) 6.Qb3 (5s) 0-0 (14s) 7.0-0 (11s) dxc4 (5s) 8.Qxc4 (4s) Bf5 (7s) 9.Rd1 (98s) Nbd7 (260s) 10.Nh4 (36s) Nb6 (1233s) 11.Qb3 (122s) Bg4 (227s) 12.Nc3 ( 216s) Nfd5 (236s) 13.Nf3 (127s) Nxc3 (445s) 14.bxc3 (102s) Qd5 (31s) 15.Ba3 (1371s) Rfe8 (341s) After an off-beat start, the game is balanced: White has more than his fair share of the center but in compensation Black has good control over the c4 square. 16.Ne5!? (779s) An interesting positional pawn sacrifice. Qxb3 (39s) 17.axb3 (1s) Bxe2 (167s) 18.Rd2 (10s) Bxe5 ( 37s) 19.dxe5 (8s) Bg4 (25s) 20.c4 (188s) Giri does not have more than compensation. a5 21.Bc5 (11s) Nd7 (1300s) 22.Bd4 (360s) Ra6 (191s) 23.Rda2 (512s) Rea8 24.f4 (54s) Be6 (350s) 25.Bf1 (405s) b6 (290s) The position is balanced, however, only Black can improve his position, and remember: Black is a pawn up. 26.Be3 (14s) Kf8 (533s) 27.Ra4 c5! (32s) A very important strategic decision: Svidler gives White's light squared bishop a useless diagonal while he completely blocks the dark square bishop. 28.Bg2 (137s) Re8 (95s) 29.Bc6 (803s) Ra7 30.Bb5 (395s) Rc8 (105s) 31.Rd1 (0s) Rac7 (658s) 32.Ra2 (203s) Kg7 (39s) 33.Rad2 (99s) Nb8 (102s) Svidler managed to regroup his pieces, and is now in the driver's seat. 34.Rd8 (58s) Nc6 (0s) 35.Rxc8 (183s) Rxc8 (31s) 36.Rd2 (13s) h5 (188s) 37.Kg2 (215s) Bf5 (30s) 38.h3 f6 (2s) 39.exf6+ (75s) Kxf6 40.Ba4 (0s) Nd8 (0s) 41.Bd7 (875s) Bxd7 (174s) 42.Rxd7 (6s) Ke6 (811s) 43.Rd1 (1006s) Nf7 (93s) 44.g4 (12s) hxg4 (53s) 45.hxg4 (526s) Ra8 (1204s) 45...a4 46.bxa4 Nd6 is more accurate and probably winning. 46.Bf2 (468s) Nd6 (28s) 47.Re1+ Kf7 ( 116s) 48.Rh1 (46s) a4 (2s) 49.bxa4 (6s) Rxa4 (27s) 50.Rh7+ (143s) Kf8 (17s) 51.Rh8+ (38s) Kg7 (8s) 52.Rb8 (4s) Nxc4 (140s) Now the position is completely winning. Svidler, gradually and assuredly, converts his advantage. 53.Kf3 (135s) Kf7 (257s) 54.Bh4 (5s) e5 (456s) 55.f5 (375s) gxf5 (7s) 56.gxf5 (4s) Nd6 (6s) 57.Rxb6 (21s) Rf4+ (115s) 58.Ke2 (26s) Nxf5 (12s) 59.Bg5 (91s) Ng3+ (176s) 60.Ke3 (61s) Rg4 (18s) 61.Bd8 (31s) Nf5+ (17s) 62.Kf3 (25s) Rf4+ (17s) 63.Ke2 (16s) Nd4+ (279s) 64.Ke3 (90s) Ne6 (3s) 65.Rb7+ (77s) Kg6 (2s) 66.Ba5 (58s) Ra4 (38s) 67.Bc3 (136s) Kf6 (61s) 68.Kd3 (145 s) Nf4+ (36s) 69.Kc2 (7s) Nd5 (19s) 70.Bb2 (45s) c4 (169s) 71.Rd7 (216s) Ke6 (31s) 72.Rh7 (106s) c3 (83s) 73.Rh6+ (51s) Kf5 (30s) 74.Rh5+ (59s) Kf6 (6s) 75.Bxc3 (35 s) Rc4 (58s) 76.Kd3 (2s) Rxc3+ (5s) 77.Ke4 (2s) Rc4+! (57s) A very important nuance! 78.Kxd5 (1s) Rd4+ (4s) 79.Kc5 (3s) Rd1 (3s) Thie king is cut off! 80.Kc4 (198s) e4 (7s) 81.Kc3 (175s) e3 (14s) 82.Rh2 (1s) Kf5 (8s) 83.Kc2 (60s) Rd8 (5s) 84.Rh7 (34s) Kf4 (4s) A much-needed victory for Svidler. 0–1
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Giri,A2769Svidler,P27510–12016D784th Sinquefield Cup 20168

Peter Svidler cannot believe his eyes: the torment is over and he scored a win

The tournament will now enter the final round, and anything goes. Wesley So is the leader with a very modest (at this point) +2 score with 5.0/8, followed by Anand and Aronian on 4.5/8, and more a half point behind them. So will face MVL with black, and a loss might leave a considerable number tied for first. Even a draw could mean a tiebreak with Anand or Aronian, or both, so round nine promises to be exciting and tense, and is not to be missed!

In Playchess, Swiss GM Yannick Pelletier will be providing the live commentary, and it bears remembering that this commentary is interactive and open to comments, group chat and of course questions on the positions or more to the GM.

Standings after eight rounds

Schedule

Day Date Time Event
Playchess commentary
German
Sunday
Aug. 14
1 p.m.
Round 9
Yannick Pelletier
Klaus Bischoff
Monday
Aug. 15
1 p.m.
Playoffs
 
 
 

Pairings

Round One - Friday, August 5, 1pm
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Ding Liren
2755
½-½
Levon Aronian
2784
Wesley So
2771
1-0
Hikaru Nakamura
2791
Anish Giri
2769
½-½
M. Vachier-Lagrave
2819
Viswanathan Anand
2770
½-½
Fabiano Caruana
2807
Veselin Topalov
2761
1-0
Peter Svidler
2751
Round Two - Saturday, August 6, 1pm
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Levon Aronian
2784
1-0
Peter Svidler
2751
Fabiano Caruana
2807
½-½
Veselin Topalov
2761
Hikaru Nakamura
2791
1-0
Anish Giri
2769
Ding Liren
2755
½-½
Wesley So
2771
M. Vachier-Lagrave
2819
0-1
Viswanathan Anand
2770
Round Three - Sunday, August 7, 1pm
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Wesley So
2771
½-½
Levon Aronian
2784
Anish Giri
2769
½-½
Ding Liren
2755
Viswanathan Anand
2770
½-½
Hikaru Nakamura
2791
Veselin Topalov
2761
½-½
M. Vachier-Lagrave
2819
Peter Svidler
2751
½-½
Fabiano Caruana
2807
Round Four - Monday, August 8, 1pm
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Levon Aronian
2784
½-½
Fabiano Caruana
2807
M. Vachier-Lagrave
2819
½-½
Peter Svidler
2751
Hikaru Nakamura
2791
½-½
Veselin Topalov
2761
Ding Liren
2755
½-½
Viswanathan Anand
2770
Wesley So
2771
½-½
Anish Giri
2769
Round Five - Tuesday, August 9, 1pm
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Anish Giri
2769
½-½
Levon Aronian
2784
Viswanathan Anand
2770
½-½
Wesley So
2771
Veselin Topalov
2761
1-0
Ding Liren
2755
Peter Svidler
2751
½-½
Hikaru Nakamura
2791
Fabiano Caruana
2807
½-½
M. Vachier-Lagrave
2819
Round Six - Thursday, August 11, 1pm
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Levon Aronian 2771
0-1
M. Vachier-Lagrave
2819
Hikaru Nakamura 2731
½-½
Fabiano Caruana
2807
Ding Liren 2793
1-0
Peter Svidler
2751
Wesley So 2779
1-0
Veselin Topalov
2761
Anish Giri 2765
½-½
Viswanathan Anand
2770
Round Seven - Friday, August 12, 1pm
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Viswanathan Anand
2770
½-½
Levon Aronian
2784
Veselin Topalov
2761
½-½
Anish Giri
2769
Peter Svidler
2751
½-½
Wesley So
2771
Fabiano Caruana
2807
½-½
Ding Liren
2755
M. Vachier-Lagrave
2819
½-½
Hikaru Nakamura
2791
Round Eight - Saturday, August, 13, 1pm
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Levon Aronian
2784
1-0
Hikaru Nakamura
2791
Ding Liren
2755
½-½
M. Vachier-Lagrave
2819
Wesley So
2771
½-½
Fabiano Caruana
2807
Anish Giri
2769
0-1 
Peter Svidler
2751
Viswanathan Anand
2770
½-½
Veselin Topalov
2761
Round Nine - Sunday, August 14, 1pm
Name
Rtg
Res.
Name
Rtg
Veselin Topalov
2761
  Levon Aronian
2784
Peter Svidler
2751
  Viswanathan Anand
2770
Fabiano Caruana
2807
  Anish Giri
2769
M. Vachier-Lagrave
2819
  Wesley So
2771
Hikaru Nakamura
2791
  Ding Liren
2755

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