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X Jubilee Tal Memorial is taking place from 25 September to 6 October 2016 in the Moscow Museum of Russian Impressionism. The tournament will be a continuation of the program "Chess in Museums", which is being implemented by the Russian Chess Federation together with the Charitable Foundation of Elena and Gennady Timchenko. The General Partner of the Russian Chess Federation for the X Tal Memorial is the state company "Russian Highways" ("Avtodor").
The prize fund for the event is 200 thousand USD.
The tournament is a round-robin over nine rounds played at 100 minutes for 40 moves plus 50 minutes for 20 moves and 15 minutes until the end of the game with 30 seconds for each move starting from the first. The chief arbiter is International Arbiter Anatoly Bykhovsky.
Young spectators today in Moscow
Photos by Eteri Kublashvili
Round 5 - Oct. 1 - 14h CET
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3
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2795
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GM
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Aronian Levon |
½-½
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GM
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Kramnik Vladimir |
2808
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10
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2
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4
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2755
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GM
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Giri Anish |
½-½
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GM
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Nepomniachtchi Ian |
2740
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2
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3
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5
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2761
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GM
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
½-½
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GM
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Svidler Peter |
2745
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1
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4
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6
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2746
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GM
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Li Chao B |
½-½
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GM
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Tomashevsky Evgeny |
2731
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9
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5
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7
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2776
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GM
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Anand Viswanathan |
1-0
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GM
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Gelfand Boris |
2743
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8
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Aronian, Levon ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir
Kramnik almost got a taste of his own medicine. Aronian employed a symmetrical pawn structure that kept the pressure up on the top Russian player. Slowly but surely White made slight progress, until Kramnik saw that his best option was to sacrifice a pawn to reach a rook endgame. Aronian was unable to create real winning chances in it, though it seems that the move 50.Rd5 would have been winning. Some light annotations in the game comments, but look for the full analysis of the endgame in ChessBase Magazine.
Some suffering for Big Vlad today
Levon is a lover of the arts. (Photo by V. Barsky)
Giri, Anish ½-½ Nepomniachtchi, Ian
This topical line of Grunfeld is both quite long and considered to be very drawish. Giri emerged up a pawn, but Nepo wasn't afraid of the ensuing endgame as every russian schoolboy knows how to draw 3v3 on the kingside with a passed a-pawn for the attacking side. Ian made it look easy at the end.
Anish tried to refute a main line of the Grunfeld, but it's just too solid
Nepo keeps his good form
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ Svidler, Peter
Mamedyarov always goes for the crazy variations, but this time it almost backfired. Despite White's powerful knight on e6, Black's pieces were creating more threats on White's king than White was on Black's. The powerful rooks on the a-file were dangerous, but Svidler exchanged them a bit too quickly. Mamedyarov was able to wiggle himself out of any real trouble, and the resulting opposite colored bishop endgame saw him down a pawn, but not in any danger whatsoever.
The Azerbaijani's federation vice-president Mahir Mammadov visited the playing hall today
Li Chao ½-½ Tomashevsky, Evgeny
The closed nature of the position didn't allow either side to take advantage of their trumps. White's space advantage was irrelevant since so many minor pieces were traded, while Black's pressure on the a-file was literally the only thing he had going in terms of threats.
Anand, Vishy 1-0 Gelfand, Boris
Anand roars back to +1
Priyadarshan Banjan, editor for ChessBase India took the task to transcribed Vishy's press conference:
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2808
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Nepomniachtchi Ian |
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Tomashevsky Evgeny |
2731
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Aronian Levon |
½-½
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Gelfand Boris |
2743
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2755
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Giri Anish |
½-½
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GM
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Anand Viswanathan |
2776
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2761
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GM
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
½-½
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Li Chao B |
2746
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Round 2 - Sept. 27 - 14h CET
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10
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2808
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GM
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Kramnik Vladimir |
½-½
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GM
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Li Chao B |
2746
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6
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2
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7
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2776
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GM
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Anand Viswanathan |
1-0
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GM
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761
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5
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3
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8
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2743
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GM
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Gelfand Boris |
0-1
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GM
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Giri Anish |
2755
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4
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4
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9
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2731
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GM
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Tomashevsky Evgeny |
½-½
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GM
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Aronian Levon |
2795
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3
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5
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1
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2745
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GM
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Svidler Peter |
½-½
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GM
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Nepomniachtchi Ian |
2740
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2
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Rest day
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Round 3 - Sept. 29 - 14h CET
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2
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2740
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GM
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Nepomniachtchi Ian |
1-0
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GM
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Kramnik Vladimir |
2808
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10
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2
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3
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2795
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GM
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Aronian Levon |
½-½
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GM
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Svidler Peter |
2745
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1
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3
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4
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2755
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GM
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Giri Anish |
1-0
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GM
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Tomashevsky Evgeny |
2731
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9
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4
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5
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2761
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GM
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
1-0
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GM
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Gelfand Boris |
2743
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8
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5
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6
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2746
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GM
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Li Chao B |
½-½
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GM
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Anand Viswanathan |
2776
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7
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Round 4 - Sept. 30 - 14h CET
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10
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2808
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GM
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Kramnik Vladimir |
1-0
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GM
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Anand Viswanathan |
2776
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7
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2
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8
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2743
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GM
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Gelfand Boris |
0-1
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GM
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Li Chao B |
2746
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6
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3
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9
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2731
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GM
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Tomashevsky Evgeny |
½-½
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GM
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761
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5
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4
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1
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2745
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GM
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Svidler Peter |
0-1
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GM
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Giri Anish |
2755
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4
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5
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2
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2740
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GM
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Nepomniachtchi Ian |
½-½
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GM
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Aronian Levon |
2795
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3
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Round 5 - Oct. 1 - 14h CET
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3
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2795
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GM
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Aronian Levon |
½-½
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GM
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Kramnik Vladimir |
2808
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10
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2
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4
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2755
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GM
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Giri Anish |
½-½
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GM
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Nepomniachtchi Ian |
2740
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2
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3
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5
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2761
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GM
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
½-½
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GM
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Svidler Peter |
2745
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1
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4
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6
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2746
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GM
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Li Chao B |
½-½
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GM
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Tomashevsky Evgeny |
2731
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9
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5
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7
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2776
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GM
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Anand Viswanathan |
1-0
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GM
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Gelfand Boris |
2743
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8
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Round 6 - Oct. 2 - 14h CET
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10
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2808
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GM
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Kramnik Vladimir |
GM
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Gelfand Boris |
2743
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8
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2
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9
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2731
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GM
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Tomashevsky Evgeny |
GM
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Anand Viswanathan |
2776
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7
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3
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1
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2745
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GM
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Svidler Peter |
GM
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Li Chao B |
2746
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6
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4
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2
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2740
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GM
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Nepomniachtchi Ian |
GM
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761
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5
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5
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3
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2795
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GM
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Aronian Levon |
GM
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Giri Anish |
2755
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4
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Rest day
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Round 7 - Oct. 4 - 14h CET
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1
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4
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2755
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GM
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Giri Anish |
GM
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Kramnik Vladimir |
2808
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10
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2
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5
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2761
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GM
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
GM
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Aronian Levon |
2795
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3
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3
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6
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2746
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GM
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Li Chao B |
GM
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Nepomniachtchi Ian |
2740
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2
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4
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7
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2776
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GM
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Anand Viswanathan |
GM
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Svidler Peter |
2745
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1
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5
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8
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2743
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GM
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Gelfand Boris |
GM
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Tomashevsky Evgeny |
2731
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9
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Round 8 - Oct. 5 - 14h CET
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10
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2808
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GM
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Kramnik Vladimir |
GM
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Tomashevsky Evgeny |
2731
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9
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2
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1
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2745
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GM
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Svidler Peter |
GM
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Gelfand Boris |
2743
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8
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3
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2
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2740
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GM
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Nepomniachtchi Ian |
GM
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Anand Viswanathan |
2776
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7
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4
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3
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2795
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GM
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Aronian Levon |
GM
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Li Chao B |
2746
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6
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5
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4
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2755
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GM
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Giri Anish |
GM
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761
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5
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Round 9 - Oct 6 - 12h CET
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5
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2761
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GM
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
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GM
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Kramnik Vladimir |
2808
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10
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2
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6
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2746
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GM
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Li Chao B |
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GM
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Giri Anish |
2755
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4
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3
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7
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2776
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GM
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Anand Viswanathan |
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GM
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Aronian Levon |
2795
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3
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4
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8
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2743
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GM
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Gelfand Boris |
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GM
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Nepomniachtchi Ian |
2740
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2
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5
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9
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2731
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GM
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Tomashevsky Evgeny |
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GM
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Svidler Peter |
2745
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1
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