Qatar Masters Open 2014

This very high class and level event starts in about 2 hours!

Opening ceremony

Opening ceremony


(Photo taken from the official site)

Giri

Giri


(Photo taken from the official site)

Top pairings of the 1st round:

1 GM Giri Anish 2776 – GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2520
2 GM Halkias Stelios 2519 – GM Kramnik Vladimir 2760
3 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757 – GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2517
4 GM Gomez John Paul 2510 – GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751
5 GM Ding Liren 2730 – GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2507
6 GM Harika Dronavalli 2505 – GM Harikrishna P. 2725
7 GM Jobava Baadur 2722 – GM Khotenashvili Bela 2504
8 IM Karthikeyan Murali 2497 – GM Eljanov Pavel 2719
9 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2719 – GM Ankit R. Rajpara 2494
10 GM Carlsson Pontus 2492 – GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714

Official site.

Aronian-Nakamura Match 2014

The Blitz match finished with 9.5-6.5 in favor of Nakamura. Here are a few games:

Check out all the games on the official site.