Drew against Terence Chapman today. Didn’t have much chance to play for a win. Here is the game:
Conclusions from the game have been drawn!
Results of top 20 boards of 2nd round
1 2 GM Nepomniachtchi I 2729 1 1 – 0 1 GM Popov Valerij 2565 111
2 6 GM Caruana Fabiano 2716 1 0 – 1 1 GM Kovchan Alexander 2563 113
3 10 GM Dreev Aleksey 2697 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Zherebukh Yaroslav 2560 115
4 12 GM Sutovsky Emil 2692 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Stefansson Hannes 2557 117
5 114 GM Hovhannisyan Ro 2560 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2684 15
6 16 GM Mcshane Luke J 2683 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Sedlak Nikola 2556 119
7 116 GM Maze Sebastien 2559 1 1 – 0 1 GM Zhigalko Sergei 2680 17
8 118 GM Swiercz Dariusz 2557 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Rublevsky Sergei 2678 19
9 20 GM Motylev Alexande 2677 1 1 – 0 1 GM Shimanov Aleksandr 2550 121
10 120 GM Rogozenco Dorian 2553 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Volokitin Andrei 2677 21
11 22 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2676 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Grandelius Nils 2547 123
12 24 GM Grachev Boris 2675 1 1 – 0 1 GM Manolache Marius 2546 125
13 122 GM Cornette Matthie 2548 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2674 25
14 26 GM Moiseenko Alexan 2673 1 1 – 0 1 IM Gozzoli Yannick 2543 129
15 124 GM Mastrovasilis Ath 2547 1 0 – 1 1 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter 2673 27
16 28 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2672 1 1 – 0 1 GM Sanikidze Tornike 2542 131
17 126 GM Markos Jan 2546 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Bologan Viktor 2671 29
18 30 GM Nielsen Peter Hei 2670 1 1 – 0 1 GM Gritsak Orest 2539 133
19 128 GM Antal Gergely 2545 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Mamedov Rauf 2667 31
20 32 GM Georgiev Kiril 2666 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Le Roux Jean-Pierre 2538 135
Pairings of top 20 boards – 3rd round
1 87 GM Parligras Mircea-E 2598 2 – 2 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2729 2
2 89 GM Nikolic Predrag 2596 2 – 2 GM Motylev Alexander 2677 20
3 91 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2593 2 – 2 GM Grachev Boris 2675 24
4 93 GM Brkic Ante 2592 2 – 2 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2673 26
5 27 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-D 2673 2 – 2 GM Tregubov Pavel V 2598 88
6 95 GM Palac Mladen 2586 2 – 2 GM Kobalia Mikhail 2672 28
7 97 GM Guseinov Gadir 2584 2 – 2 GM Nielsen Peter Heine 2670 30
8 99 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2584 2 – 2 GM Khismatullin Denis 2662 36
9 43 GM Potkin Vladimir 2653 2 – 2 GM Pantsulaia Levan 2595 90
10 53 GM Bartel Mateusz 2638 2 – 2 GM Mastrovasilis Dimitrios 2584 98
11 55 GM Khairullin Ildar 2634 2 – 2 GM Halkias Stelios 2579 102
12 105 GM Ter-Sahakyan Sa 2575 2 – 2 GM Hracek Zbynek 2631 56
13 59 GM Iordachescu Vior 2626 2 – 2 GM Jones Gawain C B 2578 104
14 107 GM Zhigalko Andrey 2571 2 – 2 GM Lupulescu Constantin 2626 60
15 109 GM Kozul Zdenko 2568 2 – 2 GM Vuckovic Bojan 2626 62
16 65 GM L’ami Erwin 2623 2 – 2 GM Papin Vasily 2569 108
17 113 GM Kovchan Alexand 2563 2 – 2 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2619 68
18 69 GM Macieja Bartlomiej 2619 2 – 2 GM Maze Sebastien 2559 116
19 71 GM Savchenko Boris 2616 2 – 2 GM Petrik Tomas 2536 136
20 143 GM Esen Baris 2528 2 – 2 GM Azarov Sergei 2615 72