GM Group A
Carlsen was surprised by Hou’s Ponziani but got a very good position and won later. He is a sole leader and has 7 out of 9, Anand has 6 points, Aronian and Nakamura are on 5.5.
Results of round 9
Sokolov, I. – van Wely, L. 0-1
Leko, P. – Anand, V. ½-½
Karjakin, S. – Harikrishna, P. ½-½
Hou, Y. – Carlsen, M. 0-1
L’Ami, E. – Aronian, L. ½-½
Wang, H. – Caruana, F. ½-½
Nakamura, H. – Giri, A. ½-½
GM Group B
Movsesian is leading the event with 7 points, Smeets and Naiditsch are on 6.5.
Results of round 9
Tiviakov, S. – van Kampen, R. 1-0
Turov, M. – Movsesian, S. 0-1
Dubov, D. – Ernst, S. 1-0
Smeets, J. – Edouard, R. 1-0
Grandelius, N. – Rapport, R. ½-½
Ipatov, A. – Nikolic, P. 1-0
Naiditsch, A. – Timman, J. 1-0
GM Group C
Brunello is the sole leader with 7.5 points out of 9, 2nd is Peralta with 7. Swinkels and Klein share 3rd-4th and are on 6.5 points.
Results of round 9
Bitensky, I. – Goryachkina, A. 1-0
Mekhitarian, K. – Schut, L. 1-0
Gretarsson, H. – Brunello, S. 0-1
van der Werf, M. – Swinkels, R. 0-1
Burg, T. – Peralta, F. ½-½
Romanishin, O. – Kovchan, A. ½-½
Admiraal, M. – Klein, D. 1-0
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