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Results of the 7th round
GM Karjakin Sergey 2786 ½ – ½ GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709
GM Giri Anish 2727 ½ – ½ GM Caruana Fabiano 2772
GM Leko Peter 2744 ½ – ½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 1 – 0 GM Morozevich Alexander 2758
GM Topalov Veselin 2771 ½ – ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767 ½ – ½ GM Radjabov Teimour 2793
Standings after the 7th round
1 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733 UKR 4½ 16,25
2 GM Topalov Veselin 2771 BUL 4½ 14,50
3 GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 RUS 4 12,50
4 GM Caruana Fabiano 2772 ITA 4 12,00
5 GM Karjakin Sergey 2786 RUS 4 13,50
6 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 3½ 12,00
7 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767 USA 3½ 10,50
8 GM Giri Anish 2727 NED 3 11,00
9 GM Leko Peter 2744 HUN 3 10,50
10 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 AZE 3 10,50
11 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709 UZB 2½ 9,25
12 GM Radjabov Teimour 2793 AZE 2½ 9,00
Only one game was decisive yesterday, although all games were full of complicated and interesting ideas.
Kamsky-Morozevich started as a Sicilian but quickly transposed into unusual openings :). Morozevich’s 8…b6 was an interesting novelty but looks like Black was soon out of plan while White gathered power on the kingside after an exchange on d4. In the end, white found lots of very nice tactical patterns like “deflection” and other similar ideas.
Pairings of the 8th round
GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2709 – GM Radjabov Teimour 2793
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2733 – GM Nakamura Hikaru 2767
GM Morozevich Alexander 2758 – GM Topalov Veselin 2771
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 – GM Kamsky Gata 2741
GM Caruana Fabiano 2772 – GM Leko Peter 2744
GM Karjakin Sergey 2786 – GM Giri Anish 2727