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Dominguez managed to catch up with Kamsky after winning versus Caruana with Black. Now both Kamsky and Dominguez have 6.5 points out of 9 and Caruana is 3rd with 5.5. Only 2 rounds left and I am sure players will want to fight for points as much as possible! 🙂
Results of the 9th round
GM Svidler Peter 2769 ½ – ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2779
GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 ½ – ½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 ½ – ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742
GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 ½ – ½ GM Kamsky Gata 2741
GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 0 – 1 GM Topalov Veselin 2793
GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 0 – 1 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723
Standings after 9 rounds
1 GM Kamsky Gata 2741 USA 6½
2 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723 CUB 6½
3 GM Caruana Fabiano 2774 ITA 5½
4 GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 RUS 5
5 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699 UZB 4½
6 GM Topalov Veselin 2793 BUL 4½
7 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 UKR 4½
8 GM Svidler Peter 2769 RUS 4
9 GM Bacrot Etienne 2725 FRA 4
10 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775 USA 3½
11 GM Morozevich Alexander 2760 RUS 3½
12 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 UKR 2
Pairings of the 10th round
GM Grischuk Alexander 2779 – GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2723
GM Topalov Veselin 2793 – GM Caruana Fabiano 2774
GM Kamsky Gata 2741 – GM Morozevich Alexander 2760
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2742 – GM Bacrot Etienne 2725
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2755 – GM Nakamura Hikaru 2775
GM Svidler Peter 2769 – GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 2699