Qatar Masters Open 2015 2nd round

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Nine players lead with perfect score after 2 rounds.

Results of top 10 boards

GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Piorun Kacper	2637
GM	Grandelius Nils	2632	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Giri Anish	2784
GM	So Wesley	2775	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Naroditsky Daniel	2628
GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2622	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766
GM	Li Chao B	2750	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Ipatov Alexander	2619
GM	Zhang Zhong	2619	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748
GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2744	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Bluebaum Matthias	2590
GM	Bok Benjamin	2594	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Yu Yangyi	2736
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2723	1	1 – 0	1	IM	Lin Chen	2532
GM	Rambaldi Francesco	2560	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Korobov Anton	2713

Top 15 players after 2 rounds

1	4	GM	So Wesley	USA	2775	2,0
2	3	GM	Giri Anish	NED	2784	2,0
3	11	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2736	2,0
4	14	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2723	2,0
5	66	IM	Yuffa Daniil	RUS	2504	2,0
6	6	GM	Li Chao B	CHN	2750	2,0
7	20	GM	Howell David W L	ENG	2688	2,0
8	34	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2646	2,0
9	37	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2639	2,0
10	7	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2748	1,5
11	15	GM	Korobov Anton	UKR	2713	1,5
12	17	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	UKR	2710	1,5
13	21	GM	Matlakov Maxim	RUS	2684	1,5
14	26	GM	Dubov Daniil	RUS	2655	1,5
15	35	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2644	1,5

A few games of the round

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.21"]   [Round "2.1"]   [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]   [Black "Piorun, Kacper"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2796"]   [BlackElo "2637"]   [PlyCount "154"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. Re1     Re8 9. Na3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 Re7 13. e4 Bg4 14. Qb3 c6 15.   exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 cxd5 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Nc7 Rd8     Bg5 f6 22. Be3 Bxa4 23. Ra1 b5 24. Ne6 Ra8 25. Ra3 Kf7 26. Nxg7 Bc2 27. Bh6     g5 28. Ra1 Kg6 29. Ne6 Kxh6 30. Nd4 Bg6 31. Nxb5 Rb8 32. Rxa5 Bd3 33. Nd6 Rxb2     Rxd5 Be2 35. Nf5+ Kg6 36. Nd4 Ba6 37. Rd8 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Bb7+ 39. f3 h5 40.     h3 Rb2+ 41. Kg1 Rd2 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Rb8 Bd5 44. Rb5 Ba2 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4   Kg6 47. Rc5 Bf7 48. f4 Ra2 49. f5+ Kg7 50. Rc7 Kf8 51. Rc8+ Ke7 52. Rc7+ Kf8     c4 Rd2 54. Rc8+ Be8 55. Rd8 Rd1+ 56. Kf2 Rc1 57. Rc8 Ke7 58. Ke3 Bd7 59.     Rc5 Rh1 60. Ra5 Rh3+ 61. Ke4 Rxh4+ 62. Kd5 Rh1 63. Nc6+ Kf7 64. Ra7 Rd1+ 65.   Nd4 Ke8 66. Ra8+ Ke7 67. c5 Bxf5 68. Ra7+ Ke8 69. Ra8+ Kf7 70. c6 h4 71. c7 h3     Rh8 Kg7 73. Rh4 Bc8 74. Kc5 Rc1+ 75. Kd6 Rd1 76. Kc5 Bd7 77. Kd6 Bc8     1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.21"]   [Round "2.2"]   [White "Grandelius, Nils"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "B90"]   [WhiteElo "2632"]   [BlackElo "2784"]   [PlyCount "80"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4     Be7 9. f5 Bd7 10. Be3 b5 11. Qf3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15.   Bd3 Bb5 16. h4 Qd8 17. g4 Nd7 18. g5 h6 19. Rg1 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rh5     Qg3 Qc7 23. O-O-O Rc8 24. Rd2 a5 25. Kb1 a4 26. Nc1 Qc4 27. Qf3 Rh4 28. f6     g6 29. Rh1 Nc5 30. Rdh2 Ne4 31. Qd1 Rxh2 32. Rxh2 Kd7 33. Qg1 Qxd5 34. Qa7+ Ke6   35. Qg1 Kd7 36. Qa7+ Ke6 37. Qg1 Qc4 38. Re2 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. cxb3 Qxe2 0-1

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.21"]   [Round "2.3"]   [White "So, Wesley"]   [Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D02"]   [WhiteElo "2775"]   [BlackElo "2628"]   [PlyCount "139"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3     Ne4 9. Bc1 O-O 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Qe7 13. Qb2 b6 14. e3 Bb7 15.   Rac1 Rfc8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Qf8 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nc3 Qd6 21.   Bf1 b5 22. a3 Rc6 23. Na2 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Qc7 25. Nd3 Bc8 26. Nfe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5   Kf8 28. f3 Qc3 29. Qxc3 Nxc3 30. Bd3 Ke7 31. Kf2 Kd6 32. g4 a5 33. h4 b4 34.   axb4 axb4 35. Bc2 Ba6 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Bxf5 Nd1+ 38. Ke1 Nxe3 39. Bxh7 Ng2+     Kf2 Nf4 41. Ke3 Ng2+ 42. Kf2 Nf4 43. Bc2 Bb5 44. Ke3 Ng2+ 45. Kf2 Nf4 46.     Ng4 Ke6 47. Bd1 Nd3+ 48. Ke3 Ne1 49. Kf4 Ng2+ 50. Kg3 Ne1 51. Ne3 g6 52. f4 Ba6     Bg4+ Kd6 54. f5 gxf5 55. Nxf5+ Ke6 56. Ne3+ Kf7 57. Nxd5 Nc2 58. Nc7 Bd3   Ne6 Ne3 60. Nc5 Bc2 61. Kf4 Ng2+ 62. Kg5 Ne3 63. Kf4 Ng2+ 64. Kg5 Ne3 65.     Be6+ Ke7 66. h5 Bh7 67. h6 Nc2 68. Bf5 Bxf5 69. Kxf5 Nxd4+ 70. Ke4 1-0

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.21"]   [Round "2.4"]   [White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2622"]   [BlackElo "2766"]   [PlyCount "114"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4     g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. Kh1 Qg6 12. Bc4 a6 13. b4 Ba7 14. a4 Kg7 15. b5   Nxg3+ 16. fxg3 Na5 17. Ba2 f5 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. exf5 Qh5 21. d4   Bxf5 22. dxe5 Qg6 23. Bb1 Nc6 24. exd6 cxd6 25. g4 Bxb1 26. Raxb1 Bc5 27. Rb7+   Kh8 28. h3 Rfe8 29. Qc4 Na5 30. Qf7 Qxf7 31. Rxf7 Re2 32. Rb1 Kg8 33. Rc7 Rae8     Nf1 R2e7 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Ng3 Rb7 37. Rd1 Nc4 38. Nd4 Ne3 39. Re1 Nd5 40.     Ngf5 Nxc3 41. Re6 Rb4 42. Nxh6+ Kf8 43. Nf3 Ne4 44. Nf5 Rxa4 45. Kh2 a5 46. h4   gxh4 47. g5 Bf2 48. Kh3 Bg3 49. Nxg3 hxg3 50. Rh6 Kg7 51. Kg4 Nf6+ 52. Kxg3   Rg4+ 53. Kh3 Rxg5 54. Nxg5 Kxh6 55. Nf7+ Kg6 56. Nxd6 a4 57. Nb5 Kf5 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.21"]   [Round "2.5"]   [White "Li, Chao b"]   [Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A15"]   [WhiteElo "2750"]   [BlackElo "2619"]   [PlyCount "135"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.     Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. d5 N8d7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc5 14. Rd1   Nxb3 15. axb3 Nc8 16. Be3 a6 17. b4 Nd6 18. Na4 Nc4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 b5     Nc5 a5 22. Qf4 axb4 23. Rad1 Nd6 24. Rxb4 Qc8 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qc2 27.     Rde1 Rad8 28. Rd4 Qxb2 29. Rxe7 b4 30. Kh2 b3 31. Rb7 Qc2 32. Rd2 Qc5 33. Qe5   Rde8 34. Qb2 Qd6+ 35. g3 h5 36. Rxb3 Rb8 37. Qa3 Qxa3 38. Rxa3 Rfd8 39. Kg2 Rb5     Rad3 Kg7 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Ke4 Ra8 43. h4 Ke7 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. Rd4 Rd8 46. f3     Rg8 47. Rc2 Rd8 48. Rc6+ Ke7 49. Ke5 Rd7 50. g4 hxg4 51. fxg4 Ra5 52. Rc8 Rb5     Ra8 Rc5 54. Rh8 Rc1 55. Rd3 Re1+ 56. Kf4 Kf6 57. Rc8 Rf1+ 58. Ke4 Rg1 59.     d6 Rxg4+ 60. Kd5 Ra4 61. Rf3+ Kg7 62. Rc7 Ra5+ 63. Kc6 Rd8 64. Rfxf7+ Kg8 65.   Rg7+ Kh8 66. Rh7+ Kg8 67. Rcg7+ Kf8 68. Ra7 1-0

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 3rd round

GM	Giri Anish	2784	2	2	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2723
GM	Howell David W L	2688	2	2	GM	So Wesley	2775
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639	2	2	GM	Li Chao B	2750
GM	Yu Yangyi	2736	2	2	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646
GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834	1½	2	IM	Yuffa Daniil	2504
GM	Vocaturo Daniele	2597	1½	1½	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796
GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766	1½	1½	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2638
GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748	1½	1½	GM	Lenderman Aleksandr	2626
GM	Piorun Kacper	2637	1½	1½	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2744
GM	Harikrishna P.	2743	1½	1½	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2622

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