Qatar Masters Open 2015 2nd round

Playing Hall

Playing Hall

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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

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 2 IM Yuffa Daniil 2504
GM Vocaturo Daniele 2597 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2796
GM Karjakin Sergey 2766 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2638
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2748 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2626
GM Piorun Kacper 2637 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2744
GM Harikrishna P. 2743 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2622

View the pairings and the results here.

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