Qatar Masters Open 2015 3rd round

Giri-Wojtaszek

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Giri and Li Chao lead the event with 3 points out of 3.

Results of top 10 boards of the 3rd round

GM	Giri Anish	2784	2	1 – 0	2	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2723
GM	Howell David W L	2688	2	½ – ½	2	GM	So Wesley	2775
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639	2	0 – 1	2	GM	Li Chao B	2750
GM	Yu Yangyi	2736	2	½ – ½	2	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646
GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834	1½	1 – 0	2	IM	Yuffa Daniil	2504
GM	Vocaturo Daniele	2597	1½	½ – ½	1½	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796
GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766	1½	½ – ½	1½	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2638
GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748	1½	1 – 0	1½	GM	Lenderman Aleksandr	2626
GM	Piorun Kacper	2637	1½	½ – ½	1½	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2744
GM	Harikrishna P.	2743	1½	½ – ½	1½	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2622

Top 15 players after 3 rounds

1	GM	Giri Anish	NED	2784	3,0
2	GM	Li Chao B	CHN	2750	3,0
3	GM	So Wesley	USA	2775	2,5
4	GM	Howell David W L	ENG	2688	2,5
5	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2748	2,5
6	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	2542	2,5
7	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2736	2,5
8	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2646	2,5
9	GM	Matlakov Maxim	RUS	2684	2,5
10	GM	Carlsen Magnus	NOR	2834	2,5
11	GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	POL	2663	2,5
12	GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2693	2,5
13	GM	Akopian Vladimir	ARM	2648	2,5
14	GM	Dubov Daniil	RUS	2655	2,5
15	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2648	2,5

A few games of the 3rd round

  [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.22"]   [Round "3.1"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "B91"]   [WhiteElo "2784"]   [BlackElo "2723"]   [PlyCount "119"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2     b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. a4 bxa4     Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 O-O 17. O-O Bd7 18. Ra5 Rfb8 19. b3 Rb5 20. Qd2 Rxa5 21.     Qxa5 Qd8 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Ra5 Bb7 26. f3 Rc8 27. Ra2   Rc5 28. Kf2 a5 29. Bf1 Kf8 30. Ke3 d5 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. c4 Be6 33. Kd2 Ke7 34.   Bd3 f5 35. h4 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kc3 Kf6 38. Ra1 Bc8 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Rh5 Kg6     Rh8 Kg7 42. Rd8 Kf6 43. Rd6+ Be6 44. Ra6 Ke7 45. Rb6 Kf7 46. Ra6 Ke7 47.     Be2 Kf7 48. g4 Ke7 49. Rb6 Kf7 50. Rd6 Ke7 51. Ra6 fxg4 52. fxg4 Kf7 53. Ra7+   Kf6 54. Bf3 Bf7 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Bc6 Be6 57. Bb5 Bxg4 58. Rxa5 Bf3 59. Ra7+ Kf6     Bd7 1-0

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.22"]   [Round "3.2"]   [White "Howell, David W L"]   [Black "So, Wesley"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B40"]   [WhiteElo "2688"]   [BlackElo "2775"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O     O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. a3 b6 11. Qe2 dxe5 12. dxe5 Bb7 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15.   Bxc3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 g6 21.   g3 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxa7 Rd2 24. Qa8+ Kg7 25. Qf3 Rxb2 26. h4 h5 27.   Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qd8+ Qf8 29. Rd1 Qxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Rb8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.22"]   [Round "3.3"]   [White "Sethuraman, S.P."]   [Black "Li, Chao b"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D20"]   [WhiteElo "2639"]   [BlackElo "2750"]   [PlyCount "52"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. d5 Na5 6. Be2 c6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. e4     Bb4 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nf3 cxd5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxd5 Bg4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 b6     Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rc5 17. Qd3 Be6 18. Qd2 h6 19. Ba6 Qg6 20. Qe2 Bg4 21.     Kh1 Qc6 22. Qd3 f5 23. exf5 b5 24. f6 Rxf6 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Qxa5 Bxf3 0-1

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.22"]   [Round "3.4"]   [White "Yu, Yangyi"]   [Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2736"]   [BlackElo "2646"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.     O-O Qe7 9. Qe1 Nd7 10. Qc3 f6 11. Nfd2 a5 12. a4 Nc5 13. Nc4 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 O-O     Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qf7 17. Qc3 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. dxc4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Kf7   Kf2 c5 22. Ke2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ke7 24. Rd5 b6 25. Kf3 h5 26. Kg3 g5 27. Kf3     Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. g4 h4 30. h3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.22"]   [Round "3.5"]   [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E62"]   [WhiteElo "2834"]   [BlackElo "2504"]   [PlyCount "53"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 Bf5 8. Bg5     Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. exf3 Nd4 12. Re1 Re8 13. Re4 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6     h4 Qb6 16. Rb1 a5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. h5 e5 19. Qd2 Nd4 20. h6 f5 21. Rxd4 exd4   Bxd4 Bf8 23. Bc3 Qxc4 24. f4 Re4 25. b3 Qc5 26. Ba1 d5 27. Rc1 1-0

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 4th round

GM	Li Chao B	2750	3	3	GM	Giri Anish	2784
GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	2663	2½	2½	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834
GM	So Wesley	2775	2½	2½	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2648
GM	Dubov Daniil	2655	2½	2½	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748
GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2648	2½	2½	GM	Yu Yangyi	2736
GM	Ni Hua	2693	2½	2½	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2646
GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646	2½	2½	GM	Howell David W L	2688
GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2542	2½	2½	GM	Matlakov Maxim	2684
GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796	2	2	GM	Naroditsky Daniel	2628
GM	Piorun Kacper	2637	2	2	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766

View the full standings and pairings here.

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