Qatar Masters Open 2015

Carlsen drew and Mamedyarov and Sjugirov caught up with him. They are on 5.5 points out of 7.

Results of top 10 boards of the 7th round

GM Carlsen Magnus 2834 5 ½ – ½ GM Giri Anish 2784
GM Yu Yangyi 2736 ½ – ½ GM Kramnik Vladimir 2796
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2710 ½ – ½ GM So Wesley 2775
GM Karjakin Sergey 2766 ½ – ½ GM Ni Hua 2693
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2748 1 – 0 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2648
GM Harikrishna P. 2743 ½ – ½ GM Swiercz Dariusz 2646
GM Sjugirov Sanan 2646 1 – 0 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2737
GM Naroditsky Daniel 2628 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Li Chao B 2750
GM Vitiugov Nikita 2724 4 1 – 0 4 GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2638
GM Korobov Anton 2713 4 0 – 1 4 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2642

Top 15 players after 7 rounds

GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2748 5,5
GM Carlsen Magnus NOR 2834 5,5
GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2646 5,5
GM Giri Anish NED 2784 5,0
GM So Wesley USA 2775 5,0
Xu Yinglun CHN 2470 5,0
GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2796 5,0
GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2646 5,0
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2736 5,0
GM Karjakin Sergey RUS 2766 5,0
GM Harikrishna P. IND 2743 5,0
GM Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2710 5,0
GM Ni Hua CHN 2693 5,0
GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2632 5,0
GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2648 5,0

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Some games of the 7th round

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 8th round

GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2748 GM Carlsen Magnus 2834
GM Kramnik Vladimir 2796 5 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2646
GM Giri Anish 2784 5 5 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2710
GM So Wesley 2775 5 5 IM Lin Chen 2532
GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2642 5 5 GM Karjakin Sergey 2766
GM Ni Hua 2693 5 5 GM Harikrishna P. 2743
GM Grandelius Nils 2632 5 5 GM Yu Yangyi 2736
GM Swiercz Dariusz 2646 5 5 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2724
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2710 5 5 GM Akopian Vladimir 2648
Xu Yinglun 2470 5 GM Howell David W L 2688

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