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(Photo taken from the official site of the event)

All games have ended in a draw which still makes Nakamura the leader (6 points out of 9). Caruana and Gelfand share 2nd-3rd places with 5.5 points.

Results of the 9th round

GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 ½ – ½ GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756
GM Gelfand Boris 2764 ½ – ½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
GM Giri Anish 2737 ½ – ½ GM Caruana Fabiano 2779
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 ½ – ½ GM Grischuk Alexander 2785
GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 ½ – ½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2708
GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 ½ – ½ GM Wang Hao 2736

Standings after 9 rounds

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 USA 6
2 GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 ITA 5½
3 GM Gelfand Boris 2764 ISR 5½
4 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 FRA 5
5 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 RUS 4½
6 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 RUS 4½
7 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 CUB 4½
8 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 UKR 4
9 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 UKR 4
10 GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 FRA 4
11 GM Wang Hao 2736 CHN 4
12 GM Giri Anish 2737 NED 2½

Pairings of today’s round

GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 – GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 – GM Giri Anish 2737
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 – GM Gelfand Boris 2764
GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 – GM Wang Hao 2736
GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 – GM Bacrot Etienne 2723
GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 – GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757

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(Photo taken from the official site)

Another GP event started recently in Paris, France. Nakamura is leading with 5.5 points out of 7 (he won against Ivanchuk on time yesterday).

Results of the 7th round

GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 0 – 1 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723
GM Wang Hao 2736 ½ – ½ GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757
GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 ½ – ½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703
GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 1 – 0 GM Giri Anish 2737
GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 1 – 0 GM Gelfand Boris 2764
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 0 – 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772

Standings after 7 rounds

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 USA 5½
2 GM Caruana Fabiano 2779 ITA 5
3 GM Gelfand Boris 2764 ISR 5
4 GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 FRA 4½
5 GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 CUB 4
6 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 RUS 4
7 GM Grischuk Alexander 2785 RUS 4
8 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 UKR 3½
9 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756 UKR 3½
10 GM Fressinet Laurent 2708 FRA 3½
11 GM Wang Hao 2736 CHN 3½
12 GM Giri Anish 2737 NED 2

Pairings of today’s round

GM Dominguez Perez Leinier 2757 – GM Fressinet Laurent 2708
GM Bacrot Etienne 2723 – GM Wang Hao 2736
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2772 – GM Ponomariov Ruslan 2756
GM Gelfand Boris 2764 – GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2731
GM Giri Anish 2737 – GM Caruana Fabiano 2779
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2703 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2785

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