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The 6th Women’s FIDE Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar

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The last leg of the Grand-Prix has started today in Doha, Qatar. This event is especially important as the winner will be playing against the current World Champion Hu Yifan!

It was a great day for the players playing Black pieces – 4 games were won out of 6.

Here are the results

GM Koneru Humpy 2607 – GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 0-1
IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 – GM Zhu Chen 2495 1-0
GM Cramling Pia 2516 – IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 1/2
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 – GM Xu Yuhua 2484 0-1
GM Sebag Marie 2489 – GM Danielian Elina 2454 0-1
GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 – IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 0-1

Tomorrow’s pairings (2nd round)

1GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 – IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410
GM Danielian Elina 2454 – GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502
GM Xu Yuhua 2484 – GM Sebag Marie 2489
IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 – GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546
GM Zhu Chen 2495 – GM Cramling Pia 2516
GM Koneru Humpy 2607 – IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363

A selection of photos from the official website – http://qatar2011.fide.com/tourview/show-5.html

Aeroflot Open 2011 – round 9

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Le Quang Liem won the event by better tie-break, Vitiugov was 2nd and Tomashevsky 3rd!

Here are the top 10 results of round 9

1 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 6.0 BUL 2665 – GM Vitiugov, Nikita 5.5 RUS 2709 0-1
2 GM Mamedov, Rauf 5.5 AZE 2660 – GM Le, Quang Liem 6.0 VIE 2664 ½-½
3 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 5.5 RUS 2695 – GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 5.5 RUS 2626 1-0
4 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 5.5 UZB 2681 – GM Yu, Yangyi j 5.5 CHN 2607 ½-½
5 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 5.5 ISR 2625 – GM Khismatullin, Denis 5.5 RUS 2649 ½-½
6 GM Vuckovic, Bojan 5.0 SRB 2623 – GM Kamsky, Gata 5.0 USA 2730 0-1
7 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 5.0 RUS 2718 – GM Sandipan, Chanda 5.0 IND 2641 ½-½
8 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 5.0 RUS 2666 – GM Bocharov, Dmitry 5.0 RUS 2605 ½-½
9 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 5.0 ARM 2604 – GM Grachev, Boris 5.0 RUS 2660 ½-½
10 GM Ding, Liren 5.0 CHN 2628 – GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 5.0 RUS 2660 ½-½

And the best 20 players are:

1 GM Le, Quang Liem 6.5 VIE M 2664 2809 +1.73 -1 2649.4
2 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 6.5 RUS M 2709 2803 +1.11 -1 2638.6
3 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 6.5 RUS M 2695 2797 +1.22 1 2630.6
4 GM Khismatullin, Denis 6.0 RUS M 2649 2779 +1.57 -1 2660.3
5 GM Yu, Yangyi j 6.0 CHN M 2607 2762 +1.87 -1 2644.1
6 GM Kamsky, Gata 6.0 USA M 2730 2756 +0.28 -1 2631.1
7 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 6.0 ISR M 2625 2734 +1.32 1 2614.7
8 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 6.0 UZB M 2681 2727 +0.56 1 2607.0
9 GM Mamedov, Rauf 6.0 AZE M 2660 2720 +0.74 1 2597.4
10 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 6.0 BUL M 2665 2716 +0.62 1 2587.0
11 GM Sandipan, Chanda 5.5 IND M 2641 2715 +0.93 -1 2639.4
12 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 5.5 RUS M 2605 2686 +1.01 -1 2611.1
13 GM Andreikin, Dmitry 5.5 RUS M 2689 2663 -0.29 -1 2594.0
14 GM Grachev, Boris 5.5 RUS M 2660 2662 +0.04 -1 2592.4
15 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 5.5 RUS M 2660 2669 +0.14 -1 2589.6
16 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 5.5 ARM M 2604 2750 +1.82 1 2671.0
17 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 5.5 RUS M 2718 2718 +0.01 1 2639.4
18 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 5.5 RUS M 2666 2715 +0.63 1 2638.0
19 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 5.5 RUS M 2626 2700 +0.96 1 2630.1
20 GM Ding, Liren 5.5 CHN M 2628 2703 +0.92 1 2624.7

You can see the full list on http://www.aeroflotchess.org/tournaments/A/

Aeroflot Open 2011 – round 6

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Le Quang Liem is leading the event with 5 out of 6, after him, sharing 2nd-6th are Khismatullin, Vitiugov, Kobalia, Tomashevsky and Kasimdzhanov.

Top 10 results from round 6

1 GM Le, Quang Liem 4.5 VIE 2664 – GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 4.0 UZB 2681 ½-½
2 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 4.0 RUS 2666 – GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 4.0 RUS 2695 ½-½
3 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 3.5 RUS 2709 – GM Zhou, Jianchao 4.0 CHN 2655 1-0
4 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 3.5 RUS 2660 – GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 3.5 RUS 2718 ½-½
5 GM Khismatullin, Denis 3.5 RUS 2649 – GM Kurnosov, Igor 3.5 RUS 2662 1-0
6 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 3.5 ESP 2626 – GM Mamedov, Rauf 3.5 AZE 2660 ½-½
7 GM Kamsky, Gata 3.0 USA 2730 – GM Ding, Liren 3.0 CHN 2628 0-1
8 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 3.0 ISR 2625 – GM Movsesian, Sergei 3.0 ARM 2721 ½-½
9 GM Hess, Robert L 3.0 USA 2572 – GM Vachier-Lagrave, M 3.0 FRA 2715 0-1
10 GM Yu, Yangyi j 3.0 CHN 2607 – GM Riazantsev, Alexander 3.0 RUS 2689 1-0

Top 10 pairings of round 7

1 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 4.5 RUS 2666 – GM Le, Quang Liem 5.0 VIE 2664
2 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 4.5 UZB 2681 – GM Vitiugov, Nikita 4.5 RUS 2709
3 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 4.5 RUS 2695 – GM Khismatullin, Denis 4.5 RUS 2649
4 GM Zhou, Jianchao 4.0 CHN 2655 – GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 4.0 RUS 2718
5 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 4.0 FRA 2715 – GM Sandipan, Chanda 4.0 IND 2641
6 GM Volokitin, Andrei 4.0 UKR 2678 – GM Yu, Yangyi j 4.0 CHN 2607
7 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 4.0 BUL 2665 – GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 4.0 ESP 2626
8 GM Ding, Liren 4.0 CHN 2628 – GM Grachev, Boris 4.0 RUS 2660
9 GM Mamedov, Rauf 4.0 AZE 2660 – FM Bukavshin, Ivan j 4.0 RUS 2458
10 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 4.0 RUS 2626 – GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 4.0 RUS 2660

Aeroflot Open 2011 – round 5

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Le Quang Liem drew Tomashevsky and is leading the event with 4.5 out of 5. There are four players with 4 points.

Results of top 10 boards in round 5

1 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 3.5 RUS 2695 – GM Le, Quang Liem 4.0 VIE 2664 ½-½
2 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 3.0 RUS 2718 – GM Kobalia, Mikhail 3.5 RUS 2666 ½-½
3 GM Mamedov, Rauf 3.0 AZE 2660 – GM Vitiugov, Nikita 3.0 RUS 2709 ½-½
4 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 3.0 UZB 2681 – FM Bukavshin, Ivan j 3.0 RUS 2458 1-0
5 GM Zhou, Jianchao 3.0 CHN 2655 – IM Fedoseev, Vladimir j 3.0 RUS 2505 1-0
6 GM Kamsky, Gata 2.5 USA 2730 – GM Ni, Hua 2.5 CHN 2645 ½-½
7 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2.5 ARM 2721 – GM Sandipan, Chanda 2.5 IND 2641 ½-½
8 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2.5 FRA 2715 – GM Khairullin, Ildar 2.5 RUS 2640 ½-½
9 GM Bologan, Viktor 2.5 MDA 2693 – GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 2.5 ESP 2626 0-1
10 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 2.5 RUS 2689 – GM Rodshtein, Maxim 2.5 ISR 2625 ½-½

Top 10 pairings in round 6

1 GM Le, Quang Liem 4.5 VIE 2664 – GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 4.0 UZB 2681
2 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 4.0 RUS 2666 – GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 4.0 RUS 2695
3 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 3.5 RUS 2709 – GM Zhou, Jianchao 4.0 CHN 2655
4 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 3.5 RUS 2660 – GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 3.5 RUS 2718
5 GM Khismatullin, Denis 3.5 RUS 2649 – GM Kurnosov, Igor 3.5 RUS 2662
6 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 3.5 ESP 2626 – GM Mamedov, Rauf 3.5 AZE 2660
7 GM Kamsky, Gata 3.0 USA 2730 – GM Ding, Liren 3.0 CHN 2628
8 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 3.0 ISR 2625 – GM Movsesian, Sergei 3.0 ARM 2721
9 GM Hess, Robert L 3.0 USA 2572 – GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 3.0 FRA 2715
10 GM Yu, Yangyi j 3.0 CHN 2607 – GM Riazantsev, Alexander 3.0 RUS 2689

Official website – http://www.aeroflotchess.com/

Aeroflot Open 2011 – round 4

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Le Quang Liem is a sole leader with 4 out of 4! He defeated Kamsky in a very interesting game with a B sacrifice on c6. Here is the position:

Kobalia and Tomashevsky have 3.5 points and share 2nd-3rd places.

Results of top 10 boards

1 GM Le, Quang Liem 3.0 VIE 2664 GM Kamsky, Gata 2.5 USA 2730 1-0
2 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2.5 RUS 2718 GM Mamedov, Rauf 2.5 AZE 2660 ½-½
3 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 2.5 RUS 2695 GM Shomoev, Anton 2.5 RUS 2557 1-0
4 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 2.5 RUS 2666 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 2.5 RUS 2689 1-0
5 IM Fedoseev, Vladimir j 2.5 RUS 2505 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2.5 UZB 2681 ½-½
6 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 2.0 ESP 2626 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2.0 ARM 2721 ½-½
7 GM Khismatullin, Denis 2.0 RUS 2649 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2.0 FRA 2715 ½-½
8 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 2.0 RUS 2709 GM Ragger, Markus 2.0 AUT 2615 1-0
9 GM Hess, Robert L 2.0 USA 2572 GM Bologan, Viktor 2.0 MDA 2693 ½-½
10 GM Timofeev, Artyom 2.0 RUS 2681 GM Jumabayev, Rinat 2.0 KAZ 2555 ½-½

Pairings of top 10 boards in round 5

1 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 3.5 RUS 2695 GM Le, Quang Liem 4.0 VIE 2664
2 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 3.0 RUS 2718 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 3.5 RUS 2666
3 GM Mamedov, Rauf 3.0 AZE 2660 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 3.0 RUS 2709
4 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 3.0 UZB 2681 FM Bukavshin, Ivan j 3.0 RUS 2458
5 GM Zhou, Jianchao 3.0 CHN 2655 IM Fedoseev, Vladimir j 3.0 RUS 2505
6 GM Kamsky, Gata 2.5 USA 2730 GM Ni, Hua 2.5 CHN 2645
7 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2.5 ARM 2721 GM Sandipan, Chanda 2.5 IND 2641
8 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2.5 FRA 2715 GM Khairullin, Ildar 2.5 RUS 2640
9 GM Bologan, Viktor 2.5 MDA 2693 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 2.5 ESP 2626
10 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 2.5 RUS 2689 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 2.5 ISR 2625

You can watch the games live on http://online.aeroflotchess.org/