FIDE Grand Prix Series. Sharjah 2017 9th round

Vachier-Lagrave, Mamedyarov and Grischuk shared 1st-3rd with 5.5 points but Grischuk had a better tie-break, so he was declared the winner.

Results of the last round

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Grischuk Alexander 2742
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2785 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Adams Michael 2751
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2709 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2749
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 4½ 1 – 0 4 GM Hou Yifan 2651
GM Ding Liren 2760 4 1 – 0 4 GM Aronian Levon 2785
GM Rapport Richard 2692 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Li Chao B 2720
GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2709 4 ½ – ½ 3 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2711
GM Eljanov Pavel 2759 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656
GM Riazantsev Alexander 2671 2½ ½ – ½ 3 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2628

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