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Weekend Super Sale

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There is a 50% discount on ALL openings, middlegame & endgame examples (most are from Grandmaster games) for the next 3 days! Analysis/game fragments are sent by pgn or cbv formats. The more themes/methods/patterns you know, the easier it is to play!

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FIDE Grand Prix Series. Sharjah 2017 5th round

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Grischuk, Vachier-Lagrave in the background (Photo by Max Avdeev for World Chess by Agon Ltd)

Mamedyarov and Vachier-Lagrave lead with 3.5 points. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 5th round

GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 3 ½ – ½ 2½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2785
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796 3 ½ – ½ 2 GM Aronian Levon 2785
GM Ding Liren 2760 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2749
GM Grischuk Alexander 2742 2 1 – 0 2 GM Eljanov Pavel 2759
GM Adams Michael 2751 2 1 – 0 2 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2628
GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2709 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Li Chao B 2720
GM Riazantsev Alexander 2671 2 0 – 1 2 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2709
GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656 1 ½ – ½ 2 GM Hou Yifan 2651
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2711 1 ½ – ½ 1½ GM Rapport Richard 2692

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