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FIDE Grand Prix Series. Sharjah 2017 1st round

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Adams (Photo by Max Avdeev for World Chess by Agon Ltd.)

The participants are:

1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 623539 FRA 2796
2 GM Aronian Levon 13300474 ARM 2785
3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2016192 USA 2785
4 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 13401319 AZE 2766
5 GM Ding Liren 8603677 CHN 2760
6 GM Eljanov Pavel 14102951 UKR 2759
7 GM Adams Michael 400041 ENG 2751
8 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 4168119 RUS 2749
9 GM Grischuk Alexander 4126025 RUS 2742
10 GM Li Chao B 8604436 CHN 2720
11 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 4147235 RUS 2711
12 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 4122356 RUS 2709
13 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2205530 ESP 2709
14 GM Rapport Richard 738590 HUN 2692
15 GM Riazantsev Alexander 4125029 RUS 2671
16 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 9301348 UAE 2656
17 GM Hou Yifan 8602980 CHN 2651
18 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 1503707 NOR 2628

Results of the 1st round

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

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