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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 2nd round

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Results of top 10 boards

GM Sarana Alexey 2655 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2876
GM Caruana Fabiano 2812 1 1 – 0 1 GM Sevian Samuel 2654
GM Oparin Grigoriy 2654 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Yu Yangyi 2763
GM Motylev Alexander 2651 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Artemiev Vladislav 2746
GM Melkumyan Hrant 2650 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732
GM Mamedov Rauf 2645 1 0 – 1 1 GM Wang Hao 2726
GM Bu Xiangzhi 2721 1 1 – 0 1 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2645
GM Bluebaum Matthias 2643 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2718
GM Xiong Jeffery 2708 1 0 – 1 1 GM Adhiban B. 2639
GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2638 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Anton Guijarro David 2674

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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019 1st round

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Top 10 results of the 1st round

1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2876 0 1 – 0 0 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2636
2 GM Zhang Zhong 2636 0 0 – 1 0 GM Caruana Fabiano 2812
3 GM So Wesley 2767 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2635
4 GM Najer Evgeniy 2635 0 1 – 0 0 GM Anand Viswanathan 2765
5 GM Yu Yangyi 2763 0 1 – 0 0 GM Mareco Sandro 2634
6 GM Abasov Nijat 2632 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Karjakin Sergey 2760
7 GM Grischuk Alexander 2759 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2630
8 GM Tari Aryan 2630 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Aronian Levon 2758
9 GM Harikrishna Pentala 2748 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2629
10 GM Bachmann Axel 2629 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2748

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FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019

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The first round begins today. Top 20 participants are:

1 GM Carlsen Magnus 1503014 2876
2 GM Caruana Fabiano 2020009 2812
3 GM So Wesley 5202213 2767
4 GM Anand Viswanathan 5000017 2765
5 GM Yu Yangyi 8603820 2763
6 GM Karjakin Sergey 14109603 2760
7 GM Grischuk Alexander 4126025 2759
8 GM Aronian Levon 13300474 2758
9 GM Harikrishna Pentala 5007003 2748
10 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 1118358 2748
11 GM Artemiev Vladislav 24101605 2746
12 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2016192 2745
13 GM Vitiugov Nikita 4152956 2732
14 GM Svidler Peter 4102142 2729
15 GM Wang Hao 8602883 2726
16 GM Bu Xiangzhi 8601445 2721
17 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 5029465 2718
18 GM Matlakov Maxim 4168003 2716
19 GM Le Quang Liem 12401137 2708
20 GM Xiong Jeffery 2047640 2708

Pairings of the top 10 boards

1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2876 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2636
2 GM Zhang Zhong 2636 GM Caruana Fabiano 2812
3 GM So Wesley 2767 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2635
4 GM Najer Evgeniy 2635 GM Anand Viswanathan 2765
5 GM Yu Yangyi 2763 GM Mareco Sandro 2634
6 GM Abasov Nijat 2632 GM Karjakin Sergey 2760
7 GM Grischuk Alexander 2759 GM Jumabayev Rinat 2630
8 GM Tari Aryan 2630 GM Aronian Levon 2758
9 GM Harikrishna Pentala 2748 GM Alekseev Evgeny 2629
10 GM Bachmann Axel 2629 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2748

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Skolkovo Women’s FIDE Grand Prix 2019 last round

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Koneru won the event with 8 points out of 11 games.

Results of the last round

2560 GM Koneru Humpy ½ – ½ GM Ju Wenjun 2576
2503 GM Harika Dronavalli ½ – ½ GM Lagno Kateryna 2545
2450 GM Sebag Marie ½ – ½ GM Gunina Valentina 2502
2487 IM Kashlinskaya Alina 0 – 1 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2479
2495 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 0 – 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2491
2564 GM Goryachkina Aleksandra 1 – 0 GM Cramling Pia 2487

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Skolkovo Women’s FIDE Grand Prix 2019 10th round

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Koneru leads with 7.5 points.

Results of the 10th round

2487 GM Cramling Pia 0 – 1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495
2491 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 0 – 1 IM Kashlinskaya Alina 2487
2479 IM Paehtz Elisabeth ½ – ½ GM Sebag Marie 2450
2502 GM Gunina Valentina 1 – 0 GM Harika Dronavalli 2503
2545 GM Lagno Kateryna ½ – ½ GM Koneru Humpy 2560
2576 GM Ju Wenjun ½ – ½ GM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2564

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