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FIDE Grand Prix Series. Sharjah 2017 9th round

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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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FIDE Grand Prix Series. Sharjah 2017 8th round

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Vachier-Lagrave and Grischuk lead with 5 points.

Results of the 8th round

GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2749 4 ½ – ½ 4½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796
GM Grischuk Alexander 2742 4 1 – 0 4½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2709 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Adams Michael 2751
GM Aronian Levon 2785 3½ ½ – ½ 4 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2785
GM Li Chao B 2720 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Ding Liren 2760
GM Hou Yifan 2651 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Rapport Richard 2692
GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656 3 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2709
GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2628 3 0 – 1 2½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2759
GM Riazantsev Alexander 2671 2 ½ – ½ 2½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2711

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FIDE Grand Prix Series. Sharjah 2017 7th round

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Mamedyarov and Vachier-Lagrave lead with 4.5 points.

Results of the 7th round

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796 4 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2709
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 4 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2749
GM Grischuk Alexander 2742 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Adams Michael 2751
GM Ding Liren 2760 3 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2785
GM Rapport Richard 2692 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Aronian Levon 2785
GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2709 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Hou Yifan 2651
GM Li Chao B 2720 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2759
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2711 2 ½ – ½ 2½ GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2628
GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656 2 1 – 0 2 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2671

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FIDE Grand Prix Series. Sharjah 2017 6th round

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Mamedyarov and Vachier-Lagrave lead with 4 points.

Results of the 6th round

GM Adams Michael 2751 3 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2709 3 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2785 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2742
GM Aronian Levon 2785 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2709
GM Hou Yifan 2651 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Ding Liren 2760
GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2749 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Li Chao B 2720
GM Rapport Richard 2692 2 1 – 0 2 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2671
GM Eljanov Pavel 2759 2 ½ – ½ 1½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2711
GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2628 2 ½ – ½ 1½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656

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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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