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Giri-Grandelius

Giri-Grandelius


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Giri continues his streak of success and now has 6 out of 6! Kramnik is 2nd with 5, 12 players share 3rd with 4.5 points.

Top results of the 6th round

1 GM Giri Anish 2776 5 1 – 0 4½ GM Grandelius Nils 2573
2 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2760 4 1 – 0 4 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2673
3 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Perunovic Milos 2619
4 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2586 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706
5 GM Shankland Samuel L 2642 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Yu Yangyi 2705
6 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2643 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757
7 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Safarli Eltaj 2628
8 GM Romanov Evgeny 2636 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Ding Liren 2730
9 GM Harikrishna P. 2725 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2632
10 GM Eljanov Pavel 2719 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Volokitin Andrei 2627

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Top players after 6 rounds

1 GM Giri Anish NED 2776 6.0 3422
2 GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2760 5.0 2843
3 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2573 4.5 2835
4 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2586 4.5 2815
5 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2620 4.5 2802
6 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 4.5 2795
7 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2714 4.5 2794
8 GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2643 4.5 2786
9 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2705 4.5 2785
10 GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2619 4.5 2764

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Some games of the round

Top pairings of the 7th round

1 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2760 5 – 6 GM Giri Anish 2776
2 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620 4½ – 4½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706 4½ – 4½ GM Shankland Samuel L 2642
4 GM Yu Yangyi 2705 4½ – 4½ GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2598
5 GM Mamedov Rauf 2652 4½ – 4½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2586
6 GM Perunovic Milos 2619 4½ – 4½ GM Efimenko Zahar 2644
7 GM Grandelius Nils 2573 4½ – 4½ GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2643
8 GM Vovk Andrey 2640 4 – 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751
9 GM Ding Liren 2730 4 – 4 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2632
10 GM Dubov Daniil 2629 4 – 4 GM Harikrishna P. 2725

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Mamedyarov-Giri

Mamedyarov-Giri


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Giri leads the event with 5 out of 5, Grandelius is 2nd with 4.5, eight players share 3rd with 4 points.

Top results of the 5th round

1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757 3½ 0 – 1 4 GM Giri Anish 2776
2 GM Grandelius Nils 2573 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2719
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714
4 GM Vovk Andrey 2640 3 0 – 1 3 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2760
5 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2632 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751
6 GM Safarli Eltaj 2628 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Harikrishna P. 2725
7 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707 3 0 – 1 3 GM Perunovic Milos 2619
8 GM Yu Yangyi 2705 3 1 – 0 3 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2621
9 GM Volokitin Andrei 2627 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2701
10 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684

Top players after 5 rounds

1 GM Giri Anish NED 2776 5.0 3431
2 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2573 4.5 2982
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 4.0 2845
4 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2586 4.0 2845
5 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2714 4.0 2837
6 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2705 4.0 2822
7 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2673 4.0 2805
8 GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2760 4.0 2789
9 GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2619 4.0 2783
10 GM Shankland Samuel L USA 2642 4.0 2756

Some games of the round

Top pairings of the 6th round

1 GM Giri Anish 2776 5 – 4½ GM Grandelius Nils 2573
2 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2760 4 – 4 GM Sjugirov Sanan 2673
3 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714 4 – 4 GM Perunovic Milos 2619
4 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2586 4 – 4 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706
5 GM Shankland Samuel L 2642 4 – 4 GM Yu Yangyi 2705
6 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2643 3½ – 3½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757
7 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751 3½ – 3½ GM Safarli Eltaj 2628
8 GM Romanov Evgeny 2636 3½ – 3½ GM Ding Liren 2730
9 GM Harikrishna P. 2725 3½ – 3½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2632
10 GM Eljanov Pavel 2719 3½ – 3½ GM Volokitin Andrei 2627

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Giri

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Giri leads with 4 point out of 4. Five players share 2nd place with 3.5 points.

Top results of the 4th round

1 GM Giri Anish 2776 3 1 – 0 3 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620
2 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Grandelius Nils 2573
3 GM Dubov Daniil 2629 2½ 0 – 1 2½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757
4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Volokitin Andrei 2627
5 GM Eljanov Pavel 2719 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2622
6 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2621 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707
7 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Naroditsky Daniel 2620
8 GM Perunovic Milos 2619 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Yu Yangyi 2705
9 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2586 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Sjugirov Sanan 2673
10 GM Edouard Romain 2659 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Van Kampen Robin 2612

Top players after 4 rounds

1 GM Giri Anish NED 2776 4.0 3400
2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2757 3.5 2928
3 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2573 3.5 2926
4 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2719 3.5 2916
5 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 3.5 2914
6 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2714 3.5 2906
7 GM Van Kampen Robin NED 2612 3.0 2805
8 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2751 3.0 2788
9 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2586 3.0 2785
10 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2725 3.0 2780

Some games of the round

Top pairings of the 5th round

1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757 3½ – 4 GM Giri Anish 2776
2 GM Grandelius Nils 2573 3½ – 3½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2719
3 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706 3½ – 3½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714
4 GM Vovk Andrey 2640 3 – 3 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2760
5 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2632 3 – 3 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751
6 GM Safarli Eltaj 2628 3 – 3 GM Harikrishna P. 2725
7 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707 3 – 3 GM Perunovic Milos 2619
8 GM Yu Yangyi 2705 3 – 3 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2621
9 GM Volokitin Andrei 2627 3 – 3 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2701
10 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620 3 – 3 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684

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L'Ami-Tomashevsky

L’Ami-Tomashevsky


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Four players lead with perfect score after 3 rounds- Giri, Tomashevsky, Grandelius and Oleksienko.

Top results of the 3rd round

1 GM Giri Anish 2776 2 1 – 0 2 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2643
2 GM Dubov Daniil 2629 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751
3 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620 2 1 – 0 2 GM Harikrishna P. 2725
4 GM L’ami Erwin 2618 2 0 – 1 2 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714
5 GM Van Kampen Robin 2612 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706
6 GM Yu Yangyi 2705 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2586
7 GM Grandelius Nils 2573 2 1 – 0 2 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2701
8 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757 1½ 1 – 0 1½ GM Anton Guijarro David 2607
9 GM Sandipan Chanda 2603 1½ 0 – 1 1½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2719
10 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707 1½ 1 – 0 1½ GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2615

Some games of the round

Top pairings of the 4th round

1 GM Giri Anish 2776 3 – 3 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620
2 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714 3 – 3 GM Grandelius Nils 2573
3 GM Dubov Daniil 2629 2½ – 2½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757
4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751 2½ – 2½ GM Volokitin Andrei 2627
5 GM Eljanov Pavel 2719 2½ – 2½ GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2622
6 GM Durarbayli Vasif 2621 2½ – 2½ GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707
7 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706 2½ – 2½ GM Naroditsky Daniel 2620
8 GM Perunovic Milos 2619 2½ – 2½ GM Yu Yangyi 2705
9 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2586 2½ – 2½ GM Sjugirov Sanan 2673
10 GM Edouard Romain 2659 2½ – 2½ GM Van Kampen Robin 2612

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Playing hall

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Fourteen players lead with 2 points after 2 rounds.

Top results of the 2nd round

1 GM Mista Aleksander 2616 1 0 – 1 1 GM Giri Anish 2776
2 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2615 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757
3 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751 1 1 – 0 1 GM Socko Bartosz 2614
4 GM Van Kampen Robin 2612 1 1 – 0 1 GM Ding Liren 2730
5 GM Harikrishna P. 2725 1 1 – 0 1 GM Ipatov Alexander 2608
6 GM Eljanov Pavel 2719 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2599
7 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714 1 1 – 0 1 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2598
8 GM Anton Guijarro David 2607 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707
9 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706 1 1 – 0 1 GM Hovhannisyan Robert 2591
10 GM Bogner Sebastian 2598 1 0 – 1 1 GM Yu Yangyi 2705

Some games of the round

Top pairings of the 3rd round

1 GM Giri Anish 2776 2 – 2 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2643
2 GM Dubov Daniil 2629 2 – 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2751
3 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo 2620 2 – 2 GM Harikrishna P. 2725
4 GM L’ami Erwin 2618 2 – 2 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2714
5 GM Van Kampen Robin 2612 2 – 2 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2706
6 GM Yu Yangyi 2705 2 – 2 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2586
7 GM Grandelius Nils 2573 2 – 2 GM Moiseenko Alexander 2701
8 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2757 1½ – 1½ GM Anton Guijarro David 2607
9 GM Sandipan Chanda 2603 1½ – 1½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2719
10 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2707 1½ – 1½ GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2615

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