Qatar Masters Open 2015

By Yelena Dembo | December 30, 2015 - 15:19 |December 30, 2015 Qatar Masters Open 2015

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Carlsen won the Masters Open after beating Yu 2-0 in a tie-break (7 points each). Kramnik was 3rd with 6.5 points.

Results of top 10 boards

GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834	6½	½ – ½	6	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796
GM	Yu Yangyi	2736	6	1 – 0	5½	GM	So Wesley	2775
GM	Akopian Vladimir	2648	5½	½ – ½	5½	GM	Giri Anish	2784
GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766	5½	1 – 0	5½	GM	Zhang Zhong	2619
GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2646	5½	1 – 0	5½	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748
GM	Harikrishna P.	2743	5½	½ – ½	5½	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2642
GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2724	5½	½ – ½	5½	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2648
GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646	5½	0 – 1	5½	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2710
GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2710	5½	½ – ½	5½		Xu Yinglun	2470
IM	Lin Chen	2532	5½	0 – 1	5½	GM	Ni Hua	2693

Top 15 players

GM	Carlsen Magnus	NOR	2834	7,0
GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2736	7,0
GM	Kramnik Vladimir	RUS	2796	6,5
GM	Karjakin Sergey	RUS	2766	6,5
GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	2646	6,5
GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2693	6,5
GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	UKR	2710	6,5
GM	Giri Anish	NED	2784	6,0
	Xu Yinglun	CHN	2470	6,0
GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2648	6,0
GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2743	6,0
GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	UKR	2710	6,0
GM	Akopian Vladimir	ARM	2648	6,0
GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	POL	2663	6,0
GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2642	6,0

Some games of the round

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.29"]   [Round "9.1"]   [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C67"]   [WhiteElo "2834"]   [BlackElo "2796"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5   Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3     g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5     Nxe5 Qd6 22. Qf3 f6 23. Nd3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Qe3 Ng7 26. h3 Kf7 27.     Qh6 Kg8 28. Qe3 Kf7 29. Qh6 Kg8 30. Qe3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.29"]   [Round "9.2"]   [White "Yu, Yangyi"]   [Black "So, Wesley"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E21"]   [WhiteElo "2736"]   [BlackElo "2775"]   [PlyCount "153"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. Nc2     Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nb4 Nxb4 12. cxb4 Rd8 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. O-O   Nd4 15. Qb2 e5 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. f3 Bh3 19. Rfd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qe6     Rc7 b6 22. a4 Nf5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bf2 e4 25. Qc2 e3 26. Be1 h5 27. Rxa7     Nd4 28. Qe4 Qc4 29. Qxe3 Nc2 30. Qe7 Nxe1+ 31. Kf2 Qd4+ 32. Kf1 Nc2 33. Qxf7+   Kh8 34. Qxh5+ Kg8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Kg2 Ne3+ 39. Kh3   Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Re7 Rf8 42. a5 bxa5 43. bxa5 Nd5 44. Qe5 Qxe5 45. Rxe5 Nb4     Re4 Nd5 47. Rc4 Rf6 48. Rc5 Rf5 49. Rc8+ Kf7 50. a6 Ne3 51. g4 Ra5 52. Rc7+     Kf6 53. Rc6+ Kf7 54. Kg3 g5 55. h4 gxh4+ 56. Kxh4 Nd5 57. e4 Ne7 58. Rb6 Ng6+     Kg3 Ra3 60. g5 Ne5 61. Rf6+ Ke7 62. Kg2 Nd3 63. Rh6 Ra5 64. a7 Rxg5+ 65.     Kf1 Rg8 66. Ke2 Ne5 67. f4 Nd7 68. Ra6 Ra8 69. Ke3 Nc5 70. Ra1 Nb7 71. e5 Nd8     Ra6 Kd7 73. f5 Nc6 74. e6+ Kc7 75. f6 Nb4 76. f7 Kb7 77. Rd6 1-0

  [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.29"]   [Round "9.3"]   [White "Akopian, Vladimir"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E60"]   [WhiteElo "2648"]   [BlackElo "2784"]   [PlyCount "83"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O     b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf4 e6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be5 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rfd8     Rc2 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. b3 Bb7 19. e3 h5 20. Ne2 h4 21. Nf4     hxg3 22. hxg3 Rd7 23. Nd3 f6 24. Qd1 Rh8 25. Qg4 Kf7 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Qg4 Rh6     Nf4 Kf7 29. Nd3 Ne8 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. Qg4 Ba6 32. Bf1 Bb7 33. Nf4 f5 34. Qf3     Nd6 35. Rc7 g5 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Nd3 Nf7 38. Qd1 Rh8 39. Qc2 Rc8 40. Qd1 Rh8     Qc2 Rc8 42. Qd1 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.29"]   [Round "9.4"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Zhang, Zhong"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C92"]   [WhiteElo "2766"]   [BlackElo "2619"]   [PlyCount "164"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3     O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15.   Rb1 c5 16. d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 Ng6 19. Ng3 Bc8 20. Ng4 Bc3 21. Rf1 Nf6     Ne2 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. f3 Qh4 25. fxg4 Be5 26. Rf5 Qxg4 27. Qf1 Ra7 28.     Bd2 Qh4 29. Qf2 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Qg1 Qh4 32. g3 Qd8 33. Kg2 Rae7 34. Bg5   f6 35. Bd2 Qc8 36. Qf2 Rf7 37. Rh5 Nf8 38. Rbh1 h6 39. Nf4 Rfe7 40. Qf3 Rf7 41.   R5h4 Bd4 42. Rg4 Nh7 43. Rg6 Ng5 44. Qh5 Kf8 45. Bd1 Rxe4 46. Bg4 Qb7 47. Kf1   b4 48. Be6 Be5 49. Bxf7 Bxf4 50. Bxf4 Nxf7 51. Kf2 c4 52. Qf5 Qb6+ 53. Kf3 Re8     bxc4 Qd4 55. Qc2 Kg8 56. Kg2 Re4 57. Rg4 Qxc4 58. Qxc4 Rxc4 59. Rgh4 g5 60.     Bxg5 Rc2+ 61. Kf3 hxg5 62. Rxb4 f5 63. Rb7 Ne5+ 64. Ke3 Rc3+ 65. Kd2 Rc5 66.   Rc1 Nf3+ 67. Kd1 Rxd5+ 68. Ke2 Nd4+ 69. Ke3 Rc5 70. Rxc5 dxc5 71. Ra7 Kf8 72.   Rxa6 Ke7 73. Rg6 Ne6 74. a4 c4 75. a5 f4+ 76. gxf4 gxf4+ 77. Kd2 f3 78. Ke3 c3     a6 c2 80. Rg1 Kd6 81. a7 Nc7 82. Rc1 Kd5 1-0

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.29"]   [Round "9.5"]   [White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]   [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C72"]   [WhiteElo "2646"]   [BlackElo "2748"]   [PlyCount "71"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 g5 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nc3     Bg7 9. d3 h6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. d4 Ng6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rad1 Qc8 15.   Nd2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Nf3 Rb8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. c5 Be6 21. Nf5   Bxf5 22. exf5 Re5 23. Rfe1 Qe8 24. Qd2 c6 25. Nb6 Kh8 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Nc4 Qe7     b4 Kg7 29. h3 Bc7 30. Re1 Qd8 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Qf6 33. d7 Kf8 34. Qe2     Rd8 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Re7 1-0

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Qatar Masters Open 2015 8th round

By Yelena Dembo | December 28, 2015 - 20:24 |December 28, 2015 Qatar Masters Open 2015

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Carlsen won against Mamedyarov and is leading with 6.5 points out of 8. Yu and Kramnik have 6 points.

Results of top 10 boards of the 8th round

GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748	5½	0 – 1	5½	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834
GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796	5	1 – 0	5½	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2646
GM	Giri Anish	2784	5	½ – ½	5	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2710
GM	So Wesley	2775	5	½ – ½	5	IM	Lin Chen	2532
GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2642	5	½ – ½	5	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766
GM	Ni Hua	2693	5	½ – ½	5	GM	Harikrishna P.	2743
GM	Grandelius Nils	2632	5	0 – 1	5	GM	Yu Yangyi	2736
GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646	5	½ – ½	5	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2724
GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2710	5	½ – ½	5	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2648
	Xu Yinglun	2470	5	½ – ½	4½	GM	Howell David W L	2688

Top 15 players after 8 rounds

GM	Carlsen Magnus	NOR	2834	6,5
GM	Kramnik Vladimir	RUS	2796	6,0
GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2736	6,0
GM	Giri Anish	NED	2784	5,5
	Xu Yinglun	CHN	2470	5,5
GM	So Wesley	USA	2775	5,5
GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2748	5,5
GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2646	5,5
GM	Zhang Zhong	SIN	2619	5,5
GM	Karjakin Sergey	RUS	2766	5,5
GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	UKR	2710	5,5
GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	2646	5,5
GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2743	5,5
GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2648	5,5
GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2693	5,5

Some games of the round

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.28"]   [Round "8.1"]   [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]   [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D38"]   [WhiteElo "2748"]   [BlackElo "2834"]   [PlyCount "50"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1     dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. exd4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Ba5     Ng3 Bb6 16. Qe4 Bd7 17. h4 Be8 18. a3 Rd6 19. Qg4 Rad8 20. d5 Qf8 21. Qe4     Ne7 22. Bd3 f5 23. Qe5 Nxd5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nxf5 Rc6 0-1

  [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.28"]   [Round "8.2"]   [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]   [Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D02"]   [WhiteElo "2796"]   [BlackElo "2646"]   [PlyCount "111"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8.     Qb3 Qc8 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Nh5 12. Be3 Bd6 13. O-O-O a6 14. Kb1   b5 15. Qc2 Na5 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. Ng5 Nf4 19. Bf1 O-O-O 20. a4 Qb7 21.   axb5 axb5 22. b3 Na5 23. Qa2 Nc6 24. g3 Nh5 25. Bd3 Kb8 26. Qe2 Na7 27. Bd2 Rc8     Kb2 Rc6 29. Ra1 Rf8 30. Ra2 Ra6 31. Rxa6 Qxa6 32. Ra1 Qb7 33. b4 Nf6 34.     Ra5 Bc7 35. Bf4 Bxf4 36. gxf4 Qc7 37. Bxb5 Qxf4 38. Nf3 Ne4 39. Ne5 Rh8 40.   Nc6+ Nxc6 41. Bxc6 Nxc3 42. Kxc3 Rh3+ 43. Kc2 Qxd4 44. Qb5+ Kc7 45. Qb7+ Kd6     Qb8+ Ke7 47. Qa7+ Qxa7 48. Rxa7+ Kd6 49. Ba4 Rh4 50. Kb3 Rh3+ 51. Kb2 Rh4   Rd7+ Ke5 53. Ka3 Kd4 54. Rxf7 Rxh2 55. b5 Kc5 56. Rc7+ 1-0

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.28"]   [Round "8.7"]   [White "Grandelius, Nils"]   [Black "Yu, Yangyi"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E35"]   [WhiteElo "2632"]   [BlackElo "2736"]   [PlyCount "64"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.     dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. e3   Bb4 15. h4 gxh4 16. Rxh4 Qxc5 17. Qa4 Ba5 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Qf4 Qc2 20. Bxc6   Qxd2+ 21. Kf1 Qd3+ 22. Kg1 Qxb1+ 23. Kh2 Bxc6 24. Qe5+ Kd7 25. e4 Rhe8 26. Qf5+   Kd8 27. Qxf7 Bd7 28. Qf6+ Kc8 29. exd5 b6 30. Rc4+ Kb7 31. Rc7+ Ka6 32. Rxd7   Re1 0-1

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 9th round

GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834	6½	6	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796
GM	Yu Yangyi	2736	6	5½	GM	So Wesley	2775
GM	Akopian Vladimir	2648	5½	5½	GM	Giri Anish	2784
GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766	5½	5½	GM	Zhang Zhong	2619
GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2646	5½	5½	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748
GM	Harikrishna P.	2743	5½	5½	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2642
GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2724	5½	5½	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2648
GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646	5½	5½	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2710
GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2710	5½	5½		Xu Yinglun	2470
IM	Lin Chen	2532	5½	5½	GM	Ni Hua	2693

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Qatar Masters Open 2015

By Yelena Dembo | December 27, 2015 - 19:49 |December 27, 2015 Qatar Masters Open 2015

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Carlsen drew and Mamedyarov and Sjugirov caught up with him. They are on 5.5 points out of 7.

Results of top 10 boards of the 7th round

GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834	5	½ – ½	4½	GM	Giri Anish	2784
GM	Yu Yangyi	2736	4½	½ – ½	4½	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796
GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2710	4½	½ – ½	4½	GM	So Wesley	2775
GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766	4½	½ – ½	4½	GM	Ni Hua	2693
GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748	4½	1 – 0	4½	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2648
GM	Harikrishna P.	2743	4½	½ – ½	4½	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646
GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2646	4½	1 – 0	4½	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2737
GM	Naroditsky Daniel	2628	4	½ – ½	4	GM	Li Chao B	2750
GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2724	4	1 – 0	4	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2638
GM	Korobov Anton	2713	4	0 – 1	4	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2642

Top 15 players after 7 rounds

GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2748	5,5
GM	Carlsen Magnus	NOR	2834	5,5
GM	Sjugirov Sanan	RUS	2646	5,5
GM	Giri Anish	NED	2784	5,0
GM	So Wesley	USA	2775	5,0
	Xu Yinglun	CHN	2470	5,0
GM	Kramnik Vladimir	RUS	2796	5,0
GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2646	5,0
GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2736	5,0
GM	Karjakin Sergey	RUS	2766	5,0
GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2743	5,0
GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	UKR	2710	5,0
GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2693	5,0
GM	Grandelius Nils	SWE	2632	5,0
GM	Akopian Vladimir	ARM	2648	5,0

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Some games of the 7th round

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.27"]   [Round "7.1"]   [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B92"]   [WhiteElo "2834"]   [BlackElo "2784"]   [PlyCount "103"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5     Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Be7 11. Nd5 Nd7 12. Rd1 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Nd2 O-O     O-O b5 16. c3 g6 17. a3 Rab8 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Qa2 Nc5 20. Bf1 Bg5 21. Nb3     Qc6 22. Na5 Qc7 23. Nb3 Qc6 24. Rd5 Nd7 25. Rd3 Nc5 26. Rf3 Rd7 27. Na5 Qa8 28.   Qd5 Qxd5 29. exd5 e4 30. Rh3 f5 31. Nc6 Rb6 32. b4 Na4 33. c4 Rc7 34. Rb3 Bd2     Rd1 Bg5 36. g3 Bf6 37. Rc1 Rbxc6 38. dxc6 Rxc6 39. Rbb1 Bg5 40. Rc2 d5 41.     c5 d4 42. Rd1 Bf6 43. Rcd2 Nc3 44. Rxd4 Nxd1 45. Rxd1 Bb2 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Ra8   Bxa3 48. Bxb5 Rc7 49. Rxa6 Bxb4 50. c6 Ke7 51. Rb6 Bd6 52. Rb7 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.27"]   [Round "7.2"]   [White "Yu, Yangyi"]   [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C67"]   [WhiteElo "2736"]   [BlackElo "2796"]   [PlyCount "81"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5   Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+     Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7     d4 g6 22. Re6 Kg7 23. Rae1 Kf7 24. f3 Rd8 25. Bd3 b6 26. c3 a5 27. h3 f4   R6e5 Re8 29. Kf2 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 c5 31. dxc5 bxc5 32. g3 a4 33. Bb5 Rb7 34.     c4 fxg3+ 35. Kxg3 d4 36. Kf2 Nh5 37. Rxc5 Nf4 38. Kg3 Ne2+ 39. Kf2 Nf4 40. Kg3   Ne2+ 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.27"]   [Round "7.3"]   [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]   [Black "So, Wesley"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C67"]   [WhiteElo "2710"]   [BlackElo "2775"]   [PlyCount "82"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5   Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nc3     Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Nd5 Kd7 17. f4 Kc6 18. c4 Re8 19. Kg2 Kb7 20. Rfe1 Rg8     Bh4 Nf5 22. Bg3 Be7 23. Ne3 g6 24. b3 Kc8 25. Rd3 Rd8 26. Red1 Rd4 27. Nc2     Rxd3 28. Rxd3 c6 29. Kf3 Re8 30. Ke4 Ng7 31. Kf3 Nf5 32. Ke4 Ng7 33. Kf3 Rd8     Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Ne3 Kd7 36. Ke4 Ke6 37. f3 Bd8 38. Be1 Be7 39. Bf2 Bd8 40.     Be1 Be7 41. Bf2 Bd8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.27"]   [Round "7.4"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Ni, Hua"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A45"]   [WhiteElo "2766"]   [BlackElo "2693"]   [PlyCount "123"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. Nc3 a6 6. d5 d6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Ng5     d5 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. g4 h6 11. Bg2 Bd6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. c4 Ne7 14. cxd5 exd5 15.   g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd7 17. h4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Qg4 19. Bh3 Qe4 20. O-O-O Qxc2+ 21.   Kxc2 Ne4 22. Rdf1 Nxg5 23. hxg5 Kf7 24. Rd1 Bc7 25. a3 Nc6 26. Bg2 Rxh1 27.   Rxh1 Ne7 28. Rh3 Be5 29. f4 Bc7 30. Bf3 Nf5 31. Bh5+ Ke7 32. Bg6 Ke6 33. Kd3 b5     Bh5 c4+ 35. Kd2 d4 36. Bg4 dxe3+ 37. Kc1 g6 38. Rxe3+ Kf7 39. Rh3 Kg7 40.     Bxf5 gxf5 41. Kc2 Kg8 42. Rh6 Rd6 43. Rh5 Ba5 44. Ng3 Rd2+ 45. Kb1 Rd1+ 46. Ka2   Rd2 47. Kb1 Rd1+ 48. Kc2 Rd2+ 49. Kc1 Rg2 50. Nxf5 Bd2+ 51. Kb1 Bxf4 52. g6 Rg5     Ne7+ Kf8 54. Rh7 Be5 55. Rf7+ Ke8 56. Nc6 Bd6 57. Ra7 Rxg6 58. Rxa6 Bc7 59.     Ra8+ Kd7 60. Nd4 Rg5 61. Ra7 Rd5 62. Ne6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.27"]   [Round "7.5"]   [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]   [Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A22"]   [WhiteElo "2748"]   [BlackElo "2648"]   [PlyCount "169"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Qd3 8.     f4 f6 9. Be4 Qa6 10. fxe5 fxe5 11. Ng1 Nd7 12. Nd5 Bd6 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Nf3 Nc5     Qg5+ Ne7 16. Nxe7 Bxe7 17. Qxe5 Rf8 18. Rf1 Qc4 19. Bxh7 Bh3 20. Rf2 Bf6   Qf4 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Qxd3 23. g4 Qd7 24. Ne5 Qd5 25. Ng6 Qh1+ 26. Ke2 Qg1 27.     Nxf8 Bxg4+ 28. Kd3 Ke8 29. Rf1 Rd8+ 30. Kc2 Qg2 31. Nh7 Be2 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 33.   b3 Bd3+ 34. Kb2 Bxf1 35. Qxc7 Bd3 36. Ka3 Bf5 37. Bb2 Qxd2 38. Bxf6 Qd6+ 39.   Qxd6 Rxd6 40. Bd4 Ra6+ 41. Kb4 Be4 42. a4 Rh6 43. Ra2 a6 44. Rf2 Bd5 45. a5 Kd7     Kc3 Rc6+ 47. Kb2 Rh6 48. b4 Rh5 49. Kc3 Rh4 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Rb2 Rh3 52. Ba7     Rh8 53. Bb6 Rh7 54. Kc3 Rh4 55. Bd8 Rc4+ 56. Kd3 Rc8 57. Bg5 Bc4+ 58. Ke4 Bd5+     Kd4 Rc4+ 60. Kd3 Rg4 61. Bf4 Rg1 62. b5 Rd1+ 63. Kc2 Rg1 64. Rb4 axb5 65.     Rxb5 Rg4 66. Kc3 Rh4 67. Rb6+ Kf5 68. Kd4 Bf3 69. Rb2 Rh7 70. Rb5+ Ke6 71. e4   Rd7+ 72. Ke3 Bg2 73. Rb6+ Kf7 74. h4 Re7 75. e5 Re6 76. Rb2 Bd5 77. Rd2 Bc6 78.   h5 Re8 79. h6 Ra8 80. Rh2 Kg6 81. h7 Rh8 82. Rh6+ Kg7 83. a6 Bg2 84. a7 b5 85.   e6 1-0

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 8th round

GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748	5½	5½	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834
GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796	5	5½	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2646
GM	Giri Anish	2784	5	5	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2710
GM	So Wesley	2775	5	5	IM	Lin Chen	2532
GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2642	5	5	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766
GM	Ni Hua	2693	5	5	GM	Harikrishna P.	2743
GM	Grandelius Nils	2632	5	5	GM	Yu Yangyi	2736
GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646	5	5	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2724
GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2710	5	5	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2648
	Xu Yinglun	2470	5	4½	GM	Howell David W L	2688

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Qatar Masters Open 2015

By Yelena Dembo | December 27, 2015 - 06:48 |December 27, 2015 Qatar Masters Open 2015

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So-Carlsen

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Carlsen is leading with 5 out of 6 after drawing So yesterday. Thirteen (!!) players are on 4.5 points.

Top 10 results of the 6th round

GM	So Wesley	2775	4	½ – ½	4½	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834
GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796	4	½ – ½	4	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748
GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2648	4	½ – ½	4	GM	Giri Anish	2784
GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646	4	½ – ½	4	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766
GM	Li Chao B	2750	3½	½ – ½	4	GM	Yu Yangyi	2736
GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2664	3½	0 – 1	3½	GM	Harikrishna P.	2743
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2737	3½	1 – 0	3½	GM	Bologan Viktor	2654
GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2642	3½	½ – ½	3½	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2724
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2723	3½	0 – 1	3½	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2646
GM	Al-Sayed Mohammed	2520	3½	0 – 1	3½	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2710

Top 10 players after 6 rounds

GM	Carlsen Magnus	NOR	2834	5,0
GM	So Wesley	USA	2775	4,5
GM	Giri Anish	NED	2784	4,5
GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2748	4,5
GM	Kramnik Vladimir	RUS	2796	4,5
GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2646	4,5
GM	Karjakin Sergey	RUS	2766	4,5
GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2736	4,5
GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2743	4,5
GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2648	4,5

Some games of the 6th round

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.26"]   [Round "6.1"]   [White "So, Wesley"]   [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C97"]   [WhiteElo "2775"]   [BlackElo "2834"]   [PlyCount "77"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3     d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. b3 Nb6 15. Ne3   c4 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Rxb8   Rxb8 22. Bb4 h6 23. Rd1 a5 24. Ba3 Bc6 25. Qe2 exd4 26. Qxc4 dxc3 27. Qxc3 Rc8     Qd4 Bd5 29. Bb1 Be6 30. Qe3 Rb8 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Rc1 Qb6 33. Qd2 Re8 34. Re1     a4 35. Bc2 Qb7 36. Qd3 Qc7 37. Qd2 Qb7 38. Qd3 Qc7 39. Qd2 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.26"]   [Round "6.2"]   [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]   [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D91"]   [WhiteElo "2796"]   [BlackElo "2748"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.     cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14.   Bb5 Bd7 15. Rab1 Rfd8 16. Ke2 Bf5 17. Rb3 Be6 18. Rb2 Rac8 19. Rc1 Bd5 20. Rbc2   Be4 21. Rc5 Rd5 22. Kf1 Rcd8 23. a4 a6 24. Be2 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 e6 26. Nd2 Bd5 27.   Bc7 Rc8 28. Bb6 Bf8 29. Rc2 Ne7 30. Rxc8 Nxc8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.26"]   [Round "6.3"]   [White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B90"]   [WhiteElo "2648"]   [BlackElo "2784"]   [PlyCount "130"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5     Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Qf3 Bg7     Nec3 b5 16. Be2 Rb8 17. a3 Bd7 18. Qe3 a5 19. b4 Ne6 20. g3 Nd4 21. Bd3 Be6   f4 axb4 23. axb4 Ra8 24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. g4 hxg4   hxg4 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Be6 30. g5 Kf8 31. Nf6 Ra6 32. Qf3 Qc7 33. Nh7+ Ke8 34.     Nf6+ Bxf6 35. gxf6 Kd7 36. Rd1 Qa7 37. Kb2 Bc4 38. Qe4 Kc7 39. Nd5+ Kb8 40. Nc3   Kc7 41. Qf3 Qa8 42. Qe3 Qc6 43. Qg3 Ra8 44. Ra1 Rxa1 45. Kxa1 Qb6 46. Qh4 d5     Kb2 Qd6 48. Kc1 Qa6 49. Qg5 Kd6 50. Qg8 Qa3+ 51. Kd2 Qa7 52. Qe8 Qd7 53.     Qg8 Qb7 54. Qe8 Qd7 55. Qg8 e4 56. Qg3+ Kc6 57. Qe5 Qc7 58. Qe8+ Kb6 59. Qe7   Qf4+ 60. Kd1 Qf1+ 61. Kd2 Qf4+ 62. Kd1 e3 63. Qd8+ Ka6 64. Qa8+ Kb6 65. Qd8+   Ka6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.26"]   [Round "6.4"]   [White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E00"]   [WhiteElo "2646"]   [BlackElo "2766"]   [PlyCount "91"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2     Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. a5 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc8 14. Nc3 Bxc4 15.   Bg5 b5 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Nc6 Bc5 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxc5 Bxc6 21.   Bxc6 Qc7 22. Rxd4 Rad8 23. Rc4 Nd7 24. Bxd7 Qxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxd7 26. Rac1 f5 27.   f4 Kf7 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Rc6 Rb8 30. R1c5 Rb4 31. Re5 Re7 32. Re3 Ra4 33. a6 Rd4     Kf3 h5 35. h3 Ra4 36. h4 Ra5 37. Rd3 Ra4 38. Re3 Ra5 39. Rd3 Ra4 40. Rd8     Ra3+ 41. Kf2 g6 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. Rfc8 Kf6 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Rfc8 Kf6 46. Rf8+   1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.26"]   [Round "6.5"]   [White "Li, Chao b"]   [Black "Yu, Yangyi"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D30"]   [WhiteElo "2750"]   [BlackElo "2736"]   [PlyCount "84"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8.     cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.   Qa4 Bf5 15. dxc5 Rfb8 16. Qa3 Qg5 17. Rad1 Be4 18. g3 Rb7 19. Rd4 Rab8 20. Rb4   Qe5 21. Rc1 a5 22. Rb3 Qf5 23. Qb2 Rxb3 24. axb3 Bd3 25. Bxd3 Qxd3 26. b4 Rb5     Ra1 axb4 28. cxb4 Qe4 29. Ra4 Kh7 30. Qd4 Qc2 31. Ra1 Rb7 32. Kg2 Re7 33.     Qd1 Qe4+ 34. Qf3 Qxb4 35. Ra6 Qxc5 36. Qf5+ g6 37. Qf6 Qb4 38. Rxc6 Qe4+ 39.   Kh3 Qe5 40. Qxe5 Rxe5 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Kf3 Re6 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.26"]   [Round "6.6"]   [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]   [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2664"]   [BlackElo "2743"]   [PlyCount "90"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nb3     a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd3 d5 12. Rac1 Na6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a3 Re8 15.   Bh3 c5 16. Qb5 Rb8 17. Rfe1 Nc7 18. Qxb6 Ba6 19. Qxa5 Rxb3 20. Rxc5 Ne6 21.   Qxa6 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Rxf3 23. Qb5 Bd4 24. e3 Rf6 25. Rd1 Be5 26. Bd7 Re7 27. Rxd5   Qc7 28. b4 h5 29. Qd3 g6 30. Bh3 Kg7 31. f4 Bb2 32. a4 Qb7 33. Qd2 Bc1 34. Qxc1   Qxd5 35. b5 Qb3 36. Kf2 Qxa4 37. Qb2 Qc4 38. c6 Qc5 39. Qd4 Qxb5 40. Bd7 Qa5     Kg2 Qd8 42. e4 Kh7 43. Qd5 Rxd7 44. cxd7 Re6 45. f5 Re7 0-1

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 7th round

GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834	5	4½	GM	Giri Anish	2784
GM	Yu Yangyi	2736	4½	4½	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796
GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2710	4½	4½	GM	So Wesley	2775
GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766	4½	4½	GM	Ni Hua	2693
GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748	4½	4½	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2648
GM	Harikrishna P.	2743	4½	4½	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646
GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2646	4½	4½	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2737
GM	Naroditsky Daniel	2628	4	4	GM	Li Chao B	2750
GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2724	4	4	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2638
GM	Korobov Anton	2713	4	4	GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2642

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Qatar Masters Open 2015

By Yelena Dembo | December 24, 2015 - 20:41 |December 24, 2015 Qatar Masters Open 2015

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Carlsen-Li Chao

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Carlsen leads with 4.5 points, eight players are on 4.

Top 10 results of the 5th round

GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834	3½	1 – 0	3½	GM	Li Chao B	2750
GM	Giri Anish	2784	3½	½ – ½	3½	GM	So Wesley	2775
GM	Matlakov Maxim	2684	3½	0 – 1	3	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796
GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766	3	1 – 0	3	GM	Dubov Daniil	2655
GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748	3	1 – 0	3	GM	Khismatullin Denis	2654
GM	Yu Yangyi	2736	3	1 – 0	3		Xu Yinglun	2470
GM	Bologan Viktor	2654	3	½ – ½	3	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2723
GM	Korobov Anton	2713	3	0 – 1	3	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646
GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2622	3	½ – ½	3	GM	Ni Hua	2693
GM	Howell David W L	2688	3	0 – 1	3	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2648

Top 15 players after 5 rounds

1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	NOR	2834	4,5
2	GM	Giri Anish	NED	2784	4,0
3	GM	So Wesley	USA	2775	4,0
4	GM	Karjakin Sergey	RUS	2766	4,0
5	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	RUS	2796	4,0
6	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2748	4,0
7	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2646	4,0
8	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2736	4,0
9	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2648	4,0
10	GM	Li Chao B	CHN	2750	3,5
11	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	UAE	2622	3,5
12	IM	Vignesh N R	IND	2422	3,5
13	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2723	3,5
14	GM	Matlakov Maxim	RUS	2684	3,5
15	GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2743	3,5

A few games of the round

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.24"]   [Round "5.1"]   [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Black "Li, Chao B"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D70"]   [WhiteElo "2834"]   [BlackElo "2750"]   [PlyCount "71"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2     Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 10. e5 Nb4 11. Nh3 Qe8 12. Kb1 a5 13. Be2 c6 14. Rc1 Kh8 15.   Ka1 Be6 16. Nf4 Qf7 17. h4 Bxa2 18. h5 Kg8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. g4 Bb3 21. Bd1 a4     Qh2 Rfd8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. d5 Nc4 25. Nxg6+ Ke8 26. e6 a3 27. exf7+ Kd7 28.     Ne5+ Bxe5 29. Qxf5+ Kc7 30. Qxe5+ Nxe5 31. Bxb3 axb2+ 32. Kxb2 Nbd3+ 33. Kb1   Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Kc8 35. dxc6 bxc6 36. f4 1-0

  [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.24"]   [Round "5.2"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "So, Wesley"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2784"]   [BlackElo "2775"]   [PlyCount "123"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4     dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. a4 O-O 11. Nh4 a5 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Nb3 Bb4 15.   Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Red8 17. Qc3 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Bf3 Nf8 21.   Kg2 Ne6 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxg5 25. Qe3 Nxf3 26. Qxf3 Rd8 27.   Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qe2 g6 29. c3 Qd6 30. Nd2 b5 31. Nb3 bxa4 32. Nxa5 Qc5 33. Nc4   Qb5 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Ke1 Nd7 36. f3 Qc5 37. Kf1 Qb5 38. Ke1 Qc5 39. Kf1 Nb6 40.   Na3 Qd6 41. Ke1 Qc5 42. Qf2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kf6 44. Ke3 Kg5 45. Kd3 f5 46. exf5   gxf5 47. Nb1 e4+ 48. fxe4 fxe4+ 49. Kd4 e3 50. Kxe3 Nc4+ 51. Ke2 Nxb2 52. Na3   Kf5 53. Kd2 Ke4 54. Kc2 Nd3 55. Nc4 Nc5 56. Kb2 Kf3 57. Ne5+ Kxg3 58. Nxc6 Kf4     Ka3 Ne4 60. c4 Nd6 61. Na5 Nxc4+ 62. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.24"]   [Round "5.3"]   [White "Matlakov, Maxim"]   [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D55"]   [WhiteElo "2684"]   [BlackElo "2796"]   [PlyCount "146"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1     c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O a6 12. Nd4 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qc2   Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Na4 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. b3 Nb6 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Qe4 Nd5 20. Bd3 f5     Qe5 Nc3 22. Nc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Rc8 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Qe2 Bc6 27.     a4 Qg5 28. f3 Rd6 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. Bc2 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 f4 32. exf4 Qxf4 33. Qd3   Qe5 34. h3 Ke7 35. Bc2 Qc5+ 36. Kh1 a5 37. Qd2 Qe5 38. Bd3 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qd4 40.   Qc2 Kd6 41. Bc4 Be8 42. Kh1 h5 43. Qc1 Bd7 44. Qa3+ Kc7 45. Qc1 Kd6 46. Qa3+   Kc7 47. Qc1 Kb6 48. Qc2 h4 49. Bd3 Bc6 50. Be4 Bd5 51. Kh2 Qe3 52. Bxd5 Qe5+     Kh1 exd5 54. Qc8 Qe1+ 55. Kh2 Qe5+ 56. Kh1 Qd6 57. Qe8 Kc5 58. Qb5+ Kd4 59.     Qxa5 Kd3 60. Qb5+ Kc3 61. Qa5+ Kc2 62. Qe1 d4 63. Qe2+ Kxb3 64. Qd1+ Kb4 65.   Qb1+ Kxa4 66. Qxb7 d3 67. Qb2 d2 68. Qa2+ Kb5 69. Qb2+ Qb4 70. Qc2 Qd4 71. Qb3+   Kc5 72. Qc2+ Kb4 73. Qd1 Qb2 0-1

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.24"]   [Round "5.4"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Dubov, Daniil"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "B35"]   [WhiteElo "2766"]   [BlackElo "2655"]   [PlyCount "99"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.     Bb3 d5 9. exd5 Na5 10. Qf3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Bh5 13. d6 Ng4 14. O-O-O   Qa5 15. dxe7 Rfe8 16. Rde1 Rxe7 17. Kb1 Rae8 18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 g5 20. b4 Qe5     Qxe5 Rxe5 22. e4 Bg6 23. Nf3 R5e7 24. Nxg5 Bxc3 25. bxc3 a5 26. bxa5 Re5   Nf3 Rb5+ 28. Kc1 Rxa5 29. e5 Rc5 30. Kd2 Rd5+ 31. Nd4 Rdxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5   Rb1 Rg5 34. g4 h5 35. gxh5 Rxh5 36. Rxb7 Rxh3 37. c4 Be4 38. Re7 f5 39. c5     Kf8 40. Re5 Rh6 41. Kc3 Kf7 42. Kb4 Rh2 43. c3 Rh4 44. Kb5 Rh3 45. c4 Re3 46.   c6 f4 47. c7 Bb7 48. Rf5+ Ke8 49. Kb6 Bc8 50. Rxf4 1-0

  [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.24"]   [Round "5.5"]   [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]   [Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E12"]   [WhiteElo "2748"]   [BlackElo "2654"]   [PlyCount "75"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4     Bc5 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. b4 Bxf2+ 11. Ke2 Bh4 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 Be7 14. g5 Ng8 15.   Bf4 a6 16. Rd1 h6 17. g6 f5 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Bh2 Nf6 20. Nf7 Qxc4+ 21. Ke1 Qc8     Bg2 Nxe4 23. Nxh8 Nxc3 24. Rd3 Bh4+ 25. Bg3 Bxg2 26. Bxh4 Bxh1 27. Nf7 Kf8   Rxc3 Nc6 29. Bg3 Qe8 30. Bd6+ Kg8 31. Qd2 Ne7 32. Nxh6+ gxh6 33. Qxh6 Qxg6   Rg3 Kf7 35. Rxg6 Nxg6 36. Qh7+ Kf6 37. h4 Nf8 38. Be7+ 1-0

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Pairings of top 10 boards of the 6th round

GM	So Wesley	2775	4	4½	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834
GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796	4	4	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748
GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2648	4	4	GM	Giri Anish	2784
GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646	4	4	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766
GM	Li Chao B	2750	3½	4	GM	Yu Yangyi	2736
GM	Fedoseev Vladimir	2664	3½	3½	GM	Harikrishna P.	2743
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2737	3½	3½	GM	Bologan Viktor	2654
GM	Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son	2642	3½	3½	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2724
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2723	3½	3½	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2646
GM	Al-Sayed Mohammed	2520	3½	3½	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	2710

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