Qatar Masters Open 2015

By Yelena Dembo | December 23, 2015 - 20:12 |December 23, 2015 Qatar Masters Open 2015

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Li Chao

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Giri, Li Chao, So, Carlsen and Matlakov lead with 3.5 out of 4.

Qatar Masters Open 2015 3rd round

By Yelena Dembo | December 22, 2015 - 20:32 |December 22, 2015 Qatar Masters Open 2015

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Giri-Wojtaszek

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Giri and Li Chao lead the event with 3 points out of 3.

Results of top 10 boards of the 3rd round

GM	Giri Anish	2784	2	1 – 0	2	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2723
GM	Howell David W L	2688	2	½ – ½	2	GM	So Wesley	2775
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639	2	0 – 1	2	GM	Li Chao B	2750
GM	Yu Yangyi	2736	2	½ – ½	2	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646
GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834	1½	1 – 0	2	IM	Yuffa Daniil	2504
GM	Vocaturo Daniele	2597	1½	½ – ½	1½	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796
GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766	1½	½ – ½	1½	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2638
GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748	1½	1 – 0	1½	GM	Lenderman Aleksandr	2626
GM	Piorun Kacper	2637	1½	½ – ½	1½	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2744
GM	Harikrishna P.	2743	1½	½ – ½	1½	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2622

Top 15 players after 3 rounds

1	GM	Giri Anish	NED	2784	3,0
2	GM	Li Chao B	CHN	2750	3,0
3	GM	So Wesley	USA	2775	2,5
4	GM	Howell David W L	ENG	2688	2,5
5	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2748	2,5
6	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	2542	2,5
7	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2736	2,5
8	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2646	2,5
9	GM	Matlakov Maxim	RUS	2684	2,5
10	GM	Carlsen Magnus	NOR	2834	2,5
11	GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	POL	2663	2,5
12	GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2693	2,5
13	GM	Akopian Vladimir	ARM	2648	2,5
14	GM	Dubov Daniil	RUS	2655	2,5
15	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	IND	2648	2,5

A few games of the 3rd round

  [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.22"]   [Round "3.1"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "B91"]   [WhiteElo "2784"]   [BlackElo "2723"]   [PlyCount "119"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2     b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Nb6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. a4 bxa4     Nxa4 Nxa4 16. Rxa4 O-O 17. O-O Bd7 18. Ra5 Rfb8 19. b3 Rb5 20. Qd2 Rxa5 21.     Qxa5 Qd8 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Ra5 Bb7 26. f3 Rc8 27. Ra2   Rc5 28. Kf2 a5 29. Bf1 Kf8 30. Ke3 d5 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. c4 Be6 33. Kd2 Ke7 34.   Bd3 f5 35. h4 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kc3 Kf6 38. Ra1 Bc8 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Rh5 Kg6     Rh8 Kg7 42. Rd8 Kf6 43. Rd6+ Be6 44. Ra6 Ke7 45. Rb6 Kf7 46. Ra6 Ke7 47.     Be2 Kf7 48. g4 Ke7 49. Rb6 Kf7 50. Rd6 Ke7 51. Ra6 fxg4 52. fxg4 Kf7 53. Ra7+   Kf6 54. Bf3 Bf7 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Bc6 Be6 57. Bb5 Bxg4 58. Rxa5 Bf3 59. Ra7+ Kf6     Bd7 1-0

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.22"]   [Round "3.2"]   [White "Howell, David W L"]   [Black "So, Wesley"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B40"]   [WhiteElo "2688"]   [BlackElo "2775"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O     O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. a3 b6 11. Qe2 dxe5 12. dxe5 Bb7 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15.   Bxc3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qc5 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 g6 21.   g3 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxa7 Rd2 24. Qa8+ Kg7 25. Qf3 Rxb2 26. h4 h5 27.   Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qd8+ Qf8 29. Rd1 Qxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Rb8 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.22"]   [Round "3.3"]   [White "Sethuraman, S.P."]   [Black "Li, Chao b"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D20"]   [WhiteElo "2639"]   [BlackElo "2750"]   [PlyCount "52"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 Nc6 5. d5 Na5 6. Be2 c6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. e4     Bb4 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nf3 cxd5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxd5 Bg4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 b6     Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rc5 17. Qd3 Be6 18. Qd2 h6 19. Ba6 Qg6 20. Qe2 Bg4 21.     Kh1 Qc6 22. Qd3 f5 23. exf5 b5 24. f6 Rxf6 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Qxa5 Bxf3 0-1

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.22"]   [Round "3.4"]   [White "Yu, Yangyi"]   [Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2736"]   [BlackElo "2646"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.     O-O Qe7 9. Qe1 Nd7 10. Qc3 f6 11. Nfd2 a5 12. a4 Nc5 13. Nc4 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 O-O     Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qf7 17. Qc3 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. dxc4 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Kf7   Kf2 c5 22. Ke2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ke7 24. Rd5 b6 25. Kf3 h5 26. Kg3 g5 27. Kf3     Rd8 28. Rxd8 Kxd8 29. g4 h4 30. h3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.22"]   [Round "3.5"]   [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E62"]   [WhiteElo "2834"]   [BlackElo "2504"]   [PlyCount "53"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 Bf5 8. Bg5     Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. exf3 Nd4 12. Re1 Re8 13. Re4 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6     h4 Qb6 16. Rb1 a5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. h5 e5 19. Qd2 Nd4 20. h6 f5 21. Rxd4 exd4   Bxd4 Bf8 23. Bc3 Qxc4 24. f4 Re4 25. b3 Qc5 26. Ba1 d5 27. Rc1 1-0

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 4th round

GM	Li Chao B	2750	3	3	GM	Giri Anish	2784
GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	2663	2½	2½	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834
GM	So Wesley	2775	2½	2½	GM	Akopian Vladimir	2648
GM	Dubov Daniil	2655	2½	2½	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748
GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2648	2½	2½	GM	Yu Yangyi	2736
GM	Ni Hua	2693	2½	2½	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2646
GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646	2½	2½	GM	Howell David W L	2688
GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2542	2½	2½	GM	Matlakov Maxim	2684
GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796	2	2	GM	Naroditsky Daniel	2628
GM	Piorun Kacper	2637	2	2	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766

View the full standings and pairings here.

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Qatar Masters Open 2015 2nd round

By Yelena Dembo | December 21, 2015 - 20:53 |December 21, 2015 Qatar Masters Open 2015

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Playing Hall

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Nine players lead with perfect score after 2 rounds.

Results of top 10 boards

GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Piorun Kacper	2637
GM	Grandelius Nils	2632	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Giri Anish	2784
GM	So Wesley	2775	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Naroditsky Daniel	2628
GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2622	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766
GM	Li Chao B	2750	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Ipatov Alexander	2619
GM	Zhang Zhong	2619	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748
GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2744	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Bluebaum Matthias	2590
GM	Bok Benjamin	2594	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Yu Yangyi	2736
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2723	1	1 – 0	1	IM	Lin Chen	2532
GM	Rambaldi Francesco	2560	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Korobov Anton	2713

Top 15 players after 2 rounds

1	4	GM	So Wesley	USA	2775	2,0
2	3	GM	Giri Anish	NED	2784	2,0
3	11	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2736	2,0
4	14	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2723	2,0
5	66	IM	Yuffa Daniil	RUS	2504	2,0
6	6	GM	Li Chao B	CHN	2750	2,0
7	20	GM	Howell David W L	ENG	2688	2,0
8	34	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	POL	2646	2,0
9	37	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2639	2,0
10	7	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	AZE	2748	1,5
11	15	GM	Korobov Anton	UKR	2713	1,5
12	17	GM	Ponomariov Ruslan	UKR	2710	1,5
13	21	GM	Matlakov Maxim	RUS	2684	1,5
14	26	GM	Dubov Daniil	RUS	2655	1,5
15	35	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2644	1,5

A few games of the round

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.21"]   [Round "2.1"]   [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]   [Black "Piorun, Kacper"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2796"]   [BlackElo "2637"]   [PlyCount "154"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. Re1     Re8 9. Na3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 Re7 13. e4 Bg4 14. Qb3 c6 15.   exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 cxd5 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Nc7 Rd8     Bg5 f6 22. Be3 Bxa4 23. Ra1 b5 24. Ne6 Ra8 25. Ra3 Kf7 26. Nxg7 Bc2 27. Bh6     g5 28. Ra1 Kg6 29. Ne6 Kxh6 30. Nd4 Bg6 31. Nxb5 Rb8 32. Rxa5 Bd3 33. Nd6 Rxb2     Rxd5 Be2 35. Nf5+ Kg6 36. Nd4 Ba6 37. Rd8 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Bb7+ 39. f3 h5 40.     h3 Rb2+ 41. Kg1 Rd2 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Rb8 Bd5 44. Rb5 Ba2 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4   Kg6 47. Rc5 Bf7 48. f4 Ra2 49. f5+ Kg7 50. Rc7 Kf8 51. Rc8+ Ke7 52. Rc7+ Kf8     c4 Rd2 54. Rc8+ Be8 55. Rd8 Rd1+ 56. Kf2 Rc1 57. Rc8 Ke7 58. Ke3 Bd7 59.     Rc5 Rh1 60. Ra5 Rh3+ 61. Ke4 Rxh4+ 62. Kd5 Rh1 63. Nc6+ Kf7 64. Ra7 Rd1+ 65.   Nd4 Ke8 66. Ra8+ Ke7 67. c5 Bxf5 68. Ra7+ Ke8 69. Ra8+ Kf7 70. c6 h4 71. c7 h3     Rh8 Kg7 73. Rh4 Bc8 74. Kc5 Rc1+ 75. Kd6 Rd1 76. Kc5 Bd7 77. Kd6 Bc8     1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.21"]   [Round "2.2"]   [White "Grandelius, Nils"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "B90"]   [WhiteElo "2632"]   [BlackElo "2784"]   [PlyCount "80"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4     Be7 9. f5 Bd7 10. Be3 b5 11. Qf3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15.   Bd3 Bb5 16. h4 Qd8 17. g4 Nd7 18. g5 h6 19. Rg1 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rh5     Qg3 Qc7 23. O-O-O Rc8 24. Rd2 a5 25. Kb1 a4 26. Nc1 Qc4 27. Qf3 Rh4 28. f6     g6 29. Rh1 Nc5 30. Rdh2 Ne4 31. Qd1 Rxh2 32. Rxh2 Kd7 33. Qg1 Qxd5 34. Qa7+ Ke6   35. Qg1 Kd7 36. Qa7+ Ke6 37. Qg1 Qc4 38. Re2 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. cxb3 Qxe2 0-1

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.21"]   [Round "2.3"]   [White "So, Wesley"]   [Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D02"]   [WhiteElo "2775"]   [BlackElo "2628"]   [PlyCount "139"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3     Ne4 9. Bc1 O-O 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Qe7 13. Qb2 b6 14. e3 Bb7 15.   Rac1 Rfc8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Qf8 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nc3 Qd6 21.   Bf1 b5 22. a3 Rc6 23. Na2 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Qc7 25. Nd3 Bc8 26. Nfe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5   Kf8 28. f3 Qc3 29. Qxc3 Nxc3 30. Bd3 Ke7 31. Kf2 Kd6 32. g4 a5 33. h4 b4 34.   axb4 axb4 35. Bc2 Ba6 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Bxf5 Nd1+ 38. Ke1 Nxe3 39. Bxh7 Ng2+     Kf2 Nf4 41. Ke3 Ng2+ 42. Kf2 Nf4 43. Bc2 Bb5 44. Ke3 Ng2+ 45. Kf2 Nf4 46.     Ng4 Ke6 47. Bd1 Nd3+ 48. Ke3 Ne1 49. Kf4 Ng2+ 50. Kg3 Ne1 51. Ne3 g6 52. f4 Ba6     Bg4+ Kd6 54. f5 gxf5 55. Nxf5+ Ke6 56. Ne3+ Kf7 57. Nxd5 Nc2 58. Nc7 Bd3   Ne6 Ne3 60. Nc5 Bc2 61. Kf4 Ng2+ 62. Kg5 Ne3 63. Kf4 Ng2+ 64. Kg5 Ne3 65.     Be6+ Ke7 66. h5 Bh7 67. h6 Nc2 68. Bf5 Bxf5 69. Kxf5 Nxd4+ 70. Ke4 1-0

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.21"]   [Round "2.4"]   [White "Salem, A.R. Saleh"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2622"]   [BlackElo "2766"]   [PlyCount "114"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4     g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. Kh1 Qg6 12. Bc4 a6 13. b4 Ba7 14. a4 Kg7 15. b5   Nxg3+ 16. fxg3 Na5 17. Ba2 f5 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. exf5 Qh5 21. d4   Bxf5 22. dxe5 Qg6 23. Bb1 Nc6 24. exd6 cxd6 25. g4 Bxb1 26. Raxb1 Bc5 27. Rb7+   Kh8 28. h3 Rfe8 29. Qc4 Na5 30. Qf7 Qxf7 31. Rxf7 Re2 32. Rb1 Kg8 33. Rc7 Rae8     Nf1 R2e7 35. Rxe7 Rxe7 36. Ng3 Rb7 37. Rd1 Nc4 38. Nd4 Ne3 39. Re1 Nd5 40.     Ngf5 Nxc3 41. Re6 Rb4 42. Nxh6+ Kf8 43. Nf3 Ne4 44. Nf5 Rxa4 45. Kh2 a5 46. h4   gxh4 47. g5 Bf2 48. Kh3 Bg3 49. Nxg3 hxg3 50. Rh6 Kg7 51. Kg4 Nf6+ 52. Kxg3   Rg4+ 53. Kh3 Rxg5 54. Nxg5 Kxh6 55. Nf7+ Kg6 56. Nxd6 a4 57. Nb5 Kf5 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.21"]   [Round "2.5"]   [White "Li, Chao b"]   [Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A15"]   [WhiteElo "2750"]   [BlackElo "2619"]   [PlyCount "135"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.     Bb3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Bg4 11. d5 N8d7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc5 14. Rd1   Nxb3 15. axb3 Nc8 16. Be3 a6 17. b4 Nd6 18. Na4 Nc4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 b5     Nc5 a5 22. Qf4 axb4 23. Rad1 Nd6 24. Rxb4 Qc8 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qc2 27.     Rde1 Rad8 28. Rd4 Qxb2 29. Rxe7 b4 30. Kh2 b3 31. Rb7 Qc2 32. Rd2 Qc5 33. Qe5   Rde8 34. Qb2 Qd6+ 35. g3 h5 36. Rxb3 Rb8 37. Qa3 Qxa3 38. Rxa3 Rfd8 39. Kg2 Rb5     Rad3 Kg7 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. Ke4 Ra8 43. h4 Ke7 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. Rd4 Rd8 46. f3     Rg8 47. Rc2 Rd8 48. Rc6+ Ke7 49. Ke5 Rd7 50. g4 hxg4 51. fxg4 Ra5 52. Rc8 Rb5     Ra8 Rc5 54. Rh8 Rc1 55. Rd3 Re1+ 56. Kf4 Kf6 57. Rc8 Rf1+ 58. Ke4 Rg1 59.     d6 Rxg4+ 60. Kd5 Ra4 61. Rf3+ Kg7 62. Rc7 Ra5+ 63. Kc6 Rd8 64. Rfxf7+ Kg8 65.   Rg7+ Kh8 66. Rh7+ Kg8 67. Rcg7+ Kf8 68. Ra7 1-0

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 3rd round

GM	Giri Anish	2784	2	2	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2723
GM	Howell David W L	2688	2	2	GM	So Wesley	2775
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639	2	2	GM	Li Chao B	2750
GM	Yu Yangyi	2736	2	2	GM	Swiercz Dariusz	2646
GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834	1½	2	IM	Yuffa Daniil	2504
GM	Vocaturo Daniele	2597	1½	1½	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796
GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766	1½	1½	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2638
GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748	1½	1½	GM	Lenderman Aleksandr	2626
GM	Piorun Kacper	2637	1½	1½	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2744
GM	Harikrishna P.	2743	1½	1½	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2622

View the pairings and the results here.

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Qatar Masters Open 2015 1st round

By Yelena Dembo | December 20, 2015 - 20:23 |December 20, 2015 Qatar Masters Open 2015

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Batsiashvili

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The 1st round is over and most top players have won their games. The hero of the round was definitely Georgian IM Nino Batsiashvili who held the World Champion Magnus Carlsen to a draw!

Results of the top 10 games


1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834	0	½ – ½	0	IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2498
2	GM	Khotenashvili Bela	2496	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796
3	GM	Giri Anish	2784	0	1 – 0	0	IM	Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan	2494
4	WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	2493	0	0 – 1	0	GM	So Wesley	2775
5	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766	0	1 – 0	0	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2490
6	GM	Shoker Samy	2489	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Li Chao B	2750
7	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748	0	1 – 0	0	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2488
8	IM	Sanal Vahap	2487	0	0 – 1	0	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2744
9	GM	Harikrishna P.	2743	0	½ – ½	0	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2486
10	IM	Tabatabaei M.Amin	2482	0	½ – ½	0	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2737

Top 5 games of the round

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.20"]   [Round "1.1"]   [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2834"]   [BlackElo "2498"]   [PlyCount "114"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 d4 5. b4 cxb4 6. a3 b3 7. Qxb3 Nc6 8. O-O     e5 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. a4 Na5 14. Qd3 Be6 15.   Na3 Bxa3 16. Bxa3 Bxc4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bd5 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rc1 b6 21.   Bf1 Bb7 22. Nf5 Rd8 23. d4 Nd5 24. Bg2 g6 25. Nd6 Ba8 26. h4 h5 27. Re1 Bc6 28.   Re5 Nf6 29. Rxa5 Bxg2 30. Rxa7 Bd5 31. Ra6 Nd7 32. Nb5 Re8 33. Bb4 Re2 34. Ra7   Nf6 35. Kf1 Rb2 36. Bc3 Rc2 37. Rc7 Ng4 38. Ke1 Rxf2 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Rd8 Bf3     Re8 f6 42. Re7+ Kg8 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Bd2 Rg2 46. Bf4 g5 47.     hxg5 fxg5 48. Bxg5 Rxg3 49. Nc3 Bc6 50. Kd2 Rg2+ 51. Re2 Nf2 52. d5 Bxd5 53.   Nxd5 Ne4+ 54. Ke3 Rxe2+ 55. Kxe2 Nxg5 56. Nxb6 Ne6 57. a5 Nc7 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.20"]   [Round "1.2"]   [White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]   [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E10"]   [WhiteElo "2496"]   [BlackElo "2796"]   [PlyCount "118"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O     dxc4 9. e4 Be7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Rfd1 Bb7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. h4 h6 14. Bf4 Re8 15.   Bh3 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17. b3 c5 18. Ne5 cxb3 19. axb3 cxd4 20. Nb2 d3 21. Nbxd3   Qb6 22. Nc4 Qb5 23. Bg2 a5 24. Bd6 e5 25. Qe3 Bd8 26. Ndb2 Nb6 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28.   Bxc5 Nxc4 29. Nxc4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxb4 Bxh4 32. Rxa5 Bf6 33. Re1 Rab8     Ra4 Ng5 35. Kg2 e4 36. Nd6 Re6 37. Nc4 Nf3 38. Rb1 Bd4 39. Bd6 Rb5 40. Ra8+     Kh7 41. Ra2 g5 42. g4 f5 43. gxf5 Nh4+ 44. Kg1 Nxf5 45. Bh2 e3 46. fxe3 Nxe3     Rd2 Bc5 48. Rd7+ Kg6 49. Ne5+ Kh5 50. Nd3 Bb6 51. Kh1 Ng4 52. b4 Re2 53.     Bg1 Bxg1 54. Kxg1 Kh4 55. Nc5 Ne5 56. Rd6 Kg3 57. Rxh6 Nf3+ 58. Kh1 Rxb4 59.   Rf1 Rh4+ 0-1

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.20"]   [Round "1.3"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A28"]   [WhiteElo "2784"]   [BlackElo "2494"]   [PlyCount "59"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 d6 8.     Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Qc2 e4 10. Ng1 d5 11. a3 Bf8 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Ne2 Bf5 14. b4 a5     Nc3 Qe6 16. b5 Ne5 17. Nxe4 Nd7 18. d3 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Nc5 20. Bb2 Rad8 21.     Rc1 Nxe4 22. Bd3 Nxf2 23. Bxh7+ Kg7 24. O-O Nd3 25. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Rxd3 27.   Rxf6 Kg8 28. Rcf1 Qe2 29. Qc4 Rd7 30. Rg6+ 1-0

   [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]   [Site "Doha QAT"]   [Date "2015.12.20"]   [Round "1.4"]   [White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]   [Black "So, Wesley"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2493"]   [BlackElo "2775"]   [PlyCount "122"]   [EventDate "2015.12.20"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O     Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 h6 14. Qb3 Ne8 15.   g4 Qxb3 16. axb3 Nc6 17. Ra1 Rab8 18. Bg3 a6 19. h3 Nb4 20. e3 g5 21. Ne1 Bxg2     Kxg2 Rb6 23. Na4 Rb7 24. Nc3 Nf6 25. Nf3 Kf8 26. Rad1 Rbd7 27. Kf1 Ke8 28.     Ke2 Nc6 29. Ra1 Nb4 30. Rad1 Nc6 31. Ra1 a5 32. Rdd1 Rb7 33. Nd2 d5 34. Nb5 Kf8     Bc7 Ra8 36. Ra4 Ne8 37. Bg3 Rd8 38. Nb1 d4 39. f3 Rdd7 40. Bf2 e5 41. Nd2     Nd6 42. Nxd6 Rxd6 43. Ne4 Rd8 44. Nd2 Kg7 45. Raa1 Kg6 46. Rh1 Bf6 47. e4 Rdb8     h4 d3+ 49. Kxd3 gxh4 50. Bxc5 Bg5 51. Bd6 Rd7 52. c5 Rb5 53. Kc4 Rb4+ 54.     Kc3 Rdb7 55. Ra4 Bxd2+ 56. Kxd2 Rxb3 57. Rxh4 Rxf3 58. Ra2 Rbb3 59. Bf8 Nb4 60.   Rxh6+ Kg5 61. Ra3 Rxb2+ 0-1

 [Event "Qatar Masters Open 2015"]  [Site "Doha QAT"]  [Date "2015.12.20"]  [Round "1.5"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Ezat, Mohamed"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B48"]  [WhiteElo "2766"]  [BlackElo "2490"]  [PlyCount "45"]  [EventDate "2015.12.20"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 b5 8.  Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qg3 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O h5 14. h4 Be7  15. Be2 b4 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. Qxf7 Bxh4 19. Rd4 Rhf8 20. Qh7 Rg8  21. Bf1 Bg5 22. f4 Rh8 23. Rc4+ 1-0

Top 10 pairings of the 2nd round

GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796	1	1	GM	Piorun Kacper	2637
GM	Grandelius Nils	2632	1	1	GM	Giri Anish	2784
GM	So Wesley	2775	1	1	GM	Naroditsky Daniel	2628
GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2622	1	1	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766
GM	Li Chao B	2750	1	1	GM	Ipatov Alexander	2619
GM	Zhang Zhong	2619	1	1	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748
GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2744	1	1	GM	Bluebaum Matthias	2590
GM	Bok Benjamin	2594	1	1	GM	Yu Yangyi	2736
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2723	1	1	IM	Lin Chen	2532
GM	Rambaldi Francesco	2560	1	1	GM	Korobov Anton	2713

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Qatar Masters Open 2015

By Yelena Dembo | December 20, 2015 - 11:20 |December 20, 2015 Qatar Masters Open 2015

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Opening ceremony

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The pairings of the 1st round are out and here are the top 10 boards:

1	GM	Carlsen Magnus	2834	IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2498
2	GM	Khotenashvili Bela	2496	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2796
3	GM	Giri Anish	2784	IM	Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan	2494
4	WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	2493	GM	So Wesley	2775
5	GM	Karjakin Sergey	2766	IM	Ezat Mohamed	2490
6	GM	Shoker Samy	2489	GM	Li Chao B	2750
7	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2748	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2488
8	IM	Sanal Vahap	2487	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2744
9	GM	Harikrishna P.	2743	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2486
10	IM	Tabatabaei M.Amin	2482	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2737

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