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Anand played a wonderful positional game against Aronian and was the only player to win yesterday.
Results of the 1st round
Andreikin 1/2 Kramnik
Karjakin 1/2 Svidler
Mamedyarov 1/2 Topalov
Anand 1-0 Aronian
Today’s pairings
Kramnik – Karjakin
Svidler – Andreikin
Topalov – Anand
Aronian – Mamedyarov
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Motylev looks unstoppable in this event! He won against Smirin and now leads with 8.5 points out of 10 games. Five players are on 7.5.
Results of top 10 boards of 10th round
1 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2656 7½ 1 – 0 7 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2644
2 GM Solak Dragan TUR 2610 7 ½ – ½ 6½ GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2713
3 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2655 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2712
4 GM Navara David CZE 2700 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2617
5 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2641 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2682
6 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2633 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2681
7 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2613 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2676
8 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2661 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2574
9 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2650 6 0 – 1 6 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2723
10 GM Balogh Csaba HUN 2651 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2723
Top 10 players after 10 rounds
1 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2656 8.5 2897 28.2
2 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2641 7.5 2804 21.5
3 GM Solak Dragan TUR 2610 7.5 2786 24.0
4 GM Navara David CZE 2700 7.5 2774 9.3
5 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2661 7.5 2701 6.0
6 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2655 7.5 2709 7.3
7 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2633 7.0 2767 18.7
8 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2613 7.0 2758 20.2
9 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2559 7.0 2738 25.4
10 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2723 7.0 2763 5.5
Pairings of top 10 boards of the 11th (last) rounds
1 GM Navara David CZE 2700 7½ – 8½ GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2656
2 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2661 7½ – 7½ GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2641
3 GM Solak Dragan TUR 2610 7½ – 7½ GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2655
4 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2723 7 – 7 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2633
5 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2713 7 – 7 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2613
6 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2676 7 – 7 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2709
7 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2644 7 – 7 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2681
8 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2681 7 – 7 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2643
9 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2559 7 – 6½ GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2716
10 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2723 6½ – 6½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2642
The tournament was officially open yesterday in Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) and games will start today.
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Pairings of the 1st round
GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS – GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS
GM Karjakin Sergey RUS – GM Svidler Peter RUS
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE – GM Topalov Veselin BUL
GM Anand Viswanathan IND – GM Aronian Levon ARM
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Motylev drew Moiseenko and is leading with 7.5 points. Solak and Smirin are on 7.
Results of top 10 boards of 9th round
1 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2712 6 ½ – ½ 7 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2656
2 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2713 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2633
3 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2641 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Navara David CZE 2700
4 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2682 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2613
5 GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2617 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2681
6 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2650 6 0 – 1 6 GM Solak Dragan TUR 2610
7 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2559 6 0 – 1 6 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2644
8 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2723 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Balogh Csaba HUN 2651
9 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2723 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2653
10 GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2652 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2709
Top 10 players after 9th round
1 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2656 7.5 2869 23.4
2 GM Solak Dragan TUR 2610 7.0 2800 22.6
3 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2644 7.0 2792 16.6
4 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2633 6.5 2776 18.0
5 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2613 6.5 2767 19.3
6 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2641 6.5 2769 15.9
7 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2713 6.5 2775 7.5
8 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2574 6.5 2725 19.7
9 GM Navara David CZE 2700 6.5 2743 5.4
10 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2676 6.5 2737 8.0
Pairings of top 10 boards of the 10th round
1 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2656 7½ – 7 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2644
2 GM Solak Dragan TUR 2610 7 – 6½ GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2713
3 GM Lysyj Igor RUS 2655 6½ – 6½ GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2712
4 GM Navara David CZE 2700 6½ – 6½ GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2617
5 GM Fedoseev Vladimir RUS 2641 6½ – 6½ GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2682
6 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2633 6½ – 6½ GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2681
7 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2613 6½ – 6½ GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2676
8 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2661 6½ – 6½ GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2574
9 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2650 6 – 6 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2723
10 GM Balogh Csaba HUN 2651 6 – 6 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2723
