FIDE Grand Prix Series, Palma 2017 9th round

Jakovenko and Aronian shared 1st-2nd places with 5,5, but Jakovenko won on tie-break.

Results of the last round

GM Nakamura Hikaru 2780 ½ – ½ 5 GM Aronian Levon 2801
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796 0 – 1 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2721
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2702 ½ – ½ GM Ding Liren 2774
GM Harikrishna P. 2738 ½ – ½ GM Svidler Peter 2763
GM Radjabov Teimour 2741 ½ – ½ GM Rapport Richard 2692
GM Eljanov Pavel 2707 4 ½ – ½ GM Gelfand Boris 2719
GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2629 ½ – ½ 4 GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2683
GM Giri Anish 2762 ½ – ½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2705
GM Riazantsev Alexander 2651 3 ½ – ½ GM Li Chao B 2741

Continue reading

FIDE Grand Prix Series, Palma 2017 8th round

Aronian leads with 5 points.

Results of the 8th round

GM Aronian Levon 2801 ½ – ½ 4 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2702
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2780 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Harikrishna P. 2738
GM Svidler Peter 2763 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Ding Liren 2774
GM Rapport Richard 2692 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2721
GM Inarkiev Ernesto 2683 ½ – ½ 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796
GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2705 3 ½ – ½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2707
GM Li Chao B 2741 1 – 0 GM Giri Anish 2762
GM Gelfand Boris 2719 0 – 1 GM Radjabov Teimour 2741
GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2629 2 ½ – ½ GM Riazantsev Alexander 2651

Continue reading