FIDE Grand Prix Series. Sharjah 2017 9th round

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Vachier-Lagrave, Mamedyarov and Grischuk shared 1st-3rd with 5.5 points but Grischuk had a better tie-break, so he was declared the winner.

Results of the last round

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Grischuk Alexander 2742
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2785 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Adams Michael 2751
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2709 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2749
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 4½ 1 – 0 4 GM Hou Yifan 2651
GM Ding Liren 2760 4 1 – 0 4 GM Aronian Levon 2785
GM Rapport Richard 2692 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Li Chao B 2720
GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2709 4 ½ – ½ 3 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2711
GM Eljanov Pavel 2759 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656
GM Riazantsev Alexander 2671 2½ ½ – ½ 3 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2628

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FIDE Grand Prix Series. Sharjah 2017 8th round

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Vachier-Lagrave and Grischuk lead with 5 points.

Results of the 8th round

GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2749 4 ½ – ½ 4½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796
GM Grischuk Alexander 2742 4 1 – 0 4½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2709 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Adams Michael 2751
GM Aronian Levon 2785 3½ ½ – ½ 4 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2785
GM Li Chao B 2720 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Ding Liren 2760
GM Hou Yifan 2651 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Rapport Richard 2692
GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656 3 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2709
GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2628 3 0 – 1 2½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2759
GM Riazantsev Alexander 2671 2 ½ – ½ 2½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2711

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FIDE Grand Prix Series. Sharjah 2017 7th round

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Mamedyarov and Vachier-Lagrave lead with 4.5 points.

Results of the 7th round

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796 4 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2709
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 4 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2749
GM Grischuk Alexander 2742 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Adams Michael 2751
GM Ding Liren 2760 3 ½ – ½ 3½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2785
GM Rapport Richard 2692 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Aronian Levon 2785
GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2709 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Hou Yifan 2651
GM Li Chao B 2720 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2759
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2711 2 ½ – ½ 2½ GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2628
GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656 2 1 – 0 2 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2671

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