World Chess Championship 2016

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So far the match proved to be really tough for both players – tons of interesting ideas, a few inaccuracies, missed opportunities (they are also human :)). Lets see what the next games bring.

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European Club Cup 2016 Open Section last round

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Results of the top 3 matches

2  AlkaloidRtgFED–8  SHSM Legacy Square MoscowRtgFED3 : 3
GM
Ding, Liren
2764CHN–GM
Inarkiev, Ernesto
2714RUS½ – ½
GM
Andreikin, Dmitry
2736RUS–GM
Dubov, Daniil
2648RUS½ – ½
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2757UKR–GM
Malakhov, Vladimir
2698RUS½ – ½
GM
Jakovenko, Dmitry
2709RUS–GM
Grachev, Boris
2632RUS½ – ½
GM
Yu, Yangyi
2721CHN–GM
Najer, Evgeniy
2683RUS½ – ½
GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2702UKR–GM
Popov, Ivan
2596RUS½ – ½
4  Mednyi VsadnikRtgFED–1  SyberiaRtgFED3 : 3
GM
Svidler, Peter
2742RUS–GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2810RUS½ – ½
GM
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2752CUB–GM
Giri, Anish
2767NED0 – 1
GM
Vitiugov, Nikita
2718RUS–GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2751RUS½ – ½
GM
Bu, Xiangzhi
2698CHN–GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2722RUS½ – ½
GM
Matlakov, Maxim
2691RUS–GM
Li, Chao B
2730CHN½ – ½
GM
Fedoseev, Vladimir
2673RUS–GM
Rublevsky, Sergei
2689RUS1 – 0
9  Odlar YurduRtgFED–6  VSK Sveti Nikolaj SrpskiRtgFED3½:2½
GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2684AZE–GM
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2762AZE½ – ½
GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2696AZE–GM
Rapport, Richard
2730HUN1 – 0
GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2686AZE–GM
Morozevich, Alexander
2683RUS1 – 0
GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2694AZE–GM
Ivanisevic, Ivan
2645SRB½ – ½
GM
Sutovsky, Emil
2625ISR–GM
Markus, Robert
2652SRB0 – 1
GM
Durarbayli, Vasif
2606AZE–GM
Perunovic, Milos
2616SRB½ – ½

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European Club Cup 2016 Open Section 6th round

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Results of top 3 matches

1  SyberiaRtgFED–2  AlkaloidRtgFED3 : 3
GM
Kramnik, Vladimir
2810RUS–GM
Ding, Liren
2764CHN½ – ½
GM
Giri, Anish
2767NED–GM
Andreikin, Dmitry
2736RUS½ – ½
GM
Grischuk, Alexander
2751RUS–GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2757UKR½ – ½
GM
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2722RUS–GM
Jakovenko, Dmitry
2709RUS½ – ½
GM
Korobov, Anton
2689UKR–GM
Yu, Yangyi
2721CHN½ – ½
GM
Rublevsky, Sergei
2689RUS–GM
Kryvoruchko, Yuriy
2702UKR½ – ½
4  Mednyi VsadnikRtgFED–12  Beer Sheva Chess ClubRtgFED5 : 1
GM
Svidler, Peter
2742RUS–GM
Postny, Evgeny
2616ISR½ – ½
GM
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2752CUB–GM
Roiz, Michael
2605ISR½ – ½
GM
Vitiugov, Nikita
2718RUS–GM
Huzman, Alexander
2567ISR1 – 0
GM
Bu, Xiangzhi
2698CHN–GM
Mikhalevski, Victor
2508ISR1 – 0
GM
Matlakov, Maxim
2691RUS–GM
Khmelniker, Ilya
2489ISR1 – 0
GM
Rodshtein, Maxim
2696ISR–IM
Sidorenko, Ilya
2413ISR1 – 0
3  OR PadovaRtgFED–9  Odlar YurduRtgFED3 : 3
GM
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2811FRA–GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2684AZE1 – 0
GM
Aronian, Levon
2795ARM–GM
Radjabov, Teimour
2696AZE½ – ½
GM
Gelfand, Boris
2720ISR–GM
Guseinov, Gadir
2629AZE½ – ½
GM
Leko, Peter
2693HUN–GM
Naiditsch, Arkadij
2686AZE½ – ½
GM
Bacrot, Etienne
2691FRA–GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2694AZE½ – ½
GM
David, Alberto
2574ITA–GM
Sutovsky, Emil
2625ISR0 – 1

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