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By Yelena Dembo | January 28, 2016 - 06:24 |January 28, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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White to move and win material

Wijk aan Zee A 2016

By Yelena Dembo | January 27, 2016 - 06:47 |January 27, 2016 Wijk aan Zee A 2016

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Carlsen-Adams (Photo by Alina l’Ami)

Carlsen leads with 6.5 points, Caruana is 2nd with 5.5, while Ding, Wei, So and Giri have 5 points.

Results of the 9th round

Caruana, F. – Karjakin, S.	½-½
Wei, Y. – Navara, D.	1-0
Mamedyarov, S. – Ding, L.	½-½
Van Wely, L. – So, W.	½-½
Tomashevsky, E. – Hou, Y.	½-½
Eljanov, P. – Giri, A.	½-½
Carlsen, M. – Adams, M.	1-0

Standings after the 9th round

1	Carlsen, M.	6.5 / 9	2844
2	Caruana, F.	5.5 / 9	2787
3	So, W.	5.0 / 9	2773
4	Wei, Y.	5.0 / 9	2706
5	Giri, A.	5.0 / 9	2798
6	Ding, L.	5.0 / 9	2766
7	Karjakin, S.	4.5 / 9	2769
8	Eljanov, P.	4.5 / 9	2760
9	Mamedyarov, S.	4.5 / 9	2747
10	Navara, D.	4.0 / 9	2730
11	Hou, Y.	4.0 / 9	2673
12	Tomashevsky, E.	3.5 / 9	2728
13	Van Wely, L.	3.5 / 9	2640
14	Adams, M.	2.5 / 9	2744

Games of the round

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "9.1"]   [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Black "Adams, Michael"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C50"]   [WhiteElo "2844"]   [BlackElo "2744"]   [PlyCount "131"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 O-O   Nc2 Re8 10. Re1 Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 Be6 15.     Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Ne3 Nc8 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. N3xd4 Re5 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Qc2   c6 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Ndf5 Rd8 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. f4 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Ree8 27. h3 Rd7     Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Qf2 30. Qd3 Nxf4 31. Qf3 Nxh3 32. Re2 Qxf3 33. gxf3 Ng5   Kg2 Ne6 35. Red2 g6 36. Nf1 h5 37. Ne3 h4 38. Nc4 g5 39. Nxa5 g4 40. Nxb7     g3 41. Nd6 Rg8 42. Nf5 Nf4+ 43. Kh1 h3 44. a5 N6h5 45. a6 Ne6 46. a7 Ra8 47.   Ra1 Ng5 48. Nh4 Nf4 49. b4 g2+ 50. Nxg2 hxg2+ 51. Rxg2 Nxg2 52. Kxg2 Ne6 53. c4   Nc7 54. Kg3 Kg6 55. Kf4 Kf6 56. e5+ Ke7 57. Ke4 f6 58. f4 fxe5 59. Kxe5 Ne8 60.   f5 Nd6 61. f6+ Kd7 62. Rd1 Re8+ 63. Kd4 Kc7 64. Re1 Nf5+ 65. Kc3 Ra8 66. f7 1-0

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "9.2"]   [White "Eljanov, Pavel"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E04"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2798"]   [PlyCount "95"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8.     Nxc4 Bc5 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. e3 e5 14. exd4 Bg4     h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxd4 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. b4 axb4   Qxb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 Rd7 23. Rc5 Re8 24. Rd1 g6 25. Rc4 d3 26. Kf1 Re6 27. g4     h6 28. h4 Re5 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. bxc5 Rc7 31. Rxd3 Nd7 32. Rd6 Nxc5 33. Rb6 Kg7     Kg2 f6 35. Kg3 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rb5 Kf7 38. Rb6 Ke7 39. Rb5 Kd6 40.     Rb6+ Ke5 41. Rb5 Kd4 42. Rb6 Rf7 43. Rd6+ Kc3 44. Rb6 Kd4 45. Rd6+ Kc4 46. Rb6   Kc3 47. Kg2 Kc4 48. Kg3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "9.3"]   [White "Wei, Yi"]   [Black "Navara, David"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2706"]   [BlackElo "2730"]   [PlyCount "55"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.     Qe2 Re8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. h4 c5 11. h5 h6 12. O-O-O Nb8 13. Rdg1 Nc6 14. g4 f6 15.   g5 fxg5 16. Nxg5 Nd4 17. Qd1 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Be7 19. Be3 Bf6 20. h6 Re7 21. hxg7   Rxg7 22. Qh5 Be6 23. Bh6 Bf7 24. Bxg7 Bxh5 25. Bxf6+ Kf8 26. Bxd8 Ne2+ 27. Kb1   Nxg1 28. Bxc7 1-0

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "9.4"]   [White "Van Wely, Loek"]   [Black "So, Wesley"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D38"]   [WhiteElo "2640"]   [BlackElo "2773"]   [PlyCount "50"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.     Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Rfc1 Bd6 13. a3 g5 14. Qd1 Rad8     Na4 Bc8 16. Nc5 Rfe8 17. Rc3 Ne7 18. Rac1 Nf5 19. Nd2 Re7 20. b4 Kg7 21.     Nf1 Rh8 22. Bh5 c6 23. a4 Rc7 24. Nd2 Re8 25. h3 Qe7 1/2-1/2

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "9.5"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C65"]   [WhiteElo "2787"]   [BlackElo "2769"]   [PlyCount "119"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.     Qe2 Re8 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. h4 Nf8 11. h5 Ne6 12. O-O-O c5 13. Qf1 f6 14. Nh4 Nd4     c3 Nc6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 h6 18. g4 Bf8 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Qc2     Kh7 22. Qb3 a6 23. Nd2 Na5 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Kb1 Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Ne4 c4     b4 Nc6 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. a4 Rd8 31. Rd1 Kg8 32. Kb2 Kf7 33. a5 b6 34. axb6     cxb6 35. Ra1 d2 36. Nxd2 a5 37. b5 Na7 38. c4 Nc8 39. Ne4 Bb4 40. Kc2 Ke8 41.   Rd1 Rxd1 42. Kxd1 Kd7 43. Kc2 Kc7 44. c5 a4 45. f3 bxc5 46. Nxc5 Bxc5 47. Bxc5   Nd6 48. b6+ Kc6 49. b7 Nxb7 50. Bf8 Nd6 51. Bxg7 Nf7 52. Bxf6 a3 53. Bh4 Kd5     Be1 a2 55. Kb2 Kd4 56. Bd2 Kd3 57. Bc1 Ke2 58. f4 exf4 59. Bxf4 Kf3 60.     Bxh6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "9.6"]   [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]   [Black "Ding, Liren"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D47"]   [WhiteElo "2747"]   [BlackElo "2766"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3     Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 bxa3 13. O-O axb2 14. Bxb2 a5     Qb3 Bb4 16. Ba3 c5 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. dxc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5   Bc6 Ra7 22. Bxd5 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 exd5 24. Rd1 Ke6 25. Rb1 Rc8 26. Rb5 a4 27.     Rb4 Rxc5 28. Rbxa4 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Rc6 30. Kg2 Rb6 1/2-1/2

  [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "9.7"]   [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]   [Black "Hou, Yifan"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E53"]   [WhiteElo "2728"]   [BlackElo "2673"]   [PlyCount "93"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4     dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Nd5     f3 e5 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Bb7 19. d5 f5 20. Be3 Rc8 21. a4     a5 22. Qd3 Rf6 23. Qa3 Ba6 24. Bf2 Rh6 25. h3 Rg6 26. Qe7 h5 27. h4 Qd8 28.   Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Kh2 Kf7 30. Rc3 Re8 31. Bg3 Nc5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Bxe5 Nxa4 34.   Ra3 Nc5 35. Bd4 Nd7 36. Kg1 Rh6 37. Kf2 Rh8 38. Re3 Rc8 39. d6 Re8 40. Rxe8   Kxe8 41. Bxg7 Kf7 42. Bb2 f4 43. Ke2 b5 44. cxb5 Bxb5+ 45. Kd1 Ke6 46. Ne4 Nb6     Bc1 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 10th round

Karjakin, S. – Adams, M.
Giri, A. – Carlsen, M.
Hou, Y. – Eljanov, P.
So, W. – Tomashevsky, E.
Ding, L. – Van Wely, L.
Navara, D. – Mamedyarov, S.
Caruana, F. – Wei, Y.

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters

By Yelena Dembo | January 27, 2016 - 06:34 |January 27, 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 - Masters

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Nakamura-Bellin (Photo by John Saunders)

Already the first round was very interesting and challenging! The hero of the round was definitely IM Lazarne-Vajda from Hungary, who drew Anand with Black!

Results of top 10 boards

GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787	1 – 0	IM	Bellin Robert	2350
FM	Shachar Ehud	2353	0 – 1	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785
GM	Anand Viswanathan	2784	½ – ½	IM	Lazarne Vajda Szidonia	2359
FM	Tate Alan	2345	0 – 1	GM	Harikrishna P.	2755
GM	Li Chao B	2751	1 – 0	IM	Wemmers Xander	2352
IM	Vuilleumier Alexandre	2356	½ – ½	GM	Yu Yangyi	2747
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732	1 – 0	WGM	Vojinovic Jovana	2352
GM	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	2346	0 – 1	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727
GM	Rapport Richard	2721	1 – 0	IM	Gara Anita	2339
IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	2338	0 – 1	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700

A few games from the 1st round

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "1.1"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Bellin, Robert"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A92"]   [WhiteElo "2787"]   [BlackElo "2350"]   [PlyCount "77"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3 a5   Nbd2 Ne4 10. e3 Kh8 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Be8 13. Rac1 Bg6 14. Ne1 Bf7 15. Nd3     a4 16. b4 Bd6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nf3 Qe8 19. Nfe5 Nd8 20. Nc5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nxc5     bxc5 Qb5 23. Rfd1 c6 24. Bf1 Qa5 25. Bc3 Qxc5 26. e6 Nxe6 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7   Qb2+ Kg8 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Qb6 Bh5 31. Rd4 Nd7 32. Qxb7 Ne5 33. Rb4 Nf3+   Kh1 Ne1 35. Qxc6 Bf3+ 36. Kg1 Be4 37. Be2 Nf3+ 38. Bxf3 Bxf3 39. Rb7 1-0

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "1.2"]   [White "Shachar, Ehud"]   [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "B50"]   [WhiteElo "2353"]   [BlackElo "2785"]   [PlyCount "84"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Bf1     O-O 9. h3 e5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. a3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. Be3   Rb8 16. Qc1 Ba6 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Nf3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. g3 Qd7 21. h4 Rbd8 22.   Bg5 f6 23. Be3 Qe7 24. Nh2 Bxc4 25. dxc4 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 f5 27. Rad1 e4 28. Rd5   Rxd5 29. cxd5 Ne5 30. cxb4 axb4 31. Qb3 Qd6 32. a5 Rc8 33. Rc1 Bh6 34. Rc2 f4     Bh3 Ra8 36. Be6+ Kh8 37. Re2 e3 38. g4 f3 39. Rxe3 c4 40. Qd1 Bxe3 41. fxe3     Nd3 42. Qxf3 Rf8 0-1

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "1.3"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D16"]   [WhiteElo "2784"]   [BlackElo "2359"]   [PlyCount "90"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O     cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15.   a5 Nfd5 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. a6 bxa6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxa6 Rc2 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21.   Qxd2 Qb6 22. Bf1 a5 23. h4 Bf6 24. Ra3 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxa5 Qxd4 27. Qxd4   Bxd4 28. b4 Ra8 29. Bd3 Bb6 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. Kf1 f6 32. h5 Kf7 33. Ke2 Bc6     Bf4 Ke7 35. f3 Bd4 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Kxe3 Bb7 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. b5 Bc8 40. g4     Bd7 41. b6 Bc8 42. Bg6 Kc6 43. Bf5 Bb7 44. Be6 Kxb6 45. Bxd5 Bc8 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "1.4"]   [White "Tate, Alan"]   [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A05"]   [WhiteElo "2345"]   [BlackElo "2755"]   [PlyCount "90"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. e4     dxe4 9. Nxe4 f5 10. Ned2 Bh6 11. Ne5 Bc8 12. c3 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. a4 Be6 15.   Re1 Na6 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nb3 Rd6 19. Nd3 b6 20. Nbc1 c5 21. dxc5   bxc5 22. Ne5 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24. Qe2 c4 25. Nf3 Bd7 26. Bf1 Rc8 27. Qd1 Nc5     Bxc4 Bxa4 29. b3 Be8 30. Bf1 Ne4 31. c4 Rd8 32. Nd3 Bg7 33. Qc2 Bc6 34. Bg2     Qb6 35. Nf4 Qc5 36. Rf1 Bf6 37. Nd3 Qd6 38. Rd1 Nc3 39. Rd2 Be4 40. Nfe1 Qd4     Qb2 Rb8 42. c5 a4 43. b4 Qc4 44. Kh1 Bxd3 45. Nxd3 Ne4 0-1

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "1.5"]   [White "Li, Chao b"]   [Black "Wemmers, Xander"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A05"]   [WhiteElo "2751"]   [BlackElo "2352"]   [PlyCount "99"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Nd4     c6 9. g4 g6 10. h3 e5 11. Ne2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nc7 14. Nbc3 b4 15. Ne4   h5 16. d4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Kf8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bf4 f6 21. g5 Kf7     gxf6 Bxf6 23. Rad1 Ba6 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Nd4 Rde8 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27. Bxc6     Ne6 28. Rfe1 Nxf4 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxe8 Bxc4 31. b3 Be6 32. Bb5 Ke5 33. Rd8   Bf5 34. Bc4 Bb1 35. Kh2 a5 36. Ra8 Kd4 37. Rxa5 Nh5 38. Ra6 Kc3 39. Bf7 Nf4 40.   a4 bxa3 41. Rxa3 Bf5 42. Ra7 Nd3 43. Kg3 Nc5 44. Kf4 Nd3+ 45. Ke3 Ne5 46. Rc7+   Kb4 47. f4 Nxf7 48. Rxf7 Bc2 49. Kd4 Kxb3 50. Rb7+ 1-0

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 2nd round

GM	Fodor Tamas Jr.	2500	1	–	1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785	1	–	1	GM	Gunina Valentina	2496
GM	Harikrishna P.	2755	1	–	1	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484
GM	Blomqvist Erik	2492	1	–	1	GM	Li Chao B	2751
IM	Nakar Eylon	2479	1	–	1	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727	1	–	1	GM	Tarjan James E	2478
IM	Ly Moulthun	2474	1	–	1	GM	Rapport Richard	2721
GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700	1	–	1	IM	Prasanna Raghuram Rao	2460
IM	Galyas Miklos	2459	1	–	1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697
GM	Ni Hua	2697	1	–	1	GM	Krush Irina	2458

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By Yelena Dembo | January 27, 2016 - 06:20 |January 27, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Black to move and win material

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters

By Yelena Dembo | January 26, 2016 - 06:25 |January 27, 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 - Masters

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A number of tournaments has already begun in Caleta but the Masters event starts today. The first 21 participants has over 2660 and overall 253 players have registered to play!

The first 15 players are:

1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	2787
2	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2785
3	GM	Anand Viswanathan	IND	2784
4	GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2755
5	GM	Li Chao B	CHN	2751
6	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2747
7	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	RUS	2732
8	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2727
9	GM	Rapport Richard	HUN	2721
10	GM	Fressinet Laurent	FRA	2700
11	GM	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	2697
12	GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2697
13	GM	Naiditsch Arkadij	AZE	2696
14	GM	Ragger Markus	AUT	2689
15	GM	Howell David W L	ENG	2685

Pairings of top 10 boards of the first round

GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787	–	IM	Bellin Robert	2350
FM	Shachar Ehud	2353	–	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785
GM	Anand Viswanathan	2784	–	IM	Lazarne Vajda Szidonia	2359
FM	Tate Alan	2345	–	GM	Harikrishna P.	2755
GM	Li Chao B	2751	–	IM	Wemmers Xander	2352
IM	Vuilleumier Alexandre	2356	–	GM	Yu Yangyi	2747
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732	–	WGM	Vojinovic Jovana	2352
GM	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	2346	–	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727
GM	Rapport Richard	2721	–	IM	Gara Anita	2339
IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	2338	–	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700

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