Qatar Masters Open 2015

Carlsen drew and Mamedyarov and Sjugirov caught up with him. They are on 5.5 points out of 7.

Results of top 10 boards of the 7th round

GMCarlsen Magnus28345½ – ½GMGiri Anish2784
GMYu Yangyi2736½ – ½GMKramnik Vladimir2796
GMPonomariov Ruslan2710½ – ½GMSo Wesley2775
GMKarjakin Sergey2766½ – ½GMNi Hua2693
GMMamedyarov Shakhriyar27481 – 0GMGanguly Surya Shekhar2648
GMHarikrishna P.2743½ – ½GMSwiercz Dariusz2646
GMSjugirov Sanan26461 – 0GMJakovenko Dmitry2737
GMNaroditsky Daniel26284½ – ½4GMLi Chao B2750
GMVitiugov Nikita272441 – 04GMSasikiran Krishnan2638
GMKorobov Anton271340 – 14GMNguyen Ngoc Truong Son2642

Top 15 players after 7 rounds

GMMamedyarov ShakhriyarAZE27485,5
GMCarlsen MagnusNOR28345,5
GMSjugirov SananRUS26465,5
GMGiri AnishNED27845,0
GMSo WesleyUSA27755,0
Xu YinglunCHN24705,0
GMKramnik VladimirRUS27965,0
GMSwiercz DariuszPOL26465,0
GMYu YangyiCHN27365,0
GMKarjakin SergeyRUS27665,0
GMHarikrishna P.IND27435,0
GMPonomariov RuslanUKR27105,0
GMNi HuaCHN26935,0
GMGrandelius NilsSWE26325,0
GMAkopian VladimirARM26485,0

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Some games of the 7th round

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 8th round

GMMamedyarov Shakhriyar2748GMCarlsen Magnus2834
GMKramnik Vladimir27965GMSjugirov Sanan2646
GMGiri Anish278455GMPonomariov Ruslan2710
GMSo Wesley277555IMLin Chen2532
GMNguyen Ngoc Truong Son264255GMKarjakin Sergey2766
GMNi Hua269355GMHarikrishna P.2743
GMGrandelius Nils263255GMYu Yangyi2736
GMSwiercz Dariusz264655GMVitiugov Nikita2724
GMIvanchuk Vassily271055GMAkopian Vladimir2648
Xu Yinglun24705GMHowell David W L2688

View the pairings and results here.

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Qatar Masters Open 2015

So-Carlsen

So-Carlsen

(Photo taken from the official site)

Carlsen is leading with 5 out of 6 after drawing So yesterday. Thirteen (!!) players are on 4.5 points.

Top 10 results of the 6th round

GMSo Wesley27754½ – ½GMCarlsen Magnus2834
GMKramnik Vladimir27964½ – ½4GMMamedyarov Shakhriyar2748
GMGanguly Surya Shekhar26484½ – ½4GMGiri Anish2784
GMSwiercz Dariusz26464½ – ½4GMKarjakin Sergey2766
GMLi Chao B2750½ – ½4GMYu Yangyi2736
GMFedoseev Vladimir26640 – 1GMHarikrishna P.2743
GMJakovenko Dmitry27371 – 0GMBologan Viktor2654
GMNguyen Ngoc Truong Son2642½ – ½GMVitiugov Nikita2724
GMWojtaszek Radoslaw27230 – 1GMSjugirov Sanan2646
GMAl-Sayed Mohammed25200 – 1GMPonomariov Ruslan2710

Top 10 players after 6 rounds

GMCarlsen MagnusNOR28345,0
GMSo WesleyUSA27754,5
GMGiri AnishNED27844,5
GMMamedyarov ShakhriyarAZE27484,5
GMKramnik VladimirRUS27964,5
GMSwiercz DariuszPOL26464,5
GMKarjakin SergeyRUS27664,5
GMYu YangyiCHN27364,5
GMHarikrishna P.IND27434,5
GMGanguly Surya ShekharIND26484,5

Some games of the 6th round

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 7th round

GMCarlsen Magnus28345GMGiri Anish2784
GMYu Yangyi2736GMKramnik Vladimir2796
GMPonomariov Ruslan2710GMSo Wesley2775
GMKarjakin Sergey2766GMNi Hua2693
GMMamedyarov Shakhriyar2748GMGanguly Surya Shekhar2648
GMHarikrishna P.2743GMSwiercz Dariusz2646
GMSjugirov Sanan2646GMJakovenko Dmitry2737
GMNaroditsky Daniel262844GMLi Chao B2750
GMVitiugov Nikita272444GMSasikiran Krishnan2638
GMKorobov Anton271344GMNguyen Ngoc Truong Son2642

View all the standings and pairings here.

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