Qatar Masters Open 2015 2nd round

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Playing Hall

Playing Hall

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Nine players lead with perfect score after 2 rounds.

Results of top 10 boards

GM Kramnik Vladimir 2796 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Piorun Kacper 2637
GM Grandelius Nils 2632 1 0 – 1 1 GM Giri Anish 2784
GM So Wesley 2775 1 1 – 0 1 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2628
GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2622 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Karjakin Sergey 2766
GM Li Chao B 2750 1 1 – 0 1 GM Ipatov Alexander 2619
GM Zhang Zhong 2619 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2748
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2744 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Bluebaum Matthias 2590
GM Bok Benjamin 2594 1 0 – 1 1 GM Yu Yangyi 2736
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2723 1 1 – 0 1 IM Lin Chen 2532
GM Rambaldi Francesco 2560 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Korobov Anton 2713

Top 15 players after 2 rounds

1 4 GM So Wesley USA 2775 2,0
2 3 GM Giri Anish NED 2784 2,0
3 11 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2736 2,0
4 14 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2723 2,0
5 66 IM Yuffa Daniil RUS 2504 2,0
6 6 GM Li Chao B CHN 2750 2,0
7 20 GM Howell David W L ENG 2688 2,0
8 34 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2646 2,0
9 37 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 2,0
10 7 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2748 1,5
11 15 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2713 1,5
12 17 GM Ponomariov Ruslan UKR 2710 1,5
13 21 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2684 1,5
14 26 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2655 1,5
15 35 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2644 1,5

A few games of the round

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 3rd round

GM Giri Anish 2784 2 2 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2723
GM Howell David W L 2688 2 2 GM So Wesley 2775
GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639 2 2 GM Li Chao B 2750
GM Yu Yangyi 2736 2 2 GM Swiercz Dariusz 2646
GM Carlsen Magnus 2834 1½ 2 IM Yuffa Daniil 2504
GM Vocaturo Daniele 2597 1½ 1½ GM Kramnik Vladimir 2796
GM Karjakin Sergey 2766 1½ 1½ GM Sasikiran Krishnan 2638
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2748 1½ 1½ GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2626
GM Piorun Kacper 2637 1½ 1½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2744
GM Harikrishna P. 2743 1½ 1½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2622

View the pairings and the results here.

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Qatar Masters Open 2015 1st round

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Batsiashvili

Batsiashvili

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The 1st round is over and most top players have won their games. The hero of the round was definitely Georgian IM Nino Batsiashvili who held the World Champion Magnus Carlsen to a draw!

Results of the top 10 games

1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2834 0 ½ – ½ 0 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2498
2 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2496 0 0 – 1 0 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2796
3 GM Giri Anish 2784 0 1 – 0 0 IM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2494
4 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2493 0 0 – 1 0 GM So Wesley 2775
5 GM Karjakin Sergey 2766 0 1 – 0 0 IM Ezat Mohamed 2490
6 GM Shoker Samy 2489 0 0 – 1 0 GM Li Chao B 2750
7 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2748 0 1 – 0 0 GM Zhukova Natalia 2488
8 IM Sanal Vahap 2487 0 0 – 1 0 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2744
9 GM Harikrishna P. 2743 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2486
10 IM Tabatabaei M.Amin 2482 0 ½ – ½ 0 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2737

Top 5 games of the round

Top 10 pairings of the 2nd round

GM Kramnik Vladimir 2796 1 1 GM Piorun Kacper 2637
GM Grandelius Nils 2632 1 1 GM Giri Anish 2784
GM So Wesley 2775 1 1 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2628
GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2622 1 1 GM Karjakin Sergey 2766
GM Li Chao B 2750 1 1 GM Ipatov Alexander 2619
GM Zhang Zhong 2619 1 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2748
GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2744 1 1 GM Bluebaum Matthias 2590
GM Bok Benjamin 2594 1 1 GM Yu Yangyi 2736
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2723 1 1 IM Lin Chen 2532
GM Rambaldi Francesco 2560 1 1 GM Korobov Anton 2713

View all the pairings here.

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Qatar Masters Open 2015

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Opening ceremony

Opening ceremony

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The pairings of the 1st round are out and here are the top 10 boards:

1 GM Carlsen Magnus 2834 0 0 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2498
2 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2496 0 0 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2796
3 GM Giri Anish 2784 0 0 IM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2494
4 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2493 0 0 GM So Wesley 2775
5 GM Karjakin Sergey 2766 0 0 IM Ezat Mohamed 2490
6 GM Shoker Samy 2489 0 0 GM Li Chao B 2750
7 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2748 0 0 GM Zhukova Natalia 2488
8 IM Sanal Vahap 2487 0 0 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2744
9 GM Harikrishna P. 2743 0 0 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2486
10 IM Tabatabaei M.Amin 2482 0 0 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2737

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