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

View all the pairings here.

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