Thursday, January 16, 2014

11th ASEAN+ SENIOR 50 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS :Gold for Singapore's IM Chan Peng Kong , bronze for Ernie Baltazar!



11th ASEAN+ SENIOR 50 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 
BLITZ EVENTS
IM Chan Peng Kong of Singapore won against Ernie Baltazar of the Philippines to finished with a remarkable score of 8.5 points in 9 games. Baltazar was threatening mate in three moves but instead of Qf6 + ,the Queen slips to f7 allowing Peng Kong to take the queen and the game. Still Baltazar took the bronze medal as he whipped NM Edmundo Legaspi in 40 moves of a pick up opening using the Sicilian Defense. 

FINAL RANKING
Rank FED.
Name Rtg Pts Wins Draws Loses BH. SB.
Gold SIN IM Chan Peng Kong 2267 8 1 0 36½ 34.25
Silver PHI
Ibanez Rudy 0 7 1 1 37½ 26.00
Bronze PHI
Ernesto Baltazar 0 6 5 2 2 39 19.50
4 SIN
Ngiyam Yee Wong 0 5 5 0 4 40 18.00
5 VIE
Le Thien Vi 0 4 1 4 40½ 14.75
6 PHI
Joel Pineda 0 4 1 4 40½ 12.00
7 PHI
Legaspi Edmundo 2126 3 3 0 6 42 11.00
8 THA
Srivatanakul Pricha 1803 3 3 0 6 42 9.50
9 VIE
Ngo Duc Thang 0 1 1 7 43½ 3.75

[Event "TataSteelChess 2014"] Round 2 Games


[Event "TataSteelChess 2014"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Ngxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O a5 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. b3 Re8 13. Rf3 Bf5 14. Rg3 Re6
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nb4 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. e4 Qh4 19. Rf3 Nc2 20. Rb1 Qe1+ 21.
Qxe1 Nxe1 22. Rg3 Rg6 23. Nd5 Rxg3 24. hxg3 c6 25. Be3 Nd3 26. Bxc5 cxd5 27.
Bxd6 dxe4 28. Kg1 f5 29. Kf1 Ra6 30. Bc7 Kf7 31. g4 Rc6 32. Bxa5 Ra6 33. Bc3
Rxa2 34. gxf5 e3 35. g3 Rc2 36. Be1 Kf6 37. g4 h5 38. Bh4+ Kf7 39. gxh5 Rh2 40.
Be1 Kf6 41. Kg1 Re2 42. Bc3+ Kxf5 43. Bxg7 Kxf4 44. Bh6+ Kg3 45. Bxe3 Rxe3 46.
Kf1 Kf4 47. Ra1 Rf3+ 48. Kg1 Rg3+ 49. Kf1 Rf3+ 50. Kg1 Kg4 51. h6 Nf4 52. h7
Rh3 53. Kf2 Kf5 54. b4 Nd3+ 55. Ke2 Ke4 56. Ra8 Rh2+ 57. Kd1 Rxh7 58. Kd2 Nxb4
59. Kc3 Nc6 60. Re8+ Re7 0-1

[Round "2.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Qa5 11. Qc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. Bg3 exd4 14. Nxd4
Nb6 15. Qc7 Bxd4 16. exd4 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qxb7 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Qa6
Qe4 21. Be5 Rf8 22. h3 f6 23. Bg3 Rff7 24. f3 Qf5 25. Rac1 Kg7 26. Kh2 Rfe7 27.
Rc5 Nd5 28. Qa5 Qe6 29. Re1 Qf7 30. Re4 Ne3 31. Bf2 Nf5 32. Qd2 Re6 33. Rxe6
Qxe6 34. d5 Qd6+ 35. Kg1 Rb7 36. Qe1 Ne7 37. Ra5 Nxd5 38. Qd1 Rd7 39. Rxa7 Rxa7
40. Bxa7 g5 41. a4 Qa6 42. Bd4 Qc4 43. Qa1 Qc2 44. a5 Nf4 45. Bf2 Ne2+ 46. Kh2
Nf4 47. Qf1 Nd3 48. Bd4 Qd2 49. Bg1 Qf4+ 50. Kh1 Qc4 51. Qa1 Qc2 52. Be3 h6 53.
a6 Qe2 54. Qg1 Qa2 55. a7 Nb4 56. Qd1 Nd5 57. Qd2 Qa1+ 58. Bg1 1-0

[Round "2.8"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Kh1 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Rae1 Rad8 14. Nf3 g6 15.
f5 Rfe8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 Bf8 18. Qe3 h6 19. e5 Ng4 20. Qg3 Ndxe5 21. Nf7
Rd7 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Bxh6 Rg7 25. Bxg6 Ree7 26. Qh3 Qxc4 27.
Bh7+ Kxh7 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qg3+ Kh7 30. Rxf8 Rg7 31. Qh3+ Kg6 32. Qg3+ Kh7
33. Qh3+ Kg6 34. b3 Qd4 35. Qxe6+ Kh5 36. Qf5+ 1-0

[Round "2.10"]
[White "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. d3 Nge7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. a4 Bc7 8. Bc4
h6 9. Nh4 Ba5 10. Qh5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Qd6
15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Ba2 c4 17. f4 Rae8 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Qf2 Qg6 20. Be3 Nxa4 21.
Bd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Re7 23. Bxc4 Nc3 24. Rae1 Qd6 25. h3 b5 26. Bb3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1
a5 28. Re8 Qd7 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. d5 Qd6 31. Kh1 a4 32. Qe1 b4 33. Bc4 a3 34.
Qe3 g5 35. Qa7 Kg7 36. Kg1 h5 37. Bb3 h4 38. Qe3 Qf4 39. Qxf4 gxf4 40. d6 Kf6
41. d7 Ke7 42. Bxf7 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nc1 0-1

[Round "2.11"]
[White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Black "Van Delft, Merijn"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. Re1 Bb7 14. c3 Rd8
15. Qh4 Kg8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Be7 19. Qh5 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
Be3 Rd5 22. Qf3 Rd7 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Re2 f6 26. Rd1 Kf7 27. Kf1
Rc8 28. Bc1 c4 29. Ke1 Rc6 30. Rd4 e5 31. Rde4 Bd6 32. g4 Rb8 33. Kd1 Rh8 34.
f4 h5 35. fxe5 Bxe5 36. g5 Rd8+ 37. Kc2 Rd5 38. h3 a6 39. Rf2 Kg6 40. gxf6 gxf6
41. Rh4 Bd6 42. b4 cxb3+ 43. axb3 Bf8 44. c4 Re5 45. Rd4 Bc5 46. Rg2+ Kf7 47.
Rd7+ Ke6 48. Rh7 Bd4 49. Rg8 Bf2 50. Re8+ Kf5 51. Rxh5+ Ke4 52. Rexe5+ fxe5 53.
h4 Bd4 54. Rh6 Rc7 55. Rxa6 Rf7 56. b4 Rf2+ 57. Bd2 Rh2 58. Rd6 Rxh4 59. c5 Kf5
60. c6 Bb6 61. Bc3 e4 62. Bd4 Bxd4 63. Rxd4 Rh8 64. c7 Rc8 65. Rc4 Ke5 66. b5
Kd5 67. Rc3 1-0

[Event "TataSteelChess 2014"] Round 1



[Event "TataSteelChess 2014"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rae1 Bd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qb5 Qc8
15. Qb3 Nb4 16. Nd2 c6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd7 20. Bd2 Nd5 21.
Re2 Bf6 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Rc1 Bxd4 25. Bf4 Rfd8 26. Rc7 b6 27.
Ree7 Bxb2 28. Rxf7 Rac8 29. Rb7 Rc4 30. Rfc7 Bd4 31. Be3 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bxe3 33.
fxe3 d4 34. exd4 Rxd4 35. Rb7 Rb4 36. Kg2 h5 37. Kf3 Kh7 38. h4 Kg6 39. Rd7 Kf6
40. Rd6+ Kf5 41. Rd5+ Ke6 42. Rg5 Kf7 43. Rxh5 Rxa4 44. Rh8 Rb4 45. Ra8 g5 46.
hxg5 Kg6 47. Rg8+ Kh5 48. g4+ Kh4 49. Rg6 a4 50. Rg7 b5 51. Rg8 a3 52. g6 Kg5
53. g7 Rb3+ 54. Ke4 Kg6 55. Ra8 Kxg7 56. Kf5 Rf3+ 57. Ke4 Rc3 58. Kf5 Rc5+ 59.
Kf4 Rc4+ 60. Kf5 Ra4 0-1

[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 b6 15.
h3 Re8 16. g4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Nh7 18. g5 f5 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. Rf2 Bg5 21. Rg2
Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Ndf8 23. Bd3 Ra7 24. Rf1 Rf7 25. Qh6 Kh8 26. Nd2 Rf4 27. Rg4 b5
28. Ne4 Nd7 29. Rxg6 Rg8 30. Ng5 1-0

[Round "1.5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8.
Ne2 b5 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 10. a4 b4 11. O-O O-O 12. Ng3 Nd5 13. f4 f6 14. a5 c5 15.
fxe5 fxe5 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Qd3 Bb7 19. Rf1 Qd7 20. Qc4 Kh8 21.
Qh4 Qe6 22. Qe4 Bc6 23. Qf5 Qe7 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. h4 Kg8 26. h5 Bd7 27. Qf3 Bb5
28. d3 h6 29. Ng3 Qe6 30. Nf5 Ne7 31. Nh4 Bd7 32. Bc1 Re8 33. e4 Kh7 34. Nf5
Nxf5 35. exf5 Qf6 36. Qb7 Bb5 37. Qe4 d5 38. Qxd5 e4 39. Bf4 exd3 40. cxd3 Re2
41. Qf3 Qd4+ 42. Kh2 Qxd3 43. Qg4 Rxg2+ 44. Qxg2 Qxf1 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Bxh6
Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kh1 gxh6 50. Qxh6+ Kg8 51. Qg6+ Qg7 52. Qe6+
Qf7 53. Qc8+ Qf8 54. Qe6+ Qf7 55. Qc8+ Qe8 56. Qxc5 Qc6+ 0-1

[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Qb3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
Qd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc4 17. O-O Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Bf2 e5 21. Nb5
Qe7 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Be1 Nd5 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rd2
Rd7 28. Qd1 Nf8 29. Bb4 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qd7 31. Bd6 Ng6 32. Kf2 f6 33. Qd5+ Kh7
34. Qd3 f5 35. h3 a5 36. a4 Nh4 37. b3 Qe6 38. Qd1 Qg6 39. g3 Nxf3 40. Kxf3
Qh5+ 41. g4 Qxh3+ 42. Ke2 Qxg4+ 43. Kd2 Qe4 44. Qc2 Qg2+ 45. Kc1 Qg1+ 46. Kb2
e4 47. Qc8 Qg6 48. Be5 h5 49. Qd8 Qg2+ 50. Ka3 Qg1 51. Qxb6 f4 52. Qb7 fxe3 53.
Qxe4+ Kh8 54. Bd4 Qc1+ 55. Bb2 Qc5+ 56. Ka2 Qg5 57. Bc1 h4 58. Bxe3 Qh5 59. Bf4
Qg4 60. Qe3 h3 61. Qg3 Qe2+ 62. Ka3 Qe7+ 63. Bd6 Qd7 64. Be5 Kg8 65. Bc3 1-0

[Event "TataSteelChess 2014 Group B"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Van Delft, Merijn"]
[Black "Troff, Kayden"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3
Rfc8 15. a3 Bd8 16. h4 Ne7 17. Rd3 Qb5 18. Rb3 Qc6 19. h5 h6 20. g4 a5 21. Ree3
a4 22. Rec3 Qa6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. Bxc3 Nc6 26. Ne1 Qc4 27. Qd2 f6
28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Nc2 Qa2 30. f4 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Qd3 Ke7 33. Qe2 Kd7 34.
f5 exf5 35. gxf5 Kd8 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. Ne3 Bxd4 38. Bxd4 Nxd4 39. Qd3 Qxb2+ 40.
Kh3 Qa1 41. Kg2 Kd7 42. Nc2 Nxc2 43. Qxd5+ Kc7 44. Qc5+ Kb8 45. Qd6+ Ka7 46.
Qc5+ Ka6 47. Qxc2 Qd4 48. Qe2+ Kb6 49. Qe6+ Ka7 50. Qf7 Ka6 51. Qe6+ b6 52.
Qc8+ Kb5 53. Qe8+ Kc5 54. Qc8+ Kd6 55. Qe6+ Kc7 56. Qe7+ Kc6 57. Qe6+ Kb7 58.
Qf7+ Ka6 59. Qe6 Qb2+ 60. Kg1 Qc3 61. Qd7 b5 62. Qd6+ Kb7 63. Qd7+ Kb6 64. Qd6+
Qc6 65. Qb8+ Ka6 66. Qf8 Qf6 67. Qc8+ Kb6 68. Kf1 Qd6 69. Qe8 Qd3+ 70. Ke1 Qxf5
71. Qb8+ Kc6 72. Qa8+ Kd6 73. Qd8+ Ke5 74. Qe7+ Kf4 75. Kf2 Qc2+ 76. Kg1 Qd1+
0-1

[Round "1.10"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radek"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Ba6 6. Bg2 c6 7. b3 d5 8. Nh3 Bd6
9. Nf4 Qe7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. a4 O-O 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. axb5 Rfc8 15.
Bb2 Nf8 16. e3 Qd7 17. Qd3 Ne4 18. Ne2 Rc7 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Rc1
Qd7 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. f3 Nf6 24. Nc3 Bb4 25. Na2 Bd6 26. Bc3 Ng6 27. Nb4 Ne7
28. Qd2 h6 29. Nd3 Qd7 30. Bb4 Ne8 31. Bxd6 Nxd6 32. Ne5 Qxb5 33. Qc3 Nf7 34.
Bf1 Qa5 35. Qxa5 bxa5 36. Nd7 Nd6 37. Kf2 Nc6 38. Nc5 Kf7 39. Ke2 g5 40. Kd3
Ke7 41. Be2 f4 42. gxf4 gxf4 43. exf4 Nf5 44. Bf1 Ncxd4 45. Bh3 Nxf3 46. Nb7
Nxh2 47. Nxa5 Kd7 48. b4 h5 49. Bxf5 exf5 50. Nb3 Nf3 51. Ke3 Nh4 52. Nd4 Kc7
53. Kf2 Ng6 54. Kf3 Ne7 55. Kg3 Nc6 56. Nxf5 Nxb4 57. Kh4 Nd3 58. Kxh5 Nxf4+
59. Kg5 Ne2 60. Kg4 Kb6 61. Kf3 Nc3 62. Ke3 Nb5 63. Kd3 Kc5 64. Ne3 a5 65. Kc2
a4 66. Nd1 Na3+ 67. Kd3 Nc4 68. Nc3 a3 69. Na2 d4 70. Kc2 Na5 71. Nc1 Kc4 0-1

[White "Goudriaan, Etienne"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
f5 9. e3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qf6 12. a3 Ba5 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15.
cxb5 Nd7 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxf5 Nb6 18. Rh5 Ke7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Qxe4+ Kf8 21. Be6
d5 22. Bxd5 Re8 23. Qc2 Kg7 24. Bxb7 Qf7 25. Rdh1 Qxb7 26. b4 cxb4 27. Qb2+ Kf7
28. Ne5+ Rxe5 29. Qxe5 Rc8+ 30. Kb1 Qd7 31. Qe4 bxa3 32. Qh7+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ Ke7
34. Qg7+ Kd8 35. Qxd7+ Kxd7 36. Rd1+ Ke7 37. Rxh6 Rc5 38. Rh7+ Ke6 39. Rxa7
Rxb5+ 40. Kc2 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Rb3+ 42. Kd4 Rb4+ 43. Kd3 Nc4 44. Ra6+ Kd5 45. f4 g4
46. f5 a2 47. Kc3+ Kc5 48. Ra1 Rb5+ 49. Kd3 Rb3+ 50. Ke4 Ra3 51. Rg6 Bc3 52.
Rxa2 Rxa2 53. Rxg4 Re2+ 54. Kf3 Re1 55. Rg8 Ne5+ 56. Kf2 Re4 57. Rc8+ Kb4 58.
Rb8+ Kc4 59. Rc8+ Kd3 60. Rd8+ Bd4+ 61. Kf1 Ng4 62. Rd5 Nh2# 0-1

[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nec6 8. a3 Nd7
9. b4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Rc8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. Bc3 Rc7 15.
Qb3 Qd7 16. Bb2 Rfc8 17. Rc3 a6 18. Rfc1 Na7 19. Bd1 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21.
Bxc3 Qc6 22. h3 Nb5 23. Bb2 Nc4 24. Be2 Nxb2 25. Qxb2 Nc3 26. Nb3 Nxe2+ 27.
Qxe2 Qc3 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 b6 30. Ne1 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Kd2
Kc6 34. Nd3 Kb5 35. Nb2 a5 36. bxa5 bxa5 37. Nc5 Bxc5 38. dxc5 Kxc5 39. Kc3 f6
40. exf6 gxf6 41. h4 e5 42. Na4+ Kd6 43. Nb2 Bd7 44. Nd3 Bb5 45. Nf2 Ke6 46. g3
Kf5 47. Kc2 Kg6 48. Kd2 Kh5 49. Kc2 f5 50. Kc3 f4 51. exf4 exf4 52. gxf4 Kxh4
53. Nd1 Kg4 54. Ne3+ Kxf4 55. Nxd5+ Ke5 56. Ne3 h5 57. Kd2 Kf4 58. Nd5+ Kf3 59.
Nc7 Bc4 60. Kc3 h4 0-1

Sunday, January 12, 2014

76th Tata Steel Chess Masters "A" Wijk aan Zee :Pairings Schedule







Round 1












SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
1 Dominguez Leinier 2754 .5-.5 Giri Anis 2734 12
2 Van Wely Loek 2672 0-1 Karjakin Sergey 2759 11
3 Harikrishna Pentala 2706 .5-.5 Aronian Levon 2812 10
4 Caruana Fabiano 2782 1-0 Gelfand Boris 2777 9
5 Rapport Richard 2691 0-1 So Wesley 2719 8
6 Nakamura Hikaru 2789 1-0 Naiditsch Arkadij 2718 7







Round 2












SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 Giri Anis 2734 - Naiditsch Arkadij 2718 7
8 So Wesley 2719 - Nakamura Hikaru 2789 6
9 Gelfand Boris 2777 - Rapport Richard 2691 5
10 Aronian Levon 2812 - Caruana Fabiano 2782 4
11 Karjakin Sergey 2759 - Harikrishna Pentala 2706 3
1 Dominguez Leinier 2754 - Van Wely Loek 2672 2







Round 3












SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
2 Van Wely Loek 2672 - Giri Anis 2734 12
3 Harikrishna Pentala 2706 - Dominguez Leinier 2754 1
4 Caruana Fabiano 2782 - Karjakin Sergey 2759 11
5 Rapport Richard 2691 - Aronian Levon 2812 10
6 Nakamura Hikaru 2789 - Gelfand Boris 2777 9
7 Naiditsch Arkadij 2718 - So Wesley 2719 8







Round 4












SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 Giri Anis 2734 - So Wesley 2719 8
9 Gelfand Boris 2777 - Naiditsch Arkadij 2718 7
10 Aronian Levon 2812 - Nakamura Hikaru 2789 6
11 Karjakin Sergey 2759 - Rapport Richard 2691 5
1 Dominguez Leinier 2754 - Caruana Fabiano 2782 4
2 Van Wely Loek 2672 - Harikrishna Pentala 2706 3







Round 5












SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
3 Harikrishna Pentala 2706 - Giri Anis 2734 12
4 Caruana Fabiano 2782 - Van Wely Loek 2672 2
5 Rapport Richard 2691 - Dominguez Leinier 2754 1
6 Nakamura Hikaru 2789 - Karjakin Sergey 2759 11
7 Naiditsch Arkadij 2718 - Aronian Levon 2812 10
8 So Wesley 2719 - Gelfand Boris 2777 9







Round 6












SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 Giri Anis 2734 - Gelfand Boris 2777 9
10 Aronian Levon 2812 - So Wesley 2719 8
11 Karjakin Sergey 2759 - Naiditsch Arkadij 2718 7
1 Dominguez Leinier 2754 - Nakamura Hikaru 2789 6
2 Van Wely Loek 2672 - Rapport Richard 2691 5
3 Harikrishna Pentala 2706 - Caruana Fabiano 2782 4







Round 7












SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
4 Caruana Fabiano 2782 - Giri Anis 2734 12
5 Rapport Richard 2691 - Harikrishna Pentala 2706 3
6 Nakamura Hikaru 2789 - Van Wely Loek 2672 2
7 Naiditsch Arkadij 2718 - Dominguez Leinier 2754 1
8 So Wesley 2719 - Karjakin Sergey 2759 11
9 Gelfand Boris 2777 - Aronian Levon 2812 10







Round 8












SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 Giri Anis 2734 - Aronian Levon 2812 10
11 Karjakin Sergey 2759 - Gelfand Boris 2777 9
1 Dominguez Leinier 2754 - So Wesley 2719 8
2 Van Wely Loek 2672 - Naiditsch Arkadij 2718 7
3 Harikrishna Pentala 2706 - Nakamura Hikaru 2789 6
4 Caruana Fabiano 2782 - Rapport Richard 2691 5







Round 9












SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
5 Rapport Richard 2691 - Giri Anis 2734 12
6 Nakamura Hikaru 2789 - Caruana Fabiano 2782 4
7 Naiditsch Arkadij 2718 - Harikrishna Pentala 2706 3
8 So Wesley 2719 - Van Wely Loek 2672 2
9 Gelfand Boris 2777 - Dominguez Leinier 2754 1
10 Aronian Levon 2812 - Karjakin Sergey 2759 11







Round 10












SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 Giri Anis 2734 - Karjakin Sergey 2759 11
1 Dominguez Leinier 2754 - Aronian Levon 2812 10
2 Van Wely Loek 2672 - Gelfand Boris 2777 9
3 Harikrishna Pentala 2706 - So Wesley 2719 8
4 Caruana Fabiano 2782 - Naiditsch Arkadij 2718 7
5 Rapport Richard 2691 - Nakamura Hikaru 2789 6







Round 11












SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
6 Nakamura Hikaru 2789 - Giri Anis 2734 12
7 Naiditsch Arkadij 2718 - Rapport Richard 2691 5
8 So Wesley 2719 - Caruana Fabiano 2782 4
9 Gelfand Boris 2777 - Harikrishna Pentala 2706 3
10 Aronian Levon 2812 - Van Wely Loek 2672 2
11 Karjakin Sergey 2759 - Dominguez Leinier 2754 1



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