Tal Memorial Blitz 2016" Final Standings

2016 Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament
Final Ranking
Rank	SNo.	Name	Rtg	Pts	Wins	Dawns	Loses	SB.
1	4	Mamedyarov Shakriyar	2761	7½	6	3	0	30.75
2	2	Aronian Levon	2795	5½	4	3	2	20.50
3	7	Svidler Peter	2745	5	2	6	1	22.25
4	5	Giri Anish	2755	5	3	4	2	21.25
5	9	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	5	3	4	2	19.00
6	1	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	4½	2	5	2	18.00
7	3	Anand Viswanathan	2776	3½	0	7	2	16.75
8	6	Li Chao	2746	3	1	4	4	13.25
9	10	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	3	2	2	5	12.00
10	8	Gelfand Boris	2743	3	2	2	5	10.25

2016 Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament
Round 1 on 2016/09/25 at 9:00
SNo.	Name	Rtg	Res.	Name	Rtg	SNo.
1	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	½  -  ½	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	10
2	Aronian Levon	2795	1  -  0	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	9
3	Anand Viswanathan	2776	½  -  ½	Gelfand Boris	2743	8
4	Mamedyarov Shakriyar	2761	½  -  ½	Svidler Peter	2745	7
5	Giri Anish	2755	½  -  ½	Li Chao	2746	6
Round 2 on 2016/09/25 at 10:00
SNo.	Name	Rtg	Res.	Name	Rtg	SNo.
10	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	1  -  0	Li Chao	2746	6
7	Svidler Peter	2745	½  -  ½	Giri Anish	2755	5
8	Gelfand Boris	2743	0  -  1	Mamedyarov Shakriyar	2761	4
9	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	½  -  ½	Anand Viswanathan	2776	3
1	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	½  -  ½	Aronian Levon	2795	2
Round 3 on 2016/09/25 at 11:00
SNo.	Name	Rtg	Res.	Name	Rtg	SNo.
2	Aronian Levon	2795	1  -  0	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	10
3	Anand Viswanathan	2776	½  -  ½	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	1
4	Mamedyarov Shakriyar	2761	1  -  0	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	9
5	Giri Anish	2755	½  -  ½	Gelfand Boris	2743	8
6	Li Chao	2746	½  -  ½	Svidler Peter	2745	7
Round 4 on 2016/09/25 at 12:00
SNo.	Name	Rtg	Res.	Name	Rtg	SNo.
10	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	1  -  0	Svidler Peter	2745	7
8	Gelfand Boris	2743	1  -  0	Li Chao	2746	6
9	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	1  -  0	Giri Anish	2755	5
1	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	0  -  1	Mamedyarov Shakriyar	2761	4
2	Aronian Levon	2795	½  -  ½	Anand Viswanathan	2776	3
Round 5 on 2016/09/25 at 13:00
SNo.	Name	Rtg	Res.	Name	Rtg	SNo.
3	Anand Viswanathan	2776	½  -  ½	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	10
4	Mamedyarov Shakriyar	2761	1  -  0	Aronian Levon	2795	2
5	Giri Anish	2755	0  -  1	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	1
6	Li Chao	2746	½  -  ½	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	9
7	Svidler Peter	2745	1  -  0	Gelfand Boris	2743	8
Round 6 on 2016/09/25 at 14:00
SNo.	Name	Rtg	Res.	Name	Rtg	SNo.
10	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	0  -  1	Gelfand Boris	2743	8
9	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	½  -  ½	Svidler Peter	2745	7
1	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	½  -  ½	Li Chao	2746	6
2	Aronian Levon	2795	0  -  1	Giri Anish	2755	5
3	Anand Viswanathan	2776	½  -  ½	Mamedyarov Shakriyar	2761	4
Round 7 on 2016/09/25 at 15:00
SNo.	Name	Rtg	Res.	Name	Rtg	SNo.
4	Mamedyarov Shakriyar	2761	1  -  0	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	10
5	Giri Anish	2755	1  -  0	Anand Viswanathan	2776	3
6	Li Chao	2746	0  -  1	Aronian Levon	2795	2
7	Svidler Peter	2745	1  -  0	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	1
8	Gelfand Boris	2743	0  -  1	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	9
Round 8 on 2016/09/25 at 16:00
SNo.	Name	Rtg	Res.	Name	Rtg	SNo.
10	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	0  -  1	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	9
1	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	1  -  0	Gelfand Boris	2743	8
2	Aronian Levon	2795	½  -  ½	Svidler Peter	2745	7
3	Anand Viswanathan	2776	0  -  1	Li Chao	2746	6
4	Mamedyarov Shakriyar	2761	½  -  ½	Giri Anish	2755	5
Round 9 on 2016/09/25 at 17:00
SNo.	Name	Rtg	Res.	Name	Rtg	SNo.
5	Giri Anish	2755	1  -  0	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	10
6	Li Chao	2746	0  -  1	Mamedyarov Shakriyar	2761	4
7	Svidler Peter	2745	½  -  ½	Anand Viswanathan	2776	3
8	Gelfand Boris	2743	0  -  1	Aronian Levon	2795	2
9	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	½  -  ½	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	1

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O
Nc6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Qb1 a5 11. Rd1 e6 12. a4 Qc8 13. Bb5 Na7 14. Bf1 Nc6 15. Qa2
Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Rac1 cxd4 18. exd4 b5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nb3 Be7 21. Re1
bxa4 22. Qxa4 Rfb8 23. Rc2 Qb5 24. Qxb5 Rxb5 25. Nc1 a4 26. Nd3 Rba5 27. g3 R5a7
28. Kg2 Bd6 29. h4 Na5 30. h5 a3 31. bxa3 Nc4 32. Rh1 Rxa3 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Rb1
Ra2 35. Rxa2 Rxa2 36. Rb3 Ra3 37. Rxa3 Nxa3 38. Nd2 Nb5 39. Nb1 Bc7 40. Nc1 Ba5
41. Ne2 Kg7 42. Kf3 Nd6 43. Nd2 Nb5 44. Nb1 Nd6 45. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d3 a6
9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 Nd7 11. f4 Nd4 12. Kh2 b6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bg1 f5 15. Rb1 e6 16.
b4 Ba8 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Qa2 Rbe8 19. a5 bxa5 20. Qxa5 Qxa5 21. bxa5 Nc6 22. Na4
Rb8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Bxc5 Rfd8 25. Bd6 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Nxa5 27. Bc7 Bxg2 28. Kxg2
Nc6 29. Bxd8 Nxd8 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Rb8 Bf6 32. Nf4 Kf7 33. Nc5 g5 34. Nh5 Be7
35. Nxa6 Nxd3 36. Nc7 Ne5 37. Rc8 Kg6 38. g4 f4 39. Nb5 Nec6 40. Nc3 Kf7 41. Ne4
Ne5 42. c5 Ndc6 43. Nd6+ Bxd6 44. cxd6 h6 45. Rc7+ Ke8 46. Ng7+ Kd8 47. Nxe6+
Ke8 48. d7+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial Blitz 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[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
Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O e4 14. f4 Ng4 15.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Rfe1 f5 20. h3 Ngf6 21. Kf2
h4 22. Nd4 Kf7 23. Rac1 a5 24. Ke3 Nc5 25. b3 Nh5 26. Rb1 Ng3 27. a3 Kf6 28. Nb5
Nxe2 29. Rxe2 Rhd8 30. g3 hxg3 31. Rg2 g5 32. Rxg3 gxf4+ 33. Kxf4 Nd3+ 34. Rxd3
exd3 35. Rd1 Rh8 36. Rxd3 Rh4+ 37. Kg3 Rah8 38. Kg2 Ke5 39. c5 dxc5 40. d6 Rg8+
41. Kf2 Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Round "1.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qa4 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Qa5 14. Qc2 Rac8 15.
Qb2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Rab1 Nxa2 19. Rxb7 a5 20. Rxe7 Nc3 21.
Ba6 Rc6 22. Bd3 Ra8 23. e4 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Ra1 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxd4 27. Nxd4
Bxd4 28. Ra2 a4 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rac8 31. g3 Rb4 32. Ra5 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Li, Chao "]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. b3 Qa5 15.
Rab1 Nc5 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Nd4 19. Qd3 c5 20. f4 f5 21. Kh1 h5
22. Rbe1 Kh7 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxe7 Rcf8 27. g3 h4
28. Nb2 hxg3 29. Kg2 g5 30. Kxg3 gxf4+ 31. Kf2 Ra5 32. Rg1 Rg8 33. Nd3 Kh8 34.
Kf3 Bf6 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Re2 Kf7 37. Kxf4 Rh5 38. Kg4 Rh4+ 39. Kg3 Rh5 40. Re4
d5 41. cxd5 Rxd5 42. Re2 Rh5 43. Rc2 Be7 44. Kg4 Rh4+ 45. Kg3 Re4 46. Rf2+ Ke6
47. Nf4+ Kd7 48. Kf3 Re3+ 49. Kg4 Bd6 50. Kf5 d3 51. Nd5 Re5+ 52. Kf4 Rxd5+ 53.
Ke4 Rh5 54. Kxd3 Rxh3+ 55. Kc4 Rh4+ 56. Kd3 Kc6 57. Rc2+ Kb5 58. Rc8 Bc5 59.
Rb8+ Bb6 60. Kc3 Rh3+ 61. Kb2 a5 62. Rc8 Bd4+ 63. Kb1 Rh1+ 64. Kc2 Rh2+ 65. Kd3
Bb6 66. a3 Rh3+ 67. Kc2 Rh2+ 68. Kd3 Ra2 69. a4+ Ka6 70. Kc3 Rh2 71. Rc4 Rh3+
72. Kc2 Rh2+ 73. Kb1 Be3 74. b4 axb4 75. Rxb4 Ka5 76. Rc4 Bd2 77. Kc2 Bb4+ 78.
Kd3 Rd2+ 79. Ke3 Rd6 80. Ke4 Kxa4 81. Rd4 Rh6 82. Rd5 Kb3 83. Kf3 Kc4 84. Rd7
Bc5 85. Rb7 Kd5 86. Rb5 Rh3+ 87. Kg4 Re3 88. Kh5 Rg3 89. Ra5 Kc6 90. Kh4 Bf2 91.
Kh5 Kd6 92. Rg5 Rf3 93. Ra5 Ke6 94. Ra6+ Ke5 95. Ra5+ Kf4 96. Ra4+ Kf5 97. Ra5+
Ke4 98. Ra4+ Bd4 99. Kh4 Rf8 100. Kg4 Rg8+ 101. Kh4 Ke3 102. Kh5 Be5 103. Rg4
Rh8+ 104. Kg5 Bf4+ 105. Kf5 Rh5+ 106. Ke6 Ke4 107. Rg1 Rh6+ 108. Kd7 Rd6+ 109.
Ke7 Kf5 110. Rf1 Rd2 111. Kf7 Rd7+ 112. Kf8 Ra7 113. Rf2 Ke5 114. Kg8 Bg5 115.
Rf7 Ra6 116. Rf1 Bf6 117. Kf7 Ra7+ 118. Kg6 Rg7+ 119. Kh6 Rg4 120. Kh5 Rg3 121.
Kh6 Ke6 122. Kh5 Kf7 123. Rf4 Rg2 124. Rf1 Rg5+ 125. Kh6 Rg4 126. Rf5 Ke6 127.
Rf1 Kf7 128. Rf5 Rg3 129. Kh5 Kg7 130. Rf4 Kf7 131. Rf5 Ke6 132. Rf1 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Li, Chao "]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. exd4 cxd4 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d3
Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. Qc2 g5 14. Nhf3 h6 15. Rb1
Rc8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. Qb3 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nd5 20. b5 Rb8 21. Ba3 Nc3 22.
bxc6 Rxb3 23. Rxb3 Be6 24. Rb7 Bf6 25. Nfe5 Bd5 26. Rd7 Qa8 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 28.
Rxd5 Bxe5 29. Rdxe5 Qxc6 30. Rxe7 Ra8 31. Bb2 Qf3 32. Ne5 Qf6 33. Rxf7 Qb6 34.
Nc4 Qb3 35. Ree7 Qxd3 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Ne5 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kh3 Qf5+ 40. g4 1-0

[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c5 14. Be3 Rb8
15. b3 Qa5 16. Re2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qa6 19. Rec2 Ne5 20. Qe2 Qb7 21.
f4 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Nd7 23. Nc6 Re8 24. Nxa7 Qxe4 25. Nb5 Nf6 26. Rc4 Qb1+ 27. Rc1
Qf5 28. Nd4 Qe4 29. Qf3 Qd3 30. Rd1 Qa6 31. a4 Rc8 32. Qf1 Qa8 33. Qf3 Nd5 34.
Nb5 e6 35. Bf2 Qa6 36. Qe4 h5 37. Bd4 Bxd4+ 38. Qxd4 Rc2 39. Rd2 Rc1+ 40. Rd1
Rc2 41. Rd2 Rc1+ 42. Rd1 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 d6 8. O-O
Be6 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. Nec3 Ne7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. e4 Bg7 13. Be3 a6 14. Rc1 b5 15.
b3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 bxc4 18. dxc4 e4 19. Qd2 c6 20. Rfd1 d5 21. Na4 dxc4
22. Qe1 Nd5 23. Nc5 Bf7 24. bxc4 Nxe3 25. Rxd8 Rfxd8 26. Nb3 Rd3 27. Bf1 Nxf1
28. Qxf1 Rbd8 29. Kg2 Bh5 30. Qe1 Bf3+ 31. Kh3 R8d6 0-1

[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8.
Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 h6 12. Qf3 Bc7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. g4 d5 15.
Nf5 a5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 a4 19. Bc2 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Rae1
f5 22. f4 fxe4 23. dxe4 dxe4 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe4 Ng4 26. h3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1
Bb6+ 28. Kg2 Ne3+ 29. Bxe3 Bxe3 30. Bg6 Bg5 31. Rf7 Rb8 32. Rf5 Bf6 33. Ra5 b5
34. a3 Kf8 35. Ra7 c5 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rc7 b4 38. Rxc5 bxa3 39. bxa3 Kf8 40. Rc4
Ke7 41. Rxa4 Bxc3 42. Rc4 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rb3 44. a4 Kf6 45. Bc2 Ra3 46. Ke4 Be1
47. Bd3 Kg5 48. Be2 Kh4 49. Bg4 Rb3 50. Kd5 Rb4 51. Rxb4 Bxb4 52. Kc6 Kg5 53.
Kb6 Kh6 54. a5 Bxa5+ 55. Kxa5 g5 56. Kb5 Kg7 57. Kc5 Kh8 58. Kd6 Kg7 59. Ke5 Kh8
60. Kf6 Kh7 61. Bf5+ Kh8 62. Be6 Kh7 63. Kf7 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. c4 O-O
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qe2 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bc4 Qe7 15.
Rac1 Rfd8 16. Ba3 Qg5 17. N2f3 Qh5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nb5 Be5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21.
Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Nc3 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qg5 24. Qf1 Rc8 25. Na4 c4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27.
bxc4 Qa5 28. Qd1 Bc6 29. Nb2 Qxa2 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33.
Qd4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 h6 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 d6
9. Na3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc2 Qe8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qg6 14. Qb3 Nd8 15.
Nf5 Qf7 16. Ng3 b6 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. h3 Rf7 20. Qb5 Raf8 21. Re2 Ne7
22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. d4 Ng6 24. Rc2 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Nh4 26. Re2 Nxf3+ 27. Kg2 Nh4+
28. Kf1 Ng6 29. Re3 Rf4 30. Ne2 Rf7 31. Nc1 exd4 32. cxd4 e5 33. Ne2 exd4 34.
Nxd4 Nc5 35. b3 Ne5 36. Kg2 Kf8 37. f3 Ke8 38. Ne2 Kd7 39. f4 Ng6 40. Kg3 Ne7
41. Nd4 Ng6 42. Rf1 Re7 43. Rfe1 Rf7 44. Rf1 Re7 45. e5 dxe5 46. fxe5 Nxe5 47.
Nf5 Re6 48. Nxg7 Rg6+ 49. Kh2 Rxg7 50. Rxe5 Nxb3 51. Rd1+ Kc6 52. Re6+ Kc5 53.
Rxh6 Kb4 54. Rh4+ Ka3 55. Rg4 Rh7 56. Rd3 b5 57. axb5 Rh5 58. Rc4 Rxb5 59. Rxc7
a4 60. Rc2 Kb4 61. h4 a3 62. Rg3 Nd4 63. Rd2 Rd5 64. Kh3 Rd6 65. Rgd3 Kc4 66.
Rxa3 1-0

[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 O-O
9. Nc2 Re8 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. Re1
Ng6 16. g3 Qd7 17. Rb1 Rd8 18. Nf5 Ree8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 d5 21. bxc6 bxc6
22. Qc2 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Kg2 Rc3 26. Rb6 Re6 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28.
Rb7 Nh8 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. Nxe7 Rxc4 31. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Round "3.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. Rc1 Nc6 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Rxc5 Qxa2 10. e3 Qxb2 11. Bc4 Qb4+ 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. Rb5
Qd6 15. Rxb7 Rab8 16. Rxb8 Rxb8 17. Qa4 a5 18. h3 Rb2 19. Nb3 h6 20. Bh4 Bc2 21.
Rc1 e6 22. Bg3 Qb4 23. Qxc6 Bxb3 24. Bxb3 Rxb3 25. Qe8+ Qf8 26. Qd7 Qb4 27. Rc8+
Bf8 28. Bd6 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxf2 30. Rxf8+ Kg7 31. Be5+ 1-0

[Round "3.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 b5 12. h4 gxh4 13. Bxh4 Nge5 14. Nd5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc1 Be6 17. Ne2 Rb8 18. Rb1 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Bg3 Qc8 21. Nc3
Qf5 22. Kf1 h5 23. Qe2 Kf8 24. b3 Ng6 25. Ne4 Qxd5 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. Nxd6 h4 28.
Bh2 cxb3 29. axb3 Rd8 30. Nf5 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qc8 32. Qd3 Bf6 33. Bg1 e6 34. Nd6
Qc6 35. Ne4 Be7 36. f3 Rh5 37. Be3 Rd5 38. Qe2 Re5 39. Bd4 Rd5 40. Be3 Re5 41.
Bd4 Rd5 42. Be3 Re5 43. Bd4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Round "3.5"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d5 7. f4 e6 8. c3
Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nf3 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Qa4 Nc6 15.
Be3 Nb6 16. Qb5 a6 17. Qe2 Qd6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. h4 Rc7 20. h5 Rbc8 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. Rd1 Ne7 23. Rac1 Nf5 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Bh3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bxe5 27. fxe5
Qc6 28. b3 Qc2 29. Rd2 Qb1+ 30. Bf1 Nc8 31. Qf2 Ne7 32. Qf6 Qf5 33. Qh4 Qe4 34.
Qg5 Rc1 35. Qxe7 Qxe3+ 36. Rf2 Qxg3+ 37. Rg2 Qe3+ 38. Rf2 Qg3+ 39. Rg2 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2