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Qatar Masters 2014 Rd8-GM Berkes(HUN);WGM Gara,T(HUN)

Rank after Round 8

GM Kramnik won again(!) and stands in clear first.

GM Berkes drew and now has 4.5/8. WGM Gara also drew and has 2/8.

GM Hansen,E(CAN) has 4/8.

Round 8 pictures by Dmitry Rukhletskiy from Official gallery.

WGM Gara,T(HUN) in rd8

Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 2 GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2760 7.0 2933 34.5 38.0
2 13 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2705 6.5 2867 36.5 40.0
3 1 GM Giri Anish NED 2776 6.0 2842 39.5 43.0
4 28 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2644 6.0 2737 32.5 35.5
5 26 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2657 6.0 2725 32.0 35.5
6 62 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2586 5.5 2784 38.0 40.0
7 44 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2620 5.5 2775 34.5 37.5
8 39 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2627 5.5 2767 34.5 36.0
9 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2751 5.5 2756 34.5 38.5
10 12 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 5.5 2750 36.0 40.5
11 10 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2714 5.5 2748 36.5 39.5
12 19 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2673 5.5 2748 36.0 39.5
13 11 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2707 5.5 2737 33.0 35.0
14 8 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2719 5.5 2736 33.0 36.5
15 30 GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2643 5.5 2735 35.5 39.0
16 31 GM Shankland Samuel L USA 2642 5.5 2734 35.0 38.5
17 14 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2701 5.5 2732 32.5 36.5
18 45 GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2619 5.5 2730 38.0 41.5
19 5 GM Ding Liren CHN 2730 5.5 2730 31.0 34.5
20 38 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2628 5.5 2692 31.0 33.5
21 42 GM Durarbayli Vasif AZE 2621 5.5 2691 33.0 36.0
22 36 GM Adhiban B. IND 2630 5.5 2598 25.5 26.0
23 69 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2573 5.0 2739 40.0 42.5
24 84 GM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2504 5.0 2731 33.0 37.0
25 3 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2757 5.0 2713 33.5 37.0
26 6 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2725 5.0 2702 33.0 36.5
27 70 GM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2566 5.0 2697 36.5 39.5
28 43 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2620 5.0 2679 33.5 36.5
29 59 GM Lenderman Aleksandr USA 2598 5.0 2661 34.5 37.5
30 25 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2659 5.0 2660 34.0 37.5
31 34 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2636 5.0 2643 31.5 34.0
32 18 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2678 5.0 2643 30.5 34.0
33 41 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2622 5.0 2642 30.5 32.5
34 78 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2520 5.0 2639 33.0 36.0
35 7 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2722 5.0 2625 31.5 33.5
36 54 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2607 5.0 2621 27.5 29.5
37 32 GM Vovk Andrey UKR 2640 5.0 2616 33.0 36.0
38 65 GM Jussupow Artur GER 2581 5.0 2602 30.0 32.5
39 33 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2636 5.0 2595 31.0 34.5
40 49 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2616 5.0 2521 27.5 30.0
41 99 IM Belyakov Bogdan RUS 2456 4.5 2676 34.0 38.0
42 52 GM Van Kampen Robin NED 2612 4.5 2660 37.0 40.0
43 37 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2629 4.5 2656 35.0 39.0
44 35 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2632 4.5 2655 34.5 36.5
45 60 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2592 4.5 2646 34.0 34.5
46 16 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2684 4.5 2619 32.5 36.5
47 24 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2659 4.5 2616 31.5 32.5
48 46 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2618 4.5 2613 33.0 36.0
49 96 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2470 4.5 2593 30.0 30.5
50 27 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2652 4.5 2585 31.5 34.5
51 79 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2519 4.5 2572 30.0 33.0
52 82 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed QAT 2507 4.5 2571 31.5 33.5
53 20   GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2669 4.5 2566 29.0 32.5
54 56 GM Miton Kamil POL 2601 4.5 2562 29.0 31.0
55 61 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2591 4.5 2561 29.5 31.5
56 89 GM Danielian Elina ARM 2487 4.5 2512 28.5 30.5
57 71 GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2565 4.5 2512 27.5 30.0
58 66 GM Gopal G.N. IND 2580 4.5 2508 29.5 32.5
59 15 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2687 4.5 2507 28.0 31.5
60 47 GM Hamdouchi Hicham FRA 2616 4.5 2504 29.5 32.5
61 74 GM Gao Rui CHN 2523 4.5 2493 31.5 34.0
62 107 GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2415 4.5 2492 27.0 29.5
63 22 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2662 4.5 2483 26.0 28.0
64 9 GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2719 4.5 2469 25.0 27.0
65 100 GM Krush Irina USA 2453 4.0 2636 30.5 33.5
66 91 GM Debashis Das IND 2485 4.0 2595 33.0 35.0
67 92 IM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2485 4.0 2588 30.5 34.0
68 111 Xu Yinglun CHN 2410 4.0 2582 31.5 35.5
69 67 GM Zhao Jun CHN 2578 4.0 2575 32.0 35.5
70 120 IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2381 4.0 2568 30.5 33.0
71 98 IM Georgiadis Nico SUI 2460 4.0 2558 29.0 31.0
72 110 IM Gagare Shardul IND 2411 4.0 2555 30.0 32.5
73 68 GM Hansen Eric CAN 2577 4.0 2554 30.5 34.0
74 17 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2680 4.0 2552 31.0 34.5
75 23 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2661 4.0 2542 31.5 34.5
76 97 WGM Huang Qian CHN 2464 4.0 2541 30.0 33.0
77 57 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2599 4.0 2536 29.5 32.0
78 106 GM Neelotpal Das IND 2424 4.0 2531 30.5 33.5
79 109 FM Seyb Alexander GER 2412 4.0 2518 31.0 33.5
80 130 IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy IND 2347 4.0 2511 28.0 31.0
81 93 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2484 4.0 2505 32.0 34.5
82 144 FM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2310 4.0 2504 27.0 28.0
83 76 IM Donchenko Alexander GER 2523 4.0 2502 30.0 33.0
84 75 GM Xu Jun CHN 2523 4.0 2501 30.5 33.0
85 77 GM Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2522 4.0 2499 30.5 32.5
86 51 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2614 4.0 2494 29.5 31.5
87 21 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. UKR 2664 4.0 2492 28.5 30.5
88 53 GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2608 4.0 2483 30.5 32.5
89 114 IM Nezad Husein Aziz QAT 2396 4.0 2473 27.5 29.5
90 145 IM Belouadah Saad ALG 2305 4.0 2461 25.5 27.5
91 81 GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2510 4.0 2458 26.5 28.5
92 40 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2622 4.0 2448 27.0 29.0
93 63 GM Wen Yang CHN 2586 4.0 2444 28.5 30.5
94 95 IM Tari Aryan NOR 2479 4.0 2436 28.5 31.0
95 55 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2603 4.0 2434 29.0 32.0
96 64 WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2582 4.0 2393 26.5 28.5
97 72 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2559 4.0 2368 24.5 26.5
98 103 IM Thejkumar M. S. IND 2443 3.5 2536 33.0 35.0
99 94 IM Potapov Pavel RUS 2479 3.5 2534 31.5 35.0
100 132 IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IND 2335 3.5 2512 29.5 33.0
101 58 GM Bogner Sebastian SUI 2598 3.5 2509 34.0 36.5
102 122 FM Vazquez Guillermo PAR 2374 3.5 2509 28.5 31.5
103 50 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2615 3.5 2498 31.5 34.5
104 104 IM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2442 3.5 2495 31.0 33.5
105 123 Asgarizadeh Ahmad IRI 2371 3.5 2491 30.5 33.0
106 108 IM Sardana Rishi AUS 2415 3.5 2481 30.0 32.5
107 90 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2486 3.5 2480 30.5 33.0
108 80 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2517 3.5 2476 28.0 30.5
109 73 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2538 3.5 2461 32.5 35.0
110 83 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2505 3.5 2452 29.0 32.0
111 48 GM Mista Aleksander POL 2616 3.5 2431 31.0 33.5
112 125 IM Daulyte Deimante LTU 2364 3.5 2426 24.5 26.5
113 85 IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2497 3.5 2420 24.0 26.0
114 150 IM Kathmale Sameer IND 2267 3.5 2415 27.5 30.0
115 153 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab AZE 2241 3.5 2406 26.0 28.0
116 102 IM Das Sayantan IND 2444 3.5 2375 25.0 25.5
117 29 GM Bologan Viktor MDA 2643 3.5 2313 23.5 25.5
118 141 WIM Mammadzada Gunay AZE 2316 3.0 2464 32.5 35.5
119 136 WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2332 3.0 2455 30.5 33.5
120 129 FM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2353 3.0 2452 26.0 27.0
121 133 FM Basso Pier Luigi ITA 2335 3.0 2436 27.0 29.0
122 113 IM Caprio Guido ITA 2401 3.0 2431 28.5 30.5
123 86 GM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2494 3.0 2427 28.5 31.5
124 124 FM Hedman Erik SWE 2370 3.0 2416 28.0 30.0
125 119 FM Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2385 3.0 2396 27.5 29.5
126 143 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa IRI 2312 3.0 2395 25.0 27.0
127 135 FM Gholami Aryan IRI 2333 3.0 2385 24.0 26.0
128 127 WGM Gomes Mary Ann IND 2355 3.0 2365 24.0 26.0
129 105 IM Goh Wei Ming Kevin SIN 2442 3.0 2359 26.0 28.0
130 147 FM Salih Akar Ali Salih IRQ 2284 3.0 2355 22.5 24.0
131 148 WGM Gu Xiaobing CHN 2283 3.0 2351 23.5 25.5
132 121 WGM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 2378 3.0 2332 24.0 25.5
133 87 GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2492 3.0 2295 24.0 26.0
134 142 WGM Nemcova Katerina USA 2312 2.5 2332 25.0 26.0
135 115 FM Studer Noel SUI 2395 2.5 2330 30.0 32.0
136 154 WIM Tomashevskaya Lidia RUS 2210 2.5 2326 27.0 28.5
137 134 FM Gaehwiler Gabriel SUI 2334 2.5 2316 24.0 25.5
138 126 IM Kharous Ernest RUS 2358 2.5 2301 25.5 28.0
139 146 FM Nuri Kambez SUI 2300 2.5 2280 26.5 27.5
140 152 WIM Ni Shiqun CHN 2262 2.5 2258 16.5 17.5
141 151 FM Liang Awonder USA 2266 2.5 2251 22.0 24.0
142 128 WGM Wang Jue CHN 2353 2.0 2283 25.5 28.0
143 117 IM L’ami Alina ROU 2393 2.0 2280 27.0 29.0
144 149 WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca USA 2270 2.0 2280 26.0 29.0
145 140 WGM Dimitrijevic Aleksandra BIH 2323 2.0 2260 20.5 21.0
146 138   WGM Gara Ticia HUN 2326 2.0 2241 24.0 26.0
147 139 WIM Zhai Mo CHN 2325 2.0 2241 23.0 23.5
148 88 IM Chandra Akshat USA 2489 2.0 2228 25.0 27.0
149 112 IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2407 2.0 2223 24.5 25.0
150 131 WGM Kochetkova Julia SVK 2345 2.0 2198 22.5 24.5

 

Qatar Masters 2014 rd7-GM Berkes(HUN);WGM Gara,T(HUN)

Rank after Round 7

GM Giri was stopped by GM Kramnik who both share the lead with 6/7.

GM Berkes has 4/7, while WGM Gara remains at 1.5/7.

GM Hansen(CAN) has 3.5/7.

Photo by Maria Emelianova from the official site gallery

Giri(l) and Kramnik(r) get ready for the big showdown

Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 1 GM Giri Anish NED 2776 6.0 2950 29.5 32.5
2 2 GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2760 6.0 2908 25.0 28.0
3 62 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2586 5.5 2856 27.0 28.5
4 13 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2705 5.5 2823 28.0 31.5
5 69 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2573 5.0 2800 30.0 32.5
6 44 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2620 5.0 2782 26.5 29.0
7 39 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2627 5.0 2771 25.5 27.0
8 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2751 5.0 2769 26.5 29.5
9 12 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 5.0 2765 28.5 32.0
10 10 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2714 5.0 2762 29.0 32.0
11 70 GM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2566 5.0 2754 27.5 29.5
12 11 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2707 5.0 2750 24.0 26.0
13 30 GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2643 5.0 2748 28.0 31.5
14 45 GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2619 5.0 2740 27.5 30.5
15 31 GM Shankland Samuel L USA 2642 5.0 2728 26.5 29.0
16 28 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2644 5.0 2698 25.0 27.0
17 26 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2657 5.0 2684 24.5 28.0
18 36 GM Adhiban B. IND 2630 5.0 2579 18.0 18.5
19 3 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2757 4.5 2718 26.5 29.5
20 52 GM Van Kampen Robin NED 2612 4.5 2707 27.5 30.5
21 6 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2725 4.5 2707 25.0 28.0
22 19 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2673 4.5 2705 28.0 31.5
23 35 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2632 4.5 2705 26.5 27.5
24 37 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2629 4.5 2699 25.5 28.5
25 8 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2719 4.5 2694 25.5 28.5
26 14 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2701 4.5 2690 26.5 30.0
27 5 GM Ding Liren CHN 2730 4.5 2685 24.5 27.5
28 24 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2659 4.5 2667 25.0 26.0
29 43 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2620 4.5 2666 24.0 26.5
30 25 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2659 4.5 2662 25.5 29.0
31 59 GM Lenderman Aleksandr USA 2598 4.5 2654 25.5 28.5
32 46 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2618 4.5 2651 24.0 26.5
33 42 GM Durarbayli Vasif AZE 2621 4.5 2638 26.0 28.0
34 38 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2628 4.5 2637 24.0 26.5
35 27 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2652 4.5 2633 22.5 25.0
36 41 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2622 4.5 2624 21.5 23.0
37 34 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2636 4.5 2620 22.5 24.5
38 7 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2722 4.5 2619 21.5 23.0
39 33 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2636 4.5 2590 22.5 26.0
40 65 GM Jussupow Artur GER 2581 4.5 2590 21.0 23.5
41 84 GM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2504 4.0 2693 26.0 29.0
42 99 IM Belyakov Bogdan RUS 2456 4.0 2690 24.0 27.0
43 60 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2592 4.0 2669 26.0 26.5
44 16 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2684 4.0 2628 25.5 28.5
45 67 GM Zhao Jun CHN 2578 4.0 2620 23.0 26.0
46 18 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2678 4.0 2601 23.0 26.0
47 98 IM Georgiadis Nico SUI 2460 4.0 2596 21.0 22.5
48 23 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2661 4.0 2595 24.0 26.5
49 32 GM Vovk Andrey UKR 2640 4.0 2580 26.0 28.5
50 78 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2520 4.0 2578 26.0 29.0
51 20 GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2669 4.0 2573 22.0 25.0
52 54 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2607 4.0 2569 20.0 21.5
53 82 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed QAT 2507 4.0 2566 22.5 24.5
54 79 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2519 4.0 2559 22.0 24.0
55 77 GM Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2522 4.0 2524 23.0 25.0
56 66 GM Gopal G.N. IND 2580 4.0 2516 22.5 25.5
57 47 GM Hamdouchi Hicham FRA 2616 4.0 2504 21.5 24.0
58 89 GM Danielian Elina ARM 2487 4.0 2501 19.5 21.0
59 71 GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2565 4.0 2488 19.5 21.5
60 81 GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2510 4.0 2486 20.0 22.0
61 63 GM Wen Yang CHN 2586 4.0 2486 19.5 21.5
62 49 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2616 4.0 2465 20.5 23.0
63 100 GM Krush Irina USA 2453 3.5 2637 22.5 25.5
64 111 Xu Yinglun CHN 2410 3.5 2590 23.5 27.0
65 92 IM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2485 3.5 2585 24.0 27.0
66 91 GM Debashis Das IND 2485 3.5 2583 25.0 27.0
67 103 IM Thejkumar M. S. IND 2443 3.5 2576 24.5 26.0
68 68 GM Hansen Eric CAN 2577 3.5 2575 24.5 27.5
69 94 IM Potapov Pavel RUS 2479 3.5 2575 22.0 24.5
70 58 GM Bogner Sebastian SUI 2598 3.5 2571 26.0 28.5
71 120 IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2381 3.5 2569 22.0 24.5
72 17 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2680 3.5 2561 24.0 27.0
73 110 IM Gagare Shardul IND 2411 3.5 2560 21.0 23.5
74 96 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2470 3.5 2552 22.0 22.5
75 97 WGM Huang Qian CHN 2464 3.5 2535 22.5 25.0
76 56 GM Miton Kamil POL 2601 3.5 2530 23.0 25.0
77 61 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2591 3.5 2523 23.5 25.0
78 76 IM Donchenko Alexander GER 2523 3.5 2515 24.5 27.0
79 75 GM Xu Jun CHN 2523 3.5 2514 24.0 25.5
80 73 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2538 3.5 2509 24.0 25.5
81 109 FM Seyb Alexander GER 2412 3.5 2509 22.5 25.0
82 90 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2486 3.5 2500 23.5 26.0
83 80 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2517 3.5 2490 20.0 22.0
84 53 GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2608 3.5 2482 22.0 23.0
85 74 GM Gao Rui CHN 2523 3.5 2480 24.5 27.0
86 15 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2687 3.5 2461 21.5 24.0
87 40 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2622 3.5 2447 21.5 23.5
88 153 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab AZE 2241 3.5 2438 17.0 18.0
89 85 IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2497 3.5 2435 15.5 17.0
90 22 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2662 3.5 2431 19.5 21.5
91 107 GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2415 3.5 2427 19.5 22.0
92 9 GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2719 3.5 2413 18.5 20.5
93 64 WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2582 3.5 2383 20.0 22.0
94 102 IM Das Sayantan IND 2444 3.5 2383 18.0 18.5
95 72 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2559 3.5 2366 17.5 19.5
96 141 WIM Mammadzada Gunay AZE 2316 3.0 2519 24.5 27.5
97 50 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2615 3.0 2516 24.0 26.0
98 57 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2599 3.0 2515 23.0 24.5
99 132 IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IND 2335 3.0 2513 22.5 25.5
100 106 GM Neelotpal Das IND 2424 3.0 2512 24.0 26.5
101 136 WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2332 3.0 2501 24.0 26.5
102 113 IM Caprio Guido ITA 2401 3.0 2499 21.5 23.0
103 122 FM Vazquez Guillermo PAR 2374 3.0 2492 22.5 24.5
104 93 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2484 3.0 2479 24.0 25.5
105 129 FM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2353 3.0 2479 18.5 19.5
106 144 FM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2310 3.0 2470 23.5 24.5
107 83 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2505 3.0 2468 21.5 23.5
108 130 IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy IND 2347 3.0 2463 20.5 23.5
109 51 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2614 3.0 2462 23.0 25.0
110 133 FM Basso Pier Luigi ITA 2335 3.0 2462 21.0 23.0
111 21 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. UKR 2664 3.0 2449 23.5 24.5
112 114 IM Nezad Husein Aziz QAT 2396 3.0 2446 21.0 22.5
113 143 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa IRI 2312 3.0 2444 18.0 19.0
114 48 GM Mista Aleksander POL 2616 3.0 2438 25.0 27.5
115 124 FM Hedman Erik SWE 2370 3.0 2437 22.5 24.5
116 145 IM Belouadah Saad ALG 2305 3.0 2420 20.0 21.5
117 135 FM Gholami Aryan IRI 2333 3.0 2420 17.0 18.5
118 95 IM Tari Aryan NOR 2479 3.0 2401 22.0 23.5
119 125 IM Daulyte Deimante LTU 2364 3.0 2398 17.5 19.5
120 55 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2603 3.0 2396 21.5 23.5
121 87 GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2492 3.0 2337 18.5 20.0
122 104 IM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2442 2.5 2475 24.5 28.0
123 108 IM Sardana Rishi AUS 2415 2.5 2467 23.5 25.5
124 123 Asgarizadeh Ahmad IRI 2371 2.5 2465 24.5 28.0
125 86 GM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2494 2.5 2432 23.0 26.0
126 115 FM Studer Noel SUI 2395 2.5 2392 22.0 23.5
127 154 WIM Tomashevskaya Lidia RUS 2210 2.5 2372 20.5 22.0
128 150 IM Kathmale Sameer IND 2267 2.5 2370 21.5 24.0
129 126 IM Kharous Ernest RUS 2358 2.5 2365 20.0 22.0
130 142 WGM Nemcova Katerina USA 2312 2.5 2346 18.5 19.5
131 146 FM Nuri Kambez SUI 2300 2.5 2327 19.5 20.5
132 121 WGM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 2378 2.5 2306 18.0 19.5
133 151 FM Liang Awonder USA 2266 2.5 2282 14.5 16.0
134 29 GM Bologan Viktor MDA 2643 2.5 2260 18.5 20.5
135 119 FM Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2385 2.0 2348 22.0 24.5
136 117 IM L’ami Alina ROU 2393 2.0 2342 20.5 22.5
137 149 WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca USA 2270 2.0 2331 21.5 23.5
138 128 WGM Wang Jue CHN 2353 2.0 2323 19.0 20.5
139 127 WGM Gomes Mary Ann IND 2355 2.0 2320 19.5 21.5
140 140 WGM Dimitrijevic Aleksandra BIH 2323 2.0 2304 15.0 15.5
141 105 IM Goh Wei Ming Kevin SIN 2442 2.0 2301 21.5 23.5
142 148 WGM Gu Xiaobing CHN 2283 2.0 2287 18.5 20.0
143 88 IM Chandra Akshat USA 2489 2.0 2282 19.0 20.5
144 147 FM Salih Akar Ali Salih IRQ 2284 2.0 2278 18.0 19.0
145 134 FM Gaehwiler Gabriel SUI 2334 1.5 2235 18.5 21.0
146 139 WIM Zhai Mo CHN 2325 1.5 2217 20.0 20.5
147 138 WGM Gara Ticia HUN 2326 1.5 2210 20.0 22.5
148 131 WGM Kochetkova Julia SVK 2345 1.5 2170 17.0 18.5
149 118 IM Guramishvili Sopiko GEO 2388 1.5 2162 19.5 21.0
150 152 WIM Ni Shiqun CHN 2262 1.5 2162 13.0 14.0

 

Qatar Masters 2014 Rd6-WGM Gara,T(HUN); GM Berkes,F(HUN)

Results-Rank after Round 6

GM Berkes,F has 3.5/6 while WGM Gara,T has 1.5/6.

GM Hansen,E(CAN) lost to GM Kuzubov Yuriy and has at 3/6

Giri remains in sole first with another win and a perfect 6/6!

Photo Round 6 pictures by Dmitry Rukhletskiy from Official Gallery

GM Giri from Rd6

Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 1 GM Giri Anish NED 2776 6.0 3422 20.0 22.0
2 2 GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2760 5.0 2843 17.5 19.5
3 69 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2573 4.5 2835 23.0 24.5
4 62 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2586 4.5 2815 20.0 21.5
5 44 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2620 4.5 2802 20.5 22.0
6 12 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 4.5 2795 20.0 23.0
7 10 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2714 4.5 2794 22.0 24.0
8 30 GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2643 4.5 2786 20.0 22.5
9 13 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2705 4.5 2785 20.5 23.5
10 45 GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2619 4.5 2764 18.5 20.5
11 31 GM Shankland Samuel L USA 2642 4.5 2741 18.5 21.0
12 28 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2644 4.5 2720 17.0 19.0
13 59 GM Lenderman Aleksandr USA 2598 4.5 2720 16.5 19.0
14 27 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2652 4.5 2715 15.0 17.0
15 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2751 4.0 2732 19.0 21.5
16 60 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2592 4.0 2729 19.5 19.5
17 39 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2627 4.0 2727 18.0 19.0
18 6 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2725 4.0 2726 18.0 20.5
19 19 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2673 4.0 2723 20.5 23.5
20 11 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2707 4.0 2717 17.0 19.0
21 8 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2719 4.0 2712 18.0 20.5
22 14 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2701 4.0 2708 19.5 22.0
23 70 GM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2566 4.0 2707 20.5 21.5
24 35 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2632 4.0 2707 18.0 19.0
25 37 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2629 4.0 2700 17.0 19.5
26 5 GM Ding Liren CHN 2730 4.0 2700 16.0 18.5
27 16 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2684 4.0 2695 18.0 20.5
28 25 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2659 4.0 2675 18.0 21.0
29 43 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2620 4.0 2663 17.0 19.5
30 23 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2661 4.0 2655 17.0 19.5
31 46 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2618 4.0 2648 17.5 20.0
32 42 GM Durarbayli Vasif AZE 2621 4.0 2640 18.0 20.0
33 26 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2657 4.0 2636 17.0 20.0
34 38 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2628 4.0 2629 17.0 18.5
35 7 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2722 4.0 2624 15.0 16.5
36 32 GM Vovk Andrey UKR 2640 4.0 2618 17.5 19.0
37 34 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2636 4.0 2617 15.5 17.0
38 47 GM Hamdouchi Hicham FRA 2616 4.0 2546 14.5 16.5
39 36 GM Adhiban B. IND 2630 4.0 2507 12.0 12.0
40 3 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2757 3.5 2688 21.0 23.5
41 99 IM Belyakov Bogdan RUS 2456 3.5 2684 17.5 20.0
42 52 GM Van Kampen Robin NED 2612 3.5 2682 20.5 22.5
43 92 IM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2485 3.5 2637 15.5 17.5
44 91 GM Debashis Das IND 2485 3.5 2634 17.0 18.5
45 24 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2659 3.5 2627 19.0 20.0
46 67 GM Zhao Jun CHN 2578 3.5 2619 17.0 19.0
47 17 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2680 3.5 2617 16.5 19.0
48 98 IM Georgiadis Nico SUI 2460 3.5 2596 14.0 15.5
49 96 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2470 3.5 2595 14.0 14.0
50 41 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2622 3.5 2585 16.0 17.5
51 20   GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2669 3.5 2573 16.0 19.0
52 33 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2636 3.5 2549 17.0 19.5
53 73 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2538 3.5 2541 17.5 19.0
54 65 GM Jussupow Artur GER 2581 3.5 2541 15.0 17.0
55 76 IM Donchenko Alexander GER 2523 3.5 2532 17.5 19.5
56 80 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2517 3.5 2532 12.0 13.5
57 66 GM Gopal G.N. IND 2580 3.5 2519 16.5 18.5
58 63 GM Wen Yang CHN 2586 3.5 2489 14.0 15.5
59 89 GM Danielian Elina ARM 2487 3.5 2487 14.0 15.5
60 71 GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2565 3.5 2457 13.5 15.5
61 49 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2616 3.5 2442 15.5 17.5
62 84 GM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2504 3.0 2649 20.0 22.5
63 100 GM Krush Irina USA 2453 3.0 2647 18.0 20.0
64 68 GM Hansen Eric CAN 2577 3.0 2597 19.5 21.5
65 111 Xu Yinglun CHN 2410 3.0 2595 17.5 20.5
66 58 GM Bogner Sebastian SUI 2598 3.0 2589 18.5 20.0
67 141 WIM Mammadzada Gunay AZE 2316 3.0 2577 17.5 19.5
68 103 IM Thejkumar M. S. IND 2443 3.0 2576 18.0 19.5
69 132 IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IND 2335 3.0 2569 16.0 19.0
70 110 IM Gagare Shardul IND 2411 3.0 2566 15.0 16.5
71 78 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2520 3.0 2563 21.5 23.5
72 18 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2678 3.0 2559 17.0 19.5
73 136 WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2332 3.0 2556 18.0 20.0
74 56 GM Miton Kamil POL 2601 3.0 2542 17.0 19.0
75 79 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2519 3.0 2539 16.0 17.5
76 61 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2591 3.0 2530 16.5 18.0
77 75 GM Xu Jun CHN 2523 3.0 2526 17.5 18.5
78 97 WGM Huang Qian CHN 2464 3.0 2525 16.0 18.0
79 54 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2607 3.0 2525 15.0 16.0
80 144 FM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2310 3.0 2522 16.0 17.0
81 93 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2484 3.0 2517 17.0 18.5
82 21 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. UKR 2664 3.0 2498 17.5 18.5
83 77 GM Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2522 3.0 2497 17.5 19.5
109 FM Seyb Alexander GER 2412 3.0 2497 17.5 19.5
85 74 GM Gao Rui CHN 2523 3.0 2491 18.0 19.5
86 82 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed QAT 2507 3.0 2491 17.5 19.5
87 83 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2505 3.0 2491 14.0 16.0
88 90 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2486 3.0 2485 17.5 19.5
89 81 GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2510 3.0 2457 14.0 16.0
90 40 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2622 3.0 2439 14.0 16.0
91 55 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2603 3.0 2436 16.0 18.0
92 125 IM Daulyte Deimante LTU 2364 3.0 2412 10.5 12.0
93 9 GM Naiditsch Arkadij GER 2719 3.0 2406 12.0 14.0
94 85 IM Karthikeyan Murali IND 2497 3.0 2404 10.5 11.5
95 64 WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2582 3.0 2378 15.0 17.0
96 102 IM Das Sayantan IND 2444 3.0 2360 11.0 11.0
97 72 GM Ghaem Maghami Ehsan IRI 2559 3.0 2359 13.0 15.0
98 104 IM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2442 2.5 2576 19.0 22.0
99 94 IM Potapov Pavel RUS 2479 2.5 2552 16.0 18.0
100 57 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2599 2.5 2535 18.0 19.5
101 50 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2615 2.5 2533 18.0 19.5
102 123 Asgarizadeh Ahmad IRI 2371 2.5 2525 18.0 21.0
103 120 IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2381 2.5 2525 17.0 18.5
104 86 GM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2494 2.5 2502 17.5 20.0
105 106 GM Neelotpal Das IND 2424 2.5 2496 17.5 20.0
106 108 IM Sardana Rishi AUS 2415 2.5 2492 18.5 19.5
107 113 IM Caprio Guido ITA 2401 2.5 2484 15.5 17.0
108 51 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2614 2.5 2475 17.0 19.0
109 130 IM Konguvel Ponnuswamy IND 2347 2.5 2462 15.5 18.0
110 53 GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2608 2.5 2461 17.5 18.5
111 114 IM Nezad Husein Aziz QAT 2396 2.5 2419 15.0 16.0
112 15 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2687 2.5 2411 16.0 18.5
113 95 IM Tari Aryan NOR 2479 2.5 2411 16.0 17.5
114 154 WIM Tomashevskaya Lidia RUS 2210 2.5 2394 14.0 15.0
115 150 IM Kathmale Sameer IND 2267 2.5 2392 15.5 17.0
116 22 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2662 2.5 2386 14.5 16.5
117 153 WGM Mamedjarova Zeinab AZE 2241 2.5 2380 13.5 14.5
118 107 GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2415 2.5 2334 15.5 17.0
119 29 GM Bologan Viktor MDA 2643 2.5 2296 10.5 12.0
120 122 FM Vazquez Guillermo PAR 2374 2.0 2461 17.5 20.0
121 129 FM Tabatabaei M.Amin IRI 2353 2.0 2429 14.0 15.0
122 48 GM Mista Aleksander POL 2616 2.0 2408 20.5 23.0
123 119 FM Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2385 2.0 2407 16.0 18.0
124 117 IM L’ami Alina ROU 2393 2.0 2403 13.5 15.0
125 124 FM Hedman Erik SWE 2370 2.0 2398 17.5 19.5
126 133 FM Basso Pier Luigi ITA 2335 2.0 2391 16.5 18.5
127 149 WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca USA 2270 2.0 2384 15.0 17.0
128 143 WGM Pourkashiyan Atousa IRI 2312 2.0 2378 14.5 15.5
129 126 IM Kharous Ernest RUS 2358 2.0 2368 15.0 17.0
130 105 IM Goh Wei Ming Kevin SIN 2442 2.0 2359 15.5 17.0
131 145 IM Belouadah Saad ALG 2305 2.0 2358 14.5 16.0
132 135 FM Gholami Aryan IRI 2333 2.0 2358 13.5 14.5
133 128 WGM Wang Jue CHN 2353 2.0 2354 13.0 14.0
134 142 WGM Nemcova Katerina USA 2312 2.0 2338 12.5 13.5
135 88 IM Chandra Akshat USA 2489 2.0 2333 13.5 14.5
136 148 WGM Gu Xiaobing CHN 2283 2.0 2332 14.5 15.5
137 87 GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2492 2.0 2268 15.5 17.0
138 115 FM Studer Noel SUI 2395 1.5 2328 17.0 18.5
139 127 WGM Gomes Mary Ann IND 2355 1.5 2311 15.0 17.0
140 140 WGM Dimitrijevic Aleksandra BIH 2323 1.5 2287 12.5 12.5
141 134 FM Gaehwiler Gabriel SUI 2334 1.5 2284 14.5 16.0
142 138   WGM Gara Ticia HUN 2326 1.5 2276 15.0 16.5
143 139 WIM Zhai Mo CHN 2325 1.5 2265 14.5 14.5
144 146 FM Nuri Kambez SUI 2300 1.5 2233 14.5 16.0
145 121 WGM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 2378 1.5 2229 14.5 15.5
146 118 IM Guramishvili Sopiko GEO 2388 1.5 2213 13.0 14.0
147 151 FM Liang Awonder USA 2266 1.5 2201 12.0 13.0
148 112 IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2407 1.0 2180 14.0 15.0
149 147 FM Salih Akar Ali Salih IRQ 2284 1.0 2167 15.0 16.0
150 131 WGM Kochetkova Julia SVK 2345 1.0 2150 12.5 14.0

 

BTCh 8-Boards 2014 Rd4

Results(Nov 24,2014)

MTK lost narrowly to Siralyi 4.5-3-5. Our top boards did well but we had no luck on the lower boards.

The Monday league Team Ch consists of an 8-board and 6-board championship but is unrated. This is a unique feature of Hungarian chess which allows players to get additional practice in a more casual environment but nevertheless, each match is taken very seriously.

Board 3 Yip,M-Czibulka,Z Dr

I contributed a win in an attacking game. After 34..Kh7(diagram) Black quickly resigned as I was checking to make sure that 35.Bxg6+ was the correct way to win.

Yip-Czibulka after 34..Kh7

Sirály EKH   4.5 3.5   MTK
1. 2314 Farkas Richárd 0.5 0.5 Rozgonyi Áron 2114
2. 2063 Juhász Béla 0 1 Birinyi István 2038
3. 1997 dr Czibulka Zoltán 0 1 Yip, Michael 1959
4. 1841 Bellán István 1 0 Bólyai István 1947
5. 1868 Szíjártó Zsolt 0.5 0.5 Balla Attila 1823
6. 1826 Györgydeák Tibor 1 0 Szűcs Imre 1792
7. 1783 Kocsis Zsolt Gyula 1 0 Bella Zsolt 1382
8. 0 Balogh Dominik 0.5 0.5 Aranyi József (1621)
Versenybíró: Juhász Béla
Vízügyi SC 3.5 4.5 HBSE
1. 2287 Bednay Dezső 0.5 0.5 Bernei András 2209
2. 2071 Schenkerik Csaba 0.5 0.5 Lovas Zsolt 2069
3. 2151 Agárdi Norbert 0.5 0.5 Kiss Pál 1966
4. 2036 Pisák István 0 1 Fábián Lajos 1885
5. 2008 Horkai András 1 0 Rigó Pál 1758
6. 1771 dr. Makay Andor 0 1 Barta Csaba 1824
7. (1608) Fischer Pál 0.5 0.5 Nagy Sándor Dr 1916
8. (1713) dr. Miklós Károly 0.5 0.5 Tököli László 1797
Versenybíró: Dancs Tibor
Wesselényi SK 2 6 Kárpáti SE
1. 2057 Rév Miklós 0.5 0.5 Varga Vilmos 2144
2. 1960 Voján István 0 1 dr. Lakó László 2106
3. 1755 Almádi Balázs 0 1 Cuibus János 1945
4. (1862) Hosszú Vilmos 0 1 Metzger István 1919
5. (1719) Kreisz Mihály 0.5 0.5 Makrai Péter 1785
6. (1572) Dr Krabót György 0 1 Uzsonyik István 1791
7. (1613) Kiss Zoltán 1 0 Felfalusi István 1537
8. 0 Varga Árpád 0 1 Fridvalszky András 0
Versenybíró: Házi Hedvig

Qatar Master 2014 Rd5-WGM Gara,T(HUN); GM Berkes,F(HUN)

Results-Rank after Round 5

GM Berkes has 3/5. WGM Gara,T has 1/5. GM Giri has the sole lead with a perfect 5/5. The Kramnik express is starting to roll with 4/5 now.

GM Hansen Eric(CAN) is having a good tournament and now has 3/5.

Go Ticia!

Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 1 GM Giri Anish NED 2776 5.0 3431 13.5 15.5
2 69 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2573 4.5 2982 14.5 16.0
3 12 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 4.0 2845 14.0 16.5
4 62 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2586 4.0 2845 14.0 15.0
5 10 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2714 4.0 2837 15.5 17.5
6 13 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2705 4.0 2822 14.0 16.0
7 19 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2673 4.0 2805 12.5 15.0
8 2 GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2760 4.0 2789 10.0 12.0
9 45 GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2619 4.0 2783 12.5 14.5
10 31 GM Shankland Samuel L USA 2642 4.0 2756 11.5 13.5
11 3 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2757 3.5 2778 13.0 15.5
12 52 GM Van Kampen Robin NED 2612 3.5 2770 14.5 16.0
13 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2751 3.5 2751 12.5 15.0
14 44 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2620 3.5 2744 14.0 15.5
15 6 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2725 3.5 2744 12.0 14.5
16 8 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2719 3.5 2728 12.5 14.5
17 39 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2627 3.5 2727 12.5 13.0
18 14 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2701 3.5 2725 13.0 15.5
19 70 GM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2566 3.5 2716 13.5 14.5
20 24 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2659 3.5 2713 12.5 13.0
21 5 GM Ding Liren CHN 2730 3.5 2712 11.5 14.0
22 30 GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2643 3.5 2709 14.0 16.5
23 16 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2684 3.5 2709 11.5 13.5
24 35 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2632 3.5 2703 12.5 13.5
25 17 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2680 3.5 2697 11.0 13.5
26 28 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2644 3.5 2659 12.0 14.0
27 43 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2620 3.5 2655 11.0 12.5
28 27 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2652 3.5 2652 10.5 12.0
29 26 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2657 3.5 2649 11.0 13.5
30 59 GM Lenderman Aleksandr USA 2598 3.5 2649 11.0 12.5
31 46 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2618 3.5 2640 12.0 14.0
32 38 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2628 3.5 2604 11.0 12.0
33 34 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2636 3.5 2594 10.0 11.0
34 49 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2616 3.5 2485 10.0 12.0
35 84 GM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2504 3.0 2725 13.0 15.5
36 60 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2592 3.0 2664 14.0 14.0
37 11 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2707 3.0 2662 12.0 14.0
38 37 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2629 3.0 2661 12.5 14.0
39 68 GM Hansen Eric CAN 2577 3.0 2656 13.0 15.0
40 92 IM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2485 3.0 2644 10.5 12.0
41 141 WIM Mammadzada Gunay AZE 2316 3.0 2639 10.5 12.5
42 58 GM Bogner Sebastian SUI 2598 3.0 2638 12.0 13.0
43 25 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2659 3.0 2628 12.5 14.5
44 78 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2520 3.0 2616 13.5 15.5
45 136 WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2332 3.0 2616 11.5 13.5
46 67 GM Zhao Jun CHN 2578 3.0 2613 11.5 13.5
47 41 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2622 3.0 2608 11.5 12.5
48 23 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2661 3.0 2593 10.5 12.5
49 42 GM Durarbayli Vasif AZE 2621 3.0 2586 12.5 14.0
50 20 GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2669 3.0 2576 10.5 12.5
51 61 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2591 3.0 2563 10.5 11.5
52 32 GM Vovk Andrey UKR 2640 3.0 2562 11.0 12.5
53 7 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2722 3.0 2552 11.0 12.0
54 21 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. UKR 2664 3.0 2551 11.5 12.5
55 77 GM Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2522 3.0 2544 11.5 13.5
56 82 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed QAT 2507 3.0 2533 11.0 12.5

Photo from the official site gallery by Dmitry Rukhletskiy

Gara,T(HUN) in Rd4

Qatar Masters 2014-Rd2-GM Berkes(HUN)

Rank after Round 2

GM Berkes has 1/2 for a modest start. Nice gallery pictures-Second round pictures by Maria Emelianova.

Rd2 Giri standing and curious. Photo from official site gallery

Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 1 GM Giri Anish NED 2776 2.0 0 1.0 2.0
4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2751 2.0 0 1.0 2.0
12 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2706 2.0 0 1.0 2.0
13 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2705 2.0 0 1.0 2.0
14 GM Moiseenko Alexander UKR 2701 2.0 0 1.0 2.0
46 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2618 2.0 0 1.0 2.0
7 6 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2725 2.0 0 1.0 1.5
30 GM Ivanisevic Ivan SRB 2643 2.0 0 1.0 1.5
37 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2629 2.0 0 1.0 1.5
10 10 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2714 2.0 0 1.0 1.0
44 GM Oleksienko Mikhailo UKR 2620 2.0 0 1.0 1.0
52 GM Van Kampen Robin NED 2612 2.0 0 1.0 1.0
62 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2586 2.0 0 1.0 1.0
69 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2573 2.0 0 1.0 1.0
15 18 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2678 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
19 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2673 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
23 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2661 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
31 GM Shankland Samuel L USA 2642 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
33 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr RUS 2636 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
35 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2632 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
43 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2620 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
45 GM Perunovic Milos SRB 2619 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
57 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2599 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
67 GM Zhao Jun CHN 2578 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
68 GM Hansen Eric CAN 2577 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
77 GM Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2522 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
84 GM Khotenashvili Bela GEO 2504 1.5 0 1.5 2.5
28 3 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2757 1.5 0 1.5 2.0
11 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2707 1.5 0 1.5 2.0
42 GM Durarbayli Vasif AZE 2621 1.5 0 1.5 2.0
50 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2615 1.5 0 1.5 2.0
54 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2607 1.5 0 1.5 2.0
99 IM Belyakov Bogdan RUS 2456 1.5 0 1.5 2.0
34 8 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2719 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
24 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2659 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
25 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2659 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
39 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2627 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
41 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan ESP 2622 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
60 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2592 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
65 GM Jussupow Artur GER 2581 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
66 GM Gopal G.N. IND 2580 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
70 GM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2566 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
74 GM Gao Rui CHN 2523 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
75 GM Xu Jun CHN 2523 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
86 GM Ankit R. Rajpara IND 2494 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
106 GM Neelotpal Das IND 2424 1.5 0 1.5 1.5
47 16 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2684 1.5 0 1.0 1.5
17 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2680 1.5 0 1.0 1.5
26 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2657 1.5 0 1.0 1.5
27 GM Mamedov Rauf AZE 2652 1.5 0 1.0 1.5
55 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2603 1.5 0 1.0 1.5
56 GM Miton Kamil POL 2601 1.5 0 1.0 1.5
141 WIM Mammadzada Gunay AZE 2316 1.5 0 1.0 1.5
54 71 GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes ARM 2565 1.5 0 0.5 1.0
55 5 GM Ding Liren CHN 2730 1.0 0 2.0 3.0
21 GM Fedorchuk Sergey A. UKR 2664 1.0 0 2.0 3.0
28 GM Efimenko Zahar UKR 2644 1.0 0 2.0 3.0
59 GM Lenderman Aleksandr USA 2598 1.0 0 2.0 3.0
109 FM Seyb Alexander GER 2412 1.0 0 2.0 3.0
60 53 GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2608 1.0 0 2.0 2.5
73 GM Indjic Aleksandar SRB 2538 1.0 0 2.0 2.5
76 IM Donchenko Alexander GER 2523 1.0 0 2.0 2.5
63 48 GM Mista Aleksander POL 2616 1.0 0 2.0 2.0
51 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2614 1.0 0 2.0 2.0
58 GM Bogner Sebastian SUI 2598 1.0 0 2.0 2.0
61 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2591 1.0 0 2.0 2.0
63 GM Wen Yang CHN 2586 1.0 0 2.0 2.0
78 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2520 1.0 0 2.0 2.0
81 GM Gomez John Paul PHI 2510 1.0 0 2.0 2.0
89 GM Danielian Elina ARM 2487 1.0 0 2.0 2.0
90 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2486 1.0 0 2.0 2.0
91 GM Debashis Das IND 2485 1.0 0 2.0 2.0
113 IM Caprio Guido ITA 2401 1.0 0 2.0 2.0
123 Asgarizadeh Ahmad IRI 2371 1.0 0 2.0 2.0
75 64 WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2582 1.0 0 1.5 2.5
93 GM Shyam Sundar M. IND 2484 1.0 0 1.5 2.5
94 IM Potapov Pavel RUS 2479 1.0 0 1.5 2.5
103 IM Thejkumar M. S. IND 2443 1.0 0 1.5 2.5
104 IM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2442 1.0 0 1.5 2.5
132 IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IND 2335 1.0 0 1.5 2.5
133 FM Basso Pier Luigi ITA 2335 1.0 0 1.5 2.5
82 7 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2722 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
95 IM Tari Aryan NOR 2479 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
96 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2470 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
100 GM Krush Irina USA 2453 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
108 IM Sardana Rishi AUS 2415 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
110 IM Gagare Shardul IND 2411 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
112 IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma INA 2407 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
120 IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2381 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
122 FM Vazquez Guillermo PAR 2374 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
134 FM Gaehwiler Gabriel SUI 2334 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
144 FM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2310 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
145 IM Belouadah Saad ALG 2305 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
154 WIM Tomashevskaya Lidia RUS 2210 1.0 0 1.5 1.5
95 34 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2636 1.0 0 1.0 2.0
38 GM Safarli Eltaj AZE 2628 1.0 0 1.0 2.0
111 Xu Yinglun CHN 2410 1.0 0 1.0 2.0
115 FM Studer Noel SUI 2395 1.0 0 1.0 2.0
99 2 GM Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2760 1.0 0 1.0 1.5
15 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2687 1.0 0 1.0 1.5
20   GM Berkes Ferenc HUN 2669 1.0 0 1.0 1.5
40 GM Mchedlishvili Mikheil GEO 2622 1.0 0 1.0 1.5
47 GM Hamdouchi Hicham FRA 2616 1.0 0 1.0 1.5
49 GM Swiercz Dariusz POL 2616 1.0 0 1.0 1.5
149 WGM Foisor Sabina-Francesca USA 2270 1.0 0 1.0 1.5
106 32 GM Vovk Andrey UKR 2640 1.0 0 1.0 1.0
82 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed QAT 2507 1.0 0 1.0 1.0
98 IM Georgiadis Nico SUI 2460 1.0 0 1.0 1.0
105 IM Goh Wei Ming Kevin SIN 2442 1.0 0 1.0 1.0
136 WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2332 1.0 0 1.0 1.0

Hungarian Chess Fed RR 2014-11 Rd6

Standings-Group A Ranking Crosstable after Round 6

Veteran Bodrogi,L is in clear first with 5/6.

Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts.  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 Bodrogi Laszlo 1988 HUN * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5.0 13.25 0.0 4
2 Marcu Simon 1912 SVK 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 4.5 11.00 0.0 4
3 Szentgyorgyi Sandor 1842 HUN 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 1 3.5 6.75 0.0 3
4 Abraham Lajos 1766 HUN 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 0 3.0 9.00 0.0 2
5 Krizsany Laszlo Sr. 1865 HUN ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 2.5 7.50 0.0 0
6 Szendeff Miklos 1836 HUN ½ 0 0 0 * 1 ½ 2.0 5.25 0.0 1
7 Lakat Gyula 1798 HUN 0 0 1 ½ 0 * ½ 2.0 5.00 0.0 1
8 Rajcsanyi Peter 1833 HUN 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1.5 3.25 0.0 0

 

Standings Group B Ranking crosstable after Round 6

Szurkos Andras shares first with 5/6.

Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts.  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 Szurkos Andras 1741 HUN * 1 0 1 1 1 1 5.0 13.50 0.0 5
2 Mirza Solyom 1706 HUN 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 5.0 10.50 0.0 5
3 Szlenka Attila 1757 HUN 1 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 4.5 12.00 0.0 4
4 Csermely Zoltan 1640 HUN 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 3.5 5.00 0.0 3
5 Toth Laszlo G. 1645 HUN 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 2.0 5.00 0.0 1
6 Pilmayer Katalin Viola 1527 HUN 0 0 0 1 * ½ 0 1.5 2.75 0.0 1
7 Dal Bianco Nicola 1646 ITA 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1.5 1.75 0.0 1
8 Alkire Brian James 1613 USA 0 0 0 0 1 0 * 1.0 1.50 0.0 1

 

BTCh 2014-11 Rd4

Results

MTK II and MTK III won but MTK IV lost.

I contributed an endgame win with Black on board 3 for MTK III.

I. osztály, Lilienthal csoport
Pénzügyőr SE III – Tabáni Spartacus II 7:5
MTK II – SENSE I 8:4
MLTC II – Vasas SC II 9,5:2,5
Aquaréna KSC II – REAC SISE 10:2
Újpesti KSE – Barcza GSC I 2:10
BEAC II – Fabulon-Lombik-1st Sat. 3:9

II. osztály, Bilek csoport
HÜSI SC II – Sárkány DSE II 5,5:6,5
Törekvés SE – SENSE II 9:3
A. Láng MKKE – Sirály 4:8
Siketek SC – Pestszentimre 8,5:3,5
Pestszentlőrinc II – Barcza GSC II 4,5:7,5
BEAC III – Csepeli TK 6,5:5,5

III. osztály, Szén csoport
Rákosliget – MTK IV 7,5:4,5
MLTC III – BEAC IV 5:7
Aquaréna KSC III – Barcza GSC III 7:5
HÜSI SC III – Sárkány DSE III 2:10
MTK III – ATTE-ARISZ 8:4

HCF Rating Tournament 2014-11 Rd5

Group A-Ranking crosstable after Round 5

Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts.  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 Marcu Simon 1912 SVK * ½ 1 1 1 1 4.5 9.00 0.0 4
2 Bodrogi Laszlo 1988 HUN * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 4.0 7.00 0.0 3
3 Abraham Lajos 1766 HUN ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 3.0 7.75 0.0 2
4 Szentgyorgyi Sandor 1842 HUN 0 0 * ½ 1 1 2.5 3.00 0.0 2
5 Krizsany Laszlo Sr. 1865 HUN 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 2.0 5.25 0.0 0
6 Szendeff Miklos 1836 HUN 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 2.0 3.50 0.0 1
7 Lakat Gyula 1798 HUN 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1.0 1.50 0.5 0
Rajcsanyi Peter 1833 HUN 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1.0 1.50 0.5 0

Group B-Ranking crosstable after Round 5

Szurkos Andras won a nice game on the Black side of an Albin-Counter Gambit.

Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts.  TB1  TB2  TB3
1 Szurkos Andras 1741 HUN * 1 0 1 1 1 4.0 11.00 0.0 4
2 Mirza Solyom 1706 HUN 0 * 1 1 1 1 4.0 6.50 0.0 4
3 Szlenka Attila 1757 HUN 1 0 * ½ 1 1 3.5 6.50 0.0 3
4 Csermely Zoltan 1640 HUN 0 * ½ 1 1 1 3.5 4.00 0.0 3
5 Toth Laszlo G. 1645 HUN 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 2.0 3.50 0.0 1
6 Pilmayer Katalin Viola 1527 HUN 0 0 0 1 * ½ 1.5 2.75 0.0 1
7 Dal Bianco Nicola 1646 ITA 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1.5 0.75 0.0 1
8 Alkire Brian James 1613 USA 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0 0.00 0.0 0

 

Toronto Chess News Issue # 14-17 of Nov. 15, 2014

Toronto Chess News is out and ready for download.

Editor Bob Armstrong

Issue # 14-17 of Nov. 15, 2014, is 97 pages, and contains the following:

Articles

  • Viswanathan Anand & the World Chess Championship
  • FIDE November 1, 2014 Regular Rating List – Open/Women
  • FIDE November 1, 2014 Regular Rating List – Canadian Rankings – Open/Women
  • Teaching Classic Games of Chess – Alekhine Adds Advantages
  • Ken’s Chess Trivia
  • TCN Free Chess Materials Promotion
  • TCN Readers’ Lead Article Invitation
  • TCN Readers’ Chess “Sightings”
  • TCN Readers Have Questions
  • TCN Readers’ Feedback
  • TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column

Tournament Reports

  • 2014 World Chess Championship, Sochi, Russia
  • Tal Memorial Sochi 2014 (Blitz), Sochi, Russia
  • 2014-5 FIDE Grand Prix # 2 (Tashkent), Kazakhstan
  • Petrosian Memorial 2014, Moscow, Russia
  • 24th World Senior/Women’s Senior Chess Championships
  • 7th Calgary International
  • Guelph Fall Pro-Am

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  • Chess Institute of Canada (CIC)
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Tournament Notices

  • Campbellville Open
  • 2015 CYCC GTA Regional Qualifier
  • Hart House Holidays Open
  • GTCL Team Tournament

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