World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 2nd December, 2016, 04:31 AM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 2, 2016

Schedule

26 December 2016 Day 1 – Rapid Rounds 1-5
27 December 2016 Day 2 – Rapid Rounds 6-10
28 December 2016 Day 3 – Rapid Rounds 11-15
29 December 2016 Day 1 – Blitz Rounds 1-11
30 December 2016 Day 2 – Blitz Rounds 12-21

http://qatarchess2016.com/DohaChess2...ames-schedule#

3. Participation

3.1 All players rated at least 2500 in any of the FIDE rating lists (Standard, Blitz or Rapid) from January 2016 to October 2016 are eligible to participate in the FIDE World Blitz & Rapid Championships. 3.2 The FIDE World Blitz & Rapid Championships are open to all the National Champions representing their National Chess Federation regardless of their title or rating.

3.3. Applications have to be sent by the national federations only.

4. Organisation

At least two months before the tournament, the organising federation will send an invitation to all affiliated federations. The invitations shall be approved by the FIDE President. Copies of the invitation shall also be sent to the FIDE President, to the Continental Presidents and to the Zone Presidents.

5. Time Control

5.1 In the Blitz Championship, each player will have 3 minutes+ 2 seconds additional time per move, starting from move 1.
5.2 In the Rapid Championship, each player will have 15 minutes+ 10 seconds additional time per move, starting from move 1.

6. Tournament Conditions

6.1 The players are not permitted to speak to their opponents during the games. Appropriate sporting behaviour is expected from all participants and FIDE rules of conduct are to be strictly followed at all times.

Prizes

1 place blitz US$40,000
2 place blitz US$32,000
3 place blitz US$26,000
4 place blitz US$21,000
5 place blitz US$17,000
6 place blitz US$13,000
7 place blitz US$11,000
8 place blitz US$9,000
9 place blitz US$7,000
10 place blitz US$4,000
11-16 places blitz US$2,000 each
17-24 places blitz US$1,000 each
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1 place rapid US$40,000
2 place rapid US$32,000
3 place rapid US$26,000
4 place rapid US$21,000
5 place rapid US$17,000
6 place rapid US$13,000
7 place rapid US$11,000
8 place rapid US$9,000
9 place rapid US$7,000
10 place rapid US$4,000
11-16 placea rapid US$2,000 each
17-24 places rapid US$1,000 each

**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 2nd December, 2016, 04:23 PM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 2, 2016

The lists of the players registered to play have just been released.

The Top 40 of the first 100 Men

SR PLAYER NAME FIDE TITLE FEDERATION RATING

1 MAGNUS CARLSEN GM NORWAY 2853
2 MAXIME VACHIER-LAGRAVE GM FRANCE 2811
3 Levon Aronian GM ARMENIA 2795
4 ANAND Aruna Viswanathan GM INDIA 2779
5 Hikaru Nakamura GM USA 2779
6 Ian Nepomniachtchi GM RUSSIA 2767
7 SHAHRIYAR MAMMADYAROV GM AZERBAIJAN 2762
8 PAVLO ELYANOV GM UKRAINE 2757
9 Radoslaw Wojtaszek GM Poland 2744
10 Peter Svidler GM RUSSIA 2742
11 Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin GM RUSSIA 2736
12 Evgeny Tomashevsky GM RUSSIA 2722
13 YU YANGYI GM CHINA 2721
14 Nikita Vitiugov GM RUSSIA 2718
15 FRANCISCO ANGEL VALLEJO PONS GM SPAIN 2716
16 Ernesto Inarkiev GM RUSSIA 2714
17 Dmitry Yakovenko GM RUSSIA 2709
18 WEI YI GM CHINA 2706
19 Baadur Jobava GM GEORGIA 2702
20 Vladimir Malakhov GM RUSSIA 2698
21 TEYMUR RAJABOV GM AZERBAIJAN 2696
22 Peter Leko GM HUNGARY 2693
23 Maxim Sergeevich Matlakov GM RUSSIA 2691
24 Anton Korobov GM UKRAINE 2689
25 Ivan Nedelchev Cheparinov GM BULGARIA 2689
26 Vidit Santosh Gujarathi GM INDIA 2689
27 Arkadij Naiditsch GM AZERBAIJAN 2686
28 Rauf Mammadov GM AZERBAIJAN 2684
29 Alexander Morozevich GM RUSSIA 2683
30 Evgeniy Najer GM RUSSIA 2683
31 Laurent Fressinet GM FRANCE 2672
32 ALEKSANDR RIAZANTSEV GM RUSSIA 2671
33 SERGEI ALEXANDROVICH ZHIGALKO GM BELARUS 2669
34 Andrei Volokitin GM Ukraine 2668
35 ADHIBAN BASKARAN GM INDIA 2666
36 Surya Sekhar Ganguly GM INDIA 2664
37 Alexander Motylev GM RUSSIA 2663
38 Oleksandr Ipatov GM TURKEY 2660
39 Bassem Samir Amin Ibrahim GM EGYPT 2658
40 Vladislav Mikhailovich Artemiev GM RUSSIA 2658

The Top Women

SR PLAYER NAME FIDE TITLE FEDERATION RATING

1 WENJUN JU GM CHINA 2580
2 Anna Muzychuk GM UKRAINE 2561
3 Humpy Koneru Koneru GM INDIA 2557
4 Alexandra Kostenyuk GM Russia 2555
5 Harika Dronavalli GM INDIA 2543
6 Kateryna Kateryna Lagno GM RUSSIA 2530
7 Valentina Gunina GM RUSSIA 2525
8 Antoaneta Andonova Stefanova GM BULGARIA 2512
9 XUE ZHAO GM CHINA 2508
10 Nana Dzagnidze GM GEORGIA 2507
11 ZHONGYI TAN WGM CHINA 2492
12 NINO BATSIASHVILI WGM GEORGIA 2489
13 MARIE, RACHEL, EMILLE SEBAG GM FRANCE 2488
14 Tatiana Anatolevna Kosintseva GM RUSSIA 2475
15 Elisabeth Paehtz IM Germany 2474
16 Lela Javakhishvili IM Georgia 2461
17 Anna Ushenina GM UKRAINE 2453
18 Aleksandra Yurievna Goryachkina WGM RUSSIA 2452
19 Alina Kashlinskaya IM Russia 2450
20 Nataliya Zhukova GM Ukraine 2448
21 Sarasadat Khademalsharieh IM IRAN 2435
22 Dinara Saduakassova WGM Kazakhstan 2427
23 INNA YANOVSKA IM Ukraine 2415
24 Zhansaya Abdumalik WGM KAZAKHSTAN 2405
25 Daria Charochkina IM RUSSIA 2383
26 Meri Arabidze IM GEORGIA 2379
27 Nguyen Le Thao Pham IM VIETNAM 2351
28 Maka Purtseladze IM GEORGIA 2347
29 Sofio Gvetadze IM GEORGIA 2281
30 Jana Krivec WGM Slovenian 2264
31 ALEKSANDRA DIMITRIJEVIC WGM Bosnia & Herzegovina 2262
32 Anastasiya Rakhmangulova WIM UKRAINE 2260
33 Mahri Geldiyeva WGM Turkmenistan 2220
34 JULIA ELIZABETH SLOAN CM USA 2173
35 Vlada Sviridova WFM RUSSIA 2144
36 Bahar Hallaeva WFM Turkmenistan 2112
37 Jemal Ovezdurdiyeva WFM Turkmenistan 2080
38 Zainab Mohammed Saumy Sri Lanka 1788
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We apologize for the eccentric capitalization from the website. We miss seeing a Canadian or two on the list and, of course, Vassily Ivanchuk. At least Alexander Morozevich is there!

Sergey Karjakin said at the final press conference of the WCC that he intended to play at the World Rapid and Blitz in Qatar in December but his name is not on the above list. Perhaps he will be a late entry.

http://qatarchess2016.com/DohaChess2...09-27-05-40-48

**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 22nd December, 2016, 02:58 PM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 2, 2016

The tournament starts December 26th. Among the players not attending are Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Ding Liren, Vladimir Kramnik, Le Quang Liem and Dmitry Andreikin.

There is also another non-starter in Iuri Shkuro of Ukraine, who is rated 2814 in blitz but who has almost never appeared outside of Ukraine. We have written about him in the thread on the Paris Grand Chess Tour 2016.

The commentators are said to be Evgeny Miroshnichenko and Anna Rudolf. CTers will remember Miro from the Tal Memorial 2016, Candidates 2016, Moscow and World Cup 2015, Baku.

Anna Rudolf (born 12 November 1987 in Miskolc) is a Hungarian chess player. I have not seen her commentating before. She will be on the media team for Tata Steel 2017. I believe she cohosts with Sopiko Guramishvili on chess24 as Miss Strategy and Miss Tactics.

**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 25th December, 2016, 09:57 PM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 25, 2016

The first round pairings are out and the top fifteen boards have these matchups:

World Rapid Championships boards 1-15

Carlsen Magnus - Ganguly Surya Shekhar
Adly Ahmed - Nakamura Hikaru
Nepomniachtchi Ian - Pantsulaia Levan
Grandelius Nils - Karjakin Sergey
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar - Lu Shanglei
Flores Diego - Dominguez Perez Leinier
Anand Viswanathan - Jumabayev Rinat
Wei Yi - Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
Radjabov Teimour - Anton Guijarro David
Perez Ponsa Federico - Ivanchuk Vassily
Aronian Levon - Mchedlishvili Mikheil
Agdestein Simen - Grischuk Alexander
Yu Yangyi - Bindrich Falko
Bok Benjamin - Melkumyan Hrant
Zhigalko Sergei - Zhang Zhong

The first round starts at 15:00 local time and each successive round, one hour later.
That would mean starting at 7 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time.

Note Added Later (Dec. 26) – I originally gave a list of the first fifteen matches found on the official site. It turned out to be a set of names used to test the system. The one above is now correct.
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http://chess-results.com/tnr255559.aspx?lan=1

http://api.livechesscloud.com/live/e...c-1b7c87602ac2

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-to...ship-2016#live

The betting odds on the two parts are at:

https://www.marathonbet.co.uk/en/bet...s/?menu=140628

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 26th December, 2016, 12:51 PM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 26, 2016

Rounds 1 to 3

Ranking crosstable after Round 3

Rk. Name FED Pts.
1 Vidit Gujrathi IND 3,0
2 Grischuk A. RUS 3,0
3 Aronian Levon ARM 3,0
4 Yu Yangyi CHN 3,0
5 Korobov Anton UKR 3,0
6 Pantsulaia Levan GEO 2,5
7 Bok Benjamin NED 2,5
8 Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2,5
9 Li Chao B CHN 2,5
10 Tomashevsky E. RUS 2,5
11 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2,5
12 Atabayev Yusup TKM 2,5
13 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2,5
14 Dreev Aleksey RUS 2,5
15 Fressinet L. FRA 2,0
16 Riazantsev A. RUS 2,0
17 Grandelius Nils SWE 2,0
18 Pichot Alan ARG 2,0
19 Darini Pouria IRI 2,0
20 Quparadze Giga GEO 2,0
21 Svane Rasmus GER 2,0
22 Khusnutdinov R. KAZ 2,0
23 Anand Vishy IND 2,0
24 Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2,0
25 Mamedyarov S. AZE 2

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 26th December, 2016, 01:46 PM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 26, 2016

Round Four

Ranking crosstable after Round 4

Rk. NAME FED Pts.

1 Korobov Anton UKR 4,0
2 Li Chao B CHN 3,5
3 Yu Yangyi CHN 3,5
4 Aronian Levon ARM 3,5
5 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 3,5
6 Pantsulaia Levan GEO 3,0
7 Bok Benjamin NED 3,0
8 Vidit Gujrathi IND 3,0
9 Bu Xiangzhi CHN 3,0
10 Atabayev Yusup TKM 3,0
11 Grischuk A. RUS 3,0
12 Khusnutdinov R. KAZ 3,0
13 Tomashevsky E. RUS 3,0
14 Mamedyarov S. AZE 3,0
15 Nguyen N. VIE 3,0
16 MVL FRA 3,0
17 Artemiev V. RUS 3,0
18 Melkumyan H. ARM 3,0
19 Dreev Aleksey RUS 3,0
20 Wojtaszek R. POL 3,0
21 Akopian V. ARM 3,0
22 Amonatov F. TJK 3,0
23 Wei Yi CHN 2,5
24 Fressinet L. FRA 2,5
25 Sanal Vahap TUR 2,5
26 Amin Bassem EGY 2,5
27 Borisek Jure SLO 2,5
28 Anand Vishy IND 2,5
29 Nepomniachtchi RUS 2,5
30 Dominguez P. CUB 2,5
31 Inarkiev Ernesto RUS 2,5
32 Nakamura H. USA 2,5
33 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 2,5
34 Bortnyk O. UKR 2,5
35 Vallejo P. ESP 2,5
36 Carlsen Magnus NOR 2,5
37 Radjabov T. AZE 2,5
38 Jobava Baadur GEO 2,5
39 Volokitin Andrei UKR 2,5
40 Onischuk V. UKR 2,5

Anton Korobov is the present leader

Round Five Pairings

Carlsen (2.5) – Inarkiev (2.5)
Korobov (4.0) – Yu Yangyi (3.5)
Aronian (3.5) – Ivanchuk (3.5)
Li Chao B (3.5) – MVL (3.0)
Mamedyarov (3.0) – Amonatov (3.0)
Nguyen (3.0) – Grischuk (3.0)
Bu (3.0) – Melkumyan (3.0)
Pantsulai (3.0) – Artemiev (3.0)
Bok (3.0) – Wojtaszek (3.0)
Tomashevsky (3.0) – Atabayev (3.0)
Dreev (3.0) – Khusnutdinov (3.0)
Vidit (3.0) – Akopian (3.0)
Bortnyk (2.5) – Nakamura (2.5)
Nepomniachtchi (2.5) – Fressinet (2.5)

Magnus plays on Board One regardless of score because Norwegian TV is paying the bill.

Nakamura is on Board 13 and Nepomniachtchi on 14.

Sergey Karjakin at 2 points is on Board 22!

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 26th December, 2016, 04:44 PM

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World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 26, 2016

Round Five

Standings After Round Five

1 Korobov Anton UKR 5,0
2 Aronian Levon ARM 4,5
3 Pantsulaia Levan GEO 4,0
4 Bok Benjamin NED 4,0
5 Li Chao B CHN 4,0
6 Vidit S. IND 4,0
7 Grischuk A. RUS 4,0
8 Mamedyarov S. AZE 4,0
9 Melkumyan H. ARM 4,0
10 Sanal Vahap TUR 3,5
11 Yu Yangyi CHN 3,5
12 Ivanchuk V. UKR 3,5
13 Atabayev Y. TKM 3,5
14 Khusnutdinov KAZ 3,5
15 Anand Vishy IND 3,5
16 Dominguez L. CUB 3,5
17 Nepomniachtchi RUS 3,5
18 Nakamura H. USA 3,5
19 Tomashevsky E. RUS 3,5
20 Carlsen Magnus NOR 3,5
21 Zhigalko Sergei BLR 3,5
22 MVL FRA 3,5
23 Dreev Aleksey RUS 3,5
24 Wei Yi CHN 3,0
25 Ganguly S. IND 3,0

A hectic day for those playing, those watching and those commentating. Anna Rudolf and Evgeney Miroschnichenko make a lively pair. Miro is wearing a bow tie. He can look at a video shot of a board from the side and comment and analyze comfortably.

Anton Korobov of Ukraine has five points out of five in the first leg.

Levan Pantsulaia is having quite a tournament as well. In the first five rounds he has drawn with Nepomniachtchi, beaten Carlsen, beaten Jakovenko, drawn with Tomashevsky and beaten Artemiev!

Levon Aronian has beat Vassily Ivanchuk and is to meet Anton Korobov in Round Six tomorrow. He was seen to pull a cell phone out of his pocket. Viewers are asking if it is against the rules to have a cell phone in your pocket.

Sergey Karjakin has lost two games – against Grandelius and Nguyen Ngoc Truong.

Hikaru Nakamura has drawn three games.

Magnus Carlsen said he has not been in Norway since October. He went to Australia after his World Championship Match and won’t be going back to his homeland until February. He has his whole family with him on this extended vacation.

Baadur Jobava is wearing wraparound black sunglasses and he is well down the list just like Karjakin.

In Banikas-Salinas, Salinas claimed repetition of position but, of course, the players weren’t recording the moves. The arbiter was asked, he found the claim was incorrect and awarded Banikas two minutes extra.

In the Women’s Rapids, Anna Muzychuk leads with 4.0/4.0, followed by Inna Gaponenko, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Aleksandra Goryachkina and Kateryna Lagno. Valentina Gunina has 2.5/4.0 and stands thirteenth.
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Some of the games:

World Rapids 2016
Doha, Qatar
Round 1, Dec. 26, 2016
Korobov, Anton – Khusnutdinov, Rustam
D85 Grunfeld, Exchange Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bg5 c5 8.Rc1 O-O 9.d5 f5 10.Bc4 Kh8 11.h4 Qe8 12.h5 fxe4 13.hxg6 Qxg6 14.Bxe7 Bg4 15.Be2 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Re8 17.Bxc5 Nd7 18.Be3 Ne5 19.Kf1 Rac8 20.Nh3 Nd3 21.Nf4 Qf5 22.Nxd3 exd3 23.Qh5 Re5 24.Qxf5 Rxf5 25.c4 b5 26.g4 Re5 27.cxb5 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Rxd5 29.Be3 Rxb5 30.Kg2 Rb4 31.g5 Bc3 32.Kf3 Ra4 33.g6 Kg7 34.Rxh7+ Kxg6 35.Rxa7 Rxa7 36.Bxa7 Kf5 37.Ke3 d2 38.Ke2 Ke4 39.f3+ Kf4 40.Be3+ Kg3 41.Bxd2 Bd4 42.a4 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 26, 2016
Adhiban, Baskaran – Korobov, Anton
A46 Queen’s Pawn, Yusupov-Rubinstein System

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.exd4 O-O 9.d5 Na6 10.Bc2 Qc7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Qd3 g6 14.Qe3 Bg7 15.Rad1 Qxc4 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.d6 Qc5 18.Qxc5 Nxc5 19.f4 g5 20.b4 gxf4 21.Rde1 Na6 22.Bb1 Nxb4 23.Rxf4 Nc6 24.Nxc6 Bxc6 25.Ne4 f5 26.Ng3 Bc3 27.Re2 Rac8 28.Bd3 a5 29.Nh5 Bb4 30.h3 Bxd6 31.Rf1 b5 32.g4 fxg4 33.Nf6+ Kg7 34.Nh5+ Kh8 35.Rxf8+ Rxf8 36.hxg4 Bc5+ 37.Kh2 Rf1 38.Be4 Rf2+ 39.Rxf2 Bxf2 40.Bxc6 dxc6 41.Kg2 Bd4 42.Nf4 e5 43.Ng6+ Kg7 44.Ne7 c5 45.Nf5+ Kg6 46.Nd6 b4 47.Kf3 a4 48.Nc4 b3 49.axb3 axb3 50.Ke4 b2 51.Nd2 c4 52.Nb1 Kg5 0-1

The Round 3 game vs Pouria Darini is given without moves. Was it a forfeit?

Round 4, Dec. 26, 2016
Grischuk, Alexander – Korobov, Anton
E18 Queen’s Indian, Old Main Line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Ne4 8.Bd2 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.Qb3 Ndf6 12.Bf4 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nb5 Ng4 15.Nbd4 g5 16.Be3 Qf6 17.Rcd1 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Rad8 19.Qa4 a6 20.Nd2 Qe5 21.Nxe4 dxe4 22.Rf5 Rxd4 23.exd4 Qxf5 24.dxc5 Qxc5+ 25.Kh1 Bc6 26.Qb3 Kg7 27.e3 Bb5 28.Rd5 Qc1+ 29.Rd1 Qc4 30.Qa3 Rd8 31.Rg1 Qc5 32.Qxc5 bxc5 33.Bxe4 Re8 34.Bd5 Rxe3 35.Rc1 Re5 36.Bf3 f5 37.Kg1 Kf6 38.h3 Bd3 39.Kf2 c4 40.Rc3 Ra5 41.a3 Rb5 42.Ke3 Ke5 0-1

Round 5, Dec. 26, 2016
Korobov, Anton – Yu, Yangyi
D31 QGD, Charousek Variation

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Bd3 Ba6 10.O-O Bxd3 11.Qxd3 c5 12.e4 Qb7 13.d5 exd5 14.exd5 Nd7 15.Rfe1 Rfe8 16.b3 Bf6 17.Rad1 b5 18.h4 h6 19.g4 Nf8 20.g5 hxg5 21.hxg5 Bb2 22.Be5 Ba3 23.Nh4 Bb4 24.Re3 Qd7 25.Nf5 c4 26.bxc4 bxc4 27.Qc2 Bc5 28.Bxg7 Bxe3 29.fxe3 Ng6 30.Bc3 Nh4 31.Nh6+ Kf8 32.Qh7 Ke7 33.Bf6+ Kd6 34.Nxf7+ Kc5 35.Bd4+ Kb5 36.Rb1+ Ka5 37.Bc3+ Ka6 38.Qh6+ 1-0

Round 2, Dec. 26, 2016
Pantsulaia, Levan – Carlsen, Magnus
A97 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Na3 Bg7 5.Nxc4 Nc6 6.d3 e5 7.Bd2 Nge7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O a5 10.b3 Be6 11.Rc1 Qd7 12.Ng5 Bd5 13.Ne4 f5 14.Nc5 Qc8 15.e4 Bxc4 16.dxc4 b6 17.Nd3 Qd7 18.Bc3 Rad8 19.Nb2 Qe6 20.Qe2 f4 21.Rfd1 Qf7 22.Bh3 f3 23.Qe1 Nb4 24.Bxb4 axb4 25.c5 Bh6 26.cxb6 cxb6 27.Rc7 Qf6 28.Qxb4 Rxd1+ 29.Nxd1 Rd8 30.Rd7 Nc6 31.Qc4+ Kh8 32.Rxd8+ Nxd8 33.Nc3 Nc6 34.Nd5 Qd6 35.Bg4 Nd4 36.Qc8+ Bf8 37.h4 h5 38.Bd7 Kg7 39.Kh2 Kh7 40.Qe8 Kg7 41.b4 b5 42.Bxb5 Nc2 43.a3 Kh6 44.Qf7 Nd4 45.Nf6 Bg7 46.Qxg7+ 1-0

Round 5, Dec. 26, 2016
Aronian, Levon – Ivanchuk, Vassily
A30 English, Symmetrical, Hedgehog System

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qa4+ Qd7 11.Qxd7+ Nxd7 12.Nxd4 N7f6 13.Ncb5 O-O 14.e4 Nb4 15.a3 Nd3 16.Rd1 Nc5 17.e5 Nd5 18.b4 Na4 19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Nc7 Rad8 21.Nf5 exf5 22.Nxd5 Rde8 23.Bf4 Bd8 24.h4 Nb2 25.Rd4 b5 26.Kg2 a6 27.Re1 Re6 28.Rc1 Nc4 29.a4 h6 30.axb5 axb5 31.Nc3 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Nxb5 gxf4 34.Rcxc4 Rxe5 35.Rc5 Bf6 36.Rxe5 Bxe5 37.Rd5 f6 38.gxf4 Bxf4 39.Nd4 Kf7 40.Rd7+ Ke8 41.Ra7 Bd6 42.Nxf5 Bxb4 43.Ng7+ Kd8 44.Ne6+ Ke8 45.Nxf8 Kxf8 46.f3 Bd2 47.Kg3 f5 48.Kh4 1-0

Round 1, Dec. 26, 2016
Grandelius, Nils – Karjakin, Sergey
C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Qc7 19.Qd2 h5 20.Bh6 Reb8 21.Bxf8 Nxf8 22.Qh6 Qe7 23.Nd2 N6d7 24.Rf1 Bc8 25.f4 Nh7 26.axb5 axb5 27.Nf3 Qf8 28.Qxf8+ Nhxf8 29.fxe5 Nxe5 30.Nxe5 dxe5 31.b3 Nd7 32.b4 Kg7 33.Kf2 Nf6 34.Ne2 Ne8 35.Ng1 Nd6 36.Nf3 f6 37.Ke3 Bd7 38.Rg1 Kf7 39.Rgf1 Ke7 40.Nh4 Kf7 41.Nf3 Kg7 42.Rg1 g5 43.Rgf1 h4 44.Nd2 Kf7 45.Bd1 f5 46.Bf3 f4+ 47.Kf2 Ke7 48.Rfc1 Ne8 49.Rcb1 Nf6 50.Rh1 Rh8 51.Ke2 Kd6 52.Kf2 Kc7 53.Ke2 Kb6 54.Kf2 Rhg8 55.Ke2 Kb7 56.Kf2 Kc7 57.Ke2 Rgb8 58.Kf2 Kd6 59.Ke2 Ke7 60.Kf2 Bc8 61.Ke2 Bd7 62.Kf2 Ne8 63.Rhc1 Nd6 64.Ke2 Nc8 65.Kf2 Nb6 66.Bd1 Kf6 67.Rcb1 Nc8 68.Bf3 Nd6 69.Rc1 Be8 70.Rcb1 Bg6 71.Rc1 Rh8 72.Rh1 Ra4 73.Rxa4 bxa4 74.Ra1 Ra8 75.Ke1 Nb5 76.Nxc4 Nxc3 77.Nb6 Ra7 78.d6 Be8 79.Bg4 a3 80.d7 Bxd7 81.Nxd7+ Kg7 82.Nc5 a2 83.Kd2 Ra3 84.Kc2 Nb5 85.Kb2 Rg3 86.Kxa2 Rxg2+ 87.Kb3 f3 88.Rf1 Nd4+ 89.Kc4 f2 90.Ne6+ 1-0

Round Six Pairings

1. Carlsen-Bok
2. Aronian-Korobov
3. Li Chao B-Mamedyarov
4. Grischuk-Vidit
5. Melkumyan-Pantsulaia
6. Nakamura-Yu Yangyi
7. Khusnutdinov-Nepomniachtchi
8. Dominguez-Zhigalko
9. Atabayev-Anand
10. MVL-Tomashevsky
11. Ivanchuk-Dreev
22. Karjakin-Fressinet
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- at around 5h 58min in the stream aronian takes phone out of his pocket
- Aronian's phonegate has started...
- korobov is actually the 2nd genius ukraine has
- Salinas claiming a threefold. He played Qd3 instead of Qe2 so his claim was denied. [see Banikas-Salinas, Round 5]

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 27th December, 2016, 11:12 AM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 27, 2016

Round Six

Results

1. Carlsen (3.5) – Bok (4) 1-0
2. Aronian (4.5) – Korobov (5) 1-0
3. Li Chao B (4) – Mmedyarov (4) 0.5-0.5
4. Grischuk (4) – Vidit (4) 1-0
5. Melkumuyan (4) – Pantsulaia (4) 0.5-0.5
6. Nakamura (3.5) – (3.5) Yu Yangyi 0.5-0.5
7. Khusnutdinov (3.5) – Nepomniachtchi (3.5) 0.5-0.5
8. Dominguez (3.5) – Zhigalko (3.5) 1-0
9. Atabayev (3.5) – Anand (3.5) 0-1
10. MVL (3.5) – Tomashevsky (3.5) 1-0
11. Ivanchuk (3.5) – Dreev (3.5) 1-0
12. Artemiev (3) – Sanal (3.5) 1-0
13. Vitiugov (3) – Radjabov (3) 0.5-0.5
14. Wojtaszek (3) – Bu Xiangzhi (3) 0.5-0.5
15. Jobava (3) – Matiakov (3) 0.5-0.5
22. Karjakin (2.5 – Fressinet (2.5) 1-0

The games:

World Rapid
Doha, Qatar
Round 6, Dec. 27, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Bok, Benjamin
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.exd4 a6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nce2 Bg4 8.c3 e6 9.Qd2 Bh5 10.Bg5 Bg6 11.Nf4 Bxd3 12.Nxd3 Bd6 13.Nf3 Ne4 14.Bxd8 Nxd2 15.Kxd2 Rxd8 16.Rhe1 O-O 17.a4 Rc8 18.a5 Rfe8 19.Nfe5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Rxe5 f6 22.Re3 Kf7 23.Ra4 Rc4 24.Rxc4 dxc4 25.b3 Rc8 26.Re1 cxb3 27.Rb1 Rc4 28.Rxb3 Ra4 29.Rxb7+ Kg6 30.Rb6 Rxa5 31.Rxe6 Ra2+ 32.Kd3 Rxf2 33.c4 Rxg2 34.c5 Kf5 35.Re1 Rb2 36.c6 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 27, 2016
Aronian, Levon – Korobov, Anton
A20 English, Modern Nimzowitsch

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Nb6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 f6 9.Qc1 O-O 10.Rd1 Qe8 11.Nc3 Bd6 12.d4 e4 13.Nd2 f5 14.Nc4 Ne7 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.d5 Ng6 17.a4 a6 18.f4 Nd7 19.Qe3 b6 20.a5 bxa5 21.Rxa5 Rb8 22.Nb1 Nf6 23.Na3 Qd8 24.Nc4 Rb5 25.Qc3 Bb7 26.Rxb5 axb5 27.Ne3 Qb6 28.Bh3 Ne7 29.Kf1 b4 30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.Rxd4 Nfxd5 32.Nc4 Rc8 33.Kf2 Ba6 34.Bxf5 Nxf5 35.Rxd5 Rc5 36.Rxc5 dxc5 37.Ne3 Nxe3 38.Kxe3 Kf7 39.Kxe4 Bxe2 40.Kd5 Bd1 41.Kc4 g6 42.Bc1 Ke6 43.Be3 Kf5 44.Bxc5 Kg4 45.Bxb4 Kh3 46.Be1 Kxh2 47.b4 Bf3 48.b5 Kg2 49.b6 h5 50.Kc5 Kf1 51.Bc3 Kg2 52.Be5 Kh3 53.Kd6 Kg4 54.Ke6 Be4 55.Bd6 Bf5+ 56.Ke7 Be4 57.Kd8 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 27, 2016
Grischuk, Alexander – Vidit, S.G.
B13 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 e6 10.Qxb7 Nxd4 11.Bb5+ Nxb5 12.Qc6+ Ke7 13.Qc5+ Ke8 14.Qxb5+ Qd7 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Qd3 Bb4+ 17.Kf1 f6 18.Kg2 Kf7 19.Bf4 Ba5 20.Rhd1 Rad8 21.Rac1 Bb6 22.Rc2 d4 23.Rdc1 Rc8 24.Qb3+ Kg6 25.Qd3+ f5 26.b4 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Rc8 28.Rxc8 Qxc8 29.a4 Qd7 30.Qa6 Kh5 31.a5 Bd8 32.b5 d3 33.Bd2 Bg5 34.Qc6 Qd4 35.f4 Bd8 36.Be3 Qb2 37.Qe8+ g6 38.Qxd8 Qxb5 39.Qg5# 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 27, 2016
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Dreev, Aleksey
D23 QGA, 4.Qc2 (Neo-Mannheim)

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.g3 e6 8.Bg2 Bd6 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Ne5 Bh5 11.Ndc4 Bxe5 12.dxe5 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Qa5+ 14.Bd2 Qxe5 15.Bc3 Qc7 16.Qh4 Bg6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qxf6 Qa5+ 19.Kf1 Rg8 20.h4 Qb4 21.a3 Qe7 22.Qc3 Qd6 23.h5 Bf5 24.e4 Bg4 25.f3 Bxh5 26.e5 Qd5 27.Rxh5 Rxg3 28.Kf2 Rg7 29.Bf1 O-O-O 30.Be2 Qd7 31.Rd1 Qc7 32.Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.Qe3 Kb8 34.Qc5 a6 35.f4 Qg8 36.Bf1 Rg4 37.Qe3 Qg6 38.Rh3 Qc2+ 39.Be2 Rg7 40.b4 Rg8 41.Rg3 Rd8 42.Rg7 Qf5 43.Kg3 h6 44.a4 Qc2 45.b5 cxb5 46.axb5 axb5 47.Bxb5 h5 48.Be2 Rc8 49.Bf3 h4+ 50.Kxh4 1-0

Round 6, Dec. 27, 2016
Karjakin, Sergey – Fressinet, Laurent
A06 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 b6 5.Bb2 Bb7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.d4 a6 9.Bd3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.Rc2 Qe7 13.Qc1 Ndf6 14.Ne2 c5 15.Ng3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Ne4 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Nd2 Rad8 20.Nc4 Bc7 21.Ba3 Rd5 22.Nb2 Bd6 23.Rd1 Rh5 24.Nc4 Bc7 25.Nd2 Bd6 26.Nc4 Bc7 27.Nb2 Bd6 28.Qd2 Rh6 29.Qe2 Rc8 30.Rcd2 a5 31.Nc4 Ba6 32.Qg4 Rg6 33.Nxd6 1-0

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 27th December, 2016, 11:45 AM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 27, 2016

Round Seven

Results

1. Ivanchuk (4.5) – Carlsen (4.5) 1-0
2. Grischuk (5) – Aronian (5.5) 0.5-0.5
3. Korobov (5) – Dominguez (4.5) 1-0
4. Mamedyarov (4.5) – Melkumyan (4.5) 1-0
5. Anand (4.5) – Li Chao B (4.5) 1-0
6. Pantsulala (4.5) – MVL (4.5) 0.5-0.5
7. Nguyen (4) – Nakamura (4) 0.5-0.5
8. Nepomniachtchi (4) – Borisek (4) 1-0
9. Yu Yangyi (4) – Khusnutdinov (4) 1-0
10. Bok (4) – Artemiev (4) 0.5-0.5
11. Riazantsev (4) – Akopian (4) 0-1
12. Vidit (4) – Karjakin (3.5) 0.5-0.5
13. Radjabov (3.5) – Amin (3.5) 1-0
14. Zhigalko (3.5) – Bortnyk (3.5) 0.5-0.5
15. Matiakov (3.5) - Wojtaszek (3.5) 0-1

Standings After Round Seven

1. Aronian 6.0
2. Korobov 6.0
3. Ivanchuk 5.5
4. Grischuk 5.5
5. Mamedyarov 5.5
6. Anand 5.5
7. Pantsulaia 5.0
8. Yu Yangyi 5.0
9. MVL 5.0
10. Nepomniachtchi 5.0
11. Akopian 5.0
12. Bok 4.5
13. Li Chao B 4.5
14. Wei Yi 4.5
15. Vidit 4.5
16. Bu Xiangzhi 4.5
17. Nguyen 4.5
18. Dominguez 4.5
19. Nakamura 4.5
20. Melkumyan 4.5
21. Carlsen 4.5

Games:

Ivanchuk beats Carlsen!

Round 7, Dec. 27, 2016
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Carlsen, Magnus
D11 Queen’s Gambit

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 e6 5.Nbd2 dxc4 6.Nxc4 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 O-O 9.b4 Be7 10.Bb2 Qc7 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.e4 b5 13.Na5 Qxc2 14.Rxc2 Nxe4 15.Bxb5 Nd6 16.Bc6 Rb8 17.O-O Nb6 18.Rd1 Rd8 19.Ne5 f6 20.Bf3 fxe5 21.Nc6 Bb7 22.Nxe7+ Kf8 23.Bxe5 Nbc4 24.Bxd6 Nxd6 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.Rxc6 Nb5 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Ra6 Rc8 29.h4 Rc7 30.Bg4 e5 31.Ra5 Nd6 32.Rxe5 Nc4 33.Rf5+ Ke7 34.Rf3 Ne5 35.Re3 Kd6 36.Be2 h6 37.f4 Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Nd7 39.Bf3 Rc2+ 40.Kg3 Ra2 41.Rd3+ Ke7 42.Rc3 Kd8 43.Kg4 Rd2 44.Rc6 Rd3 45.Ra6 Nf6+ 46.Kf5 Rd7 47.g4 Ne8 48.g5 hxg5 49.hxg5 Nd6+ 50.Kg6 Nb5 51.Ra5 Nd4 52.Bg4 1-0

Round 7, Dec. 27, 2016
Korobov, Anton – Dominguez, Leinier
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Bd3 b6 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.O-O Qc7 11.f4 Ne7 12.Qb1 Qc8 13.Bh4 Nf5 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nef3 Qe6 17.Re1 Ba6 18.Nh4 cxd4 19.exd4 Qd7 20.g3 Rfe8 21.Qxf5 Qb5 22.Qxf6 Qxb2 23.Ndf3 Be7 24.Qh6 Bxh4 25.gxh4 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Qxc3 27.Re5 Bd3 28.h5 Bf5 1-0

Round 7, Dec. 27, 2016
Anand, Vishy – Li Chao B
B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 b4 12.Nce2 Qb6 13.g3 Rc8 14.Bg2 h5 15.Bf3 Na5 16.b3 Bg7 17.g4 h4 18.g5 fxg5 19.Rhg1 Rc5 20.fxg5 O-O 21.Nf4 Nc6 22.Nxc6 Bxc6 23.g6 f5 24.Nxe6 fxe4 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.Qxd6 Re8 27.Bxe4 Rxe4 28.Rgf1 1-0
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Women's World Rapid

Rank After Round 6

1. Muzychuk, Anna 5.0
2. Kosteniuk 4.5
3. Lagno 4.5
4. Gaponenko 4.0
5. Javakhishvili 4.0
6. Kashlinskaya 4.0
7. Batsiashvili 4.0
8. Dzagnidze 4.0
9. Ushenina 4.0
10. Gunina 4.0

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 27th December, 2016, 01:12 PM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 27, 2016

Round Eight

Levan Pantsulaia (Tbilisi, February 26, 1986) is a Georgian chess player. He was World Under-16 champion in 2002, the same year he earned the IM title, and became a GM in 2005 after placing 19th overall in the 6th European Individual Championship (2005). That result qualified him for the FIDE World Cup (2005), in which he reached the third round before falling to Boris Gelfand in rapid tie-breaks.

In this tournament so far, he has beaten both Carlsen and Nakamura!

Results of Round 8

1. Carlsen (4.5) – Jakovenko (4.5) 1-0
2. Aronian (6) – Mamedyarov (5.5) 0-1
3. Korobov (6) – Ivanchuk (5.5) 0.5-0.5
4. Anand (5.5) – Grischuk (5.5) 0.5-0.5
5. Akopian (5) – Nepomniachtchi (5) 0-1
6. MVL (5) – Yu Yangyi (5) 0-1
7. Nakamura (4.5) – Pantsulaia (5) 0-1
8. Dominguez (4.5) - Nguyen (4.5) 0.5-0.5
9. Amonatov (4.5) - Radjabov (4.5) 0.5-0.5
10. Melkumyan (4.5) – Li Chao B (4.5) 0-1
11. Artemiev (4.5) – Wei Yi (4.5) 1-0
15. Karjakin (4) – Mamedov (4) 0-1
39. Grandelius (3) – Maghsoodloo (3) 0.5-0.5

Standings after Round Eight

1. Korobov 6.5
2. Mamedyarov 6.5
3. Pantsulaia 6.0
4. Aronian 6.0
5. Ivanchuk 6.0
6. Yu Yangyi 6.0
7. Grischuk 6.0
8. Anand 6.0
9. Nepomniachtchi 6.0
10. Li Chao B 5.5
11. Vidit 5.5
12. Bu 5.5
13. Carlsen 5.5
14. Artemiev 5.5
21. MVL 5.0
31. Wei Yi 4.5
33. Nakamura 4.5
51. Karjakin 4.0
62. Leko 4.0
70. Jobava 3.5
71. Maghsoodloo 3.5

The games:

Round 8, Dec. 27, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Jakovenko, Dmitry
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bg3 O-O 6.c4 c5 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bxc4 a6 10.O-O b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Qe2 Nbd7 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.e4 Nh5 15.e5 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Rfd8 17.Be4 Be7 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.Ne4 Nc5 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.exd6 Qb6 22.b4 Nd7 23.Ne5 Rac8 24.Rd2 Nxe5 25.Qxe5 Rd7 26.Rfd1 h6 27.g4 Qd8 28.Qe4 Qg5 29.Rc2 Rxc2 30.Qxc2 Qxg4 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.f3 Qxb4 33.Qxd7 Qc5+ 34.Kf1 Qc4+ 35.Ke1 Qc3+ 36.Ke2 Qc4+ 37.Rd3 Qc2+ 38.Rd2 Qc4+ 39.Kd1 Qf1+ 40.Kc2 Qc4+ 41.Kb1 Qb4+ 42.Kc1 Qc5+ 43.Rc2 Qg1+ 44.Kd2 Qxg2+ 45.Kc3 Qxf3+ 46.Kb4 Qe4+ 47.Ka5 Qxc2 48.Qc7 Qxa2+ 49.Kb6 Qf2+ 50.Kb7 b4 51.d7 b3 52.d8=Q Qf5 53.Qc3 1-0

Black has six pawns still in the K+Q endgame!

Round 8, Dec. 27, 2016
Aronian, Levon – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.d4 Ne4 9.Nbd2 Bf5 10.Nh4 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Be6 12.Rac1 a5 13.e4 a4 14.Rfe1 axb3 15.axb3 Ra2 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Rxe6 fxe6 18.Bh3 Qb6 19.Re1 e5 20.cxd5 Qxd4 21.Bxd4 Rxd2 22.Be3 Rd3 23.Be6+ Kh8 24.Nf3 Na6 25.Rc1 Nb4 26.Rc5 b6 27.Ng5 h6 28.Nf7+ Kh7 29.Rb5 Nc2 30.Bxb6 Rb8 31.Bd7 e4 32.Bd8 Rxb5 33.Bxb5 Kg8 34.d6 exd6 0-1

Round 8, Dec. 27, 2016
Korobov, Anton – Ivanchuk, Vassily
D00 Queen’s Pawn, Mason Variation

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.exd4 Bg4 6.c3 e6 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nbd2 Nge7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Bh2 a6 11.Be2 Nc8 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxh5 Nc6 14.Nf3 Be7 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 O-O 17.O-O b5 18.a4 Nb6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Be2 Nc4 21.Bf4 Ra4 22.Qc2 Nxb2 23.Qxb2 Rxf4 24.Bxb5 Qc7 25.Rae1 Rb8 26.Qd2 Rf5 27.f4 Bh4 28.Rb1 Bg3 29.Qe3 g5 30.Qxg3 Qc5+ 31.Kh2 Rxb5 32.fxg5 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Qc7 34.Re1 Qc4 35.Re3 Qf4 36.h4 Kg7 37.Qxf4 1/2-1/2

The so-called Ukrainian derby is drawn

Round 8, Dec. 27, 2016
Nakamura, Hikaru – Pantsulaia, Levan
A65 Benoni, Samisch Formation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Qd2 h5 10.Nge2 Qe8 11.Nc1 Nh7 12.Be3 Bd7 13.Be2 b5 14.a4 b4 15.Nb5 Bxb5 16.Bxb5 Nd7 17.O-O a6 18.Bc6 Rb8 19.Nb3 Qc8 20.Na5 Ne5 21.Bf4 Qc7 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Nc4 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 b3 25.f4 Rb4 26.Qd3 Nf6 27.Rae1 Ng4 28.Re2 Qe7 29.g3 h4 30.Kg2 hxg3 31.hxg3 Kg7 32.Kf3 Nf6 33.Rh1 Rc8 34.e5 dxe5 35.Nxe5 Qd6 36.Qxa6 Rc7 37.Qa8 Nh5 38.Nd3 Rb6 39.Re5 Rbxc6 40.Rhxh5 Rc8 41.Qa5 gxh5 42.Rxh5 R6c7 43.Nf2 Bxf2 44.Kxf2 Qf6 45.Kf3 Re7 46.Qd2 Qd4 47.Qc1 Rh8 48.Rg5+ Kf8 49.Kg4 f6 50.d6 fxg5 51.dxe7+ Kxe7 52.Qe1+ Kd6 53.Qa5 Qd1+ 54.Kf5 Qd5+ 55.Kg4 Qe6+ 0-1

________

Anna says that Peter Svidler was supposed to play in the Rapid but got sick. In a message, he said he hopes to come for the Blitz.

At the start of this round, the players got their pairings and sat down. Then it was discovered that a few of the pairings were wrong and people had to go to different tables. Magnus had taken the time to walk to his family and talked to his sisters. Then with the round about to start, he had to run back to be in time.

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 27th December, 2016, 01:58 PM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 27, 2016

Round Nine

Results of Round Nine

1. Grischuk (6) – Carlsen (5.5) 0-1
2. Mamedyarov (6.5) – Korobov (6.5) 1-0
3. Nepomniachtchi (6) – Aronian (6) 0.5-0.5
4. Yu Yangyi (6) – Anand (6) 0.5-0.5
5. Pantsulaia (6) – Ivanchuk (6) 0-1
6. Li Chao B (5.5) – Artemiev (5.5) 0.5-0.5
7. Vidit (5.5) – Cheparinov (5.5) 0.5-0.5
8. Bu (5.5 – MVL (5) 0-1
9. Mamedov (5) – Dominguez (5) 0-1
10. Radjabov (5) – Bortnyk (5) 1-0
18. Wei Yi (4.5) – Wojtaszek (4.5) 1-0
22. Quparadze (4) – Karjakin (4) 0.5-0.5

Standings After Round Nine

1. Mamedyarov 7.5
2. Ivanchuk 7.0
3. Li Chao B 6.5
4. Aronian 6.5
5. Korobov 6.5
6. Yu Yangyi 6.5
7. Anand 6.5
8. Carlsen 6.5
9. Nepomniachtchi 6.5
10. Pantsulaia 6.0
11. Vidit 6.0
12. Grischuk 6.0
13. Dominguez 6.0
14. MVL 6.0
15. Radjabov 6.0

The games:

Round 9, Dec. 27, 2016
Grischuk, Alexander – Carlsen, Magnus
D16 QGD Slav, Soultanbeieif Variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Nb4 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Bb3 Bc6 16.a5 a6 17.Qe3 Bd5 18.Nxd5 Nbxd5 19.Qf3 Rc7 20.Ra4 Bd6 21.h4 Qe7 22.Re1 Rfc8 23.g3 Qe8 24.Ra2 Bb4 25.Bxb4 Nxb4 26.Raa1 Nfd5 27.Rad1 Qd8 28.Kg2 Nc6 29.Nxc6 Rxc6 30.Bxd5 exd5 31.Re5 Qxa5 32.Rxd5 Qb4 33.Rf5 R6c7 34.d5 Qxb2 35.h5 Qb4 36.d6 Rd7 37.Rd3 b5 38.Rfd5 Qc4 39.Re3 Qc6 40.Re7 Rf8 41.Rxd7 Qxd7 42.Qd3 Rb8 43.Rc5 Rd8 44.Rd5 Qc6 45.Kh2 Rd7 46.Qd4 b4 47.Qe5 Qc8 48.Qb2 Qb8 49.Qd2 b3 50.Qb2 a5 51.Rxa5 Rxd6 52.Qe5 Rb6 53.Qb2 Qb7 54.Re5 Re6 55.Rxe6 fxe6 56.Qe5 Qd5 57.Qb8+ Kh7 58.Qe8 Qf5 0-1

Round 9, Dec. 27, 2016
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Korobov, Anton
E12 Queen’s Indian Accelerated, Petrofina System

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ c6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.g3 O-O 10.Bg2 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bf4 g5 13.Be3 f5 14.Qc2 Bf6 15.b4 Qe7 16.Rac1 a5 17.Qb3 axb4 18.axb4 Kh8 19.Nxe4 fxe4 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Bxb6 Qf6 23.f3 exf3 24.Rxf3 Qg7 25.Kh1 Rxf3 26.Qxf3 Ra1 27.Rxa1 Bxa1 28.Qf5 Bf6 29.Bf3 Qg6 30.Qe6 Kg7 31.Bc5 Qf7 32.Qd6 Qe8 33.Qc7+ Qf7 34.Qb8 Ba6 35.Bh5 Qg8 36.Qc7+ Kh6 37.Qxc6 Kxh5 38.Qxa6 Qf7 39.Qd3 Be5 40.Kg2 Kh6 41.b5 Kg7 42.b6 Qd7 43.Bd4 Bxd4 44.Qxd4+ Kg6 45.Qb4 Qe6 46.Kf2 Qh3 47.Qd6+ Kh5 48.Qxd5 1-0

Round 9, Dec. 27, 2016
Pantsulaia, Levan – Ivanchuk, Vassily
A04 Reti (KIA, English, Dutch)

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O c5 5.b3 Nf6 6.c4 b4 7.Bb2 a5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Be7 11.e4 Nxe4 12.Qf3 d5 13.Re1 O-O 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Qg4 Bf6 16.f3 Nc5 17.Rd1 a4 18.Qf5 Re8 19.Qc2 Nbd7 20.bxa4 Nxa4 21.Nc6 Qb6 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Nd4 Rec8 24.Qf2 Rc4 25.Nb3 Qd6 26.N1d2 Rc7 27.Rdc1 Nc3 28.Nd4 g6 29.N2b3 Nd7 30.Rc2 Ne5 31.Qe3 Nc4 32.Qg5 f6 33.Qh6 Re7 34.Kg1 Qb6 35.Kh1 Rae8 36.Rcc1 Re3 37.a4 bxa3 38.h4 Ne2 39.h5 Nxg3+ 40.Kg2 Nxh5 41.Rh1 Re2+ 42.Kh3 Qc7 43.Rag1 Nf4+ 44.Kg4 Ne3+ 0-1

Round 9, Dec. 27, 2016
Wei Yi – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
E01 Catalan, Closed

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Qd3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 a6 9.Qd3 Rb8 10.e4 b5 11.e5 Ne8 12.h4 c5 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nb6 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.O-O h6 17.Re1 Be6 18.Qc2 Nc7 19.Nd2 Ncd5 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Qxc5 Qxc5 22.Nxc5 Nb4 23.Be4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Nc2 25.Rb1 Rfd8 26.Bf4 Nd5 27.e6 Nxf4 28.exf7+ Kxf7 29.Rxf4+ Kg8 30.Nxa6 Rb6 31.Nc5 Nd4 32.Kg2 Rd5 33.b4 Nc2 34.Rc1 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Re4 Na3 37.Rce1 Rf6 38.Re8+ Rf8 39.R1e5 Rxe8 40.Rxd5 1-0

Women’s Rapids

Rank After Round Eight

1. Muzychuk, Anna 7.0
2. Kosteniuk 5.5
3. Lagno 5.5
4. Khademalsharieh 5.5
5. Javakhishvili 5.0
6. Kashlinskaya 5.0
7. Dzagnidze 5.0
8. Batsiashvili 5.0
9. Ushenina 5.0

Gunina has played two games with a huge number of moves:

Round 7 vs Javakhishvili 123 moves and Round 6 with Batsiashvili as White, 124 moves.

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 27th December, 2016, 03:24 PM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 27, 2016

Round Ten

Chucky beats Mamedyarov. The latter was short on time but could not believe at the end that he lost.

Round 10, Dec. 27, 2016
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
D23 QGA

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7 9.e3 O-O 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qb5 13.Qxb5 cxb5 14.Ne1 Ne4 15.Nc3 Nxd2 16.Rxd2 Bb4 17.Bxb7 Rc7 18.Bf3 Rxc3 19.bxc3 Bxc3 20.Rad1 Bxd2 21.Rxd2 Rc8 22.Nd3 Kf8 23.Nb4 Nf6 24.Rb2 Ne4 25.g4 Bg6 26.h4 Rc1+ 27.Kg2 Nc3 28.h5 Bb1 29.a3 f5 30.gxf5 exf5 31.d5 Ke8 32.Nc6 a6 33.Kg3 Be4 34.Bxe4 fxe4 35.Nb8 a5 36.d6 Rd1 37.Rb3 Rc1 38.Kf4 a4 39.Rb2 b4 40.axb4 a3 41.Rd2 Nb5 42.Ke5 Kd8 43.Na6 Rb1 44.d7 Rb2 45.Rd5 Rxf2 1-0

Peter Doggers interviews Vassily after his game. Asked if he is playing well, he says he doesn’t know but he has a lot of points. He said that Mamedyarov tried to win but underestimated his opponent.

He played in a draughts tournament during the Baku Olympiad instead of participating there. He likes draughts because he is meeting a whole new group of players, not the same ones as always in chess

He made 4.5 points out of 5 today and leads the field.

The commentators are asked just what draughts are. Anna says that it is 10x10 checkers. In her country, you can buy a chess set with draughts. When you flip over the chessboard, there is a 10 x10 checkers board there.

One chessbomb kibitzer says, “Who would think that Ivanchuk, the dude who lost tons of classical games on time in 2012 could dominate the rapid section here!”

The leaders of both the men and women’s sections are Ukrainian.
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Round 10, Dec. 27, 2016
Yu Yangyi – Nepomniachtchi, Ian
D78 Neo-Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5 9.Bb2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qb6 11.Qc1 Bd7 12.Nd2 Nc6 13.e3 Rac8 14.Bc3 Qa6 15.Qb2 b6 16.a4 Na5 17.Rfc1 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Qxc4 19.Bb4 Qa6 20.Bxe7 Rxc1+ 21.Qxc1 Re8 22.Qa3 Ng4 23.Qd6 Qc8 24.Bg5 Be5 25.Qb4 Qc5 26.Rb1 Bxg3 27.hxg3 Qxg5 28.Qd6 Bxa4 29.Ra1 Nxf2 30.Rxa4 Qxe3 31.Ra3 Qe1+ 32.Kh2 Qc1 33.Rf3 Qh6+ 34.Kg1 Re1+ 0-1

Round 10, Dec. 27, 2016
Pantsulaia, Levan – Grischuk, Alexander
A30 English, Symmetrical, Hedgehog System

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 O-O 9.Rd1 Qc8 10.e4 d6 11.b3 Nbd7 12.Qe3 a6 13.Bb2 Re8 14.Rac1 Qc7 15.Nd4 Bf8 16.h3 Rac8 17.Nde2 Qb8 18.g4 h6 19.Ng3 Ba8 20.f4 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Nce2 e5 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Kh1 b4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rc1 g6 27.Bf3 Rxc1+ 28.Nxc1 Qc7 29.Qd2 Nc5 30.Qc2 Qd6 31.Kg2 Ne6 32.Nce2 Bb7 33.Bc1 Ba6 34.Qd2 Qc7 35.Bb2 Ng5 36.Ng1 Bb7 37.Qd3 Qa5 38.Qb1 Nd7 39.Kh2 Qc5 40.Bg2 Qf2 41.h4 Nf6 42.Qd1 Bc8 43.Nf5 0-1

Round Ten Results

1. Aronian (6.5) – Carlsen (6.5) 0.5-0.5
2. Ivanchuk (7) – Mamedyarov (7,5) 1-0
3. Yu Yangyi (6.5) – Nepomniachtchi (6.5)
4. Korobov (6.5) – Anand (6.5) 0.5-0.5
5. Dominguez (6) – Li Chao B (6.5) 1-0
6. MVL (6) – Vidit (6) 0-1
7. Cheparinov (6) – Radjabov (6) 0.5-0.5
8. Pantsulaia (6) – Grischuk (6) 0-1
9. Amonatov (6) – Tomashevsky (6) 0.5-0.5
10. Melkumyan (5.5) Nguyen (5.5) 1-0
16. Nakamura (5) – Najer (5) 0.5-0.5
23. Karjakin (4.5) – Lu Shanglei (4.5) 1-0

Standings After Round Ten

1. Ivanchuk 8.0
2. Mamedyarov 7.5
3. Nepomniachtchi 7.5
4. Aronian 7.0
5. Vidit 7,0
6. Korobov 7.0
7. Grischuk 7.0
8. Anand 7.0
9. Carlsen 7.0
10. Dominguez 7.0
11. Li Chao B 6.5

Round Eleven Pairings

1. Carlsen (7) – Korobov (7)
2. Nepomniachtchi (7.5) – Ivanchuk (8)
3. Anand (7) – Mamedyarov (7.5)
4. Grischuk (7) – Dominguez (7)
5. Vidit (7) – Aronian (7)
6. Radjabov (6.5) – Bu Xiangzhi (6.5)
7. Li Chao B (6.5) – Yu Yangyi (6.5)
12. Dubov (6) – Howell (6)
15. Karjakin (5.5) – Pantsulaia (6)
16. Leko (5.5) – Nakamura (5.5)

**Wayne Komer** · Wednesday, 28th December, 2016, 10:49 AM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 28, 2016

Round Eleven

Results of Round Eleven

1. Carlsen (7) – Korobov (7) 0-1
2. Nepo (7.5) – Ivanchuk (8) 1-0
3. Anand (7) – Mamedyarov (7.5) 0.5-0.5
4. Grischuk (7) – Dominguez (7) 0.5-0.5
5. Vidit (7) – Aronian (7) 0.5-0.5
6. Radjabov (6.5) – Bu (6.5) 0.5-0.5
7. Li Chao (6.5) – Yu Yangyi (6.5) 0.5-0.5
8. Riazantsev (6.5) – Melkumyan (6.5) 1-0
9. Onischuk (6.5) – Amonatov (6.5) 0-1
10. Tomashevsky (6.5) – Cheparinov (6.5) 0.5-0.5
11. Akopian (6) – MVL (6) 0.5-0.5
12. Dubov (6) – Howell (6) 0-1
13. Jakovenko (6) – Bortnyk (6) 1-0
14. Wei Yi (6) – Vallejo Pons (6) 1-0
15. Karjakin (5.5) – Pantsulaia (6) 1-0
16. Leko (5.5) – Nakamura (5.5) 0.5-0.5

Ranking After Round Eleven

1. Nepomniachtchi 8.5
2. Korobov 8.0
3. Ivanchuk 8.0
4. Mamedyarov 8.0
5. Aronian 7.5
6. Vidit 7.5
7. Grischuk 7.5
8. Anand 7.5
9. Dominguez 7.5
10. Riazantsev 7.5
11. Amonatov 7.5
12. Li Chao B 7.0
13. Wei Yi 7.0
14. Yu Yangyi 7.0
15. Bu Xiangzhi 7.0
16. Carlsen 7.0
23. MVL 6.5
27. Karjakin 6.5
32. Pantsulaia 6.0
34. Nakamura 6.0

The games:

Carlsen goes down in 23 moves!

World Rapids
Doha, Qatar
Round 11, Dec. 28, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Korobov, Anton
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nd2 e6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Bb5 Ne7 9.Bd3 b6 10.e4 Bxg3 11.hxg3 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Ng6 13.dxc5 Bb7 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.cxb6 e5 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Qd7 Qxb6 18.Ng5 Bxg2 19.O-O-O Rab8 20.b3 Qxf2 21.Qg4 Rfc8 22.Kb1 Rxc3 23.Qb4 Rcc8 0-1

Chucky loses to Nepomniachtchi. Nepo has not lost a game yet. Chucky’s 17…Bg6 instead of Bd7 starts him on the way to the loss.

Round 11, Dec. 28, 2016
Nepomniachtchi, Ian – Ivanchuk, Vassily
C18 French, Winawer, Advance Variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.Be2 Qa5 9.O-O c4 10.Bd2 Qa4 11.Ng5 Bd7 12.Bh5 O-O 13.Re1 h6 14.Nh3 f6 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Bf4 Be8 17.Bg4 Bg6 18.Rxe6 Rxe6 19.Bxe6+ Kh7 20.Bd6 Rd8 21.Bc7 Rf8 22.Nf4 Bxc2 23.Qd2 Bf5 24.Bxd5 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Rf7 26.Bg3 Na5 27.Qe3 Qd7 28.Qe5 Nc6 29.Qd6 Qxd6 30.Bxd6 Rd7 31.Ne3 Bd3 32.Bg3 Ne7 33.a4 Kg8 34.h4 Kf7 35.Ng4 Nc6 36.f3 Rd5 37.Ne3 Rd7 38.a5 Ne7 39.Kf2 Nd5 40.Nxd5 Rxd5 41.Bb8 a6 42.g4 Rb5 43.Bd6 Rb1 44.Rxb1 Bxb1 45.h5 Ke6 46.Bf8 Kf7 47.Bc5 Ke6 48.f4 Be4 49.Ke3 Bc6 50.f5+ Kf6 51.Kf4 Bg2 52.Bd6 Bh1 53.Be5+ Kf7 54.g5 hxg5+ 55.Kxg5 Bf3 56.Bc7 Bg2 57.Bb6 Bf3 58.Bd8 Ke8 59.f6 gxf6+ 60.Bxf6 Be4 61.Kf4 Bc2 62.Ke5 1-0

Round 11, Dec. 28, 2016
Karjakin, Sergey – Pantsulaia
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Nh6 7.c3 Bg6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Nb3 O-O 10.a4 Rc8 11.a5 c5 12.Bxh6 gxh6 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Nbd4 Qc7 15.Qd2 Kg7 16.h4 a6 17.Qf4 h5 18.Rfe1 Nd7 19.Bf1 Nb8 20.Re3 Nc6 21.b4 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Qd8 23.Rh3 Rc7 24.Re1 Qd7 25.Ree3 Rfc8 26.Ref3 Qd8 27.Bd3 Qe8 28.Bxg6 hxg6 29.g4 hxg4 30.Qxg4 Rc4 31.h5 g5 32.h6+ Kh8 33.Qh5 g4 34.Qxg4 Qg8 35.Qg7+ 1-0

**Wayne Komer** · Wednesday, 28th December, 2016, 11:22 AM

Re: World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

December 28, 2016

Round Twelve

Results of Round Twelve

1. Carlsen (7) – Vidit (7.5) 1-0
2. Mamedyarov (8) – Nepomniachtchi (8.5) 0.5-0.5
3. Ivanchuk (8) – Grischuk (7.5) 0.5-0.5
4. Amonatov (7.5) – Korobov (8) 0.5-0.5
5. Dominguez (7.5) – Aronian (7.5) 1-0
6. Anand (7.5) – Riazantsev (7.5) 0.5-0.5
7. Jakovenko (7) – Radjabov (7) 1-0
8. Howell (7) – Yu Yangyi (7) 0.5-0.5
9. Bu (7) – Tomashevsky (7) 0.5-0.5
10. Cheparinov (7) – Li Chao (7) 0.5-0.5
11. Melkumyan (6.5) – Wei Yi (7) 1-0
12. Inarkiev (6.5) – Karjakin (6.5) 0.5-0.5
13. MVL (6.5) – Dreev (6.5) 1-0

Ranking List After Round Twelve

1. Nepomniachtchi 9.0
2. Korobov 8.5
3. Ivanchuk 8.5
4. Mamedyarov 8.5
5. Dominguez 8.5
6. Grischuk 8.0
7. Anand 8.0
8. Riazantsev 8.0
9. Carlsen 8.0
10. Jakovenko 8.0
11. Amonatov 8.0
12. Vidit 7.5
13. Aronian 7.5
17. MVL 7.5
26. Nakamura 7.0
30. Karjakin 7.0

The games:

Round 12, Dec. 28, 2016
Carlsen, Magnus – Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxd7 Qxd7 8.c3 e6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.g3 h6 13.f4 Rab8 14.a4 a6 15.Qe2 Rfe8 16.Qf1 Nd7 17.Nd2 f5 18.Nf3 Nf6 19.Be3 Ne4 20.Ne5 Rf8 21.Qg2 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Be7 23.Rf1 Bg5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.g4 Qe7 26.a5 g6 27.c4 Kg7 28.Rac1 Rbd8 29.cxd5 exd5 30.Kh1 Rd7 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.e6 Qxe6 34.Qxg5+ Kh8 35.Rc5 Rg7 36.Qh4+ Rh7 37.Qf4 e3 38.Re5 Qc6+ 39.d5 Qb5 40.Rg1 Qxb2 41.Rxe3 Rc8 42.d6 Qf6 43.Re6 Qc3 44.d7 Rf8 45.Re8 Qc6+ 46.Rg2 1-0

Round 12, Dec. 28, 2016
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Grischuk, Alexander
E67 King’s Indian, Fianchetto, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Rb1 Nc5 11.f3 c6 12.b4 Ncd7 13.Nce2 a6 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Rd1 Ne5 16.f4 Ned7 17.Nc3 Rb8 18.h3 c5 19.Nc2 b5 20.Ne3 Bb7 21.cxb5 axb5 22.e5 dxe5 23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.f5 e4 25.Kg2 Qf8 26.bxc5 Nxc5 27.Qb4 Nd3 28.Qxf8+ Rxf8 29.Nxe4 Nxc1 30.Nxf6+ Bxf6 31.Rdxc1 Bg5 1/2-1/2

Round 12, Dec. 28, 2016
Dominguez Perez, Leinier – Aronian, Levon
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nbd2 Bc5 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.h3 Rd8 14.Nc4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Rxd4 16.Be3 Rxe4 17.Qf3 Bb7 18.Na5 Rxe3 19.Qxb7 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Re8 21.Qxa6 e4 22.Nc4 e3 23.Nxe3 Ne4 24.Qc4 g6 25.Ng4 Nd2 26.Qxf7+ 1-0

Round 12, Dec. 28, 2016
Nakamura, Hikaru – Matiakov, Maxim
A45 Trompovsky Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.dxc5 e6 6.Nf3 Bxc5 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.a3 a6 11.Ne2 Qf6 12.b4 Bf8 13.Bc7 Bg7 14.Rb1 e5 15.e4 dxe4 16.Bxe4 Bf5 17.Nc3 O-O 18.Qd6 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Qf5 20.Nfd2 Nd4 21.O-O Rac8 22.c4 Nf4 23.b5 Qg4 24.Ng3 Nf5 25.Qb6 Nh4 26.Qxb7 axb5 27.cxb5 Nhxg2 28.b6 Nh4 29.Kh1 e4 30.Bxf4 Qxf4 31.Rbd1 Rfe8 32.Qa6 Rcd8 33.Qe2 Rxd2 34.Rxd2 Nf3 35.Rd3 Nd4 36.Qe3 Qe5 37.Nxe4 Qd5 38.f3 Kh8 39.Rfd1 Rd8 40.b7 Qxb7 41.Rxd4 Bxd4 42.Rxd4 Qb1+ 43.Kg2 Qb2+ 44.Rd2 1-0

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

World Rapid and Blitz Championships Doha 2016

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