The eight round of all 3 Grandmaster tournaments were played today (Sunday) at the 2011 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Here are the results and standings:
Grandmaster Group A
Round 8 Results- Sunday the 23rd
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(the player on the left had the white pieces in the game)
V. Anand - L. Aronian ½-½
A. Shirov - A. Grischuk 1-0
A. Giri - W. Hao 1-0
R. Ponomariov - V. Kramnik ½-½
E. l'Ami - I. Nepomniachtchi ½-½
J. Smeets - M. Vachier-Lagrave 0-1
M. Carlsen - H. Nakamura 1-0
You can play through the moves from all of these games by going to the following website:
http://chessbase.com/news/2011/wijk/games/wijka08.htm
These results mean the standings after 8 rounds in GM Group A are:
Grandmaster Group B: Here are the results from round 8 of the GM B Tournament:
Round 8 results - Sunday the 23rd
L. Fressinet - D. Navara ½-½
W. Spoelman - W. So 0-1
L. Chao - S. Ganguly ½-½
V. Tkachiev - Z. Efimenko 1-0
F. Nijboer - J. Hammer ½-½
L. McShane - G. Sargissian ½-½
R. Wojtaszek - L. Liem 1-0
You can play through each of the games from Group B by going to the following website:
http://chessbase.com/news/2011/wijk/games/wijkb08.htm
These results mean the following standings exist in this tournament after 8 rounds of play:
Grandmaster C Tournament:Here are the results from Sunday's 8th round of the Grandmaster C tournament:
Round 8 - Sunday the 23rd
B. Bok - M. Bluvshtein 1-0
T. Sachdev - J.W. de Jong 1-0
R. Pruijssers - M. Kazhgaleyev ½-½
M. van der Werf - D. Vocaturo 0-1
S. Siebrecht - R. van Kampen 1-0
I. Ivanisevic - I. Nyzhnyk 1-0
K. Lahno - D. Swiercz ½-½
You can play through the moves from each of the games from round 8 of Group C by going to the following website:
http://chessbase.com/news/2011/wijk/games/wijkc08.htm
These results mean the following standings exist after 8 rounds of play in this tournament:
Monday is a rest day for all the players in these 3 tournaments. These will be the pairings for Tuesday's ninth round:
(the player on the left will have the white pieces)
Grandmaster Group A
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Round 9 - Tuesday the 25th
H. Nakamura - V. Anand
M. Vachier-Lagrave - M. Carlsen
I. Nepomniachtchi - J. Smeets
V. Kramnik - E. l'Ami
W. Hao - R. Ponomariov
A. Grischuk - A. Giri
L. Aronian - A. Shirov
Grandmaster Group B
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Round 9 - Tuesday the 25th
L. Liem - L. Fressinet
G. Sargissian - R. Wojtaszek
J. Hammer - L. McShane
Z. Efimenko - F. Nijboer
S. Ganguly - V. Tkachiev
W. So - L. Chao
D. Navara - W. Spoelman
Grandmaster Group C
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Round 9 - Tuesday the 25th
D. Swiercz - B. Bok
I. Nyzhnyk - K. Lahno
R. van Kampen - I. Ivanisevic
D. Vocaturo - S. Siebrecht
M. Kazhgaleyev - M. van der Werf
J.W. de Jong - R. Pruijssers
M. Bluvshtein - T. Sachdev
I hope all the players enjoy your rest day! Best wishes in round 9!
