25 November 2017
Final Leg of FIDE Grand Prix Finishing in Spain
On November 25, two participants of the Candidates Tournament to be determined.
Photo: Valeriy Belobeev/World Chess
Round 8 games of the final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2016-2017 were played in Palma de Mallorca. Teimour Radjabov defeated Boris Gelfand, Anish Giri lost to Li Chao. The games Aronian - Tomashevsky, Nakamura - Harikrishna, Svidler - Ding Liren, Rapport - Jakovenko, Inarkiev - Vachier-Lagrave, Vallejo - Eljanov, and Hammer - Riazantsev were drawn.Standings after round 8:
1. Levon Aronian - 5
2-10. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Peter Svidler, Teimour Radjabov, Pentala Harikrishna, Dmitry Jakovenko, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Richard Rapport - 4.5
11-12. Pavel Eljanov, Ernesto Inarkiev - 4
13-15. Anish Giri, Li Chao, Francisco Vallejo Pons - 3.5
16. Alexander Riazantsev - 3
17-18. Boris Gelfand, Jon Ludvig Hammer - 2.5
Round 9 parings:
Nakamura - Aronian, Vachier-Lagrave - Jakovenko, Tomashevsky - Ding Liren, Harikrishna - Svidler, Radjabov - Rapport, Eljanov - Gelfand, Hammer - Inarkiev, Giri - Vallejo, Riazantsev - Li Chao.
Teimour Radjabov and MVL still have chances to qualify for the Candidates Tournament long with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Alexander Grischuk.
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