26 February 2017
Grischuk and Vachier-Lagrave Are Leading in Sharjah
They will play each other in the final round.
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Standings after 8 rounds:
Vachier-Lagrave, Grischuk – 5
Mamedyarov, Nakamura, Adams, Jakovenko, Nepomniachthi – 4.5
Aronian, Vallejo, Rapport, Ding Liren, Hou Yifan, Li Chao – 4
Salem, Eljanov – 3.5
Hammer, Tomashevsky – 3
Riazantsev – 2.5
In the 9th round Grischuk has Black against Vachier-Lagrave.
Event on Chess-Results
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