Round 1 of Fourth FIDE Grand Prix Leg Played in Palma de Mallorca

MVL, Giri and Inarkiev win their games.

The 1st round of the final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2016-2017 was played in Palma de Mallorca. Maxime Vachier Lagrave defeated Boris Gelfand, Anish Giri outplayed Richard Rapport, while Ernesto Inarkiev won his game against Li Chao. The games Jakovenko - Aronian, Eljanov - Nakamura, Ding Liren - Vallejo, Tomashevsky - Svidler, Radjabov - Riazantsev, and Hammer - Harikrishna ended in a draw. 

Standings after round 1:

1-3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Ernesto Inarkiev - 1
4-15. Levon Aronian, Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Peter Svidler, Teimour Radjabov, Pentala Harikirishna, Dmitry Jakovenko, Pavel Eljanov, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Alexander Riazantsev, Jon Ludvig Hammer - 0.5 
16-18. Li Chao, Boris Gelfand, Richard Rapport - 0.

Round 2 pairings:

Giri - Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian - Inarkiev, Nakamura - Jakovenko, Riazantsev - Ding Liren, Svidler - Eljanov, Vallejo - Radjabov, Harikrishna - Tomashevsky, Li Chao - Hammer, Gelfand - Rapport.

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