Grand-Prix 2017 Events Venues and Dates confirmed

[Joshua Gibbs]

Round 5 on 2017/02/22
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 4 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 3 2½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2785 3
2 1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796 3 2 GM Aronian Levon 2785 2
3 5 GM Ding Liren 2760 2 2 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2749 8
4 9 GM Grischuk Alexander 2742 2 2 GM Eljanov Pavel 2759 6
5 7 GM Adams Michael 2751 2 2 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2628 18
6 13 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2709 2 2 GM Li Chao B 2720 10
7 15 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2671 2 2 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2709 12
8 16 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656 1 2 GM Hou Yifan 2651 17
9 11 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2711 1 1½ GM Rapport Richard 2692 14

Hope Mickey wins again, its great seeing him playing at Super GM level.

[Barry Sandercock]

Round 5. Michael Adams playing a Giuoco Piano. Fashions in openings come and go, and this one seems to have come back.

[Mick Norris]

It seems to have given him a time advantage, at least

[LawrenceCooper]

Riazantsev-Jakovenko somewhat shocking

[Barry Sandercock]

Adams-Hammer. Well played endgame win by Michael Adams.

[LawrenceCooper]

GM Mamedyarov (3) 2766 ½ - ½ GM Nakamura, H. (2½) 2785
GM Vachier-Lagr. (3) 2796 ½ - ½ GM Aronian, L. (2) 2785
GM Ding, Liren (2) 2760 ½ - ½ GM Nepomniachtc. (2) 2749
GM Grischuk, A. (2) 2742 1 - 0 GM Eljanov, P. (2) 2759
GM Adams, M. (2) 2751 1 - 0 GM Hammer, J. L. (2) 2628
GM Vallejo Pons (2) 2709 ½ - ½ GM Li, Chao (2) 2720
GM Riazantsev (2) 2671 0 - 1 GM Jakovenko, D. (2) 2709
GM Salem, A.R. Saleh (1) 2656 ½ - ½ GM Hou, Yifan (2) 2651
GM Tomashevsky (1) 2711 ½ - ½ GM Rapport, R. (1½) 2692

[Mick Norris]

Standings going into the rest day

Rank after Round 5
Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796 3,5 0,5 2,0 1,0
2 4 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2766 3,5 0,5 2,0 0,0
3 7 GM Adams Michael ENG 2751 3,0 0,0 2,0 0,0
4 12 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2709 3,0 0,0 1,0 1,0
5 9 GM Grischuk Alexander RUS 2742 3,0 0,0 1,0 0,0
6 3 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785 3,0 0,0 1,0 0,0
7 5 GM Ding Liren CHN 2760 2,5 0,0 1,0 1,0
8 10 GM Li Chao B CHN 2720 2,5 0,0 1,0 0,0
9 2 GM Aronian Levon ARM 2785 2,5 0,0 0,0 0,0
10 13 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2709 2,5 0,0 0,0 0,0
11 17 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2651 2,5 0,0 0,0 0,0
12 8 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2749 2,5 0,0 0,0 0,0
13 14 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2692 2,0 0,0 1,0 1,0
14 18 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2628 2,0 0,0 0,0 0,0
15 15 GM Riazantsev Alexander RUS 2671 2,0 0,0 0,0 0,0
16 6 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2759 2,0 0,0 0,0 0,0
17 11 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny RUS 2711 1,5 0,5 0,0 0,0
18 16 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2656 1,5 0,5 0,0 0,0

[Mick Norris]

Round 6 on Friday

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 7 GM Adams Michael 2751 3 3½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796 1
2 12 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2709 3 3½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 4
3 3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2785 3 3 GM Grischuk Alexander 2742 9
4 2 GM Aronian Levon 2785 2½ 2½ GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2709 13
5 17 GM Hou Yifan 2651 2½ 2½ GM Ding Liren 2760 5
6 8 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2749 2½ 2½ GM Li Chao B 2720 10
7 14 GM Rapport Richard 2692 2 2 GM Riazantsev Alexander 2671 15
8 6 GM Eljanov Pavel 2759 2 1½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2711 11
9 18 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2628 2 1½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2656 16

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Round 6 on Friday

1 GM Adams Michael 2751 3 - 3½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796

Last two games they played (draw at London Chess Classic and a win for MVL at Gibraltar), Mickey had Black. This time he has White, so hopefully can even up the scores (though a draw would obviously be OK as well).

[Roger de Coverly]

Round 6 on Friday

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 7 GM Adams Michael 2751 3 3½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796 1
2 12 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2709 3 3½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2766 4

A very tightly bunched field, for what has, so far been a similar in size to a typical smallish weekend Swiss, 5 rounds, 18 players. Usually 3.5 is only enough for third place in such events.

[Joshua Gibbs]

Could someone tell me what Mickey Adams' live rating is please?

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Could someone tell me what Mickey Adams' live rating is please?

2760.5

http://www.2700chess.com/

Roger, why are you comparing this event to a weekend Swiss? Apples and oranges.

[IM Jack Rudd]

The rating range of this event is 168 points. It's probably similar to some intermediate section with a grading range of 20 or 30 points.

[Paul Cooksey]

http://www.2700chess.com/

Drat - I was going to post I thought Mamedyarov was the biggest risk to Norway Chess still having the top 10 when it starts, but now he is already in the live top 10, this isn't much of a prediction

[Mick Norris]

Round 6 on Friday

1 GM Adams Michael 2751 3 - 3½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2796

Last two games they played (draw at London Chess Classic and a win for MVL at Gibraltar), Mickey had Black. This time he has White, so hopefully can even up the scores (though a draw would obviously be OK as well).

That would be good