The 9th round of the Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP 2015 witnessed two decisive games as Giri overcame Jobava while Tomashevsky beat Svidler. The rest of the games ended in draws. However, the draw between Jakovenko and Gelfand saw a pretty finish with Gelfand leaving his Queen en-prise to force a nice stalemate.
After 9 rounds, Dominguez, Caruana and Nakamura lead the pack with 5.5/9 each. Three others – Gelfand, Jakovenko and Karjakin – are on the second spot with 5 points each. This leaves the field wide open with just two rounds to go.
Round 9 Results:
|
Jakovenko |
2738 | ½-½ | Gelfand |
2744 |
|
Karjakin |
2753 | ½-½ | Caruana |
2803 |
|
Nakamura |
2799 | ½-½ | Grischuk |
2780 |
|
Giri |
2776 | 1-0 | Jobava |
2699 |
|
Dominguez |
2734 | ½-½ | Vachier-Lagrave |
2754 |
|
Svidler |
2734 | 0-1 | Tomashevsky |
2749 |