
Round 9 top board matchups
2012/02/01 at 15:00
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 4 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2717 | 6 | 6½ | GM | Adams Michael | 2724 | 3 | |
| 2 | 7 | GM | Shirov Alexei | 2710 | 6 | 6½ | GM | Hou Yifan | 2605 | 25 | |
| 3 | 1 | GM | Svidler Peter | 2749 | 6 | 6 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | 2641 | 22 | |
| 4 | 2 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2747 | 6 | 6 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2617 | 24 | |
| 5 | 27 | GM | Howell David W L | 2603 | 6 | 6 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | 2700 | 10 | |
| 6 | 39 | GM | Rapport Richard | 2543 | 6 | 6 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 2700 | 11 | |
| 7 | 35 | GM | Gopal G N | 2566 | 6 | 6 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 2680 | 14 | |
| 8 | 51 | GM | Salem A R Saleh | 2505 | 6 | 6 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2677 | 15 | |
| 9 | 5 | GM | Le Quang Liem | 2714 | 5½ | 5½ | IM | Muzychuk Anna | 2580 | 32 | |
| 10 | 31 | GM | Kulaots Kaido | 2581 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Polgar Judit | 2710 | 6 | |
| 11 | 9 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2703 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Nabaty Tamir | 2563 | 36 | |
| 12 | 12 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2699 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2535 | 41 | |
| 13 | 62 | GM | Womacka Mathias | 2455 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Fridman Daniel | 2660 | 16 | |
| 14 | 19 | GM | Iturrizaga Edoardo | 2649 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G | 2531 | 42 | |
| 15 | 21 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | 2643 | 5½ | 5½ | FM | Kuipers Stefan | 2391 | 84 | |
| 16 | 23 | GM | Erdos Viktor | 2634 | 5½ | 5½ | IM | Dvirnyy Daniyyl | 2492 | 55 | |
| 17 | 56 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2491 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Brunello Sabino | 2581 | 30 | |
| 18 | 29 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2589 | 5 | 5½ | GM | Zhu Chen | 2472 | 59 | |
| 19 | 60 | IM | Krush Irina | 2467 | 5 | 5 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | 2704 | 8 | |
| 20 | 13 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | 2683 | 5 | 5 | IM | Hanley Craig A | 2421 | 72 | |
| 21 | 17 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2652 | 5 | 5 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2454 | 63 | |
| 22 | 64 | IM | Molner Mackenzie | 2449 | 5 | 5 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | 2650 | 18 | |
| 23 | 66 | IM | Cernousek Lukas | 2438 | 5 | 5 | GM | Fier Alexandr | 2603 | 26 | |
| 24 | 68 | IM | Lyrberg Patrik | 2435 | 5 | 5 | GM | David Alberto | 2598 | 28 | |
| 25 | 71 | GM | Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel | 2422 | 5 | 5 | GM | Jussupow Artur | 2569 | 34 |
Full pairings: http://chess-results.com/tnr63931.aspx
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