Round 9 top board results:
| Bo. | SNo. | Name | Pts | Res. | Pts | Name | SNo. | ||
| 1 | 46 | GM | Chernyshov Konstantin | 6Ѕ | Ѕ – Ѕ | 6Ѕ | GM | Le Quang Liem | 16 |
| 2 | 13 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | 6 | Ѕ – Ѕ | 6Ѕ | GM | Bareev Evgeny | 17 |
| 3 | 15 | GM | Inarkiev Ernesto | 6 | 1 – 0 | 6 | GM | Volkov Sergey | 23 |
| 4 | 32 | GM | Belov Vladimir | 6 | Ѕ – Ѕ | 6 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | GM | Bologan Viktor | 5Ѕ | 1 – 0 | 6 | GM | Amonatov Farrukh | 21 |
| 6 | 36 | GM | Miton Kamil | 5Ѕ | 0 – 1 | 5Ѕ | GM | Rublevsky Sergei | 2 |
| 7 | 54 | GM | Kharitonov Alexandr | 5Ѕ | 0 – 1 | 5Ѕ | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 4 |
| 8 | 53 | GM | Dvoirys Semen I | 5Ѕ | 0 – 1 | 5Ѕ | GM | Kurnosov Igor | 6 |
| 9 | 35 | IM | Matlakov Maxim | 5Ѕ | Ѕ – Ѕ | 5Ѕ | GM | Najer Evgeniy | 8 |
| 10 | 67 | IM | Shinkevich Vitaly | 5Ѕ | Ѕ – Ѕ | 5Ѕ | GM | Grachev Boris | 12 |
| 11 | 19 | GM | Savchenko Boris | 5Ѕ | 1 – 0 | 5Ѕ | GM | Khusnutdinov Rustam | 63 |
| 12 | 24 | GM | Azarov Sergei | 5Ѕ | 1 – 0 | 5Ѕ | FM | Reshetnikov Alexey | 91 |
| 13 | 25 | GM | Vorobiov Evgeny E | 5Ѕ | 1 – 0 | 5Ѕ | GM | Krapivin Alexander | 72 |
| 14 | 58 | GM | Shimanov Aleksandr | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | GM | Motylev Alexander | 1 |
| 15 | 7 | GM | Zhigalko Sergei | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Gabrielian Artur | 60 |
| 16 | 9 | GM | Vescovi Giovanni | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | GM | Ismagambetov Anuar | 70 |
| 17 | 11 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 5 | 1 – 0 | 5 | IM | Krylov Mikhail | 64 |
| 18 | 66 | GM | Shcherbakov Ruslan | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | GM | Khismatullin Denis | 14 |
| 19 | 76 | IM | Kovalenko Igor | 5 | 0 – 1 | 5 | GM | Kazhgaleyev Murtas | 18 |
| 20 | 22 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | 5 | Ѕ – Ѕ | 5 | IM | Ipatov Alexander | 71 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Why the leaders agree for draws? Why not try to win clear first?