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Leaders after 9 rounds:
| Rk. | Name | FED | RtgI | Pts. | Rp | n | w | we | w-we | K | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2722 | 22,0 | 2815 | 9 | 7,5 | 6,53 | 0,97 | 10 | 9,7 |
| 2 | GM | Efimenko Zahar | UKR | 2677 | 21,0 | 2785 | 9 | 7,5 | 6,36 | 1,14 | 10 | 11,4 |
| 3 | GM | Timofeev Artyom | RUS | 2677 | 20,0 | 2768 | 9 | 7 | 5,99 | 1,01 | 10 | 10,1 |
| GM | Kovacevic Aleksandar | SRB | 2573 | 20,0 | 2731 | 9 | 7 | 5,21 | 1,79 | 10 | 17,9 | |
| GM | Nevednichy Vladislav | ROU | 2560 | 20,0 | 2708 | 9 | 7 | 5,33 | 1,67 | 10 | 16,7 | |
| 6 | GM | Bologan Viktor | MDA | 2668 | 19,0 | 2661 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,43 | 0,07 | 10 | 0,7 |
| GM | Mamedov Rauf | AZE | 2653 | 19,0 | 2726 | 9 | 7 | 6,21 | 0,79 | 10 | 7,9 | |
| GM | Brkic Ante | CRO | 2573 | 19,0 | 2632 | 9 | 6,5 | 5,67 | 0,83 | 10 | 8,3 | |
| GM | Jankovic Alojzije | CRO | 2559 | 19,0 | 2665 | 9 | 6,5 | 5,15 | 1,35 | 10 | 13,5 | |
| 10 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2672 | 18,0 | 2666 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,41 | 0,09 | 10 | 0,9 |
| GM | Sokolov Ivan | BIH | 2654 | 18,0 | 2659 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,37 | 0,13 | 10 | 1,3 | |
| GM | Predojevic Borki | BIH | 2628 | 18,0 | 2649 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,15 | 0,35 | 10 | 3,5 | |
| GM | Geetha Narayanan Gopal | IND | 2604 | 18,0 | 2681 | 9 | 6,5 | 5,52 | 0,98 | 10 | 9,8 | |
| GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2588 | 18,0 | 2594 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,34 | 0,16 | 10 | 1,6 | |
| 15 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | GER | 2640 | 17,0 | 2656 | 9 | 6 | 5,78 | 0,22 | 10 | 2,2 |
| GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2640 | 17,0 | 2588 | 9 | 6 | 6,16 | -0,16 | 10 | -1,6 | |
| GM | Berg Emanuel | SWE | 2616 | 17,0 | 2614 | 9 | 6,5 | 6,41 | 0,09 | 10 | 0,9 | |
| GM | Fier Alexandr | BRA | 2581 | 17,0 | 2578 | 9 | 6 | 6,02 | -0,02 | 10 | -0,2 | |
| GM | Berczes David | HUN | 2519 | 17,0 | 2604 | 9 | 6 | 4,89 | 1,11 | 10 | 11,1 | |
| IM | Vuilleumier Alexandre | SUI | 2352 | 17,0 | 2349 | 8 | 5 | 4,01 | 0,99 | 10 | 9,9 |
Full standings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr31622.aspx
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Let’s go wang chung tonight!
Congratulations also to Nils Grandelius for getting his final GM norm!