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Tata Steel Chess 2011, Round 9

25.01.2011 Round 9 of Tata Steel Chess 2011 took place on Tuesday 25 January. Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik and Hikaru Nakamura lead group A with 6.0 points, followed by Magnus Carlsen and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave with 5.5 points. Luke McShane, Gabriel Sargissian and Wesley So lead group B with 6.0 points. Daniele Vocaturo leads group C with 7.5 points, followed by Kateryna Lahno and Ilya Nyzhnyk with 6.0 points. Group A Round 9 Results: Hikaru Nakamura vs Viswanathan Anand ½-½, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Magnus Carlsen ½-½, Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Jan Smeets 0-1, Vladimir Kramnik vs Erwin l'Ami 1-0, Wang Hao vs Ruslan Ponomariov 1-0, Alexander Grischuk vs Anish Giri ½-½, Levon Aronian vs Alexei Shirov 1-0. Group B Round 9 Results: Le Quang Liem vs Laurent Fressinet 1-0, Gabriel Sargissian vs Radek Wojtaszek 1-0, Jon Ludvig Hammer vs Luke McShane ½-½, Zahar Efimenko vs Friso Nijboer ½-½, Surya Shekhar Ganguly vs Vladislav Tkachiev 0-1, Wesley So vs Li Chao 0-1, David Navara vs Wouter Spoelman 1-0. Group C Round 9 Results: Dariusz Swiercz vs Benjamin Bok 0-1, Ilya Nyzhnyk vs Kateryna Lahno ½-½, Robin van Kampen vs Ivan Ivanisevic ½-½, Daniele Vocaturo vs Sebastian Siebrecht 1-0, Murtas Kazhgaleyev vs Mark van der Werf 1-0, Jan Willem de Jong vs Roeland Pruijssers ½-½, Mark Bluvshtein vs Tania Sachdev 1-0. Photo impression by Frits Agterdenbos.

Official Tata Steel Chess Tournament website: www.tatasteelchess.com

01 Playing hall
Playing hall.
Seven screens mirror the seven games of group A.
One screen at left mirrors one game of group C.

02 Alexander Grischuk vs Anish Giri, and arbiter Cor Roet
Alexander Grischuk vs Anish Giri, and arbiter Cor Roet

03 Jan Timman was todays commentator in the Tata Steel Chess Pavilion
Jan Timman was today's commentator in the Tata Steel Chess Pavilion

04 Hikaru Nakamura vs Viswanathan Anand
Hikaru Nakamura vs Viswanathan Anand

05 Group A at left, group B at right
Group A at left, group B at right

06 Jan defeated Ian, Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Jan Smeets 0-1
Jan defeated Ian: Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Jan Smeets 0-1

07 Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen
Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen

08 Erwin lAmi
Erwin l'Ami

09 Wesley So (at right) vs Li Chao 0-1
Wesley So (at right) vs Li Chao 0-1

10 Vladislav Tkachiev
Vladislav Tkachiev

11 Jon Ludvig Hammer (at right) vs Luke McShane, draw
Jon Ludvig Hammer (at right) vs Luke McShane, draw

12 Group C, with Nyzhnyk vs Lahno in front
Group C, with Nyzhnyk vs Lahno in front

13 Ilya Nyzhnyk (at right) vs Kateryna Lahno, draw
Ilya Nyzhnyk (at right) vs Kateryna Lahno, draw

14 Richard, Cora and Dennis
Richard de Weger, Cora van der Zanden and Dennis van Veen,
who are all in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament crew

15 Schedules nine-round events
Schedules nine-round events

Calendar
06.02.12-17.02.12
Aeroflot Open 2012
Moscow


10.02.12-20.02.12
2th Ferdowsi International Open, Mashhad (Iran)

16.02.12-19.02.12
Vladimir Petrov Memorial
Jurmala (Latvia)


17.02.12-19.02.12
Bunratty Chess Festival, Ireland

17.02.12-19.02.12
Daniël Noteboom Weekend Tournament, Leiden (Netherlands)

17.02.12-22.02.12
ACP Women Cup 2012
Tbilisi (Georgia)


18.02.12-19.02.12
Västgöta Open
Skara (Sweden)


24.02.12-04.03.12
4th Batavia-Grolsch Chess Tournament, Amsterdam

01.03.12-14.03.12
European Individual Women’s Chess Championship
Gaziantep (Turkey)


03.03.12
Open Dutch Blitzchess Championship, Dordrecht (Netherlands)

03.03.12-10.03.12
Cappelle-la-Grande 2012

06.03.12-13.03.12
Reykjavik Open 2012

19.03.12-01.04.12
European Individual Chess Championship, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

04.04.12-08.04.12
Philadelphia Open
Pennsylvania (US)


06.04.12-08.04.12
OGD Prinsenstad Weekend Tournament
Delft (Netherlands)


14.04.12-24.04.12
14th Dubai Open

21.04.12-28.04.12
Aronian-Kramnik
Zurich (Switzerland)


10.05.12-31.05.12
Anand–Gelfand
Moscow


07.06.12-10.06.12
Rheinland-Pfalz-Open, Germany

04.07.12-08.07.12
40th World Open, Pennsylvania (US)

14.07.12-22.07.12
Science Park Amsterdam Chess Tournament (Netherlands)

28.07.12-05.08.12
Politiken Cup 2012
Helsingør (Denmark)


23.10.12-13.11.12
Candidates Tournament, London

11.01.13-27.01.13
Tata Steel Chess 2013
(Wijk aan Zee)


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