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Svidler (2749) - N. Vitiugov (2705)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 10 A. Shirov (2718) - R. Appel (2525)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 11 LJ McShane (2713) - A. Volokitin (2724)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 12 B. Gelfand (2740) - V. Kramnik (2810)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 13 P. Svidler (2747) - A. Grischuk (2764)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 14 A. Morozevich (2760) - Hi Nakamura (2775)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 15 A. Grischuk (2779) - L. Dominguez Perez (2723)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 16 F. Caruana (2774) - V. Kramnik (2803)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 17 S. Mamedyarov (2753) - M. Carlsen (2864)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 18 S. Karjakin (2782) - V. Anand (2786)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 19 S. Karjakin (2776) - A. Grischuk (2780)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 20 P. Leko (2737) - G. Kamsky (2763)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 21 D. Andreikin (2716) - V. Kramnik (2784)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 22 G. Kamsky (2741) - H. Nakamura (2772)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 23 H. Nakamura (2772) - E. Tomashevsky (2703)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 24 V. Kramnik (2793) - L. Aronian (2801)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 25 B. Amin (2652) - N. Vitiugov (2741)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 26 H. Nakamura (2789) - S. Karjakin (2759)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 27 V. Ivanchuk (2739) - M. Vachier-Lagrave (2745)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 28 V. Anand (2770) - D. Andreikin (2709)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 29 D. Wagner (2481) - A. Shirov (2685)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 30 J. Nepomniachtchi (2732) - P. Svidler (2756)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 31 I. Sokolov (2650) - D. Navara (2708)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 32 M. Carlsen (2881) - A. Giri (2752)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 33 P. Svidler (2753) - M. Carlsen (2881)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 34 B. Savchenko (2596) - R . Report (2704)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 35 M. Vachier-Lagrave (2768) - M. Carlsen (2877)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 36 D. Svetushkin (2580) - Y. Kryvoruchko (2708)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 37 F. Caruana (2844) - B. Gelfand (2748)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 38 T. Radjabov (2726) - L. Dominguez Perez (2751)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGAME 39 S. Mamedyarov (2764) - H. 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