Head to head - knights on a chess board, in blue duotone.  Shallow depth of field.

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Final standings (top 50)

Progress table: Status after the 9th round (according to ranking list)
No. participants ELO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8th 9 Pun 3-Pk
1. Areshchenko, Alex 2675 UKR 258s1 221w1 40s1 13w1 24s 12w½ 19w1 21s1 2w½ 7.5 2429 21.0
2. Nisipeanu, Liviu- 2687 2688 GER 156w1 199s1 47w1 42s½ 41w1 24w1 21s½ 3w1 1s½ 7.5 2427 21.0
3. Gopal, GN 2560 IND 206w1 154s1 95w1 45s1 6w1 19s 8w1 2s0 20w1 7.5 2409 22.0
4. Zhigalko, Sergei 2669 BLR 272w1 1951 32w½ 132s1 44w1 9w½ 13s 74w1 19s1 7.5 2339 21.0
5. Lalith, Babu M R 2586 IND 230s1 225w1 46s1 27w1 25s 15w½ 74s½ 57w1 31s1 7.5 2338 21.0
6. Gupta, Abhijeet 2626 IND 266s1 223w1 54s1 28w1 3s0 27w½ 36s1 77w1 25s1 7.5 2330 22.0
7. Landa, Constantine 2601 2558 RUS 232w1 224S1 81w1 14s½ 43w1 10s½ 16w1 22s½ 29w1 7.5 2330 21.0
8. Melkumyan, Hrant 2653 POOR 277s1 203w1 78s1 31w1 9s½ 25w1 3s0 15w½ 22w1 7.0 2388 20.0
9. Azarov, Sergei 2577 BLR 314s1 164w1 55s1 38w1 8w 1/2 4s½ 84w1 20s½ 14w½ 7.0 2374 19.0
10. Kveiny, Aloyzas 2509 LTU 256s1 103w1 202s1 20w½ 134s1 7w½ 23s 33w1 12s½ 7.0 2350 19.0
11. Volkov, Sergey 2609 RUS 273s1 130w1 48s1 22w½ 77s1 74w½ 15s 28w1 13s 7.0 2338 19.0
12. Brkic, Ante 2579 CRO 231w1 143s1 93w1 43s½ 36w1 1s½ 29w½ 75s1 10w½ 7.0 2329 19.0
13. Schroeder, Jan-Chr 2514 2503 GER 276w1 105s1 207w1 1s0 53w1 45s1 4w½ 65s1 11w½ 7.0 2322 20.0
14. Esipenko, Andrey 2471 RUS 286s1 88w1 210s1 7w½ 76s0 49w1 78s1 23w1 9s½ 7.0 2303 20.0
15. Debashis, The 2459 IND 289w1 326s1 204w½ 52s1 141w1 5s½ 11w½ 8s 47w1 7.0 2291 19.0
16. Pap, Misa 2489 2466 SRB 384s1 150w1 63s1 23w0 110s1 48w1 7s0 49w1 45s1 7.0 2253 21.0
17. Star, René 2521 2470 GER 148s1 145w1 90s 49w½ 102s1 18w1 20s0 92w1 62s1 7.0 2225 20.0
18. Wacker, Peter 2306 2283 GER 139w 398s1 142w 280s1 387w1 17s0 79w1 53s1 41w1 7.0 2122 20.0
19. Count, Alexander 2564 2501 GER 450w1 159s1 89w1 33w1 23s1 3w½ 1s0 44s1 4w0 6.5 2388 19.0
20. Buhmann, Rainer 2633 2607 GER 265w1 165s1 127w1 10s½ 60w1 26s½ 17w1 9w½ 3s0 6.5 2382 18.0
21. Zhigalko, Andrey 2584 BLR 271w1 61s1 83w1 75s1 26w½ 76s1 2w½ 1w0 27s½ 6.5 2357 18.0
22. Bird, Roven 2415 2383 GER 184w1 155s1 101w1 11s½ 42w½ 82s1 41w1 7w½ 8s0 6.5 2347 18.0
23. Kozul, Zdenko 2619 CRO 269w1 1961 94w1 16s1 19w0 30s1 10w½ 14s0 81w1 6.5 2327 19.0
24. Vorobiov, Evgeny 2581 RUS 268s1 462w1 86s1 30w1 1w½ 2s0 32w1 29s0 83w1 6.5 2324 19.0
25. Saric, Ante 2540 CRO 297w1 104s1 87w1 79s1 5w½ 8s0 129w1 43s1 6w0 6.5 2315 19.0
26. Khenkin, Igor 2563 2528 GER 173s1 100w1 214s1 128w1 21s½ 20w½ 28s 27w½ 30s 6.5 2312 17.0
27. Strong, Lars 2374 2356 GER 334w1 151s1 64w1 5s0 195w1 6s½ 198w1 26s½ 21w½ 6.5 2295 18.0
28. Thejkumar, M S. 2445 IND 263w1 233s1 53w1 6s0 66w1 35s1 26w½ 11s0 87w1 6.5 2273 19.0
29. Dragnev, Valentin 2438 2463 AUT 284s1 73w1 131s 90w1 34s½ 46w1 12s½ 24w1 7s0 6.5 2260 18.0
30. Weber, Ulrich 2366 2290 GER 114w1 137s1 66w1 24s0 196w1 23w0 121s1 89s1 26w½ 6.5 2257 19.0
31. Tailor, Ilya 2504 2484 GER 218w1 91s1 140w1 8s0 79w1 129s 135w1 50s1 5w0 6.5 2232 19.0
32. Singer, Christoph 2254 2237 GER 248s1 197w1 4s½ 211w1 74s0 103w1 24s0 100w1 97s1 6.5 2225 19.0
33. Osmanodja, Filiz 2299 2282 GER 357s1 330w1 245w1 19s0 91w½ 101s1 42w1 10s0 82w1 6.5 2202 19.0
34. Guo, Emma 2018 OUT 346s1 72w½ 270s1 135s1 29w½ 57w½ 38s½ 40w½ 78 / + 6.5 2197 17.0
35. Weller, Manuel 2181 2141 GER 323s1 183w1 37s0 257w1 117s1 28w0 146s1 56w½ 77s1 6.5 2192 19.0
36. Nasshan, Dennis 2307 2278 GER 294s1 216w1 217s½ 108w1 12s0 130w1 6w0 1951 106w1 6.5 2174 19.0
37. Andersson, Ulf 2521 SWE 212w1 69s1 35w1 128s1 78w½ 127s 51w½ 76s1 6.5 2173 18.0
38. Hainke, Guntram 2308 2284 GER 343w1 146s1 222w1 9s0 61w1 42s½ 34w½ 67s½ 107w1 6.5 2159 18.0
39. Pirrot, Dieter 2368 2332 GER 427s1 200w1 193s0 209w½ 58s0 264w1 150s1 130w1 991 6.5 2058 19.0
40. Bookmark and Share 2272 2259 GER 313w1 205s1 1w0 144s0 426w1 171s1 66w1 34s½ 112w1 6.5 2058 19.0
41. Shyam, Sundar M 2552 IND 246s1 228w1 220s1 193w1 2s0 56w1 22s0 127w1 18s0 6.0 2262 18.0
42. Enter, Vereslav 2528 UKR 162s1 215w1 136s1 2w½ 22s½ 38w½ 33s0 208w1 46s½ 6.0 2254 16.0
43. Schleining, Zoya 2351 2310 GER 474 s1 50w1 68s1 12w½ 7s0 193w1 59s1 25w0 63s½ 6.0 2239 17.0
44. Mine, Gerlef 2414 2360 GER 264s1 147w½ 109s1 131w1 4s0 153w1 88s1 19w0 55s 6.0 2209 17.0
45. Schuster, Karsten 2276 2237 GER 262s1 97w1 175s1 3w0 215s1 13w0 68s1 102w1 16w0 6.0 2208 18.0
46. Humburg, Philipp 2226 2168 GER 304w1 158s1 5w0 142S1 238w1 29s0 82w½ 91s1 42w½ 6.0 2189 17.0
47. Hedke, Fred 2266 2227 GER 329s1 71w1 2s0 73w1 103s 109w½ 203s1 70w1 15s0 6.0 2176 17.0
48. Giessmann, Stephan 2240 2184 GER 360w1 293s1 11w0 252s1 80w1 16s0 61w½ 105s½ 154w1 6.0 2159 17.0
49. Buzzard, Christia 2185 2163 GER 122w1 98s 239w1 17s½ 111w1 14s0 222w1 16s0 170w1 6.0 2159 17.0
50. Tong, Kevin 2060 1979 GER 308w1 43s0 267w 1/2 398s1 94w1 93s1 60w1 31w0 65s½ 6.0
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