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Round 9 – Tuesday the 23rd – Group A
L. Aronian – V. Topalov
P. Svidler – V. Kramnik
R. Ponomariov – S. Karjakin
M. Carlsen – T. Radjabov
V. Anand – L. van Wely
D. Navara – A. Shirov
S. Tiviakov – A. Motylev
Round 9 – Tuesday the 23rd – Group B
Bu Xiangzhi – D. Jakovenko (Matchup of 2 future groups A players)
S. Atalik – G. Sargissian
J. Werle – F. Nijboer
V. Bologan – V. Georgiev
D. Stellwagen – T. Kosintseva
E. L’Ami – P. Eljanov
J. Smeets – M. Vachier-Lagrave
Round 9 – Tuesday the 23rd – Group C
I. Nepomniachtchi – Hou Yifan (Big matchup between two phenoms!)
J. van der Wiel – T. Willemze
E. Berg – M. Krasenkow
M. Bosboom – N. Kosintseva
H. Jonkman – P. Negi
E. van Haastert – S. Brynell
Z. Peng – W. Spoelman
Anand plays with white the same opening that he played with black against Motylev some rounds earlier!
obviously the a group is the most exciting, but the c group this year is much more exciting than the b group- i haven’t followed any games from the b group whereas i’ve followed a bunch from the c group