Key round 9 matchups
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | ||
| 1 | GM | Miezis Normunds | 2557 | 6½ | 6½ | GM | Sandipan Chanda | 2595 | |
| 2 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2633 | 6 | 6 | GM | Jobava Baadur | 2706 | |
| 3 | GM | Mchedlishvili Mikheil | 2626 | 6 | 6 | GM | Van Wely Loek | 2691 | |
| 4 | GM | Akopian Vladimir | 2684 | 6 | 6 | GM | Hovhannisyan Robert | 2600 | |
| 5 | GM | Andriasian Zaven | 2616 | 6 | 6 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2643 | |
| 6 | GM | Miroshnichenko Evgenij | 2624 | 6 | 6 | GM | Petrosian Tigran L | 2643 | |
| 7 | GM | Ni Hua | 2637 | 6 | 6 | GM | Kuzubov Yuriy | 2615 | |
| 8 | GM | Sokolov Ivan | 2653 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Gopal G N | 2572 | |
| 9 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | 2644 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Evdokimov Alexander A | 2555 | |
| 10 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | 2639 | 5½ | 5½ | IM | Grigoryan Karen H | 2510 | |
| 11 | IM | Grover Sahaj | 2517 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Zhou Weiqi | 2628 | |
| 12 | GM | Volkov Sergey | 2623 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2532 | |
| 13 | GM | Amin Bassem | 2608 | 5½ | 5½ | IM | Shyam Sundar M | 2474 | |
| 14 | IM | Shyam Nikil P | 2490 | 5½ | 5½ | GM | Ghaem Maghami Ehsan | 2581 | |
| 15 | IM | Ezat Mohamed | 2441 | 5½ | 5 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | 2643 |
Full pairings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr70837.aspx?art=2&rd=9&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan! – your take on the Tania Sachdev – Ivan Sokolov issue in round two!. Technically it seems that Tania was right to claim the forfeit ( Sokolov together with Van Wely arrived a bit late – but Van Wely’s opponent was sporting enough to play ) Should Tania have played Sokolov ( sportingly! ) and thereby gained some experience?
Pity Sokolov was forfeited the game against Tania. He had a chance to be among the leaders.