Dmitry Jakovenko and Levon Aronian Share First Place at Mallorca GP

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Alexander Grischuk to play in Berlin-2018.

The final leg of the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2016-2017 finished in Palma de Mallorca. Dmitry Jakovenko defeated MVL to tie for the first place with Levon Aronian. The games Nakamura - Aronian, Tomashevsky - Ding Liren, Harikrishna - Svidler, Radjabov - Rapport, Eljanov - Gelfand, Hammer - Inarkiev, Giri - Vallejo, and Riazantsev - Li Chao ended in a draw.

Final standings:

1-2. Dmitry Jakovenko, Levon Aronian - 5.5
3-9. Teimour Radjabov, Richard Rapport, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Hikaru Nakamura, Peter Svidler, Ding Liren, Pentala Harikrishna - 5 
10-12. Ernesto Inarkiev, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Pavel Eljanov - 4.5
13-15. Li Chao, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Anish Giri - 4
16. Alexander Riazantsev - 3.5
17-18. Boris Gelfand, Jon Ludvig Hammer - 3

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) and Alexander Grischuk (Russia) have qualified for the Candidates Tournament (Berlin, March 10-28, 2018) from the GP Series. Valdimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin (both from Russia), Levon Aronian (Armenia), and Ding Liren (China) will fight for the right to play the match against Carlsen. Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana (both from the USA) are most likely to qualify for the CT by rating.  

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The Russian Chess Federation congratulates Dmitry Jakovenko on his successful performance at the FIDE Grand Prix leg and Alexander Grischuk on qualifying for the Candidates Tournament!