Dmitry Jakovenko wins FIDE Palma Grand Prix – All India Chess Federation

The world’s best chess players came together in Bellver Castle to play the final leg of the FIDE 2017 World Chess Grand Prix Palma de Mallorca – a prestigious qualifier for the World Chess Candidates Tournament. Palma de Mallorca witnessed 9 days of intense chess battles, which has finally determined the two winners of the series – participants of the World Chess Championship semi-final.

After a win against Vachier-Lagrave Maxime in the final round, GM Jakovenko Dmitry won the tournament. One of the strongest players, Aronian Levon, who had won the World Cup, finished second

Azeri grandmaster Teimour Radjabov winner of the 2017 Geneva Grand Prix had to be content with the 3rd spot.

India’s Harikrishna Pentala drew eights games and scored a point in his 4th round game against GM Vallejo Pons Francisco.

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Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Rp	K	rtg+/-
1	10	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	RUS	2721	5,5	0,5	2,0	2748	2823	10	12,7
2	1	GM	Aronian Levon	ARM	2801	5,5	0,5	2,0	2742	2821	10	2,6
3	8	GM	Radjabov Teimour	AZE	2741	5,0	0,0	3,0	2723	2764	10	2,6
4	15	GM	Rapport Richard	HUN	2692	5,0	0,0	2,0	2720	2762	10	8,3
5	14	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	RUS	2702	5,0	0,0	1,0	2755	2791	10	10,8
6	3	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	2780	5,0	0,0	1,0	2749	2792	10	1,2
7	5	GM	Svidler Peter	RUS	2763	5,0	0,0	1,0	2745	2782	10	2,1
8	4	GM	Ding Liren	CHN	2774	5,0	0,0	1,0	2729	2771	10	-0,7
9	9	GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2738	5,0	0,0	1,0	2728	2767	10	3,2
10	16	GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	RUS	2683	4,5	0,0	2,0	2740	2734	10	6,2
11	2	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2796	4,5	0,0	1,0	2741	2741	10	-6,8
12	12	GM	Eljanov Pavel	UKR	2707	4,5	0,0	1,0	2729	2724	10	2,2
13	7	GM	Li Chao B	CHN	2741	4,0	1,5	1,0	2700	2656	10	-10,2
14	13	GM	Vallejo Pons Francisco	ESP	2705	4,0	1,0	1,0	2727	2679	10	-2,8
15	6	GM	Giri Anish	NED	2762	4,0	0,5	1,0	2739	2693	10	-8,3
16	17	GM	Riazantsev Alexander	RUS	2651	3,5	0,0	0,0	2725	2640	10	-1,5
17	11	GM	Gelfand Boris	ISR	2719	3,0	0,5	1,0	2703	2580	10	-16,7
18	18	GM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	NOR	2629	3,0	0,5	0,0	2712	2586	10	-4,9

The final leg of Grand Prix Series is over. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) and Alexander Grischuk (Russia) seized the bearths of forthcoming Candidates Championship thanks to their overall score in the series.

#	Name	Rating	Sharjah	Moscow	Geneva	Palma de M.	Overall
1	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov GM	2799	140	140	60	0	340
2	Alexander Grischuk GM	2782	140	71.4	125	0	336.4