10/3/2012 – The leader of the tournament, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, is currently playing white against Peter Leko. The baying pack, half a point behind, is hoping to catch or in fact overtake the Azeri. Boris Gelfand and Alexander Grischuk have white against Hikaru Nakamura and Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Veselin Topalov is playing black against Anish Giri. We show you how best to follow the action live.
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The First FIDE Grand Prix is taking place from September 21 to October 3rd
in Simpson’s-in-the-Strand, London. The games start at 14:00h local time
(= 15:00h CEST, 17:00h Moscow, 09:00 a.m. New York). The tournament has a prize
fund of 240,000 Euros.
Standings after ten rounds
Pairings of the final round
Round 11 on 2012/10/03 at 12:00
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
2729
-
Leko Peter
2737
Ivanchuk Vassily
2769
-
Wang Hao
2742
Adams Michael
2722
-
Dominguez Perez Leinier
2725
Giri Anish
2730
-
Topalov Veselin
2752
Grischuk Alexander
2754
-
Nakamura Hikaru
2783
Gelfand Boris
2738
-
Kasimdzhanov Rustam
2684
On the above page (click the image to access), you get an overview
of the playing hall. You can also watch individual video streams of each of
the games:
To make it simpler we have started the video streams of the four critical games
here:
Mamedyarov vs Leko
Grischuk vs Nakamura
Giri vs Topalov
Gelfand vs Kasimdzhanov vs Grischuk
Naturally the games are also being broadcast on Playchess.com.
If you have a large enough screen you can simultaneously watch the video broadcast
in your browser and the Playchess coverage, with your favourite chess engine
switched on and "Let's Check" showing you the results of the most
powerful computers online.
It is an ideal opportunity to discuss the moves with other specators
– currently, as the games begin, 2000 of them.
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
chess server Playchess.com.
If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there
and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase
11 or any of our Fritz
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