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The first stage of the 2014-2015 FIDE Grand Prix is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan. The tournament will run from October 1st to October 15, 2014. Some of the strongest players in the world will compete in a Round Robin event. The winner and runner-up of the Grand Prix series will earn their spot at the 2016 Candidate's Tournament.
The relative small closing ceremony took place in the Mugham Club of Azerbaijan. The restaurant specializes in traditional Azerbaijani cuisine, and many consider it to be the best in the entire country in this regard!
As in many final dinners, the tables were more or less organized depending on the guest's 'role' in the tournament
The player's table, which usually includes wives, girlfriends and/or coaches
Also important is the dignitaries table
Traditional dances to accompany traditional food
The group of players with the winners in the middle...
Gelfand and Caruana split the big check
More dances to continue the night
Finally one of the commentators, Emil Sutovsky, entertained the crowd with his singing!
You can watch a small clip of this in Sutovsky's Facebook Profile.
Finally a beautiful shot of Baku by Maria Emelianova
Player |
FIDE rating
Sep 2014 |
Baku
|
Tashkent
|
Tblisi
|
Moscow
|
Total
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fabiano Caruana (ITA) |
2801
|
155
|
x
|
|
x
|
155
|
1 | Boris Gelfand (ISR) |
2748
|
155
|
x
|
|
x
|
155
|
3 | Sergey Karjakin (RUS) |
2777
|
82
|
x
|
|
x
|
82
|
3 | Alexander Grischuk (RUS) |
2789
|
82
|
|
x
|
x
|
82
|
3 | Peter Svidler (RUS) |
2732
|
82
|
|
x
|
x
|
82
|
3 | Evgeny Tomashevsky (RUS) |
2701
|
82
|
|
x
|
x
|
82
|
3 | Hikaru Nakamura (USA) |
2782
|
82
|
x
|
|
x
|
82
|
8 | Teimur Radjabov (AZE) |
2717
|
50
|
x
|
x
|
|
50
|
9 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) |
2756
|
35
|
x
|
x
|
|
35
|
9 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) |
2706
|
35
|
x
|
x
|
|
35
|
11 | Dmitry Andreikin (RUS) |
2722
|
20
|
x
|
x
|
|
20
|
12 | Leinier Dominguez (CUB) |
2756
|
10
|
|
x
|
x
|
10
|
13 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) |
2768
|
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
0
|
13 | Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) |
2747
|
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
0
|
13 | Baadur Jobava (GEO) |
2717
|
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
0
|
13 | Anish Giri (NED) |
2758
|
|
x
|
x
|
x
|
0
|
Gelfand and Caruana didn't only split the first and second money prize of 20,000 and 15,000 euros, but also the 170 and 140 Grand Prix points for the winner and runner-up. This puts them currently 73 points ahead of a group of people that tied for third: Karjakin, Grischuk, Svidler and Tomashevsky.
The next Grand Prix will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan... the players only have five days to prepare for it! The tournament is scheduled to start on the 20th of this month and we will be providing daily reports of the tournament. Grischuk, Svidler, Tomashevsky and Dominguez will be missing this event and joining the players in their behalf will be Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Jakovenko, Jobava and Giri.
The two leaders of the Grand Prix will be playing in the same tournaments, and both are missing the third in the series - therefore nothing will be set in stone after Tblisi (which is reported to replace Tehran as the third Grand Prix host).
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0.0 | ||
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+4.4 | |
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+7.0 | |
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0.0 | ||
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+10.5 | |
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−6.4 | |
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0.0 | |
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0.0 | |
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0.0 |
The biggest change in the top 20 must be Dominguez exclusion from it. With the Cubans massive rating drop from the Grand Prix he is now in place 24, down from 15. Radjabov inches closer to this list and sits in place 21, but has not reached Leko's rating yet (he is missing one point).
Gelfand's solid gain of 10.5 points (effectively 11) puts him in the 12th place. Caruana lost some rating despite winning the tournament, but that doesn't put his number two position in the world in any danger.
The new guy in the top-10 is Wesley So who gained a nice seven points in the Las Vegas Millionaire Chess Tournament and surpassed Kramnik; this was aided by Mamedyarov's bad performance and the Azerbaijani drops to place 13.
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Round 01 – October 02 2014, 15:00h | ||||
Dominguez, Leinier | 2751 |
½-½
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2706 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2701 |
½-½
|
Grischuk, Alexander | 2797 |
Karjakin, Sergey | 2767 |
0-1
|
Caruana, Fabiano | 2844 |
Gelfand, Boris | 2748 |
1-0
|
Andreikin, Dmitry | 2722 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2764 |
½-½
|
Svidler, Peter | 2732 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2764 |
½-½
|
Radjabov, Teimour | 2726 |
Round 02 – October 03 2014, 15:00h | ||||
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2706 |
½-½
|
Radjabov, Teimour | 2726 |
Svidler, Peter | 2732 |
1-0
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Andreikin, Dmitry | 2722 |
0-1
|
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2764 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2844 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris | 2748 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2797 |
½-½
|
Karjakin, Sergey | 2767 |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2751 |
½-½
|
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2701 |
Round 03 – October 04 2014, 15:00h | ||||
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2701 |
½-½
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2706 |
Karjakin, Sergey | 2767 |
1-0
|
Dominguez, Leinier | 2751 |
Gelfand, Boris | 2748 |
1-0
|
Grischuk, Alexander | 2797 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2764 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano | 2844 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2764 |
½-½
|
Andreikin, Dmitry | 2722 |
Radjabov, Teimour | 2726 |
½-½
|
Svidler, Peter | 2732 |
Round 04 – October 05 2014, 15:00h | ||||
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2706 |
½-½
|
Svidler, Peter | 2732 |
Andreikin, Dmitry | 2722 |
½-½
|
Radjabov, Teimour | 2726 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2844 |
1-0
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2797 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2764 |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2751 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris | 2748 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2701 |
½-½
|
Karjakin, Sergey | 2767 |
Round 05 – October 07 2014, 15:00h | ||||
Karjakin, Sergey | 2767 |
½-½
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2706 |
Gelfand, Boris | 2748 |
½-½
|
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2701 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2764 |
½-½
|
Dominguez, Leinier | 2751 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2764 |
½-½
|
Grischuk, Alexander | 2797 |
Radjabov, Teimour | 2726 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano | 2844 |
Svidler, Peter | 2732 |
½-½
|
Andreikin, Dmitry | 2722 |
Round 06 – October 08 2014, 15:00h | ||||
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2706 |
1-0
|
Andreikin, Dmitry | 2722 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2844 |
1-0
|
Svidler, Peter | 2732 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2797 |
0-1
|
Radjabov, Teimour | 2726 |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2751 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2701 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2764 |
Karjakin, Sergey | 2767 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris | 2748 |
Round 07 – October 09 2014, 15:00h | ||||
Gelfand, Boris | 2748 |
½-½
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2706 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2764 |
0-1
|
Karjakin, Sergey | 2767 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2764 |
½-½
|
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2701 |
Radjabov, Teimour | 2726 |
½-½
|
Dominguez, Leinier | 2751 |
Svidler, Peter | 2732 |
½-½
|
Grischuk, Alexander | 2797 |
Andreikin, Dmitry | 2722 |
1-0
|
Caruana, Fabiano | 2844 |
Round 08 – October 10 2014, 15:00h | ||||
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2706 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano | 2844 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2797 |
½-½
|
Andreikin, Dmitry | 2722 |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2751 |
0-1
|
Svidler, Peter | 2732 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2701 |
½-½
|
Radjabov, Teimour | 2726 |
Karjakin, Sergey | 2767 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Gelfand, Boris | 2748 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2764 |
Round 09 – October 12 2014, 15:00h | ||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2764 |
1-0
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2706 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2764 |
1-0
|
Gelfand, Boris | 2748 |
Radjabov, Teimour | 2726 |
½-½
|
Karjakin, Sergey | 2767 |
Svidler, Peter | 2732 |
½-½
|
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2701 |
Andreikin, Dmitry | 2722 |
1-0
|
Dominguez, Leinier | 2751 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2844 |
0-1
|
Grischuk, Alexander | 2797 |
Round 10 – October 13 2014, 15:00h | ||||
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2706 |
0-1
|
Grischuk, Alexander | 2797 |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2751 |
0-1
|
Caruana, Fabiano | 2844 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2701 |
1-0
|
Andreikin, Dmitry | 2722 |
Karjakin, Sergey | 2767 |
½-½
|
Svidler, Peter | 2732 |
Gelfand, Boris | 2748 |
1-0
|
Radjabov, Teimour | 2726 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2764 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Round 11 – October 14 2014, 13:00h | ||||
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2764 |
½-½
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2706 |
Radjabov, Teimour | 2726 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2764 |
Svidler, Peter | 2732 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris | 2748 |
Andreikin, Dmitry | 2722 |
½-½
|
Karjakin, Sergey | 2767 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2844 |
½-½
|
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2701 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2797 |
1-0
|
Dominguez, Leinier | 2751 |
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