The second stage of the 2014-2015 FIDE Grand Prix is taking place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The tournament will run from October 20th to November 3rd, 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.
Round Seven
Round 07 – October 28 2014, 15:00h |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
1-0
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
1-0
|
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
½-½
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
½-½
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
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Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Gelfand, Boris
Gelfand obtained a good position from the opening. The strategically complex position pitched a good position from Black with a nice amount of space against White's pressure against b7. Gelfand went wrong somewhere and underestimated a capture on c5. Despite how obviously weak this pawn was on c5, it was almost impossible to take it!

Caruana scores his first win of the event, putting him at 50%
Caruana nursed his advantage and a further mistake by the Israeli left Black in a queen and rook endgame that was simply hopeless.

Meanwhile Gelfand shares the bottom position with Kasimdzhanov
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru
A struggle in the Dutch. Both sides had difficulties executing their plans, until Kasimdzhanov traded off his dark-squared bishop for Nakamura's knight on c5. The Uzbekistani player went pawn hunting on the queenside while Black expanded on the kingside for a fierce attack. Kasdimzhanov had it under control, but Black's activity was sufficient when rather suddenly they agreed to a draw.

The start of a strange and sharp game
Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
A predictable draw. This time they just traded off all the pieces into a drawn opposite colored bishop endgame.

The Radjabov-Mamedyarov duels are not hard to predict
Karjakin, Sergey 1-0 Giri, Anish
A brutal affair in the Paulsen Sicilian. Using a very are line Karjakin got the opening advantage with much superior development and sacrificial chances to expose the opponent's king. Karjakin did not fully take advantage of his resources and somehow Giri escaped being down only a pawn. However, almost immediately, he became too optimistic of his position, blundered an exchange and lost.

Karjakin scored a much needed win after two losses

Firuza Kasimdzhanova, Sergey Karjakin, Galina Karyakina, and Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ Andreikin, Dmitry
The Dmitrys played over 20 moves of a game that Jakovenko had against Onischuk last year (except Jakovenko was black in that game) and after some trades the game was drawn.
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ Jobava, Baadur
Leave it up to Jobava to mix it up! His unusual expansion on the kingside was maybe not completely unsound, but if that was not enough he sacrificed a piece for no apparent reason! He obtained one pawn, an open g-file and some pressure against d4. MVL might have kept all his advantages had he defended perfectly, but that was hard to do.

"What is he doing?!" must be the reaction of every
player that has ever played against Jobava
In the game MVL returned two pawns to reach an endgame in which his piece was worth more than the opponent's pawns. He kept ramping his resources until Jobava had a lot of trouble holding his position together. When the time was right to play a winning combination, MVL missed it and he let Jobava escape with a draw.

Old friends: Jobava and Mamedyarov
Photos by Yulia Manakova and Anastasiya Karlovich from the official website
Standings

Round Seven Games

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.a3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.e3 c5 10.Ne5 Bf5 11.Bb5 a6 11...cxd4 12.Bc6 Nxc6 13.Nxc6 Qd7 14.Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.0-0 Rac8 17.Rc1 Qxc1 18.Qxc1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Rc8 20.Rxc8+ Bxc8 21.Kf1 f6 22.Ke2 Bf5 23.Kd2 Kf7 24.Bc7 b5 25.Kc3 Ke6 26.Kd4 h5 27.Kc5 Be4 28.f3 Bd3 29.Kb6 b4 30.axb4 Bf1 31.g3 ½–½
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Radjabov,T | 2726 | Mamedyarov,S | 2764 | ½–½ | 2014 | D37 | Tashkent FIDE GP | 7 |
Kasimdzhanov,R | 2706 | Nakamura,H | 2764 | ½–½ | 2014 | A88 | Tashkent FIDE GP | 7 |
Caruana,F | 2844 | Gelfand,B | 2748 | 1–0 | 2014 | E35 | Tashkent FIDE GP | 7 |
Vachier Lagrave,M | 2757 | Jobava,B | 2717 | ½–½ | 2014 | B12 | Tashkent FIDE GP | 7 |
Jakovenko,D | 2747 | Andreikin,D | 2722 | ½–½ | 2014 | D37 | Tashkent FIDE GP | 7 |
Karjakin,S | 2767 | Giri,A | 2768 | 1–0 | 2014 | B48 | Tashkent FIDE GP | 7 |
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Schedule
Round 01 – October 21 2014, 15:00h |
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
0-1
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
1-0
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
0-1
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
½-½
|
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
½-½
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
Round 02 –October 22 2014, 15:00h |
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
½-½
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
½-½
|
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
1-0
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
Round 03 – October 23 2014, 15:00h |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
1-0
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
½-½
|
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
½-½
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
0-1
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
½-½
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
1-0
|
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
Round 04 – October 24 2014, 15:00h |
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
½-½
|
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
½-½
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
½-½
|
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
½-½
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
Round 05 – October 26 2014, 15:00h |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
1-0
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
½-½
|
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
½-½
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
0-1
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
1-0
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
Round 06 – October 27 2014, 15:00h |
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
½-½
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
½-½
|
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
1-0
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
½-½
|
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
1-0
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
Round 07 – October 28 2014, 15:00h |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
1-0
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
1-0
|
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
½-½
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
½-½
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
Round 08 – October 29 2014, 15:00h |
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
|
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
|
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
Round 09 – October 31 2014, 15:00h |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
|
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Round 10 – November 01, 2014, 15:00h |
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
|
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
|
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
Round 11 – November 02, 2014, 13:00h |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
|
Giri, Anish |
2768 |