5/20/2015 – Today was a long day over the board in Khanty-Mansiysk. Three games last more than six hours, and at the end of an exhausting day many mistakes were made. Grischuk was losing, managed to find a draw against Caruana but blundered in the end and lost. Giri did basically the same against Svidler. Meanwhile, Dominguez let go of Gelfand, and falls back to fourth place.
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The fourth and final stage of the 2014-2015 Grand Prix Series. This tournament is specially important as it will determine the winner and runner up of this year, both of which will automatically qualify for the 2015 Candidates Tournament - the winner of that will challenge Magnus Carlsen to the World Championship Match! The tournament is taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Ugra, Russia from May 13 to May 27.
Round Six
Round 06 – May 20 2015, 15:00h
Gelfand, Boris
2744
½-½
Dominguez, Leinier
2734
Svidler, Peter
2734
1-0
Giri, Anish
2776
Tomashevsky, Evgeny
2749
½-½
Nakamura, Hikaru
2799
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2754
0-1
Karjakin, Sergey
2753
Jobava, Baadur
2699
½-½
Jakovenko, Dmitry
2738
Grischuk, Alexander
2780
0-1
Caruana, Fabiano
2803
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Gelfand, Boris ½-½ Dominguez, Leinier Gelfand dodged a bullet today!
Dominguez couldn't believe Gelfand escaped. And that Grischuk almost did!
He was outplayed by Dominguez and the following position arose:
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37...Qf538.Bd3Qg438...Qc8Dominguez pointed out during the press conference that this move was simply winning, and although he had considered it, he only had seconds on the clock and was unable to make a decision.39.Rc2Qd7-+39.Be2Bf339...Qc8!now was even stronger!40.Be3hxg341.fxg3Qc6is lethal.40.Bxf3Qxf341.Re3Qc642.Bxe5Qc1+43.Kg2h3+44.Kxh3Bxe545.Rd8+Kg746.Rxe5Qf1+47.Kg4Qxf248.Rde8a weird endgame, but only Black can be better.Qxb249.Re2Qxa350.R8e3?Qc1?50...Qc5!Would have given Black great winning chances.51.Kh3a352.Rf3Qh5+53.Kg2Qd5!Perhaps White can find a fortress somewhere, but it's difficult.51.Kf3And eventually White held the game.a352.Kf2Qa153.Kg2Qd154.Kf2Qa155.Kg2f556.Rf3Kh657.Ref2Kg758.Re2Kh659.Ref2Kh760.Re2Kg761.Ref2Kh662.Re2Kg763.Ref2Kh6½–½
Svidler, Peter 1-0 Giri, Anish Svidler's opening experiment paid off rather well. His strategic advantage was strong and relatively permanent. He managed to botch it up a little, and gave Giri excellent losing chances. However the Dutch player was unable to hold the endgame and ended up losing.
Karjakin and Svidler are now the only ones tied for second place
"This is my worst game ever, and it would be a little weird if I drew it, so I lost" - Anish Giri
Tomashevsky, Evgeny ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru A Catalan that promises White a tiny advantage in an opposite colored bishop endgame with heavy pieces. Nakamura was able to defend his position easily and was never in any real danger.
Krist Littlejohn, Nakamura's second, from the bleachers
A solid, solid draw
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 Karjakin, Sergey Things just aren't going well for MVL.
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5Nf64.d3This is the move everyone is turning to in order to avoid the Berlin, but how successful it is, well, it's hard to say. Bc5Not the only move to equalize, probably, but definitely the most popular at the moment.5.c30-06.0-0d6The game resembles the Italian Opening a little bit, but with the bishop on b5 there are a couple of subtle differences, but it is not much.7.Nbd2Ne7re-routing the knight to g6 is most standard in these structures. It wants to go to f4!8.d4exd49.cxd4Bb610.Re1Bg4Black has some counterplay against the pawn on d4. Interestingly enough, this position has also been seen in the Italian Game..11.h3Bh512.a3Despite White's nice center, it is uncomfortable to do anything with it. The pawns cannot advance and they are both under attack at the moment.12.Nb3d513.e5Ne4seems rather good for Black, with plenty of pressure on d4 and a nice knight on e4.12...a613.Bf1Re814.e5Nfd5 The normal reaction to e5, though there is an argument to be made for taking on e5 first.15.Nc4Ba716.g4Bg617.Bg5White's play is very forward, but the more he pushes his pawns the weaker his position becomes: he has to be pretty careful now.dxe518.dxe518.Ncxe5playing with the isolated pawn isn't usually fun, but perhaps there was no good choice. After for examplef619.Nxg6Nxg620.Rxe8+Qxe821.Qb3!c622.Bd222.Qxb7fxg5doesn't work since everything is defended.22...Qd7chances would be about even. The pair of bishops and potential pressure on d5 make up for the isolated pawn. 18...h619.Bh4b5!20.Na5Qc8White's position feels a little discoordinated. Black has a lot of weaknesses to latch on to, like f4, e5 and f2, while White's plan is not as clear.21.Rc1?!21.Nc6!Nxc622.Qxd5∞was important, traidng an important knight on d5 for an awkward one on a5. 21...c522.b4?!c4Now it is very obvious that Black is better. He has the passed pawn on c4 and his piece activity is good.23.Nd423.Nd2is the computer suggestion, trying to sacrifice a piece on c4. Black must be better if that is White's only plan.23...Qc724.Nab3Rad825.Qf3Losing a pawn, but there was already nothing better.Nxb426.axb4Bxd427.Nxd4Rxd428.e6f6-+The pair of bishops aren't participating in this game very well. Black's up a pawn, has the better position and is just winning.29.Rcd1Rxd130.Rxd1c331.Bg3Qc632.Qe2c233.Rc1Qc334.Bg2Qxb435.Kh2Rd836.Qf3Qc437.Qb7Qxe638.f4Qe30–1
Jobava, Baadur ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry 1.b3 lead to a black advantage this time around, though Jakovenko did not make the most of it. Jobava kept the game complicated and at some point it even seemed that White might take over the initiative. However the Russian stopped it on its tracks just on time and salvaged half a point.
Jakovenko had to show his 1.b3 prep today
Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano Grischuk's opening experiment can only be categorized as a rotund failure. Black seized the initiative from early on, in the endgame his pair of bishops and potential to attack the a-pawn gave him a nearly winning position. Caruana's technique was not the best, but eventually he got the following winning position, which was decided in mutual time trouble... twice! The time control after move 60 was very short and soon the players found themselves with only seconds left again.
Daniel King analyses the endgame of the game Grischuk vs Caruana
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59...Rg2+60.Kf1The crucial 60th move. Caruana blunders with seconds lefton his clockRg5?60...Bd3+61.Ke1Re2+62.Kd1Rxe563.Rxb3Caruanawrongly thought this was a draw, assuming Rf5 was forced. However Black candelay this for some time.Kg2!63...Rf564.Rxd3+Kg265.Rd2+!Kg166.Rd8!Rxf667.Rh8=64.Rxd3h3!65.Rd8h266.Rg8+Kf267.Rh8Re1+and Black wins due to White's bad king position.61.Bd4Kh262.Bb6h3Grischuk still has an uncomfortable defense ahead of him, but it is manageable.63.Bc7+Kh164.Rh4?64.Ke2!this move is extremely paradoxycal, asit allows the Black king to escape its cage. However, it is strong - the ideais that Rf5 is not check and there is no bd3 check. Further any promotion ofthe b-pawn will not gain a tempo on the king.64...Bd3+65.Kf2Rg2+0–1
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