
The fifth stage of the FIDE Grand Prix Series is taking place between the
3rd and 17th of July 2013 on the premises of the Chinese Chess Association
in Beijing. The time controls are 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60
minutes for the next 20 moves and 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with
an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 61 onwards. The games start
at 3 p.m. local time, except the last round. The Grand Prix Series consists
of six tournaments to be held over two years (2012-2013). 18 top players
participate in four of these six tournaments. The winner and second placed
player overall of the Grand Prix Series will qualify for the Candidates
Tournament to be held in March 2014.
Round 08 – July 12 2013, 15:00h |
Karjakin Sergey |
2776 |
0-1
|
Topalov Veselin |
2767 |
Wang Yue |
2705 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761 |
Giri Anish |
2734 |
½-½
|
Grischuk Alexander |
2780 |
Morozevich Alexander |
2736 |
½-½
|
Wang Hao |
2752 |
Gelfand Boris |
2773 |
1-0
|
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2733 |
Leko Peter |
2737 |
½-½
|
Kamsky Gata |
2763 |
Karjakin, Sergey - Topalov, Veselin 0-1
Karjakin played this Paulsen in a very strange way. He never really got his kingside attack rolling and Topalov was able to estabilsh a permanent advantage. Karjakin was holding on, but on move 40 he committed a blunder that allowed Topalov to establish a winning position with his two connected passed pawns.

Topalov won with Black and Karjakin is 0/3 in the last three games.
Once again our express analysis comes from GM Alexander Ipatov from Turkey,
a bungy-jumping adventurer whom you can follow his blog at http://blog.alexipatov.com/.
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0-0-0 Be7 9.f3 b5 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bb7 12.Qf2 12.g5 Nh5 13.Kb1 0-0 14.Bd3 e5 15.Bf2 g6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Bc5 18.d6 Qb6 12...0-0 13.Bd3N 13.Bb6 Qb8 14.g5 Nh5 15.Be3 Bc6 16.Ne2 b4 17.Nd4 Bb7 18.Bc4 a5 13...Rac8 14.Ne2 d6 14...d5!? 15.e5 Ne4! 16.Qe3 16.fxe4? dxe4 16...Nc5 17.Kb1 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Qc2+ 19.Ka1 b4 15.Ng3 Nd7 16.Rhe1 Nc5 17.Kb1 Rfd8 18.b3 e5 19.Bb2 Bh4 20.Rg1 g6 21.Qe3 f6 22.f4 exf4 23.Qxf4 d5! 24.Qxc7 24.Qf3? dxe4 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Bxe4 Qxc2+‼ 27.Bxc2 Bxf3 24...Rxc7 25.Rgf1 d4 26.Rf3 Re7 27.Ba3 Re5 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.c4 bxc4 30.Bxc4+ Kg7 31.Kb2 Rg5 32.h3 h5 33.Ne2 hxg4 34.hxg4 Rxg4 35.Nxd4 Kh7 36.Rh3 g5 37.Kc3 Bxe4 38.Bxa6 f5 39.Bd3 Kg6 40.Nf3 Bg3 41.Be2 Rc8+ 42.Kd2 Rc2+ 43.Ke3 Rc3+ 44.Bd3 Bxd3 45.Rxd3 Bf4+ 46.Ke2 Rg2+ 47.Kf1 Rxd3 48.Kxg2 Rd8 49.Ne1 Rd2+ 50.Kf1 g4 51.Rc3 Rxa2 52.Nd3 Kg5 0–1
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Wang Yue - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½
Mamedyarov's Gruenfeld was hardly put to the test in this game as Wang Yue quickly exchanged piecse and with a symmetrical pawn structure the players agreed to a draw.

Giri, Anish - Grischuk, Alexander ½-½
Grischuk played a very precise game in this Scheveningen. White normally gets a serious attack on the kingside but through clever maneouvers he was able to neutralize all the threats and put White's attack out of commission. Giri forced massive simplifications that gave him no advantage in the resulting double rook endgame.

Morozevich, Alexander - Wang Hao
Morozevich banked on his outside passed pawn on the queenside to give him the advantage and potentially tie Black's pieces to stopping it from queening. However Wang Hao used his rook and queen successfully to stop Morozevich from creating any real threats and he simply could not make any progress.

Gelfand, Boris - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0
Ivanchuk had the unpleasant task of defending without space or counterplay in this King's Indian Defense. Gelfand managed to exchange just enough pieces that his b-file and attack on the weak d6 pawn were still more than just annoying. Ivanchuk resigned in a position in which he was about to lose d6, but arguably there was still some play left in that position.

Gelfand tortured Ivanchuk until the Ukrainian couldn't take the pressure

Leko, Peter - Kamsky, Gata ½-½
Despite losing a pawn early on, Kamsky was able to retain counterplay due to his very active rooks on the open file. Leko tried to create some counterplay with his own rooks but that came at the cost of his material advantage. At the end material evend out and neither side could play for a win.
Information and pictures by FIDE press chief WGM Anastasiya
Karlovich
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Current standings

Schedule and pairings
The games start at 9:00h European time, 11:00h Moscow, 3 a.m. New
York.
You can find your regional starting time here.
Round 01 – July 04 2013, 15:00h |
Giri Anish |
2734 |
0-1
|
Karjakin Sergey |
2776 |
Morozevich Alexander |
2736 |
½-½
|
Wang Yue |
2705 |
Gelfand Boris |
2773 |
0-1
|
Topalov Veselin |
2767 |
Leko Peter |
2737 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761 |
Kamsky Gata |
2763 |
0-1
|
Grischuk Alexander |
2780 |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2733 |
½-½
|
Wang Hao |
2752 |
Round 02 – July 05 2013, 15:00h |
Karjakin Sergey |
2776 |
1-0
|
Wang Hao |
2752 |
Grischuk Alexander |
2780 |
½-½
|
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2733 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761 |
½-½
|
Kamsky Gata |
2763 |
Topalov Veselin |
2767 |
½-½
|
Leko Peter |
2737 |
Wang Yue |
2705 |
½-½
|
Gelfand Boris |
2773 |
Giri Anish |
2734 |
½-½
|
Morozevich Alexander |
2736 |
Round 03 – July 06 2013, 15:00h |
Morozevich Alexander |
2736 |
0-1
|
Karjakin Sergey |
2776 |
Gelfand Boris |
2773 |
0-1
|
Giri Anish |
2734 |
Leko Peter |
2737 |
½-½
|
Wang Yue |
2705 |
Kamsky Gata |
2763 |
½-½
|
Topalov Veselin |
2767 |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2733 |
0-1
|
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761 |
Wang Hao |
2752 |
½-½
|
Grischuk Alexander |
2780 |
Round 04 – July 07 2013, 15:00h |
Karjakin Sergey |
2776 |
½-½
|
Grischuk Alexander |
2780 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761 |
1-0
|
Wang Hao |
2752 |
Topalov Veselin |
2767 |
½-½
|
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2733 |
Wang Yue |
2705 |
1-0
|
Kamsky Gata |
2763 |
Giri Anish |
2734 |
½-½
|
Leko Peter |
2737 |
Morozevich Alexander |
2736 |
1-0
|
Gelfand Boris |
2773 |
Round 05 – July 09 2013, 15:00h |
Gelfand Boris |
2773 |
½-½
|
Karjakin Sergey |
2776 |
Leko Peter |
2737 |
½-½
|
Morozevich Alexander |
2736 |
Kamsky Gata |
2763 |
0-1
|
Giri Anish |
2734 |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2733 |
1-0
|
Wang Yue |
2705 |
Wang Hao |
2752 |
½-½
|
Topalov Veselin |
2767 |
Grischuk Alexander |
2780 |
1-0
|
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761 |
Round 06 – July 10 2013, 15:00h |
Karjakin Sergey |
2776 |
0-1
|
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761 |
Topalov Veselin |
2767 |
½-½
|
Grischuk Alexander |
2780 |
Wang Yue |
2705 |
1-0
|
Wang Hao |
2752 |
Giri Anish |
2734 |
½-½
|
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2733 |
Morozevich Alexander |
2736 |
1-0
|
Kamsky Gata |
2763 |
Gelfand Boris |
2773 |
½-½
|
Leko Peter |
2737 |
Round 07 – July 11 2013, 15:00h |
Leko Peter |
2737 |
|
Karjakin Sergey |
2776 |
Kamsky Gata |
2763 |
|
Gelfand Boris |
2773 |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2733 |
|
Morozevich Alexander |
2736 |
Wang Hao |
2752 |
|
Giri Anish |
2734 |
Grischuk Alexander |
2780 |
|
Wang Yue |
2705 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761 |
|
Topalov Veselin |
2767 |
Round 08 – July 12 2013, 15:00h |
Karjakin Sergey |
2776 |
0-1
|
Topalov Veselin |
2767 |
Wang Yue |
2705 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761 |
Giri Anish |
2734 |
½-½
|
Grischuk Alexander |
2780 |
Morozevich Alexander |
2736 |
½-½
|
Wang Hao |
2752 |
Gelfand Boris |
2773 |
1-0
|
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2733 |
Leko Peter |
2737 |
½-½
|
Kamsky Gata |
2763 |
Round 09 – July 14 2013, 15:00h |
Kamsky Gata |
2763 |
-
|
Karjakin Sergey |
2776 |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2733 |
-
|
Leko Peter |
2737 |
Wang Hao |
2752 |
-
|
Gelfand Boris |
2773 |
Grischuk Alexander |
2780 |
-
|
Morozevich Alexander |
2736 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761 |
-
|
Giri Anish |
2734 |
Topalov Veselin |
2767 |
-
|
Wang Yue |
2705 |
Round 10 – July 15 2013, 15:00h |
Karjakin Sergey |
2776 |
-
|
Wang Yue |
2705 |
Giri Anish |
2734 |
-
|
Topalov Veselin |
2767 |
Morozevich Alexander |
2736 |
-
|
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761 |
Gelfand Boris |
2773 |
-
|
Grischuk Alexander |
2780 |
Leko Peter |
2737 |
-
|
Wang Hao |
2752 |
Kamsky Gata |
2763 |
-
|
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2733 |
Round 11 – July 16 2013, 15:00h |
Ivanchuk Vassily |
2733 |
-
|
Karjakin Sergey |
2776 |
Wang Hao |
2752 |
-
|
Kamsky Gata |
2763 |
Grischuk Alexander |
2780 |
-
|
Leko Peter |
2737 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar |
2761 |
-
|
Gelfand Boris |
2773 |
Topalov Veselin |
2767 |
-
|
Morozevich Alexander |
2736 |
Wang Yue |
2705 |
-
|
Giri Anish |
2734 |