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The Third FIDE Grand Prix tournament took place in Elista from December 13 to 29, 2008. Despite the recent withdrawals (Carlsen, Adams) and the absence of players like Anand, Kramnik and Topalov the tournament was very strong, with a category of 19. The venue, originally Doha, was now "City Chess" in Elista, Kalmykia.
Round 13: Sunday, December 28, 2008 |
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Vugar Gashimov |
½-½ |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
Pavel Eljanov |
1-0 |
Ernesto Inarkiev |
Evgeny Alekseev |
½-½ |
Dmitry Jakovenko |
Wang Yue |
½-½ |
Peter Leko |
Vladimir Akopian |
½-½ |
Shakh. Mamedyarov |
Alexander Grischuk |
½-½ |
Teimour Radjabov |
Ivan Cheparinov |
½-½ |
Etienne Bacrot |
Eljanov,P (2720) - Inarkiev,E (2669) [D17]
FIDE Grand Prix Elista RUS (13), 28.12.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 e6 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3
Bb4 9.Bxc4 0-0 10.Qc2 g6 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.f3 Nb6 13.Bb3 a5 14.Na2 Be7 15.Kh1 Nh5
16.Nc3 Rc8 17.Rd1 Bb4 18.Qf2 Nf6 19.e4 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Nbd5 21.Nc5 Nd7 22.Nd3 Bd6
23.Bd2 Re8 24.Re1 Qb6 25.Bc4 Nb4 26.Bxb4 Bxb4 27.Rf1 Kg7 28.Rad1 Rcd8 29.f4
Re4 30.Ne5 f6 31.Nf3 Qc7 32.f5 Rde8 33.Bd3 R4e7 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.Nh4 Rh8 36.Bxg6
Rxh4 37.Qxh4 Kxg6 38.Rf4
Whie has a rook and pawn for two pieces, and Black is looking for counterplay. His next move is a blunder: 38...Bd2??. It is clear that 39.Rxd2 doesn't work, because of 39...Qxf4 40.Qxf4 Re1+. But White has 39.Qg4+ and the game is virtually over. 39...Kh7 40.Qh5+ Kg8 41.Qg6+ Rg7 42.Qe8+ Nf8 43.Rxf6 Qe7 44.Qxf8+ Qxf8 45.Rxf8+ Kxf8 46.Rxd2 Ke7 47.g3 Kd6 48.Kg2 b5 49.h4 Kd5 50.Kh3 bxa4 51.h5 Ke4 52.Kh4 Rd7 53.g4 c5 54.d5 c4 55.Rc2 Kd4 56.h6 a3 57.bxa3 c3 58.g5 Kd3.
59.Rxc3+! Kxc3 60.g6 Rd6 61.h7 1-0. Want to see something depressing?
Deep Fritz 11 and Rybka find 59.Rxc3 instantly, and Fritz quite
typically goes on to announce mate in 82 after three minutes.
Addendum: Sven Muehlenhaus of Duesseldorf, Germany tells us that Fritz is way off. "For a moment, let's pretend it's 1970, " he writes, "no engines, use your head and imagine the position in Fritz´s main line after 62.g7: Black didn't even take the white rook, White will soon be two queens or queen and rook ahead. No way this takes 82 moves till mate, 15-20 moves at the most. This seems to be a flaw with many engines: suddenly "Mate in X" is announced, you follow the main line, but in the next move it is not "Mate in X-1".
It is true that the initial mate announcement by Fritz does not mean: White mates in 82 with optimum defence by Black. It simply means "I have found a way to mate in 82 moves at most." As it goes deeper Fritz may find shorter forcing sequences – after ten minutes it is down to mate in 72. We doubt, however, that Herr Muehlenhaus will be able to mate Fritz in the above position in "15-20 moves at the most." But of course it would be interesting to find out...
Statistics: White has won 27% of the games (25 out of a total of 91), Black
8% (seven games), while 65% of the games, 59 in all, were drawn.
FIDE President and President of the Republic of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,
with special guest (and commentator) Boris Spassky at the closing ceremony
The big prize winners Grischuk, Jakovenko and Radjabov with their 24,167
Euro checks
Gashimov came fourth and got € 15,000, while the five players who scored 6.5/13, Leko, Wang, Mamedyarov, Bacrot and Kasimdzhanov, got € 9,000 each. Cheparinov came tenth and took € 6,000 home, Alekseev and Eljanov, half a point behind him, got € 5,250 each, and the two at the bottom of the table, Akopian and Inarkiev got € 4,750.
The sharp-eyed reader will see Kasimdzhanov, Cheparinov, Gashimov, Bacrot,
Leko
and Wang Hue on the stage behind the three first-prize winners
All of them: Kasim, Akop, Chep, Gash, Back, Leko, Radja, Jako, Wang, Mamed,
Elja, Gris, Alek and Inark
| Player | Baku |
Sochi |
Elista |
Total |
Played |
| Teimour Radjabov (AZE) | 60 |
150 |
153.33 |
363.33 |
3 |
| Wang Yue (CHN) | 153.33 |
120 |
80 |
353.33 |
3 |
| Vugar Gashimov (AZE) | 153.33 |
65 |
110 |
328.33 |
3 |
| Alexander Grischuk (RUS) | 105 |
45 |
153.33 |
303.33 |
3 |
| Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) | 90 |
153.33 |
243.33 |
2 |
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| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) | 105 |
80 |
185.00 |
2 |
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| Levon Aronian (ARM) | 180 |
180.00 |
1 |
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| Gata Kamsky (USA) | 60 |
120 |
180.00 |
2 |
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| Peter Svidler (RUS) | 85 |
90 |
175.00 |
2 |
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| Sergey Karjakin (UKR) | 60 |
90 |
150.00 |
2 |
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| Ivan Cheparinov (BUL) | 35 |
45 |
50 |
130.00 |
3 |
| Etienne Bacrot (FRA) | 15 |
80 |
95.00 |
2 |
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| Peter Leko (HUN) | 80 |
80.00 |
1 |
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| Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB) | 80 |
80.00 |
1 |
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| Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) | 65 |
65.00 |
1 |
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| David Navara (CZE) | 35 |
15 |
50.00 |
2 |
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| Pavel Eljanov (UKR) | 35 |
35.00 |
1 |
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| Evgeny Alekseev (RUS) | 35 |
35.00 |
1 |
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| Boris Gelfand (ISR) | 30 |
30.00 |
1 |
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| Ernesto Inarkiev (RUS) | 15 |
15 |
30.00 |
2 |
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| Vladimir Akopian (ARM) | 15 |
15.00 |
1 |
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| Magnus Carlsen (NOR) | 153.33 |
withdrew |
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| Michael Adams (ENG) | 85 |
withdrew |
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| Mohamad Al-Modiahki (QAT) | 15 |
removed |
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| Yannick Pelletier (SUI) | removed |
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