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The second stage of the 2012-2013 FIDE Grand Prix Series is taking place from November 21 to December 5th in the Gallery of Fine Art in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The games start at 14:00h local time (= 10:00h CET, 13:00h Moscow, 04:00 a.m. New York). The tournament has a prize fund of 240,000 Euros.
City Palace – the hotel where the players are staying
The reception hall in fine Uzbek style
After the very entertaining London GP, in which Gelfand and Topalov shone, the lineup for the second Grand Prix series in is a finely balanced roster with players of all styles, ensuring the widest variety of battles on the board. Whether you favor the explosive chess of Alexander Morozevich, the boa constrictor style of Peter Leko, or the balanced play of Fabiano Caruana, it is all there.
The ratings in the following table are based on the November 2012 FIDE list. The average rating of event is 2747.1. Note that GM Gata Kamsky (US) replaces GM Vugar Gashimov (AZE) who is not able to play in this leg only.
# |
Name | Nat. |
Rating |
1 |
Caruana, Fabiano | ITA |
2786 |
2 |
Karjakin, Sergey | RUS |
2775 |
3 |
Mamedyarov, Shakriyar | AZE |
2764 |
4 |
Kamsky, Gata | USA |
2762 |
5 |
Gelfand, Boris | ISR |
2751 |
6 |
Morozevich, Alexander | RUS |
2748 |
7 |
Svidler, Peter | RUS |
2747 |
8 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR |
2741 |
9 |
Wang, Hao | CHN |
2737 |
10 |
Leko, Peter | HUN |
2732 |
11 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | CUB |
2726 |
12 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB |
2696 |
The technical meeting of players and officials before the event
GMs Ponomariov and Karjakin testing the tables (wait: that is not a prematurely
graying
Sergey Karjakin on the right but FIDE Continental President for Africa Lakhdar
Mazouz)
Wang Hao and Peter Svidler testing the reception of cell phones in the playing
hall
Wives: Sophie and Firuza – you figure who the husbands are
The opening ceremony at the Gallery of Fine Art was attended by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Adham Ikramov, the Chairperson of Fund Forum’s Board of Trustees Gulnara Karimova and many others.
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov speaks to the players and visitors
The Chairperson of the Fund Forum’s Board of Trustees Gulnara Karimova
The media interest is gratifying
The dance pageant to celebrate the start of the Grand Prix
For the drawing of colours the players had to choose from some very attractive
dolls
Alexander Morozevich picks the number one, inscribed at the bottom of his doll
Round 1 on Thursday
22.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
1-0 |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | ½-½ |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | ½-½ |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | ½-½ |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | ½-½ |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | 0-1 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
The first round featured two wins, the first and foremost between Alexander Morozevich and Gata Kamsky. Morozevich played his trademark style that has made him so deservedly popular, a high stakes game in which the most likely outcome is a series of fireworks worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster, and defeated Gata Kamsky to open his tally with a win. In many ways, what Shirov was to the 90s, with his high-risk creative play, Morozevich is to the current crop of top players: He is creative, uncompromising, and dangerous beyond belief. His fault, one that he himself has recognized, is that it is the sort of chess that is incredibly demanding on the player, and that cannot be sustained for a long career.
The other win of the game was between the Cuban Leinier Dominguez and Sergey Karjakin. It was a Ruy Lopez Breyer, that left one with the impression that the Russian’s understanding of the intricacies far outweighed those of his Latin American colleague as little by little the advantage swung to Black. A powerful game by Karjakin in which he outplayed his opponent in impressive fashion.
Game analysis to follow tonight...
All photos by Anastasiya Karlovich
Round 1 on Thursday
22.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | 1-0 |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | ½-½ |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | ½-½ |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | ½-½ |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | ½-½ |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | 0-1 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Round 2 on Friday,
23.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Kamsky Gata | 2762 | - |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Wang Hao | 2737 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | - |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
Leko Peter | 2732 | - |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 | - |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | - |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 |
Round 3 on Saturday
24.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | - |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | - |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | - |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | - |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | - |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Round 4 on Sunday
25.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Kamsky Gata | 2762 | - |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | - |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Leko Peter | 2732 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 | - |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | - |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | - |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 |
Round 5 on Tuesday
27.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Gelfand Boris | 2751 | - |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | - |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | - |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | - |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | - |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Wang Hao | 2737 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Round 6 on Wednesday
28.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Kamsky Gata | 2762 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Leko Peter | 2732 | - |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 | - |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | - |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | - |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Round 7 on Thursday
29.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | - |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | - |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | - |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | - |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
Wang Hao | 2737 | - |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | - |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Round 8 on Friday
30.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Kamsky Gata | 2762 | - |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | - |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | - |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | - |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
Round 9 on Sunday
2.12.2012 at 14:00 |
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Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | - |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | - |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | - |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 |
Wang Hao | 2737 | - |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | - |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
Leko Peter | 2732 | - |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Round 10 on Monday
3.12.2012 at 14:00 |
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Kamsky Gata | 2762 | - |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | - |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | - |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | - |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
Round 11 on Tuesday 4.12.2012 at 12:00 |
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Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | - |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | - |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
Wang Hao | 2737 | - |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | - |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 |
Leko Peter | 2732 | - |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 | - |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
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