11/17/2019 – Alexander Grischuk won a thrilling tiebreak match against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. The latter took the first rapid game but lost the second. Grischuk dominated the 10+10 games to clinch his victory in Hamburg, and with it 10 Grand Prix points. His total of 20 points will be difficult to beat. The pair played to a draw in the second game of their final match, after Game 1 also ended in a draw. Sixteen players began the tournament competing for Grand Prix points in the penultimate event of the series from November 5th to November 17th, in Germany's Hanseatic metropolis. Games and commentary. | Pictured: Duda during his final match with Grischuk. | Photo: Valeria Gordienko
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Tiebreak
The Hamburg Grand Prix is a knock-out tournament with 16 players. To win a Grand Prix, a player has to defeat opponents in four rounds. Each round consists of two classical games and is followed by faster tie-break games if necessary. Top Grandmasters from nine countries take part in the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Hamburg 2019. This is the strongest Grand Prix Series in recent history.
Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus 30-seconds per move starting from move 1. If the match is tied after two classical games. A tiebreak will follow on the third day: Two 25+10, then two 10+10 games, then two 5+3, and if still tied a single Armageddon game where White has 5 minutes to Black’s 4 (with a 2-second bonus per move starting from move 61) but Black has draw odds.
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Commentary by GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko
All match results
Grand Prix points
Round
Grand Prix points
Winner
8
Runner-Up
5
Semi-final loser
3
Round 2 loser
1
Round 1 loser
0
Each match won without a tie-break
+1
The venue is Theater Kehrwieder, part of the historic Harbour City district
There are a limited number of spectator seats (tickets via Eventim), which will increase up to 100 as the tournament progresses, as the stage shrinks and shrinks with the number of participants declining after each knockout round.
The Grand Prix is a four-leg series taking place over the course of the year. The first two legs took place in Moscow, Russia and Riga, Latvia. It will be followed by Hamburg, Germany and Jerusalem, Israel. The prize fund of each Grand Prix is 130,000 euros, with an additional 280,000 euros for the overall standings. The top two finishers will also earn the main prize — qualification to the Candidates Tournament where they will contest the right to challenge Magnus Carlsen in the World Championship match.
Participants in the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix Hamburg (in bold)
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Name
Country
Elo
1
Anish Giri
Netherlands
2780
2
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Russia
2776
3
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
France
2774
4
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Azerbaijan
2767
5
Wesley So
USA
2767
6
Yu Yangyi
China
2763
7
Sergey Karjakin
Russia
2760
8
Alexander Grischuk
Russia
2759
9
Levon Aronian
Armenia
2758
10
Teimour Radjabov
Azerbaijan
2758
11
Pentala Harikrishna
India
2746
12
Hikaru Nakamura
USA
2745
13
Radoslav Wojtaszek
Poland
2739
14
Wei Yi
China
2736
15
Veselin Topalov
Bulgaria
2736
16
Nikita Vitiugov
Russia
2732
17
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Poland
2730
18
Peter Svidler
Russia
2729
19
David Navara
Czech Republic
2724
20
Daniil Dubov
Russia
2699
21
Dmitry Jakovenko
Russia
2681
Players whose names are struck have been knockout out
Schedule
Nov. 5–7
Round 1 + Tie-breaks
Nov. 8–10
Round 2 + Tie-breaks
Nov. 11-13
Semi-final + Tie-breaks
Nov. 14
Rest day
Nov. 15-17
Final + Tie-breaks
The rounds start at 14:00 UTC (15:00 CET). Chess fans will be able to enter the playing venue starting at 14:00 Hamburg time. There will be on-site commentary. The games will be broadcast live at worldchess.com, the official FIDE broadcasting platform.
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