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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 Matcch! The tournament is taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Ugra, Russia from May 13 to May 27.
Round 03 – May 16 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Jobava, Baadur | 2699 |
½-½ |
Gelfand, Boris | 2744 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2780 |
½-½ |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2754 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2803 |
1-0 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2749 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2738 |
0-1 |
Svidler, Peter | 2734 |
Karjakin, Sergey | 2753 |
½-½ |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2734 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2799 |
½-½ |
Giri, Anish | 2776 |
Ready for action - round three underway
Jobava, Baadur ½-½ Gelfand, Boris
Had this game been played online, I would have attributed 6.Qa3 to a mouse slip, as the usual move is 6.Qb3 (played hundreds of times as opposed to 6.Qa3 - zero). Jobava's pawn sacrifice gave him some initiative on the kingside, and he really was hoping it would be enough. Black's passed protected pawn on c3 gave him a strong advantage if the kingside attack failed. Gelfand was perhaps a little careless with 16...Nd7?! instead of h5. He sacrificed a piece to get out of trouble and the two pawns were enough compensation for the missing material, but not more than that.
The start of a very complicated game
Quick! Someone tell Jobava that queen is supposed to go to b3!
Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
Grischuk tried to steamroll MVL's Sicilian with the early 5.f3!?. This did not work, however, and Black obtained an acceptable position. He made a mistake and allowed Grischuk some pressure, but with the opposite colored bishops it never seemed as if MVL was ever in any real danger.
It's hard to surprise the Frenchman
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Tomashevsky, Evgeny
Complicated play earned Caruana his first win of the event. A big blow for Tomashevsky!
Caruana ties for first place with Svidler and Dominguez after this win
[Event "KM FIDE GP 2015"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2015.05.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Caruana, F."] [Black "Tomashevsky, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2749"] [Annotator "Ramriez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2015.05.13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 {the ...a6 line is so Solid, it has prompted White to try everything under the sun. The idea that Caruana plays is somewhat obscure but had been considered before.} e6 6. Bf4 { Tomashevsky had faced this twice before: a draw against Indjic and a loss to Nakamura last year.} a5 7. e3 Be7 8. g4 $5 {This, however, is totally new. The g4 moves combines something from the Shirov/Shabalov attack in the Semi-Slav, but with the bonus that the bishop on c1 made it out of the pawn chain. How good this is will require more tests. The pawn here cannot be taken.} Na6 (8... Nxg4 9. Rg1 Nf6 (9... h5 10. h3 f5 {is much sillier than it is in the Shirov/ Shabalov variation.} 11. hxg4 $18) 10. Rxg7 $16) 9. g5 Nd7 (9... Nh5 10. Be5 { looks pleasant for White, but maybe it is better than what happened in the game.}) 10. h4 Nb4 11. Be2 b6 12. h5 Bb7 13. cxd5 {Closing the center is logical, but perhaps not completely necessary in this position.} exd5 14. Qd2 f5 $5 {Perhaps Tomashevsky was starting to feel the nooze in this position, as he was quickly running out of moves and of space. However I don't like the idea of opening up the g-file and weakening the e6 square.} 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. h6 g6 17. e4 $1 {Opening the position against the enemy king.} dxe4 $6 (17... O-O $1 18. e5 Be7 {is the computer recommendation.}) 18. Nxe4 O-O 19. O-O-O Nd5 (19... b5 $1 {This move was very important. It is multi-purpose: Black takes control of c4, it allows the knight to go to b6 and it threatens the pawn on a4 in some variation. The pawn itself is immune on b5 as it would open up the bishop on b7.}) 20. Bg3 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rhe1 Ra8 23. Kb1 Be7 24. Qd3 $14 {White has some nice position pluses now. Black's king is permanently weak and he can attack the c6 square.} Rf5 25. Ne5 Qc8 26. Nc3 (26. Qc4 $1 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Qe6 28. Nd6 $16) 26... Nxc3+ 27. Qxc3 Nxe5 28. Qb3+ {A fancy intermediate that probably was not as good as just taking directly.} (28. dxe5 Qe6 29. Rd6 $1 Bxd6 30. exd6 Qf6 31. Qxc6 {was devastating. Caruana might have underestimated the exchange sacrifice.}) 28... Rf7 29. dxe5 Qf5+ 30. Ka2 Bb4 $2 (30... Qg4 $1 {With the idea of Rf3 in case of e6 was the best chance of holding, but the position might still be lost.}) 31. e6 Re7 32. Bh4 {The blockade is lifted and the rest is easy.} Ree8 33. e7+ Qf7 34. Re6 b5 35. Rd8 {The computer doesn't like this move, but who cares.} bxa4 36. Qe3 Bxe7 37. Rxa8 Rxa8 38. Bxe7 {It's just up a piece now. The pawns are too weak to count as compensation.} Re8 39. Ka1 a3 40. bxa3 Qf5 41. Qc3 {A brilliant game from Caruana, not afraid to get into a messy position.} 1-0
Ouch! This one hurt!
Jakovenko, Dmitry 0-1 Svidler, Peter
Jakoveno obtained almost nothing from the exchange Spanish, and Svidler was well prepared with 5...Qf6. Black's interesting Rd4-a4!? maneuver was not easy to deal with over the board. Jakovenko lost a pawn and found himself suffering in an endgame, ultimately he was unable to hold the rook finale.
A nice win for Svidler who joins the leaders
Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ Dominguez, Leinier
In the King's Indian Attack, if White doesn't sacrifice anything on the kingside he has no way of creating an advantage. Dominguez placed all of his pieces in such a way that any sacrifice was basically impossible. The simplifications and opening of the queenside slowly favored Black, but not by much. The final position is given as clear black advantage by the engines, but to human eyes (at least mine) it looks like the position is close to equal, maybe a very slight edge for Black.
Ultra, ultra solid
Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ Giri, Anish
Nakamura tried to surprise Giri with some kind of early opening gambit, but it did not work that well. Giri gave back his two pawn advantage to equalize in development and the resulting endgame was easily drawn.
Confidently giving away two pawns!
But Giri didn't want them
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Round 01 – May 14 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2754 |
½-½ |
Gelfand, Boris | 2744 |
Jobava, Baadur | 2699 |
0-1 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2749 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2780 |
½-½ |
Svidler, Peter | 2734 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2803 |
½-½ |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2734 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2738 |
1-0 |
Giri, Anish | 2776 |
Karjakin, Sergey | 2753 |
½-½ |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2799 |
Round 02 – May 15 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Gelfand, Boris | 2744 |
½-½ |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2799 |
Giri, Anish | 2776 |
½-½ |
Karjakin, Sergey | 2753 |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2734 |
1-0 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2738 |
Svidler, Peter | 2734 |
½-½ |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2803 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2749 |
½-½ |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2780 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2754 |
½-½ |
Jobava, Baadur | 2699 |
Round 03 – May 16 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Jobava, Baadur | 2699 |
½-½ |
Gelfand, Boris | 2744 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2780 |
½-½ |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2754 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2803 |
1-0 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2749 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2738 |
0-1 |
Svidler, Peter | 2734 |
Karjakin, Sergey | 2753 |
½-½ |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2734 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2799 |
½-½ |
Giri, Anish | 2776 |
Round 04 – May 17 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Gelfand, Boris | 2744 | Giri, Anish | 2776 | |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2734 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2799 | |
Svidler, Peter | 2734 | Karjakin, Sergey | 2753 | |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2749 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2738 | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2754 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2803 | |
Jobava, Baadur | 2699 | Grischuk, Alexander | 2780 | |
Round 05 – May 19 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Grischuk, Alexander | 2780 | Gelfand, Boris | 2744 | |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2803 | Jobava, Baadur | 2699 | |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2738 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2754 | |
Karjakin, Sergey | 2753 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2749 | |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2799 | Svidler, Peter | 2734 | |
Giri, Anish | 2776 | Dominguez, Leinier | 2734 | |
Round 06 – May 20 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Gelfand, Boris | 2744 | Dominguez, Leinier | 2734 | |
Svidler, Peter | 2734 | Giri, Anish | 2776 | |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2749 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2799 | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2754 | Karjakin, Sergey | 2753 | |
Jobava, Baadur | 2699 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2738 | |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2780 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2803 | |
Round 07 – May 21 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Caruana, Fabiano | 2803 | Gelfand, Boris | 2744 | |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2738 | Grischuk, Alexander | 2780 | |
Karjakin, Sergey | 2753 | Jobava, Baadur | 2699 | |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2799 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2754 | |
Giri, Anish | 2776 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2749 | |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2734 | Svidler, Peter | 2734 | |
Round 08 – May 22 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Gelfand, Boris | 2744 | Svidler, Peter | 2734 | |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2749 | Dominguez, Leinier | 2734 | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2754 | Giri, Anish | 2776 | |
Jobava, Baadur | 2699 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2799 | |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2780 | Karjakin, Sergey | 2753 | |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2803 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2738 | |
Round 09 – May 24 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2738 | Gelfand, Boris | 2744 | |
Karjakin, Sergey | 2753 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2803 | |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2799 | Grischuk, Alexander | 2780 | |
Giri, Anish | 2776 | Jobava, Baadur | 2699 | |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2734 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2754 | |
Svidler, Peter | 2734 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2749 | |
Round 10 – May 25 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Gelfand, Boris | 2744 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2749 | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2754 | Svidler, Peter | 2734 | |
Jobava, Baadur | 2699 | Dominguez, Leinier | 2734 | |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2780 | Giri, Anish | 2776 | |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2803 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2799 | |
Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2738 | Karjakin, Sergey | 2753 | |
Round 11 – May 26 2015, 15:00h | ||||
Karjakin, Sergey | 2753 | Gelfand, Boris | 2744 | |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2799 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | 2738 | |
Giri, Anish | 2776 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2803 | |
Dominguez, Leinier | 2734 | Grischuk, Alexander | 2780 | |
Svidler, Peter | 2734 | Jobava, Baadur | 2699 | |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2749 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2754 |
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