London Rd11: Final Grand Prix round – watch it live!
10/3/2012 – The leader of the tournament, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, is currently playing white against Peter Leko. The baying pack, half a point behind, is hoping to catch or in fact overtake the Azeri. Boris Gelfand and Alexander Grischuk have white against Hikaru Nakamura and Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Veselin Topalov is playing black against Anish Giri. We show you how best to follow the action live.
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The First FIDE Grand Prix is taking place from September 21 to October 3rd in Simpson’s-in-the-Strand, London. The games start at 14:00h local time (= 15:00h CEST, 17:00h Moscow, 09:00 a.m. New York). The tournament has a prize fund of 240,000 Euros.
Standings after ten rounds
Pairings of the final round
| Round 11 on 2012/10/03 at 12:00 |
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| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 | - |
Leko Peter | 2737 |
| Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 | - |
Wang Hao | 2742 |
| Adams Michael | 2722 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 |
| Giri Anish | 2730 | - |
Topalov Veselin | 2752 |
| Grischuk Alexander | 2754 | - |
Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 |
| Gelfand Boris | 2738 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 |
On the above page (click the image to access), you get an overview of the playing hall. You can also watch individual video streams of each of the games:
- Board 1: Giri-Topalov
- Board 2: Grischuk-Nakamura
- Board 3: Gelfand-Kasimdzhanov
- Board 4: Mamedyarov - Leko
- Board 5: Ivanchuk-Wang
- Board 6: Adams-Domínguez Pérez
To make it simpler we have started the video streams of the four critical games here:
Mamedyarov vs Leko
Grischuk vs Nakamura
Giri vs Topalov
Gelfand vs Kasimdzhanov vs Grischuk
Naturally the games are also being broadcast on Playchess.com. If you have a large enough screen you can simultaneously watch the video broadcast in your browser and the Playchess coverage, with your favourite chess engine switched on and "Let's Check" showing you the results of the most powerful computers online.
It is an ideal opportunity to discuss the moves with other specators – currently, as the games begin, 2000 of them.
Schedule and results
| Round 1 on 2012/09/21
at 14:00 |
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| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 | ½-½ |
Leko Peter | 2737 |
| Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 | 0-1 |
Gelfand Boris | 2738 |
| Topalov Veselin | 2752 | ½-½ |
Grischuk Alexander | 2754 |
| Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 | ½-½ |
Giri Anish | 2730 |
| Wang Hao | 2742 | ½-½ |
Adams Michael | 2722 |
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 | ½-½ |
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 |
| Round 2 on 2012/09/22
at 14:00 |
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| Leko Peter | 2737 | 1-0 |
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 |
| Adams Michael | 2722 | ½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 |
| Giri Anish | 2730 | ½-½ |
Wang Hao | 2742 |
| Grischuk Alexander | 2754 | ½-½ |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 |
| Gelfand Boris | 2738 | ½-½ |
Topalov Veselin | 2752 |
| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 | 0-1 |
Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 |
Round 3 on 2012/09/23
at 14:00 |
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| Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 | ½-½ |
Leko Peter | 2737 |
| Topalov Veselin | 2752 | ½-½ |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 |
| Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 | ½-½ |
Gelfand Boris | 2738 |
| Wang Hao | 2742 | ½-½ |
Grischuk Alexander | 2754 |
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 | 1-0 |
Giri Anish | 2730 |
| Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 | ½-½ |
Adams Michael | 2722 |
Round 4 on 2012/09/24
at 14:00 |
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| Leko Peter | 2737 | ½-½ |
Adams Michael | 2722 |
| Giri Anish | 2730 | ½-½ |
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 |
| Grischuk Alexander | 2754 | 1-0 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 |
| Gelfand Boris | 2738 | 1-0 |
Wang Hao | 2742 |
| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 | ½-½ |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 |
| Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 | ½-½ |
Topalov Veselin | 2752 |
Round 5 on 2012/09/25
at 14:00 |
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| Topalov Veselin | 2752 | ½-½ |
Leko Peter | 2737 |
| Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 | ½-½ |
Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 |
| Wang Hao | 2742 | ½-½ |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 |
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 | ½-½ |
Gelfand Boris | 2738 |
| Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 | ½-½ |
Grischuk Alexander | 2754 |
| Adams Michael | 2722 | ½-½ |
Giri Anish | 2730 |
Round 6 on 2012/09/27
at 14:00 |
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| Leko Peter | 2737 | ½-½ |
Giri Anish | 2730 |
| Grischuk Alexander | 2754 | ½-½ |
Adams Michael | 2722 |
| Gelfand Boris | 2738 | ½-½ |
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 |
| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 | 0-1 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 |
| Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 | 0-1 |
Wang Hao | 2742 |
| Topalov Veselin | 2752 | 1-0 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 |
Round 7 on 2012/09/28
at 14:00 |
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| Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 | ½-½ |
Leko Peter | 2737 |
| Wang Hao | 2742 | ½-½ |
Topalov Veselin | 2752 |
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 | 1-0 |
Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 |
| Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 | ½-½ |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 |
| Adams Michael | 2722 | 0-1 |
Gelfand Boris | 2738 |
| Giri Anish | 2730 | ½-½ |
Grischuk Alexander | 2754 |
| Round 8 on 2012/09/29
at 14:00 |
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| Leko Peter | 2737 | ½-½ |
Grischuk Alexander | 2754 |
| Gelfand Boris | 2738 | ½-½ |
Giri Anish | 2730 |
| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 | 1-0 |
Adams Michael | 2722 |
| Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 | 0-1 |
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 |
| Topalov Veselin | 2752 | ½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 |
| Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 | ½-½ |
Wang Hao | 2742 |
| Round 9 on 2012/10/01
at 14:00 |
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| Wang Hao | 2742 | ½-½ |
Leko Peter | 2737 |
| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 | 1-0 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 |
| Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 | 0-1 |
Topalov Veselin | 2752 |
| Adams Michael | 2722 | 1-0 |
Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 |
| Giri Anish | 2730 | ½-½ |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 |
| Grischuk Alexander | 2754 | 1-0 |
Gelfand Boris | 2738 |
| Round 10 on 2012/10/02
at 14:00 |
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| Leko Peter | 2737 | ½-½ |
Gelfand Boris | 2738 |
| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 | ½-½ |
Grischuk Alexander | 2754 |
| Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 | 1-0 |
Giri Anish | 2730 |
| Topalov Veselin | 2752 | ½-½ |
Adams Michael | 2722 |
| Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 | ½-½ |
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 |
| Wang Hao | 2742 | ½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 |
| Round 11 on 2012/10/03 at 12:00 |
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| Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 | - |
Leko Peter | 2737 |
| Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 | - |
Wang Hao | 2742 |
| Adams Michael | 2722 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 |
| Giri Anish | 2730 | - |
Topalov Veselin | 2752 |
| Grischuk Alexander | 2754 | - |
Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 |
| Gelfand Boris | 2738 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 |
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