London Rd11: Final Grand Prix round – watch it live!

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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
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:

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Links

The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 11 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.

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