9/25/2012 – Alexander Grischuk won a fine game against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, one that both our GM commentators, Alejandro Ramirez and Daniel King, have chosen to show us as the game of the day. The other really interesting game was Boris Gelfand vs Wang Hao. Just when the Chinese GM seemed to have saved a tough rook ending he blundered into a mate in one. It was all captured on video!
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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.
Round four report
By GM Alejandro Ramirez
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
Nakamura-Topalov: White gets very little fr0m the opening
and despite being marginally better the entire time, Hikaru is never able to
put Topalov against the ropes. Draw.
Kasimdzhanov-Dominguez: Kasimdzhanov essays the same line
he used against Leko in round 1. He obtains a superior pawn structure but very
little else besides that, and the bishop endgame is easily held by Dominguez.
Draw.
Giri-Ivanchuk: In a rather strange game (Giri made over a
third of his moves with his queen…) the players agreed to a draw in a
opposite colored bishop middlegame that could only favor Black, even if it was
rather marginal. Draw.
Leko-Adams: This game isn’t making any top 100 most
exciting games ever played lists. The draw was seen coming from a mile away.
Draw.
Gelfand-Wang: After a questionable pawn push on the queenside,
Wang Hao starts suffering. Through some resourcefulness, the Chinese player
escapes into a pawn down endgame. The battle is between Gelfand’s knight,
rook and three pawns against Wang Hao’s bishop, rook and two pawns. Normally
an easy draw, Black’s king is also against the ropes, being cut off on
the seventh rank. After the minor pieces are swapped, it still seems like the
game will end in a draw – but Wang Hao commits a serious mistake in 49…
f5+? Gelfand doesn’t capitalize, instead opting for a somewhat awkward
rook maneuver. Tragically, Wang Hao blunders yet again, this time into a simple
mating net. Gelfand wins. 1-0.
Video stream of the whole game – jump to 04:40:50 in the video to
see Wang Hao, after a long think, play 54...Re4, to which Gelfand responds,
after a few seconds, with 55.Rd1.
But after around a minute of thought Wang plays 55...Kh7??
You see it, don't you? Gelfand does, and replies with 56.Kf7...
Wang can only laugh at himself, as he sees that nothing can now stop Rh1 with
mate. 1-0.
Interview with Gelfand and Wang Hao. You decide whether the Chinese GM is
laughing or crying
when he describes the blunder and how he forgot that the f-pawn covers the g5
square.
Daniel King analyses the game with Boris Gelfand
Daniel King analyses the endgame of Gelfand - Wang Hao
Pictures and video interview by Macauley Peterson in London
Grischuk-Mamedyarov
[Event "FIDE Grand Prix - London 2012"] [Site "London"] [Date "2012.09.24"]
[Round "4"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result
"1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "Ramirez,Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8
10. d4 b5 {Even though the last ten moves of chess have been perfectly logical,
this specific position has not been seen particularly often. } 11. Bc2 exd4
12. cxd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 {The game Vallejo-Cabrera from 2005 featured
the very logical Nf1.} (14. Nf1 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Nb4 $13)
14... Bg6 15. a3 h5 16. g5 Nh7 17. Nf1 Qd7 18. Kg2 d5 19. e5 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 g6
{Black trades the light squared bishops, and is using his pawns and pieces to
create a blockade in the weakened squares. If he is successful, White's space
advantage will be irrelevant and an eventual break on c5 will come with a lot
of power.} 21. Be3 Nd8 22. Rac1 Rc8 (22... Ne6 $6 23. Qc6 $1 { Allows White
his own strong blockade.}) 23. Ng3 c6 $2 {Maybe the losing mistake, even though
it does not seem so.} (23... Be7 $1 {Was key - the point being} 24. Nh4 {runs
into} Nxg5 25. Nxg6 (25. Bxg5 Bxg5 26. Nxg6 Bxc1 {is greedy, but maybe it works.}
(26... Re6 $1 $17)) 25... Qxh3+) 24. Nh4 $1 {A very strong move. Grischuk eyes
the g6 pawn as a perfect place to sacrifice his knight. He is taking advantage
of the fact that at the moment Black's pieces are uncoordinated, and if the
pawns start rolling there is little Mamedyarov can do about it.} Ne6 25. Nxg6
fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Ng7 27. Qh6 $1 { Grischuk is amazingly precise. Taking on h5
was natural and possible, but nowhere near as strong. This strange looking move
is threatening g6, after which the knight on h7 is lost (!). There are also
no strong discoveries with the knight on g7!} Nf5 (27... Be7 28. Nxh5 Nxh5 29.
Qxh5 {and the bishop is misplaced on e7.}) 28. Qxh5 Nxg3 29. Kxg3 {It's possible
to say that taking with the f-pawn and the king were both possible, and the
difference was mainly stylistic. I do believe taking with the king is stronger,
though. Now White's plan is easy, trade queens and push pawns.} Bg7 30. Qg4
Nf8 31. f4 c5 32. Qxd7 (32. Rxc5 $1 Rxc5 33. Qxd7 Nxd7 34. dxc5 $18) 32... Nxd7
33. dxc5 Nxe5 {Black is forced to sacrifice before he gets steamrolled. The
variation with Rxc5 did not allow this.} 34. fxe5 Bxe5+ 35. Bf4 Bxb2 36. Rxe8+
Rxe8 37. Rc2 {Although Black has material equality (after recuperating his pawn
on a3), the advanced nature of the c-pawn renders his position hopeless.} Bxa3
38. c6 b4 39. c7 Rc8 40. Rc6 $1 b3 41. Rxa6 $6 {This move seemed very strange
to me, even though it doesn't spoil anything just yet.} (41. Rb6 b2 42. g6 d4
43. h4 d3 44. Kf3 d2 45. Ke2 {leaves Black in a state of Zugzwang.}) 41... Bc5
42. Ra5 Bb6 43. Rxd5 Bxc7 44. Bxc7 Rxc7 45. Rb5 Kg7 46. Kg4 {This endgame is
very basic for any grandmaster. The b-pawn has to fall to prevent the rook checking
from the side, and when that happens it's super easy. Mamedyarov committed one
serious mistake and a powerful piece sacrifice by Grischuk devastated his position!}
1-0
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