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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 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 |
Today is the last game before the first free day. So far, we have only one leader: Boris Gelfand. Due to Yom Kippur, Boris and Shakhriyar had to start the game at 1 p.m. Ivanchuk, who arrived a bit earlier to watch the game, was surprised by the pawn sacrifice from Boris at the very beginning of the game. It ended in a draw after 34 moves.
Vasily Ivanchuk (above left) was probably inspired by this and started in an aggressive mood, playing h4-h5 against the Gruenfeld Defence of Alexander Grischuk (right). The Russian GM decided to play naturally and placed his pieces in the centre. After 15 moves, the position appeared quite balanced. The main action appeared to be on the h-file, and both players repeated the moves by a continuous attack on the queen. Draw in 26 moves.
Wang Hao came up with a new idea in the Meran defence today, quickly installing a powerful knight on e5, with the d4 and f4 pawns behind it. Rustam Kasimdzhanov decided quickly to sacrifice a pawn for the activity, putting pressure on the white king in the centre. The bishop on g7 combined with action from the two rooks was very unpleasant for Hao, who was probably pretty happy to exchange most of the pieces, leading in a drawn endgame.
Nakamura came with a fresh and surprising opening today, playing 3…Nge7 in the Ruy Lopez – the so-called Cozio Defence. Both players were playing very slowly and spending an hour each for the first six moves. Black looked in good shape by putting all his pawns on black squares. Hikaru took the advantage but played the inaccurate 37…Qf6, letting Leinier get back into the game. Strangely, during time trouble Nakamura blocked his bishop on a2 and ended with a significantly worse position. As a result, Leinier, step by step, took the advantage, but missed a great chance to bag the point on move 69 (and again two moves later).
We had a very theoretical fight in a Queen’s Indian played between Topalov and Leko. After 18 moves Topalov had just spent five minutes of his time, and Leko 25 minutes. On move 20, Topalov decided to go for an exchange sacrifice, which was declined by the Hungarian GM. The rook was en prise for a few moves, with both players ignoring it. After a few moves, Leko finally took the exchange on move 22, and tried to make a blockade on the d4 square. Topalov found a good attack but in time trouble Leko managed to exchange queens and the endgame finished in a draw…
For the third time in the tournament, Anish Giri (above right) played the Petrov Defence. Adams surprised his opponent on the eighth move, obliging the young Dutch prodigy to spend more than 20 minutes on his reply. Finally, Adams went for the usual long castling and actually had nothing significant out of the opening. Anish equalized and methodically exchanged the rooks on the e-file, entering into a bishop endgame. Draw in 34 moves.
Daniel King analyses the game Topalov - Leko
Video stream of the whole game
Post-game interviews with Peter Leko and Veselin Topalov [by Macauley Peterson]
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 | - |
Giri Anish | 2730 |
Grischuk Alexander | 2754 | - |
Adams Michael | 2722 |
Gelfand Boris | 2738 | - |
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 | - |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 |
Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 | - |
Wang Hao | 2742 |
Topalov Veselin | 2752 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 |
Round 7 on 2012/09/28
at 14:00 |
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Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 | - |
Leko Peter | 2737 |
Wang Hao | 2742 | - |
Topalov Veselin | 2752 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 | - |
Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 |
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 |
Adams Michael | 2722 | - |
Gelfand Boris | 2738 |
Giri Anish | 2730 | - |
Grischuk Alexander | 2754 |
Round 8 on 2012/09/29
at 14:00 |
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Leko Peter | 2737 | - |
Grischuk Alexander | 2754 |
Gelfand Boris | 2738 | - |
Giri Anish | 2730 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 | - |
Adams Michael | 2722 |
Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 | - |
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 |
Topalov Veselin | 2752 | - |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 | - |
Wang Hao | 2742 |
Round 9 on 2012/10/01
at 14:00 |
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Wang Hao | 2742 | - |
Leko Peter | 2737 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 |
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 | - |
Topalov Veselin | 2752 |
Adams Michael | 2722 | - |
Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 |
Giri Anish | 2730 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 |
Grischuk Alexander | 2754 | - |
Gelfand Boris | 2738 |
Round 10 on 2012/10/02
at 14:00 |
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Leko Peter | 2737 | - |
Gelfand Boris | 2738 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2684 | - |
Grischuk Alexander | 2754 |
Nakamura Hikaru | 2783 | - |
Giri Anish | 2730 |
Topalov Veselin | 2752 | - |
Adams Michael | 2722 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2725 | - |
Ivanchuk Vassily | 2769 |
Wang Hao | 2742 | - |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2729 |
Round 11 on 2012/10/03 at 11:00 |
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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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