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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 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 |
Dominguez-Leko: Leinier avoided the main line of the Berlin Defence and went for the Closed Spanish Opening. Right after the opening, Peter decided to destroy the pawn centre with 15…c6 and 16…d5!? The endgame, which arose from these exchanges, was a bit better for White due to the pawn structure, but not enough to break Leko’s defence. and the draw was agreed after 40 moves.
Wang Hao-Topalov: A very exciting Grüfeld played by Topalov, who was two pawns down after eight moves, but of course still in his preparation. As compensation he immediately had a better development. After 13 moves, White hadn’t developed the kingside at all, with the bishop still on f1 and pawns on e2 and g2! All the black squares were weakened and Topalov logically took the advantage step by step. Approaching time trouble, Hao managed to survive his opponent’s attack and eventually equalized. A tough draw for the young Chinese player and a disappointment for Topalov.
Mamedyarov-Nakamura: Everyone was expecting blood in this game! “Shak” and Hikaru have explosive styles, based on attack. Without any big surprise, we had a King’s Indian arriving on the board and Shakhriyar went for a quiet line based on g3, Bg2. White took the space and Hikaru decided to change the course of the game by playing 17…c5?! White took the advantage by creating an attack after 18.e5! Mamedyarov kept on pressuring his opponent until the time trouble, where Black couldn’t find the best defence. He scored his second full point in a row. The game is annotated by GM Alejandro Ramirez below.
Ivanchuk-Kasimdzhanov: After few moves, Vasily was not writing down his moves. Carol Jarecki, the arbiter, made the small remark to the Ukrainian player. Vasily had just forgotten about it! In a strange move order (Reti), Rustam took the c4-pawn and tried to keep it as long as possible with 10…Qd4. Vasily didn’t go to the arbiter to ask for a draw (two times repetition only) and finally the draw was agreed after only 11 moves!
Adams-Gelfand: These two players know each other well very well and are from the same generation (Boris Gelfand was born in 1968 and Michael Adams in 1971). Michael went for the Rossolimo line of the Sicilian, choosing the b3, Bb2 plan. Boris decided to develop his pieces in an original way with f6, Kf7. The position looked pretty equal but Black had compensation with the two bishops. Boris even went for the a2-pawn, which seemed risky. Black kept his two pawn advantage until the rook endgame and managed to win. An important victory for Boris who is in real good shape so far!
A flurry of moves at the start of the Giri-Grischuk confrontation in Round
7
Giri-Grischuk: Anish Giri played the solid Maroczy Bind against Grischuk's 6…Ba7 Paulsen Sicilian. The young Dutch player went for the usual plan with a4-a5 in order to take space on the queenside. Grischuk’s position remained solid, exchanging all the pawns on the queenside and equalizing comfortably. The draw was agreed after a 41-move fight.
[Event "FIDE Grand Prix - London 2012"] [Site "London"] [Date "2012.09.28"] [Round "7"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E68"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Ramirez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [EventCountry "ENG"] {Mamedyarov and Nakamura are two players that have been featured a lot in the game of the days of this tournament. The reason is simple: some players play more interesting chess than others. And when they clash, usually something exciting will happen.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 h6 {The point of this move is not obvious. In some ways it is simply a waiting move. b4 is not immediately a threat, so a5 is not necessary right away, and b5 has not been weakened.} (11... a5 12. Ndb5 $5 {Has been giving Black headaches.}) (11... Bd7 {is interesting.}) 12. Kh2 {White simply responds with a waiting move.} Bd7 13. Rb1 a6 14. a3 Qc8 15. f4 Rb8 (15... Nh5 $5) 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nf3 {This position is, at least to me, very aesthetically pleasing. Notice that White has a strong space advantage, but that comes with many weaknesses. For this reason Black wants to trade some pieces to be able to open lines to take advantage of those weaknesses. If Mamedyarov manages to not trade any pieces at all, it will become difficult for Hikaru to find moves - a typical Fianchetto Variation in the KID!} c5 $5 {Somewhat committing, Black instantly looks for counterplay.} (17... Ng4+ 18. hxg4 Bxc3 19. Bd2 $14 {Has the disadvantage that the pawn going from h3 to g4 is actually something White welcomes.}) 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. Nxe5 cxb4 20. axb4 Nf8 21. Bb2 Be6 22. Nd5 {In many ways, White has gotten exactly what he wanted. His powerful knights in the center are obviously better than their counterparts. Black would love to eliminate this knights as soon as possible, but doing so right now would mean that White would have a powerful passed pawn on the d-file. Notice that some of the preparation moves that Black has done have been relatively futile. The major pieces are discoordinated and the minor pieces have no activity. It's difficult to get Hikaru in such a passive position!} Qd8 23. Qb3 h5 24. Rbd1 Bxd5 25. cxd5 h4 {Nakamura tries to complicate matters, but Mamedyarov doesn't fall for this.} 26. d6 $1 (26. g4 $6 {I think many masters would try to avoid complications by pushing the pawn forward - however} Qd6 $1 {emphasizes the weaknesses left by g4. Now Nc4 is not an option, and the pawn is at least temporarily blockaded.}) 26... hxg3+ 27. Qxg3 {The intruder must be taken} Nh5 28. Qg4 f5 29. Qf3 Qh4 30. d7 Red8 (30... Re6 $5 {is an unnatural suggestion by the computer. d8 is still defended, and in some ways many threats have been parried, and it's up to white to make progress. The computer suggests the insane Nxg6, which leads to a bunch of complex variations not easily seen by a human.}) 31. Rf1 Kh7 32. Qe3 Qe7 33. Qc5 Qxc5 (33... Bf6 {was maybe a bit more resilient, but Black's position is obviously bad.}) 34. bxc5 Ne6 35. Ba3 Nhxf4 36. Nf7 Rf8 (36... Nxg2 37. Nxd8 Rxd8 38. Kxg2 Nd4 39. Rd3 Rxd7 40. Bb2 $18 { wins easily for White since the knight cannot be rescued.}) 37. Rxf4 $1 { Without this tactic, White would have had very little. The knight is stuck defending d8, so the overload works.} Rxf7 38. Rh4+ Kg8 39. Bd5 {The coup de grace. The rest is very easy. A very powerful game by the Azeri. Hikaru has just not been allowed to create play and complications in this tournament, and this has cost him a bunch of points. However he is known to rebound furiously, so watch out for him going for the throat in the next few games!} Nd8 40. Re1 Bf6 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. Rhh8 Be5+ 43. Rxe5 1-0
Video stream of the whole game
Daniel King analyses the game Mamedyarov - Nakamura
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 | - |
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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