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The sixth and final Grand Prix of the system is taking place at the Chapelle de la Villedieu, founded in 1180 by soldier-monks of the Order of the Temple. The p laying site is considerably west of Paris. The tournament will determine the last qualifiers for the Candidates tournament for the next World Chess Championship cycle. This leg of the series is being played under classical time controls: Time control: 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, and then each player gets 15 minutes and an increment of 30 seconds per move after the second time control). No draws offers: Sofia rules!
Round 11 – October 04, 14:00h | ||||
Gelfand, Boris | 2764 |
½-½
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Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2756 |
Giri, Anish | 2737 |
½-½
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Nakamura, Hikaru | 2772 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2703 |
½-½
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Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2731 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2757 |
½-½
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Caruana, Fabiano | 2779 |
Bacrot, Etienne | 2723 |
½-½
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Grischuk, Alexander | 2785 |
Wang Hao | 2736 |
½-½
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Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 |
With these results the biggest winner from Paris is... Mamedyarov! Since neither Caruana nor Grischuk catch him it is the Azerbaijani that qualifies to the next Candidate's tournament by virtue of his Grand Prix standing:
Name |
London
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Tashkent
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Zug/Swiz.
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Thessaloniki
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Beijing
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Paris |
Points
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Topalov |
140
|
170
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45
|
100
|
410
|
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Mamedyarov |
140
|
80
|
20
|
170
|
390
|
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Grischuk |
90
|
85
|
140
|
65
|
295
|
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Caruana |
80
|
100
|
125
|
140
|
365
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Caruna would have won 170 points if he had won clean first place in the tournament, but got only 140 since he tied for first. This was of course the difference in surpassing Mamedyarov or not, as it is the top two spots that qualify for the Candidate's (Topalov was already qualified before Paris as his excellent results meant he couldn't be surpassed).
Had Ponomariov lost, Caruana would've gotten second in the Grand Prix, but the Ukrainian had no problem holding Gelfand to a draw
Gelfand, Boris ½-½ Ponomariov, Ruslan
Ponomariov obtained a good position from the Dutch defense but Gelfand still held some positional pluses. The players agreed to do a three fold repetition as early as move 23 in a position where either side could have easily played on.
Bacrot, Etienne ½-½ Grischuk, Alexander
A totally unnecessary repetition starting on move 13 allowed these players to bypass Sophia rules and the game was drawn.
Tomashevsky, Evgeny ½-½ Ivanchuk, Vassily
Tomashevsky avoided the ...a6 Slav by playing without Nc3, a common way of dealing with this set-up as it has been proven that the knight doesn't necessarily want to be in that square too quickly in those kinds of systems. He was able to win a pawn with a long but well calculated combination but surprisingly his advantage was not so strong as his extra pawn was very difficult to convert in a queen endgame. To Tomashevsky's credit he tried very hard but it was simply impossible to win with his weak king position that ultimately allowed Ivanchuk to force a perpetual.
Wang Hao was the player that came closest to winning today, but he spoiled his chances before hitting move 40
Wang Hao ½-½ Fressinet, Laurent
The Chinese player obtained a certain amount of pressure against the queenside with his double rooks on the c-file but Black's strong bishop on b6 held the position easily. Fressinet tried to make the position more exciting by playing 26...e4!? which sacrificed a pawn but the compensation was somewhat questionable. Wang Hao's pair of bishops and extra pawn gave him good chances to win but in time pressure he threw his advantage away and Fressinet was able to salvage a drawn.
Fressinet had a close call as his strange pawn push left him in a nearly lost position
Grandmaster Romain Edouard brings us annotations of today's games:
Dominguez Perez, Leinier ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano
[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Paris 2013"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2013.10.04"] [Round "11"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Romain Edouard"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventCountry "FRA"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bb7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Rd2 (13. Kb1 {looks more natural, but since it's already been played successfully in Almasi-Inarkiev (2013), most probably Caruana had something in mind.}) 13... Rc8 14. Bxb5 $5 $146 (14. Rg1 {was unclear in Saric-Khairullin 2013.}) 14... axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Na7 Qc7 (16... e5 $5 17. Qd3 (17. Qxe5 Qc7 $13) 17... Qe6 18. Nxc8 Bxc8 19. Kb1 O-O 20. Rhd1 Qh3 {seems unclear.}) 17. Nb5 (17. Nxc8 Bxc8 {is just unclear.}) 17... Qc6 ({After} 17... Qd8 {Caruana probably considered} 18. Qa7 {to be 'killing', but after} O-O 19. Qxb7 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 {Black has very decent compensations for the pawn, e.g.} 21. a4 Nf4 22. Kb1 Nd5 $1 $13 ) ({However} 17... Qb8 $6 18. Qxd7+ Kf8 19. Nd6 Rc7 20. Qa4 {is very dubious for Black.}) 18. Na7 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qc6 {What a weird decision! Caruana almost for sure had to win to qualify for Candidates. Of course both the ...e5 and ... Qd8 ideas were not putting White in any kind of trouble, but the position would remain playable.} 1/2-1/2
Giri, Anish ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru
[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Paris 2013"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "2013.10.04"] [Round "11"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Romain Edouard"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventCountry "FRA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5 (13... b6 $5 {has been played by Harikrishna.}) 14. Kf2 $5 $146 b6 15. f5 Kb7 16. c4 c5 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Nc3 g6 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 hxg4 $1 {A very nice defensive move.} (20... Rc8 21. g5 gxf5 22. Nb5 Bf7 23. Nbxc7 Nd4 24. Nxf8 Rhxf8 25. Nb5 $16) 21. Nxc7 Bh6 $1 22. Bxh6 (22. Bg3 $6 gxf5 $1 {is dubious for White will after}) (22. Bh2 $6 Be3+ $1 23. Kxe3 Rxh3+ {Black is also alright, especially since} 24. Ke4 {is met by} gxf5+ 25. Kxf5 Nd4+ $1 $15) 22... Kxc7 23. Bf4+ Kb7 24. hxg4 gxf5 25. g5 Rh4 $1 {White seemed to be better, but actually this move just draws by force.} 26. Ne2 Bh5 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Rxh1 Bxe2 29. Kxe2 Nd4+ 30. Kd3 (30. Kf2 Ne6 31. Kf3 Rg8 {is a draw: White cannot breakthrough.}) (30. Ke3 {seemed to me like the only chance, but is also a draw:} Re8+ 31. Kf2 Re2+ ( 31... Ne6 $2 32. Re1 $16) 32. Kf1 (32. Kg3 Re4 $11) 32... Re4 (32... Rxb2 $2 33. Rh7+ $16) 33. Rh4 (33. Rh7+ Ka6 34. Bb8 Nc6 35. Bd6 Rg4 $11) 33... Nf3 34. Rh7+ Kc8 $1 (34... Ka6 $2 35. Bb8 $16) 35. g6 (35. Bc1 Rg4 $11) 35... Rxf4 36. g7 Ne5+ $1 37. Kg2 Rg4+ 38. Kh3 Nxc4 $11) 30... Ne6 31. Rf1 Rd8+ 32. Kc3 Rg8 33. Be3 f4 34. Bxf4 Nxf4 35. Rxf4 Rxg5 36. Rf7+ Kb8 37. Rf8+ Kb7 38. Rf7+ Kb8 39. Rf8+ Kb7 1/2-1/2
Nakamura had a very good event and is now tied for fourth in the world in the live rating list with Caruana, both at 2789 (after rounding)
Romain EdouardBorn in 1990 in Poitiers, France, Romain won the French and European U16 Championships in 2006, came second in the U18 section in European and World Championships in 2007, and was co-champion of France in 2012. He has been a member of the French national team since 2009 (except in 2011). He won several international open tournaments: Bad Wiessee 2008, Zaragoza 2008, Echternach 2009, Andorra 2009, Hastings 2010, Echternach 2010, Clermont-Ferrand 2011, etc. as well as closed tournaments: Grand Prix de Bordeaux 2007, Antwerp 2011, Nancy 2012. |
The percentages really speak for themselves...
The FIDE press officer Alin l'Ami provided us with all the information and pictures necessary for the reports
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Schedule
Round 01 – September 22 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 |
½-½
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Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2756 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2785 |
½-½
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Wang Hao | 2736 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2779 |
½-½
|
Bacrot, Etienne | 2723 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2731 |
½-½
|
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2757 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2772 |
½-½
|
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2703 |
Gelfand, Boris | 2764 |
1-0
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Giri, Anish | 2737 |
Round 02 – September 23 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2756 |
½-½
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Giri, Anish | 2737 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2703 |
½-½
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Gelfand, Boris | 2764 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2757 |
½-½
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Nakamura, Hikaru | 2772 |
Bacrot, Etienne | 2723 |
½-½
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Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2731 |
Wang Hao | 2736 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano | 2779 |
Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 |
1-0
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Grischuk, Alexander | 2785 |
Round 03 – September 24 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Grischuk, Alexander | 2785 |
½-½
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Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2756 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2779 |
1-0
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Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2731 |
1-0
|
Wang Hao | 2736 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2772 |
1-0
|
Bacrot, Etienne | 2723 |
Gelfand, Boris | 2764 |
1-0
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Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2757 |
Giri, Anish | 2737 |
½-½
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Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2703 |
Round 04 – September 25 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2756 |
½-½
|
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2703 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2757 |
1-0
|
Giri, Anish | 2737 |
Bacrot, Etienne | 2723 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris | 2764 |
Wang Hao | 2736 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2772 |
Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 |
0-1
|
Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2731 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2785 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano | 2779 |
Round 05 – September 27 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Caruana, Fabiano | 2779 |
½-½
|
Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2756 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2731 |
0-1
|
Grischuk, Alexander | 2785 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2772 |
½-½
|
Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 |
Gelfand, Boris | 2764 |
½-½
|
Wang Hao | 2736 |
Giri, Anish | 2737 |
0-1
|
Bacrot, Etienne | 2723 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2703 |
½-½
|
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2757 |
Round 06 – September 28 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2756 |
½-½
|
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2757 |
Bacrot, Etienne | 2723 |
½-½
|
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2703 |
Wang Hao | 2736 |
½-½
|
Giri, Anish | 2737 |
Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris | 2764 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2785 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2772 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2779 |
1-0
|
Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2731 |
Round 07 – September 29 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2731 |
½-½
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Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2756 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2772 |
1-0
|
Caruana, Fabiano | 2779 |
Gelfand, Boris | 2764 |
1-0
|
Grischuk, Alexander | 2785 |
Giri, Anish | 2737 |
½-½
|
Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2703 |
½-½
|
Wang Hao | 2736 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2757 |
½-½
|
Bacrot, Etienne | 2723 |
Round 08 – September 30 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2756 |
0-1
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Bacrot, Etienne | 2723 |
Wang Hao | 2736 |
½-½
|
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2757 |
Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 |
½-½
|
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2703 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2785 |
1-0
|
Giri, Anish | 2737 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2779 |
1-0
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Gelfand, Boris | 2764 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2731 |
0-1
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Nakamura, Hikaru | 2772 |
Round 09 – October 02 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2772 | ½-½ | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2756 |
Gelfand, Boris | 2764 | ½-½ | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2731 |
Giri, Anish | 2737 | ½-½ | Caruana, Fabiano | 2779 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2703 | ½-½ | Grischuk, Alexander | 2785 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2757 | ½-½ | Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 |
Bacrot, Etienne | 2723 | ½-½ | Wang Hao | 2736 |
Round 10 – October 03, 14:00h | ||||
Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2756 |
½-½
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Wang Hao | 2736 |
Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 |
0-1
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Bacrot, Etienne | 2723 |
Grischuk, Alexander | 2785 |
½-½
|
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2757 |
Caruana, Fabiano | 2779 |
1-0
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Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2703 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2731 |
½-½
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Giri, Anish | 2737 |
Nakamura, Hikaru | 2772 |
0-1
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Gelfand, Boris | 2764 |
Round 11 – October 04, 14:00h | ||||
Gelfand, Boris | 2764 |
½-½
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Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2756 |
Giri, Anish | 2737 |
½-½
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Nakamura, Hikaru | 2772 |
Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 2703 |
½-½
|
Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2731 |
Dominguez Perez, Leinier | 2757 |
½-½
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Caruana, Fabiano | 2779 |
Bacrot, Etienne | 2723 |
½-½
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Grischuk, Alexander | 2785 |
Wang Hao | 2736 |
½-½
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Fressinet, Laurent | 2708 |
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