The second stage of the 2014-2015 FIDE Grand Prix is taking place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The tournament will run from October 20th to November 3rd, 2014. Some of the strongest players in the world will compete in a Round Robin event. The winner and runner-up of the Grand Prix series will earn their spot at the 2016 Candidate's Tournament.
Round Nine
Round 09 – October 31 2014, 15:00h |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
0-1
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
½-½
|
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
0-1
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
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Kasimdzhanov, Rustam ½-½ Gelfand, Boris
The players repeated a game from six years ago between Ivanchuk and Gelfand. Kasimdzhanov came up with an interesting an idea, but it was not enough as Gelfand was well prepared.
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Bb3 b5 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 0-0 11.Bh6 Ne8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.f4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.f5 Kh8 16.f6 gxh6 17.fxe7 Qxe7 18.Qf2 Ng7 19.Qb6 19.Qd4 19...Rfc8 20.Rf2 20.a3 20...a5 21.a4 bxa4 22.Bxa4 Rab8! 23.Qxa5 Bxa4 24.Nxa4 Qb7 25.Re2 Rc6 26.b3 f5 27.e5 d5 28.Rf1 h5 29.Rff2 h4 30.Qd2 Qe7 31.Qh6 Kg8 32.h3 Rb4 33.Nb2 Re4 34.Nd3 Qc7 35.Qg5 Rxe2 36.Rxe2 Rxc2 37.Rxc2 Qxc2 38.Ne1 Qxb3 39.Qd8+ Kf7 40.Nf3?! 40.Qf6+= 40...Qe3+ 41.Kf1 h6 42.Qxh4 Kg6 43.Qf6+ Kh7 44.Qd8 Qa7 45.Qh4 Qd7 46.Kg1 Qe8 47.Kh2 Nh5 48.Qb4 Qg6 49.Qe7+ Qg7 50.Qh4 Qf7 51.Nd4 Qg6 52.Qe7+ Ng7 53.g3 Qg5 54.Qxg5 hxg5 55.g4 fxg4 ½–½
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Kasimdzhanov,R | 2706 | Gelfand,B | 2748 | ½–½ | 2014 | B90 | Tashkent FIDE GP | 9 |
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A lot of theory led to an interesting game this time around
Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ Caruana, Fabiano
Radjabov plays nothing but Berlins, whether he plays black or white seems irrelevant. Caruana's slight deviation still gave him a typical Berlin position and the game was eventually drawn.
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Bb4 12.Ne4 12.Ne2 Be6 13.Rfd1 Bd5 12...Be6 13.c3 Be7 14.Rfe1 Rd8 15.Neg5 Bxg5 16.Nxg5 Ke7 17.Ne4 Rd5 18.Rad1 b6 19.b3 h4 20.c4 Rd4 21.g4 21.Bg5+ Kd7 22.Rxd4+ Nxd4 23.Rd1 c5 24.Be3 Kc6 25.Bxd4 Rd8= 21...hxg3 22.fxg3 c5 23.h4 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Nd4 25.Kf2 Bf5 26.Nc3 Ke6 27.Rd2 Rc8 28.Ne2 Nc6 29.Bg5 Bg4 30.Nf4+ Kxe5 31.Nd5 Ke4 32.Bf4 Ne5 33.Nc3+ Kf5 34.Nd5 Ke4 35.Nc3+ Kf5 36.Nd5 ½–½
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Radjabov,T | 2726 | Caruana,F | 2844 | ½–½ | 2014 | C67 | Tashkent FIDE GP | 9 |
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We exaggerate, Radjabov has only played three Berlins this tournament
Karjakin, Sergey ½-½ Nakamura, Hikaru
Complexity galore. With a difficult to understand situation stemming from the King's Indian Defense both sides seemed to be engaged in some sort of attrition war. Neither side could really push forward with their plans to breakthrough on the opposite castled positions and a repetition early on sealed the draw.
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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 Na6 9.Be3 f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Ng5 Qe8 12.Be2 Nf6 13.Qd2 Qg6 14.0-0-0 Bd7 15.h4 Ng4 16.h5 Qe8 17.Bxg4 fxg4 18.Qe2 18.a3 18...h6 19.Nge4 Qf7 20.a3 Bf5 21.Rh4 Qd7 22.Qd2 Kh7 23.Qc2 Kh8 24.Qd2 Kh7 25.Qc2 Kh8 26.Qd2 ½–½
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Karjakin,S | 2767 | Nakamura,H | 2764 | ½–½ | 2014 | E90 | Tashkent FIDE GP | 9 |
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Nakamura has never been one to shy away from complications
Jakovenko, Dmitry 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
Jakovenko seemed to be solidly outplaying Mamedyarov and he definitely had the advantage out of the opening. However a bad miscalculation landed him in a lost endgame instead of a won one and Mamedyarov took a full point.
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1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 2.d3 2...Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.b4 d6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Bb2 e5 7.dxe5 Nfd7 8.Bg2 dxe5 8...Nc6 9.0-0 Qe7 10.e4 0-0 11.b5 Nc5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Nd5 Qd6 14.Ng5 Nbd7 15.Ba3 15.Nxe6 Nxe6 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Ne3 f4 18.Qxd6 cxd6 19.Bd5 15...Bf7 16.Qc2 c6 17.Nb4 a5 18.Rad1 Qf6 19.Nd3 Qxg5 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.Bxc5 Rfd8 22.Bb6 Rdc8 23.exf5 Qxf5 24.Be4 Qe6 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.c5? 26.Rc1 26...Qxa2 27.Qxa2 Bxa2 28.Rd6 Bc4 29.Rb1 29.Ra1 Bb5 30.Rxa5 Rxa5 31.Bxa5 Bf8 29...a4! 29...Bb5? 30.Rxb5 cxb5 31.Bxa8 Rxa8 32.c6 30.Rxc6 a3 31.Rxc8+ Rxc8 32.c6 a2 33.Ra1 Bf8 34.c7 Bd6 35.Bb7 Bxc7 36.Bxc8 Bxb6 36...Bxb6 37.Ba6 Bf7 37...Bxa6 38.Rxa2 0–1
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Jakovenko,D | 2747 | Mamedyarov,S | 2764 | 0–1 | 2014 | A04 | Tashkent FIDE GP | 9 |
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What can you do? Mistakes happen
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ Giri, Anish
Giri came up with a surprisingly ambitious approach to this normally quiet variation of the Spanish. MVL did not bite, and the resulting position was equal. After a few tactics the game entered an endgame that didn't promise much for either side.
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d5 6.Nbd2 6.Nxe5 0-0 7.Bxc6 bxc6 6...dxe4 7.dxe4 0-0 8.Qe2 a5 9.0-0 Qe7 10.Nh4 Bg4 11.Ndf3 Nh5 12.Qc4 Na7 13.Bg5 Qd6 14.Nf5 14.Rad1 Bxf2+! 15.Kxf2?! 15.Kh1 Qc5= 15...Qb6+ 14...Bxf5 15.exf5 h6 16.Rad1 Qb6 16...Bxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Qb6+ 18.Be3 Qxb5 19.Qxb5 Nxb5 20.Nxe5= 17.Rd5 c6 18.Qxc5 Qxb5 19.Qxf8+! 19.Qxb5 Nxb5 19...Rxf8 20.Rxb5 cxb5 21.Be3 Nc6 22.Rd1 Nf6 23.h3 Rc8 24.g4 Kf8 25.Bc5+ Kg8 26.Be3 Kf8 27.Kf1 Ke8 28.Ke2 Rc7 29.Bc5 Ne4 30.Rd5 Nf6 31.Rd1 Ne4 32.Rd5 Nf6 ½–½
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Vachier Lagrave,M | 2757 | Giri,A | 2768 | ½–½ | 2014 | C65 | Tashkent FIDE GP | 9 |
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MVL pondering upon Giri's intrepid early d5
Jobava, Baadur 0-1 Andreikin, Dmitry
Jobava's opening experiments sometimes lead to fascinating positions. Sometimes they backfire horribly.
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1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Bf5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 Bxf4 9.exf4 h5 10.gxh5 10.f5!? hxg4 11.fxe6 gxf3 12.exd7+ 12.exf7+ Kxf7 13.Nxd5 12...Qxd7 13.0-0-0 10...Rxh5 11.Rg1 Qf6 12.Ne5 c6 13.Na4? Qxf4 14.Nf3 e5 15.Rxg7 0-0-0-+ 16.Qe3 Qf6 17.Rg3 exd4 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Nxd4 Rxh2 20.Nf3 Rh1+ 21.Rg1 Rxg1+ 22.Nxg1 d4 23.b3 Ngf6 24.Nf3 c5 25.Nb2 Kc7 26.a4 Re8+ 27.Kf1 Ne4 28.Nd3 b6 29.a5 Kb7 30.b4 Nc3 31.axb6 axb6 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.Nd2 Re2 34.Nb3 Kb6 35.Ra8 Rxc2 36.Ndxc5 Nxc5 37.Nxd4 Rc1+ 38.Kg2 Nd5 39.Rf8 Ne6 0–1
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Jobava,B | 2717 | Andreikin,D | 2722 | 0–1 | 2014 | D00 | Tashkent FIDE GP | 9 |
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Jobava still seems to be in high spirits

Jobava wasn't happy about his Na4, but it probably was already a bad position
Photos by Yulia Manakova from the official website
Standings

Round Nine Games

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Schedule
Round 01 – October 21 2014, 15:00h |
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
0-1
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
1-0
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
0-1
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
½-½
|
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
½-½
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
Round 02 –October 22 2014, 15:00h |
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
½-½
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
½-½
|
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
1-0
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
Round 03 – October 23 2014, 15:00h |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
1-0
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
½-½
|
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
½-½
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
0-1
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
½-½
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
1-0
|
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
Round 04 – October 24 2014, 15:00h |
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
½-½
|
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
½-½
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
½-½
|
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
½-½
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
Round 05 – October 26 2014, 15:00h |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
1-0
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
½-½
|
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
½-½
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
0-1
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
1-0
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
Round 06 – October 27 2014, 15:00h |
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
½-½
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
½-½
|
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
1-0
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
½-½
|
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
1-0
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
Round 07 – October 28 2014, 15:00h |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
1-0
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
½-½
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
1-0
|
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
½-½
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
½-½
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
Round 08 – October 29 2014, 15:00h |
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
0-1
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
½-½
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
½-½
|
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
½-½
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
½-½
|
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
½-½
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
Round 09 – October 31 2014, 15:00h |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
½-½
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
½-½
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
0-1
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
½-½
|
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
0-1
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Round 10 – November 01, 2014, 15:00h |
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
|
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
Giri, Anish |
2768 |
|
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
|
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
|
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
|
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
|
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
Round 11 – November 02, 2014, 13:00h |
Radjabov, Teimour |
2726 |
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2748 |
Karjakin, Sergey |
2767 |
|
Kasimdzhanov, Rustam |
2706 |
Jakovenko, Dmitry |
2747 |
|
Caruana, Fabiano |
2844 |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime |
2757 |
|
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2764 |
Jobava, Baadur |
2717 |
|
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
2764 |
Andreikin, Dmitry |
2722 |
|
Giri, Anish |
2768 |