11/4/2014 – Andreikin started off the Grand Prix series on the wrong foot, but his impressive result in Tashkent puts him now on the leaderboard. However, even this victory is not enough to place the Russian player in the sweet top two qualifying spots - those are currently being held by Caruana and Nakamura. We bring you the closing ceremony report and the new Grand Prix Standings.
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The second stage of the 2014-2015 FIDE Grand Prix took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The tournament ran from October 20th to November 3rd, 2014. Some of the strongest players in the world competed 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.
Closing Ceremony
When all was said and done, Andreikin, Nakamura and Mamedyarov were the big winners from Tashkent. Andreikin takes home the 20.000 Euros and 170 Grand Prix points.
A young fan takes the opportunity to get a once-in-a-lifetime autograph
Press officer Anastasiya Karlovich and FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
Nakamura tied for second. In the Grand Prix money and GP Points are split with the people that are in a tie.
Mamedyarov was the other player tied for second, Nakamura counts how many GP points he has now
Andreikin showed solid chess and punished his opponent's for their mistakes; that was his key to success this time around
The podium: Nakamura, Mamedyarov, Andreikin
What can you do?! Gelfand went from first in Baku to last in Tashkent
As usual the GP closes with a nice dinner for the players, the organization and the accompaning people
Karlovich, Jobava and Kasimdzhanov posing for a picture. MVL is too busy for that.
Grand Prix Standings
Of course this tournament brings big changes to the standings of the Grand Prix series. With neither Caruana nor Gelfand having a great tournament, the GP series certainly opens up to several other people. Here are the standings:
We are half way through the series already since it was shortened to only four tournaments this time around. Caruana's performance in Tashkent wasn't spectacular but certainly not dismal. His 75 points are good enough to put him still at the top, 23 points ahead of Nakamura. Andreikin's fantastic Tashkent helps a lot, but unfortunately for him his performance in Baku was far from good, same with Mamedyarov.
Both Nakamura and Caruana will skip Tbilisi and instead will play in the final tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk, this means that the players that qualify from the GP will not be set in the Georgian capital.
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.
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