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The second stage of the 2012-2013 FIDE Grand Prix Series is taking place from November 21 to December 5th in the Gallery of Fine Art in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The games start at 14:00h local time (= 10:00h CET, 13:00h Moscow, 04:00 a.m. New York). The tournament has a prize fund of 240,000 Euros.
Round 2 on Friday,
23.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Kamsky Gata | 2762 | ½-½ |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Wang Hao | 2737 | ½-½ |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | ½-½ |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
Leko Peter | 2732 | ½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 | ½-½ |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | 1-0 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 |
Although the second round of the Tashkent Grand Prix had more than its fair share of draws, they weren't without a struggle. While some of the draws were fairly dry, others did teeter on the edge of victory without actually achieving it.
Of those, perhaps the closest of the non-winners was Peter Svidler (above) against Boris Gelfand when he penetrated to the seventh with his rook with a nasty advantage, only to withdraw it for unclear reasons, and thus the pressure.
Israeli GM Boris Gelfand
Alexander Morozevich (above left) delighted his fans by outplaying Fabiano Caruana in an endgame resulting from a Ruy Lopez Berlin, though not the usual mainline. As our GM commentator points out, in spite of his excellent play, White was unable to force a winning position without a fatal mistake. That said, it is very much the nature of Morozevich’s play, to keep the pressure at the maximum until even the hardiest opponent buckles.
With this win, Moro takes the early sole lead.
Leko-Mamedyarov: The Super-GM from Baku revealed at the press conference that his alarm rang 16 times (at 15 minute intervals), before he managed to wake up. It was already too late to prepare for the main lines, he said, so he went for rather unusual 3…c6. As a result Shakh killed the preparation of Peter Leko, who had spent a lot of time checking variations against the Caro-Kann. He spent too much time calculating all lines and ended up with seven seconds for five moves before the time control.
Even Moro seems impressed by Peter Leko's performance
"I remembered the game by Anatoly Karpov in Linares," Peter said, "where he had had only seven seconds for seven moves in a very complicated position but managed to make the best moves. And when time trouble had passed he spent another 53 minutes calculating the pawn ending and managed to draw." Peter followed the example and after the first time trouble, despite Black’s extra pawn White had enough compensation and and held the game. Shahriyar was full of admiration and said there were only very few GMs in the world who were capable of finding the best moves in so little time.
Wang Hao-Dominguez: As Wang Hao pointed out during the press conference his preparation finished after 8…c6, a move he had missed during his home preparation. The position became quite sharp but both opponents played creatively and it’s not easy to suggest any improvements for both sides.
Perhaps, the best chance for White was to take b4 pawn on move 29th hoping to convert the game into the endgame with extra pawn (four against three on the kingside). Later on the b4 pawn was advanced and became the real danger, so the Chinese player finished the game with perpetual check.
Kasimdzhanov-Ponomariov: Rustam Kasimdzhanov was not ready for a discussion in the Breyer Variation, which could have happened in the game, so he chose this line in order to avoid some possible variations.
Rustam feared that Black had to face some problems in the middle game, but it didn’t really happened as massive exchanges followed and the was converted into a drawish ending.
Ruslan Ponomarion proposed 15. Ra5 instead of Ra7, which could give more promising chances for White.
All photos by Anastasiya Karlovich
Round 1 on Thursday
22.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | 1-0 |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | ½-½ |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | ½-½ |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | ½-½ |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | ½-½ |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | 0-1 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Round 2 on Friday,
23.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Kamsky Gata | 2762 | ½-½ |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Wang Hao | 2737 | ½-½ |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | ½-½ |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
Leko Peter | 2732 | ½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 | ½-½ |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | 1-0 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 |
Round 3 on Saturday
24.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | - |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | - |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | - |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | - |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | - |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Round 4 on Sunday
25.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Kamsky Gata | 2762 | - |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | - |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Leko Peter | 2732 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 | - |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | - |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | - |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 |
Round 5 on Tuesday
27.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Gelfand Boris | 2751 | - |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | - |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | - |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | - |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | - |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Wang Hao | 2737 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Round 6 on Wednesday
28.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Kamsky Gata | 2762 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Leko Peter | 2732 | - |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 | - |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | - |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | - |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Round 7 on Thursday
29.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | - |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | - |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | - |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | - |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
Wang Hao | 2737 | - |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | - |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Round 8 on Friday
30.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Kamsky Gata | 2762 | - |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | - |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | - |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | - |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
Round 9 on Sunday
2.12.2012 at 14:00 |
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Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | - |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | - |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | - |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 |
Wang Hao | 2737 | - |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | - |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
Leko Peter | 2732 | - |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Round 10 on Monday
3.12.2012 at 14:00 |
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Kamsky Gata | 2762 | - |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | - |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | - |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | - |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | - |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | - |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
Round 11 on Tuesday 4.12.2012 at 12:00 |
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Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | - |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | - |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
Wang Hao | 2737 | - |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | - |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 |
Leko Peter | 2732 | - |
Caruana Fabiano | 2786 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 | - |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
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