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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 3 on Saturday
24.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | 1-0 |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | ½-½ |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | 1-0 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | ½-½ |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | ½-½ |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | ½-½ |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
The playing hall at the start of the round
Caruana-Kamsky: Caruana managed to get a complex position with a huge space advantage. However it wasn't absolutely clear if he would be able to break through. Fabiano noted he was surprised by Kamsky's quite passive defense. In his opinion American player should have tried to organize counterplay with either e5 or f5. 23...h6 and 24…g5 created additional weaknesses in Black's position and later on White managed to convert his advantage into a full point.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 {I don't want to give a
dubious mark on such a early move, especially since it is Kamsky's style to
go
for unexplored positions, but of course 5...b5, 5...e6 or 5...Bf5 are known
to
be better moves.} 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 b5 (8... Nbd7 $5 {was played
by
Anand while}) (8... dxc4 $5 {was played by Kamsky himself some years ago.})
9.
b3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. c5 Ne8 $146 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 {and now
the
situation is clear: if Black cannot go ...e5, White is better and Black didn't
get what he wanted.} Ne6 (14... e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxb5 Bxb2
18. Nxc7 Bxa1 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. Rxa1 axb4 21. Qb2 $16) 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. f4
{Now
White has a free and strong long-term attack on the kingside.} axb4 17. axb4
Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Nf3 Bb7 21. g4 Bc8 22. Bc1 Nf6 23. Qa2
h6
24. Ne5 g5 $6 25. Bf5 Nd8 26. Bd3 (26. Qa5 $5 Qxa5 27. bxa5 {followed by
Na2-Nb4 gives White a huge advantage, but is simply unnecessary here.}) 26...
gxf4 27. exf4 Nd7 28. Nf3 Ne6 29. Ne2 Qb7 30. Be3 Qa6 31. Qb2 Nef8 32. Ng3
e6
33. Nh5 {White has a crushing attack.} Bh8 34. f5 Nf6 35. Bxh6 Ne4 36. f6
Nxf6
37. Ne5 (37. Qd2 $5 $18) 37... Ne4 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Qf2 Bxe5 40. dxe5 Qa1+
41.
Kg2 f5 42. exf6 Kf7 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Qd2 Kf7 45. Qd8 Qb2+ 46. Kg3 Qc3+ 47.
Kh4
Qe1+ 48. Ng3 1-0
Top seed Fabiano Caruana with a win, loss and draw so far
Karjakin-Wang Hao: The French Defence was played in the longest game of the third round. Sergey Karjakin got a slight advantage after the opening and started to increase his initiative. 19. Nc6 turned to be a big mistake, as Black immediately solved his problems and equalized the chances after 19…Bc6 20.Bc6 Nd5. As Sergey admitted at the press-conference he missed 32.Rf2 and had to defend a very unpleasant endgame with a pawn down.
Mamedyarov-Svidler: A rarely seen line in Gruenfeld (e3) was played in this game and, as Mamedyarov pointed out during the press conference, 6…e6 was not the best decision made by Peter. Afterwards Peter Svidler missed a chance to sacrifice a queen after 18...Nxd7 19. Nxd7 Rc3 20. Rxd8 Rxd8. There were good chances to hold for a draw if he chose this line, but instead he surprisingly gave an exchange.
The game was rather one-sided and Shakh managed to convert his advantage
in a very convincing way
Press officer Anastasiya Karlovich analyses with Ruslan Ponomariov and Peter
Leko
Ponomariov-Leko: Ruslan Ponomariov was surprised by Peter Leko’s choice in the opening, as he didn’t expect the Najdorf today. As a result the Ukrainian GM tried to avoid the main variations and chose the line with h3. During the press conference the former FIDE world champion pointed out he was not able to get any advantage from the white pieces and let his opponent get quite comfortable play. Peter Leko confessed he still hadn’t recovered after yesterday’s game. Even though the position was playable, Hungarian Grandmaster preferred to make a relatively quick draw after three-time repetition in order to get some rest.
Gelfand-Morozevich: For the first time Alexander Morozevich (above left) came to the press conference with his opponent. It was a tough battle with many variations left behind the curtain. The players stepped onto unknown ground relatively quickly, leaving the main theoretical lines aside. Already 10...Qd7 appeared to be a novelty. Both players agreed during the press conference that 15.Qb2 was a bit of a soft move and White should have tried 15.e4 Qe4 16.f4. There was no a clear way for Black to equalize after 18.Bd4 as well. Boris confessed he had missed Black's strong idea 19.Bc8 followed by 20.Ra7, exchanging White's active rook. It became clear for Boris Gelfand that White had lost his chances for advantage. Israeli player went for series of exchanges and kept the balance in the game.
Anastasiya Karlovich with Rustam Kasimzdhanov and Leiner Dominguez
Dominguez-Kasimdzhanov: Leiner Dominguez spent a lot of time in the opening trying to find any advantage. It seemed Rustam Kasimzdhanov was equipped better than his opponent and didn’t face much trouble in the opening. During the press conference Rustam admitted he was surprised by 20.Qd8, as the endgame turned to be slightly better for Black. He continued to play actively, managed to win a pawn and got promising chances in the knight endgame. However, Leiner Diminguez defended courageously and game finished in a draw.
Game summaries by the official site, 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 | 1-0 |
Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 | ½-½ |
Morozevich Alexander | 2748 |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 | 1-0 |
Svidler Peter | 2747 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 | ½-½ |
Leko Peter | 2732 |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 | ½-½ |
Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 | ½-½ |
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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