Tashkent R4: Caruana, Svidler, Wang Hao win
11/25/2012 – An exciting round with exciting games. The top seed Fabiano Caruana won his second game in a row, Peter Svidler defeated the former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov, and Wang Hao wrestled the full point from the out-of-form US GM Gata Kamsky. Morozevich still leads with 3.0/4, followed by four players with half a point less. Full illustrated report with GM commentary.
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 four report
Round 4 on Sunday
25.11.2012 at 14:00 |
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| Kamsky Gata | 2762 |
0-1 |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | ½-½ |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
| Leko Peter | 2732 | ½-½ |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
| Svidler Peter | 2747 | 1-0 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
| Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | ½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
| Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | 1-0 |
Gelfand Boris | 2751 |
GM commentary by Romain Edouard
Fabiano Caruana and Boris Gelfand at the start of their round four game
[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"] [Site "Tashkent"] [Date "2012.11.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "Romain Edouard"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [EventCountry "UZB"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 (5... a6 {is known to be the main move.}) 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 $146 (9... Nc6 {is played usually.}) 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. f4 Na5 $6 12. Bd5 $1 {White's only problem in this kind of positions is that the bishop on b3 only has no clear mission. So exchanging the light squared bishops simply gives White a small edge, if Black is not able to create immediate counterplay on the c2-pawn, which is the case.} Be7 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. Nf3 $14 Qb6 15. Qe2 Na5 $6 ({After} 15... O-O { White is better but at least Black will be able to play ...Bc5 and ...a5, ... b4.}) 16. Qf2 Bc5 17. a3 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Rf1 Bc5 20. f5 {Now Black is in huge trouble already.} f6 21. fxe6 dxe6 22. b4 $1 Bxb4 23. Rb1 Qc5 24. Nxd4 e5 25. Ne6 ({The amazing move} 25. Be3 $5 exd4 26. Bxd4 {followed by e5 looks crushing, according to chess engines! But of course the text moves is also very strong and much simpler.}) 25... Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Kf7 (26... Rb8 27. Bd2 $16 ) 27. Rxb4 Kxe6 28. Rb6+ Kd7 $8 29. Bd2 {The knight only did wrong things on a5, it seems!} Nc6 30. Rb7+ Ke6 31. Rxg7 a5 32. Ra1 Rhb8 33. Ra2 h5 34. Rc7 Rc8 35. Rb7 Rcb8 36. Rh7 Rh8 37. Rxh8 Rxh8 38. Rb2 Ra8 39. c3 Rb8 40. Rxb8 Nxb8 41. Bc1 Nd7 42. Ba3 f5 43. exf5+ Kxf5 44. c4 e4 45. Ke3 exd3 46. Kxd3 Ne5+ 47. Kd4 Ke6 48. c5 (48. Kc5 {(or 48.h3!?) first looked more technical to me, but actually the text-move looks very strong as well.}) 48... Nc6+ 49. Kc4 Ne5+ 50. Kd4 (50. Kb5 $2 Kd5 $11) 50... Nc6+ 51. Ke4 Ne5 52. Bb2 $2 (52. Kf4 Nc4 53. Bc1 Kd5 54. Kg5 {looks easily winning.}) 52... Nc4 53. Bc3 a4 {Now the position may be a draw already. Probably the next move by Caruana is the best practical chance.} 54. h4 (54. Kd4 Na3 $1 55. Ba5 Kd7 56. Kd5 Nc2 57. c6+ Ke7 58. Kc4 a3 59. Kb3 Nd4+ 60. Kxa3 Nxc6 {with a draw.}) 54... a3 55. c6 a2 56. Kf4 Nd6 $4 { Not sure it was easy, from the black side, to realize the position "could" be a draw without putting all hopes on promoting the a-pawn.} (56... Kd6 57. g4 hxg4 58. h5 g3 $1 {(very nice move!)} 59. Kxg3 Ne3 {looks like a draw: actually Black gets the knight on h6 which is a typical draw since the white bishop and the pawn on a2 change absolutely nothing (the knight will be turning around h6/g8/e7/f5 which doesn't belong to the squared the white bishop controls).} 60. Kf4 $4 Nd5+ $19) 57. Ba1 $18 Kd5 58. c7 Kc6 59. Kg5 1-0
Any complaints? Wang Hao checks out the game Caruana vs Gelfand
Two wins in a row: Fabiano Caruana appears to be on fire
GM commentary by Romain Edouard
Chinese GM Wang Hao during his round four game against Gata Kamsky,
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[Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"] [Site "Tashkent"] [Date "2012.11.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2747"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "Romain Edouard"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [EventCountry "UZB"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Bg5 Nd4 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 Re8 $5 {Fressinet's novetly at the Istanbul Olympiad.} (10... h6 {was played by Aronian.}) 11. f3 h6 12. Bf4 $5 $146 (12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 d5 14. O-O-O c6 {was equal in Bruzon Batista,L (2711) -Fressinet,L (2714) TUR 2012 (draw).}) 12... d5 13. O-O-O d4 14. Kb1 Be6 $6 ( 14... Qe7 $5 {seems to be a better move.}) 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. g4 Rad8 17. h4 c6 18. Na3 Bc7 19. Nc4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qc5 21. g5 (21. Rg1 $1 {was probably much stronger.}) 21... Nh5 22. Qh2 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 (23. bxc4 $5) 23... b5 24. Bd3 Qe5 25. Rdg1 Qxh2 26. Rxh2 g6 27. Rg4 {Now Black is not too far from equality, though White will go f4 and put some pressure.} Ng7 $6 (27... Kg7 $142) 28. gxh6 Nh5 29. f4 Kh7 30. e5 Kxh6 31. b4 Kg7 32. Rf2 Kf8 33. f5 $16 gxf5 34. Rg5 $1 Ng7 35. h5 Re6 (35... f4 36. h6 Ne6 37. Rg1 Ke7 38. h7 Rh8 39. Kc1 $16) 36. Rfg2 Ne8 37. Rxf5 Rd7 $2 {The position looks lost anyway.} (37... Rh6 38. Rgf2 Rd7 39. R5f3 Rxh5 40. e6 Re7 41. Rxf7+ Rxf7 42. Rxf7+ Kg8 43. Rxa7 Rh6 44. Bf5 $18) 38. Rf1 $18 Rh6 39. e6 Re7 40. exf7 Nf6 41. Rg6 Rxg6 42. hxg6 Nh5 43. Rh1 Re5 44. Be2 1-0
Kasimdzhanov-Karjakin: Sergey Karjakin decided to surprise his opponent already on the second move. Queens Gambit Accepted didn’t appear in his practice for the last four years. Rustam Kasimdzhanov (above) was not in a mood to go for the principle but sharp lines against the seemingly well prepared opponent, so he chose one of the quietest continuations. White didn’t get anything out of the opening, so a draw seemed to be logical outcome of the game.
Both players (Kasimdzhanov and Karjakin, above) are following the women's world championship in Khanty Mansiysk. “Women don’t play so bad!” said Sergey Karjakin. When he learnt that Anna Ushenina is going to play in the final he said he is going to root for her because they played for the same team. Rustam Kasimdzhanov is hoping that Antoaneta Stefanova would be the winner, not only because she is his good friend, but because both of them became world champions at the same year in 2004. “If she wins the championship I will take it as a good omen”, said Rustam.
Leko-Dominguez: Once again Black’s second move came as a big surprise. Peter Leko expected the Grünfeld but Leiner Dominguez changed to the Nimzo. Peter explained that he used to play this as Black, so he spent some time trying to choose which line to play and finally went for 4.Qc2, as this move has never been played in his games with White. Right in the opening the position became very sharp, both opponents played quite precisely and ended up in an endgame where White kept on hoping to get an advantage. Leiner Dominguez found exact moves and game finished in a draw.
Morozevich-Mamedyarov: Despite the opening choice (Exchanged Slav) the game was sharp and complex. Shakh was happy with his position after 13…Bd6 but underestimated 14.Rb3. The following forced line led to a position where Black had four pawns for the knight, but superb coordination of white pieces gave Morozevich better chances. At the same time the position was so unbalanced that both players were not entirely sure where to look for improvements, even after the game had finished. Perhaps, 39.Ne7 Kh8 40.Qd6 would offer White better chances to win the game.
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Standings after four rounds
Photos by Anastasiya Karlovich
Schedule and results
| 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 | 0-1 |
Wang Hao | 2737 |
| Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2696 | ½-½ |
Karjakin Sergey | 2775 |
| Leko Peter | 2732 | ½-½ |
Dominguez Perez Leinier | 2726 |
| Svidler Peter | 2747 | 1-0 |
Ponomariov Ruslan | 2741 |
| Morozevich Alexander | 2748 | ½-½ |
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | 2764 |
| Caruana Fabiano | 2786 | 1-0 |
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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