Tbilisi Rd3: Tomashevsky emerges leader

The third stage of the 2014-2015 FIDE Grand Prix is taking place in Tbilisi, Georgia. The tournament will run from February 14th to February 28, 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 Three

Commentators Tornike Sanikidze and Keti Tsatsalashvili

Svidler, Peter ½-½ Radjabov, Teimour
Lots of trades in a nearly equal variation of the Ragozin left nearly no winning chances for either side around move 20. The game finishes ten moves later with no significant change in the position.

Not too much happened in Svidler-Radjabov today

Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime ½-½ Dominguez, Leinier
An interesting game. The Breyer defense, despite being passive, continues to be a solid way for black to handle the Closed Spanish. A small tactical melee simplified into a position where White had a bit of pressure, but Black's pair of bishops and central majority proved menacing. MVL was able to win a pawn, but it was inconsequential; the material by this point had been reduced to nothing and the opposited colored bishops guaranteed a trivial draw.

An intense battle in a theoretically heavy Breyer

Kasimdzhanov, Rustam ½-½ Giri, Anish
Not a very exciting duel. Kasimdzhanov chose a relatively harmless variation against the Grunfeld. He won a pawn that he could not keep alive. A repetition that started on move 16 sealed the draw.

An easy draw with black, is not something a 2800 will shy away from

Andreikin, Dmitry 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
And who said that all exchange Slavs finished in draws?

Three games, no draws! Not only tha, Mamedyarov has
won both of his blacks and lost his only white.

Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander
A fierce battle in the King's Indian, full of sacrifices and mistakes!

Evgeny Tomashevsky is the leader after three rounds

Jobava, Baadur 0-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry
A rather strange game to explain. In short, Jobava's attack on the kingside was suspicious at best, allowing Black to set-up comfortably against the isolated pawn. To try to make it work Jobava kept sacrificing material, which Jakovenko simply kept taking. When it was clear that White had nothing for his bishop deficit he resigned.

Jakovenko and Jobava in their post-mortem, which you will
be able to find at the official website in a few hours

Standings

Round Three Games

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Photos from the official website by Maria Emelianova

Schedule

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