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From April 14 to April 30, 2013, the third stage of the FIDE Grand Prix Series 2012-2013 is taking place in Zug, Switzerland. Twelve players are competing in a round robin tournament with time controls of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes and an increment of 30 seconds per move for each player. The Grand Prix Series consists of six tournaments to be held over two years, with 18 top players, each participating in four of the six tournaments. The winner and second placed player overall of the Grand Prix Series will qualify for the Candidates Tournament to be held in March 2014.
In the 11th round Veselin Topalov needed a draw to secure his sole victory in the tournament. At the same time Sergey Karjakin showed the will to fight, and the former FIDE world champion took up the challenge. Veselin showed a fantastic performance and increased his Live Elo to 2793.
Round 11 – April 30 2013, 12:00h | ||||
Peter Leko | 2744 |
½-½
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
½-½
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Anish Giri | 2727 |
Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
1-0
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Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
½-½
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Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
½-½
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
½-½
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Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
Topalov-Karjakin 1-0
Sergey Karjakin (above) chose a Benoni structure with Black and it became obvious
that both players would fight till the end. “It was a brave decision of
Sergey to play for win today, despite his result yesterday,” said Veselin
Topalov during the press conference. The Russian player got a comfortable position
with black but went for dubious plan with Qh8. Later on Karjakin decided to
sacrifice a pawn but didn’t play accurately and failed to get enough counterplay.
It was hard to defend the position under time pressure, and after the first
time control Black’s position was already lost.
Leko-Kasimdzhanov ½-½
Once again Peter Leko (above right) got a very pleasant position out
of the opening, but his opponent Rustam Kasimdzhanov tried to keep the balance
and was defending very well. At one point the former FIDE world champion started
to play quicker than his opponent and managed to get a time advantage. The knight
sacrifice of Rustam proved to be good enough for a draw.
Nakamura-Caruana ½-½
Hikaru Nakamura had white pieces against Fabiano Caruana and was the
only one who could try to catch the leader Veselin Topalov. The American player
didn’t get much in the Exchange Variation of the Slav Defense, but tried
to keep the pressure. It was hard to break Fabiano Caruana’s defense,
and the last game in the tournament finished in a draw.
The games Radjabov-Mamedyarov (above) and Ponomariov-Morozevich were finished relatively quickly in draws. Hikaru Nakamura finished on the sole second place. Ruslan Ponomariov and Fabiano Caruana shared the third place.
Statistics: Of the total 66 games played at the Grand Prix in Zug:
The largest number of decisive games were played by Morozevich and Kamsky – six games each, three wins and three losses. The smallest number was by Giri and Leko – one loss apiece, ten draws. The shortest draw was Giri- Radjabov (R3, 19 moves), the longest Karjakin-Nakamura (R1, 107 moves). |
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Topalov receiving the €25,000 prize from the sponsor (right: FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov)
Select games from the dropdown menu above the board
Information and pictures by WGM Anastasiya Karlovich and GM Robert Fontaine
Round 01 – April 18 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
1-0
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
½-½
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Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
1-0
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Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
½-½
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Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
Anish Giri | 2727 |
½-½
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Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
Peter Leko | 2744 |
½-½
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Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
Round 02 – April 19 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
1-0
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Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
1-0
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Peter Leko | 2744 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
½-½
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Anish Giri | 2727 |
Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
½-½
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Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
1-0
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Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
½-½
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
Round 03 – April 20 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
½-½
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
½-½
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Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
½-½
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Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
Anish Giri | 2727 |
½-½
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Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
Peter Leko | 2744 |
½-½
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Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
½-½
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Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
Round 04 – April 21 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
½-½
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Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
½-½
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Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
½-½
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Peter Leko | 2744 |
Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
½-½
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Anish Giri | 2727 |
Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
½-½
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Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
½-½
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Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
Round 05 – April 23 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
1-0
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
1-0
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
Anish Giri | 2727 |
0-1
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Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
Peter Leko | 2744 |
½-½
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Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
1-0
|
Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
1-0
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Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
Round 06 – April 24 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
0-1
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Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
½-½
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Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
1-0
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Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
½-½
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Peter Leko | 2744 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
½-½
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Anish Giri | 2727 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
½-½
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Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
Round 07 – April 25 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
½-½
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
Anish Giri | 2727 |
½-½
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Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
Peter Leko | 2744 |
½-½
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
1-0
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Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
½-½
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Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
½-½
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Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
Round 08 – April 26 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
|
2709 |
½-½
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Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
Ruslan Ponomariov
|
2733 |
½-½
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Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
Alexander Morozevich
|
2758 |
0-1
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Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
|
2766 |
½-½
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Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
Fabiano Caruana
|
2772 |
½-½
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Peter Leko | 2744 |
Sergey Karjakin
|
2786 |
½-½
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Anish Giri | 2727 |
Round 09 – April 28 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Anish Giri | 2727 |
½-½
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
Peter Leko | 2744 |
½-½
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Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
0-1
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Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
½-½
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
1-0
|
Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
1-0
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Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
Round 10 – April 29 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
½-½
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Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
1-0
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Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
0-1
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Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
0-1
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Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
0-1
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Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
Anish Giri | 2727 |
½-½
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Peter Leko | 2744 |
Round 11 – April 30 2013, 12:00h | ||||
Peter Leko | 2744 |
½-½
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
½-½
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Anish Giri | 2727 |
Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
1-0
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Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
½-½
|
Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
½-½
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
½-½
|
Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
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