
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.
Round two report
By GM Alejandro Ramirez
Round 02 – April 19 2013, 14:00h |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2709 |
1-0
|
Gata Kamsky |
2741 |
Veselin Topalov |
2771 |
1-0
|
Peter Leko |
2744 |
Hikaru Nakamura |
2767 |
½-½
|
Anish Giri |
2727 |
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
½-½
|
Sergey Karjakin |
2786 |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2733 |
1-0
|
Fabiano Caruana |
2772 |
Alexander Morozevich |
2758 |
½-½
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2766 |

Teimour Radjabov from Azerbaijan
Radjabov-Karjakin ½-½
Karjakin's Gruenfeld held up easily as White found little more than
to simplify to a position in which he had some compensation for a lost pawn,
but as soon as he regained it the game was completely drawn.

Russian GM Alexander Morozevich
Morozevich-Mamedyarov ½-½
This could have been the highlight of the round as two of the most creative
players in the world battle each other. Morozevich opened up super aggressively
with an early h4-h5 against the Gruenfeld, and following it up with the maneouver
Rh6-h4-xc4! However too many pieces came off the board quickly and the game
was drawn.

Peter Leko vs Veselin Topalov
Topalov-Leko 1-0
Leko's aggressive setup in this game allowed him to quickly kick Topalov's dark
square bishop around and at the same time permitted him to dangerously advance
his queenside pawns. Black definitely stood better out of the opening, but he
slowly allowed Topalov back into the game. Minor mistakes added up to a blunder
in a difficult position and Topalov didn't forgive Leko.

Anish Giri against you-guess-who
Nakamura-Giri ½-½
Nakamura held a slight advantage of the opening, which meant he tortured Giri
for seventy moves without any particular success.

Italian GM Fabiano Caruana playing former FIDE
world champion Ruslan Ponomariov
Ponomariov-Caruana 1-0
Ponomariov showed great class in this match by outplaying young Caruana in a
position where White had at most a smidgeon of an advantage. His maneouvers
paid off and Caruana soon found himself down a pawn in the endgame, which was
made worse by the presence of a bishop against a knight in Ponomariov's favor.
He continued pressuring, won another pawn and converted a nice game.

Uzbek GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Kasimdzhanov-Kamsky 1-0
Yet another game in which Black outplayed White from the opening but was slowly
pushed back. Kamsky even refused a three-fold repetition in the middle game
to continue pursuing the full point, but he underestimated White's resources.
Kasdimzhanov took one pawn after another and Kamsky had to resign in a hopeless
endgame.

Wives: Firuza Kasimdzhanov and Sophie Leko
Annotation by GM Giorgi Margvelashvili

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.04.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Kasimdzhanov,
R."] [Black "Kamsky, G."] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Margvelashvili, George"]
[PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [SourceDate "2013.03.08"] 1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 (4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 { is another
main line.}) 4... c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 a5 {Black would prefer retaking the
c5 pawn with the knight, since from the c5 square the knight would exert the
pressure on White's center. The idea of 6...a5 is to allow the knight to enter
the game from the a6 square.} 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Naxc5
11. Bc2 b5 $1 {A very strong move by Kamsky. Black developes a big initiative
on the queenside.} 12. Nd4 (12. Qxb5 $4 {would fall right into the trap, since
after} Ba6 13. Qc6 Rc8 {White would lose his queen.}) 12... Qc7 13. Re1 (13.
Nxb5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 $15 {exchanging the b5 pawn for the central e5 pawn
would give Black dominance in the center and a slightly better endgame.})
13... b4 14. Qe3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Ba6 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. h4 Rac8 {Kamsky has managed
to develop all the pieces, and due to the weakness of the c3 pawn his position
is preferable.} 18. Rab1 h6 19. h5 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qh3 Nf8 22. Rbc1 Bg5
23. N4f3 Bf6 24. Nd4 Bg5 25. N4f3 Bf4 {Kamsky correctly decides to avoid threefold
repetition, as his position remains slightly better.} 26. g3 Bd6 27. Qg4 Ncd7
28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Qa4 e5 $1 30. Qxa5 e4 31. Nd4 Ne5 $2 {This move is just
a blunder. Both 31... Nc5 or 31...Re5 would leave Black with excellent compensation
for the sacrificed pawn.} 32. Bb3 $2 (32. Bxe4 $1 {in time trouble both players
overlooked this resource, which after} dxe4 33. Nxe4 Qd7 34. Qxa6 {would leave
white with three extra pawns and a completely winning position.}) 32... Bc4
$2 {Under the time pressure Kamsky makes yet another mistake. After 32...Kh8
the position would remain balanced.} 33. Bxc4 Nxc4 34. Nxc4 Rxc4 35. Nf5 Qc6
36. Rcd1 {Now Black is down a pawn without any compensation.} Rc5 37. Qa7
Nd7 38. Rb1 Qe6 39. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 40. Rb7 Rd8 41. Rxd7+ Rxd7 42. Qxc5 {The
latter part of the game is played very strongly by Kasimdzhanov, who gives
Kamsky no chance to get back into the game.} Qf6 43. Rd1 Qg5 44. Qd4+ Kg8
45. c4 Qxh5 46. Re1 Qf7 47. cxd5 Rxd5 48. Qxe4 Rd2 49. Qe8+ {The rook endgame
is completely hopeless for Black, so Kamsky resigned in this position.} 1-0
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Giorgi Margvelashvili is an International Grandmaster from Georgia,
born on February 9, 1990. His his current FIDE rating is 2565. He has
won various international competitions.
Some of Giorgi’s most notable achievements include winning U14
European Championship in 2004; second place at the Georgian Chess Championship
in 2008; and winning U.S. Masters Championship in 2012.
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Schedule and pairings
Round 01 – April 18 2013, 14:00h |
Alexander Morozevich |
2758 |
1-0
|
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2709 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2766 |
½-½
|
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2733 |
Fabiano Caruana |
2772 |
1-0
|
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
Sergey Karjakin |
2786 |
½-½
|
Hikaru Nakamura |
2767 |
Anish Giri |
2727 |
½-½
|
Veselin Topalov |
2771 |
Peter Leko |
2744 |
½-½
|
Gata Kamsky |
2741 |
Round 02 – April 19 2013, 14:00h |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2709 |
1-0
|
Gata Kamsky |
2741 |
Veselin Topalov |
2771 |
1-0
|
Peter Leko |
2744 |
Hikaru Nakamura |
2767 |
½-½
|
Anish Giri |
2727 |
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
½-½
|
Sergey Karjakin |
2786 |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2733 |
1-0
|
Fabiano Caruana |
2772 |
Alexander Morozevich |
2758 |
½-½
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2766 |
Round 03 – April 20 2013, 14:00h |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2766 |
-
|
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2709 |
Fabiano Caruana |
2772 |
-
|
Alexander Morozevich |
2758 |
Sergey Karjakin |
2786 |
-
|
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2733 |
Anish Giri |
2727 |
-
|
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
Peter Leko |
2744 |
-
|
Hikaru Nakamura |
2767 |
Gata Kamsky |
2741 |
-
|
Veselin Topalov |
2771 |
Round 04 – April 21 2013, 14:00h |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2709 |
-
|
Veselin Topalov |
2771 |
Hikaru Nakamura |
2767 |
-
|
Gata Kamsky |
2741 |
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
-
|
Peter Leko |
2744 |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2733 |
-
|
Anish Giri |
2727 |
Alexander Morozevich |
2758 |
-
|
Sergey Karjakin |
2786 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2766 |
-
|
Fabiano Caruana |
2772 |
Round 05 – April 23 2013, 14:00h |
Fabiano Caruana |
2772 |
-
|
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2709 |
Sergey Karjakin |
2786 |
-
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2766 |
Anish Giri |
2727 |
-
|
Alexander Morozevich |
2758 |
Peter Leko |
2744 |
-
|
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2733 |
Gata Kamsky |
2741 |
-
|
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
Veselin Topalov |
2771 |
-
|
Hikaru Nakamura |
2767 |
Round 06 – April 24 2013, 14:00h |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2709 |
-
|
Hikaru Nakamura |
2767 |
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
-
|
Veselin Topalov |
2771 |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2733 |
-
|
Gata Kamsky |
2741 |
Alexander Morozevich |
2758 |
-
|
Peter Leko |
2744 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2766 |
-
|
Anish Giri |
2727 |
Fabiano Caruana |
2772 |
-
|
Sergey Karjakin |
2786 |
Round 07 – April 25 2013, 14:00h |
Sergey Karjakin |
2786 |
-
|
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2709 |
Anish Giri |
2727 |
-
|
Fabiano Caruana |
2772 |
Peter Leko |
2744 |
-
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2766 |
Gata Kamsky |
2741 |
-
|
Alexander Morozevich |
2758 |
Veselin Topalov |
2771 |
-
|
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2733 |
Hikaru Nakamura |
2767 |
-
|
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
Round 08 – April 26 2013, 14:00h |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
|
2709 |
-
|
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
Ruslan Ponomariov
|
2733 |
-
|
Hikaru Nakamura |
2767 |
Alexander Morozevich
|
2758 |
-
|
Veselin Topalov |
2771 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
|
2766 |
-
|
Gata Kamsky |
2741 |
Fabiano Caruana
|
2772 |
-
|
Peter Leko |
2744 |
Sergey Karjakin
|
2786 |
-
|
Anish Giri |
2727 |
Round 09 – April 28 2013, 14:00h |
Anish Giri |
2727 |
-
|
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2709 |
Peter Leko |
2744 |
-
|
Sergey Karjakin |
2786 |
Gata Kamsky |
2741 |
-
|
Fabiano Caruana |
2772 |
Veselin Topalov |
2771 |
-
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2766 |
Hikaru Nakamura |
2767 |
-
|
Alexander Morozevich |
2758 |
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
-
|
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2733 |
Round 10 – April 29 2013, 14:00h |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2709 |
-
|
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2733 |
Alexander Morozevich |
2758 |
-
|
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2766 |
-
|
Hikaru Nakamura |
2767 |
Fabiano Caruana |
2772 |
-
|
Veselin Topalov |
2771 |
Sergey Karjakin |
2786 |
-
|
Gata Kamsky |
2741 |
Anish Giri |
2727 |
-
|
Peter Leko |
2744 |
Round 11 – April 30 2013, 12:00h |
Peter Leko |
2744 |
-
|
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2709 |
Gata Kamsky |
2741 |
-
|
Anish Giri |
2727 |
Veselin Topalov |
2771 |
-
|
Sergey Karjakin |
2786 |
Hikaru Nakamura |
2767 |
-
|
Fabiano Caruana |
2772 |
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
-
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2766 |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2733 |
-
|
Alexander Morozevich |
2758 |
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