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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.
Both leaders, Veselin Topalov and Alexander Morozevich, finished their games with draws, while Ruslan Ponomariov outplayed Gata Kamsky to join two other leaders on the top. Hikaru Nakamura won his first game in this tournament, against Rustam Kasimdzhanov. The craziest game of the sixth round, between Fabiano Caruana and Sergey Karjakin, ended in a draw, but not before both players had had winning positions.
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 |
Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov analysing in the press conference
Teimour Radjabov - Veselin Topalov ½-½
Following yesterday’s game, Radjabov wanted to come back to the
event and he selected the Alekhine Variation against the Nimzo Indian. The line
they followed was quite extensively played before, and the new move was 17.0-0-0.
But this did not change much. However, White decided to check Black’s
preparation and Veselin Topalov had to play precisely in order to equalize.
It seems both opponents were familiar with many different lines in this opening
as the players used around one hour each for the 30 odd moves played today.
Two former child prodigies: Sergey Karjakin and Fabiano Caruana
Fabiano Caruana - Sergey Karjakin ½-½
Six of the GMs in this event became grandmasters before the age of 15! The record
holder Karjakin (GM at 12 years and 7 months, but now a ripe 23 years old!)
was Black against Caruana who also achieved his title at a very young age (14y
11m 20d). They chose the positional variation of the Ruy Lopez Berlin with 4.d3,
and while Black maintained equality until move 19.
[Event "Renova FIDE GP Zug"] [Site "Zug SUI"] [Date "2013.04.24"] [Round "6.6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2013.04.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. O-O Re8 9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 b6 11. g3 $146 (11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nfd2 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. c3 bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Nf4 20. Rc6 Ne2 21. Qd5 Qb8 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Qxd3 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Rd6 25. Qxe2 Qa2 26. Qb5 c6 27. Qb2 {1-0 (27) Anand,V (2780)-Kramnik,V (2810) Zuerich 2013}) 11... Nf8 12. Ncxe5 f6 13. d4 Bd6 14. Nxc6 Qd7 15. d5 Rxe4 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Nc4 Ba6 18. b3 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Ng6 20. Nd4 {Karjakin now chooses the dubious} Ne5 $2 { and gives Caruana the opportunity to get a winning advantage with} 21. f4 $1 c5 22. Nb5 Nf7 23. Qd3 Bf8 24. Bd2 Nd6 25. Nc3 Qh3 26. Rab1 Rab8 27. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Kf7 29. Bf2 Rb7 30. Kg1 h5 31. Ne4 Qd7 32. Nxd6+ Bxd6 33. Re1 Qxa4 34. Qf5 Re7 35. Re6 ({Caruana missed an easy win with} 35. Rxe7+ Bxe7 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. d6 Bd8 38. d7 Be7 39. Qd6 $18) 35... Qd7 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. f5 {After} a4 { Black was back in the game as the pawn had to be blockaded before it became a runner.} 38. Qf3 Re8 39. Qa3 Ra8 40. Be1 Be5 41. Bf2 Qb7 42. d6 {Fabiano Caruana had started to make mistakes, and it was hard for the Italian player to defend his position after this move.} Qc6 43. d7 Qxd7 44. Rxb6 Qxf5 45. Qxc5 Rd8 46. Qe3 Qxc2 47. Qf3 a3 48. Qxa3 {Chess engines are showing -6 = totally winning for Black.} Bd4 $4 49. Bxd4 Rxd4 50. Rxf6 $1 Rd2 (50... gxf6 51. Qa8+ Kf7 52. Qa7+ Ke6 53. Qxd4 {and White is winning.}) 51. Qf8+ Kh7 52. Rf2 Rxf2 53. Qxf2 Qxc4 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qf5+ Kh8 57. h4 Qa2 58. h5 Qe2 59. Qf8+ Kh7 60. Qf5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2
During the press-conference Sergey (above) pointed out that probably he just didn’t deserve to win this game. His opponent replied with a smile that most likely both of them deserved to lose it.
Ruslan Ponomariov - Gata Kamsky 1 - 0
Interestingly, Ponomariov tested his opponent with 1.c4. Kamsky spent
some time on his first move choice and then replied 1…c6 which soon transposed
into a Caro Kann Panov Botvinnik with Bb4. Kamsky avoided the main line with
10…Bb7 and instead chose 10…Bxc3 which allowed white to resolve
the traditional isolated pawn structure. “I tried to trick my opponent
with this move order today. We had English, then Slav, Panov and even ended
up in some Nimzo”, explained Ruslan Ponomariov. The new move came on with
15…Rfd8, but Kamsky was spending a lot of time on the position and around
move 25 had only four minutes left for 15 moves in a very difficult position.
Both players agreed that Black could have tried to play f6 earlier in order
not to let White to get such a strong initiative. 29.d5! was a nice touch and
White dominated from that point on.
In the press conference (with Kamsky and FIDE press chief WGM Anastasiya Karlovich) the former FIDE world champion Ponomariov said: “The tournament is very strong and it’s hard to win even one game here. I have +2 which I believe is a good result, taking into consideration my previous results in Grand Prix events.”
Alexander Morozevich - Peter Leko ½-½
Morozevich played a positional line against Leko as they chose the
Symmetrical English. Black chose a minor line with 6…Bc5 instead of the
main line 6…Qb6 or 6…Bb4 transposing to the Nimzo Indian. The idea
of Black was just to avoid repeating the line with Qb6 played between same opponents
in Tashkent. The Hungarian player lost that important game, and it was psychologically
hard to repeat the same line. White in turn chose a rarely played line with
10.Nd5!? instead of 10.Bf4. “If I would have been ready for Nd5 I would
have reacted immediately”, said Peter Leko at the press conference. Leko’s
12…d5 was a new move compared to the previous 12...b5. There was very
little movement in the equality line, however, as both players played extremely
accurately and gave no chance to the other side to take any realistic advantage.
“Today I feel very happy because it’s the first game where I equalized
with White," said Morozevich. "I’m pretty happy that I’m
improving. I was not so sure after the opening if I would be able to do it today,
but once I played Qe4 I thought it should be okay. Maybe I had some advantage,
but not enough to put some real pressure. So, I plan to keep on playing game
by game and equalizing.”
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - Anish Giri ½-½
After yesterday’s game the Azeri player (above) decided not to
spend much time for preparation and just play some fighting chess. Anish Giri
cleverly chose a line with few complications and one which they had both played
before, as White! Mamedyarov tried to tempt Giri to take on c4 after 4.Bg5,
but Black went for a Ragozin setup with a slight improvement of 13…Bd7.
In the post-game analysis the players spent some time on 19.Nh5, and although
White may have been better, he could not convert the position into a concrete
advantage. Once the queens came off there was a steadfast exchange of pieces
in very short time and a draw was agreed on move 46. However, after the inaccurate
move 29.Rb1 Black could have tried to play for more with 29…a5.
"I’d already said to myself it is a draw, and in such case it’s not a good idea to change my mind. Maybe I have slight pressure in this position”, explained Anish Giri.
Rustam Kasimdzhanov - Hikaru Nakamura 0-1
Nakamura was obviously in a mood for complications as he first went
for 1…Nc6 and then chose 3…Nge7 in the Ruy Lopez. Kasimdzhanov played
very well and got a solid advantage up until the dubious sacrifice 26.Rxd6?!
to which Black reacted very well and took the upper hand, defending against
the immediate threats to emerge with a piece extra for three pawns. This might
not have been enough to win, but Rustam was in time trouble and made a few mistakes.
According to the former FIDE world champion the last mistake was 37.Be2. He
should have played 37.Be4, changing the pieces and keeping good chances to make
a draw. After the move Be2 Black pieces came close to White’s king and
there was no defence against checkmate.
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Information and pictures by FIDE press chief WGM Anastasiya Karlovich
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
|
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
|
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 |
-
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
Anish Giri | 2727 |
-
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Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
Peter Leko | 2744 |
-
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
-
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Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
-
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Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
-
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Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
Round 08 – April 26 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
|
2709 |
-
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Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
Ruslan Ponomariov
|
2733 |
-
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Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
Alexander Morozevich
|
2758 |
-
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Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
|
2766 |
-
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Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
Fabiano Caruana
|
2772 |
-
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Peter Leko | 2744 |
Sergey Karjakin
|
2786 |
-
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Anish Giri | 2727 |
Round 09 – April 28 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Anish Giri | 2727 |
-
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
Peter Leko | 2744 |
-
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Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
-
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Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
-
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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
-
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Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
-
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Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
Round 10 – April 29 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
-
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Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
-
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Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
-
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Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
-
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Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
-
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Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
Anish Giri | 2727 |
-
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Peter Leko | 2744 |
Round 11 – April 30 2013, 12:00h | ||||
Peter Leko | 2744 |
-
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Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2709 |
Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
-
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Anish Giri | 2727 |
Veselin Topalov | 2771 |
-
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Sergey Karjakin | 2786 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2767 |
-
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Fabiano Caruana | 2772 |
Teimour Radjabov | 2793 |
-
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2766 |
Ruslan Ponomariov | 2733 |
-
|
Alexander Morozevich | 2758 |
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