Xu Yuhua wins Nanjing GP tournament

Nana Dzagnidze was leading the standings for most of the tournament, but in the final phase she was caught by Xu Yuhua. The former World Champion from China won the 2nd FIDE Women Grand Prix with a score of 8/11 and a 2619 performance rating. Dzagnide came second, half a point behind the winner and half a point ahead of Zhao Xue. Read more

Dzagnidze leads Nanjing Women GP

Like their male Grand Slam colleagues, the Grand Prix women are enjoying their first rest day today and so we take the opportunity to do a first report on this second FIDE GP event. After a 4/4 start, GM Nana Dzagnidze lost her first game in round 5 yesterday, to French GM Marie Sebag, but the Georgian lady is still in clear first place, with six more rounds to go. Read more

Carlsen starts with a win in Nanjing

In the first round of the Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing, Magnus Carlsen defeated Peter Leko to grab an early lead. With the white pieces Veselin Topalov couldn’t break through Dmitry Jakovenko’s stubborn defence while Wang Yue and Teimour Radjabov also split the point, in a quiet King’s Indian. Read more

Ivanchuk and Leko lead in Jermuk with one round to go

Ivanchuk and Leko lead the Grand Prix in Jermuk with 7.5 points after they both drew in round 12, while Kasimdzhanov lost to Gelfand. The last round starts Sunday 10.30 CET. Read more

Jermuk R11: Inarkiev wins again, Cheparinov loses again

After beating Dmitry Jakovenko in a spectacular game, Ernesto Inarkiev said goodbye to his last place in the standings today. That spot is now taken by Ivan Cheparinov, who lost again, this time to Eljanov. Read more

Alekseev, Aronian, Gelfand and Inarkiev win in Jermuk

In the 10th round in Jermuk Alekseev and Aronian reduced their gap with the leaders Ivanchuk, Leko and Kasimdzhanov to half a point. Inarkiev finally won a game, against Bacrot. Read more

Jermuk R8: Ivanchuk beats Gelfand, Leko survives

He needed all his endgame experience, creativity and 98 moves, but Ivanchuk defeated Gelfand in the only decisive game of round 8 in Jermuk. He joined Leko in the lead; the Hungarian successfully defended a difficult ending against Jakovenko. Read more

Leko grabs sole lead after another fightful round in Jermuk

In another exciting round with six decisive games, Peter Leko grabbed sole lead at the Grand Prix in Jermuk. The Hungarian beat Cheparinov with the black pieces while Aronian suffered his second loss, with Black against Eljanov. The other leaders, Kasimdhzanov and Ivanchuk, drew in 20 moves. Read more

Jermuk R6: Aronian and Kasimdzhanov join Leko & Ivanchuk in the lead

After the rest day the Jermuk Grand Prix resumed Saturday with the sixth round, in which Aronian struck back with a win against Gelfand. He joined Leko and Ivanchuk (who was about to lose against Kamsky when he claimed the draw due to the 50-move rule) back in the lead and Kasimdzhanov, who beat Inarkiev, is suddenly on shared first as well. Full report. Read more

Jermuk R5: Kasimdzhanov beats Aronian, Ivanchuk & Leko lead

With five decisive games, today’s round of the Grand Prix tournament in Jermuk was even more spectacular than yesterday’s, but a bad one for the local fans. Both Aronian and Akopian lost, while Ivanchuk won his second game in a row, against Cheparinov. The Ukrainian climbed up to shared first place with Leko. Full report. Read more

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