Archive for Grand Prix
Saturday, April 27, 2013 15:19
Whilst the weather in Switzerland is still relatively cold, things were heating up over the chess boards in Zug! After round 8 former FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov became the sole leader of the tournament. He defeated Russian player Alexander Morozevich, who lost his second game in a row after a good start of the tournament. All other games...
Sunday, April 21, 2013 20:02
For the second day in a row all games at the FIDE Grand Prix in Zug, Switzerland ended in draws. After four rounds Alexander Morozevich, Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov are still in shared first place with seven rounds to go. Monday is a rest day in Zug.
For the second day in a row all games finished in draws at the Renova Group Grand Prix...
Sunday, April 21, 2013 8:20
All games in round three of the FIDE Grand Prix in Zug, Switzerland ended in draws. Alexander Morozevich, Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov are still in shared first place with eight rounds to go.
The standings remained the same after the third round of the Renova Group Grand Prix as all games ended in draws. One of the leaders, Veselin...
Friday, April 19, 2013 21:12
Alexander Morozevich, Ruslan Ponomariov and Veselin Topalov are in shared first place after two rounds at the FIDE Grand Prix in Zug, Switzerland. In the second round Topalov beat Leko in a complicated game that started as a Ragozin Defence. Morozevich drew relatively quickly with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in a Grünfeld while Ruslan Ponomariov ground...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 16:01
Today the third FIDE Grand Prix in the 2012-2013 series will be officially opened in Zug, Switzerland. The participants are Teimour Radjabov, Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana, Veselin Topalov, Hikaru Nakamura, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Leko, Gata Kamsky, Ruslan Ponomariov, Anish Giri and Rustam Kasimdzhanov. Most of the...
Tuesday, December 04, 2012 16:35
Just like the first Grand Prix in London, the second Grand Prix in Tashkent was won by three players. The first to reach the top of the standings was Wang Hao, who beat Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Alexander Morozevich joined the Chinese with a spectacular draw against Peter Svidler, and finally Sergey Karjakin won against Ruslan Ponomariov to reach the...
Monday, December 03, 2012 15:58
In the (highy unpredictable) Grand Prix in Tashkent the leaderboard has changed considerably again in the penultimate round. In Monday's top encounter, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat tournament leader Sergei Karjakin and the Azerbaijani is now leading together with... yes, Alexander Morozevich again, who defeated Peter Leko.
In the top game of the...
Sunday, December 02, 2012 15:50
After nine rounds Sergey Karjakin is the sole leader at the FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On Sunday the Russian GM drew with Boris Gelfand while co-leader Fabiano Caruana lost to Wang Hao. Six players are now chasing Karjakin with half a point less and there's only two more rounds to go.
Wang Hao beats Caruana in round 9 | Photos by ...
Friday, November 30, 2012 14:53
Peter Leko won his first game at the FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Friday. After drawing his first seven games, the Hungarian grandmaster beat Gata Kamsky with Black in a Nimzo-Indian. As all other games ended in draws, Fabiano Caruana and Sergey Karjakin are still tied for first place.
Leaders Caruana and Karjakin drew their game | ...
Thursday, November 29, 2012 17:05
Fabiano Caruana and Sergey Karjakin are sharing the lead after seven rounds at the FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On Thursday two (end)games ended decisively: Karjakin defeated Alexander Morozevich while Caruana won against Leinier Dominguez.
The 7th round in Tashkent in action | Photos by Anastasiya Karlovich & Giyanov Bakhtiyor, ...
