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Tuesday, June 04, 2013 8:14
The next FIDE Grand Prix, scheduled for 3-17 July, will be held in Beijing instead of Berlin. This was reported on the FIDE website. The participants are Boris Gelfand (ISR), Anish Giri (NED), Alexander Grischuk (RUS), Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), Gata Kamsky (USA), Sergey Karjakin (RUS), Peter Leko (HUN), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE), Alexander...
Monday, June 03, 2013 19:04
Leinier Dominguez Perez scored his career's best result on Monday, winning the Grand Prix in Thessaloniki, Greece outright. The Cuban grandmaster showed his skill in rook endings once again and defeated Veselin Topalov in 71 moves, while co-leader Gata Kamsky lost to Fabiano Caruana after a horrible blunder. Peter Svidler avoided a draw but also...
Sunday, June 02, 2013 19:33
With one round to go, Gata Kamsky is the sole leader again at the Grand Prix in Thessaloniki, Greece. The American grandmaster celebrated his 39th birthday on Sunday with a quick win against Alexander Morozevich, who thus lost his fourth game in a row. Fabiano Caruana defeated Veselin Topalov to get back to half a point behind Dominguez while...
Saturday, June 01, 2013 23:18
Leinier Dominguez joined Gata Kamsky in the lead in round 9 of the Grand Prix in Thessaloniki, Greece. The Cuban grandmaster defeated Fabiano Caruana with the black pieces on Saturday while Kamsky drew his game with Etienne Bacrot. With two rounds to go, Dominguez and Kamsky are now a point ahead of Caruana. Veselin Topalov bounced back from two...
Thursday, May 30, 2013 22:31
Gata Kamsky is the sole leader at the Thessaloniki Grand Prix after eight rounds of play. The American grandmaster defeated his compatriot Hikaru Nakamura on Thursday, while co-leader Fabiano Caruana split the point with Alexander Grischuk – the only draw of the day! In a round where five out of six games started as a Ruy Lopez, Dominguez beat...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 20:41
Gata Kamsky and Fabiano Caruana won their black games in round 7 of the Thessaloniki Grand Prix and so they are still tied for first place. Kamsky outplayed Rustam Kasimdzhanov in a Leningrad Dutch, while Caruana defeated Alexander Morozevich from a Symmetrical English. The other leader, Leinier Dominguez, escaped with a draw against Etienne...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 23:07
In the Thessaloniki Grand Prix's 6th round Fabiano Caruana and Gata Kamsky joined Leinier Dominguez in the lead. Kamsky won against Peter Svidler with 1.c4, while Caruana defeated Etienne Bacrot in a Scotch game. Vassily Ivanchuk lost in just 19 moves to Ruslan Ponomariov.
All photos by Anastasiya Karlovich courtesy of FIDE
The fourth Grand Prix...
Monday, May 27, 2013 20:49
Who would have thought that Leinier Dominguez of Cuba would be leading the Grand Prix in Thessaloniki after five rounds? Especially since the Cuban lost his first game and drew the next, this was an unlikely scenario but three consecutive wins (today a fine rook ending against Rustam Kasimdzhanov) catapulted him to the top of the standings....
Saturday, May 25, 2013 19:42
Clearly still affected by his dramatic game the other day, Vassily Ivanchuk lost his third game in a row in round 4 of the Grand Prix in Thessaloniki. Against Veselin Topalov, who played a 3.Bb5 Sicilian, the Ukrainian played fast, missed some tactics and had to resign after a bit more than hour of play. Leinier Dominguez defeated Peter Svidler in...
