FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent 2014

Nakamura

Nakamura


(Photo taken from the official site)

It was a very dramatic round and as a result a lot in the standings has changed! Nakamura is leading with 3.5 points out of 5, Vachier-Lagrave, Andreikin and Jobava share 2nd place and have 3 points.

Results of the 5th round

GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2764 1 – 0 GM Gelfand, Boris 2748
GM Caruana, Fabiano 2844 ½ – ½ GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2764
GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2706 ½ – ½ GM Giri, Anish 2768
GM Radjabov, Teimour 2726 ½ – ½ GM Andreikin, Dmitry 2722
GM Karjakin, Sergey 2767 0 – 1 GM Jobava, Baadur 2717
GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2747 1 – 0 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2757

Standings after 5 rounds

1 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2764 USA 3½
2 GM Jobava, Baadur 2717 GEO 3
3 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2757 FRA 3
4 GM Andreikin, Dmitry 2722 RUS 3
5 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2767 RUS 2½
6 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2747 RUS 2½
7 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2764 AZE 2½
8 GM Radjabov, Teimour 2726 AZE 2½
9 GM Giri, Anish 2768 NED 2½
10 GM Caruana, Fabiano 2844 ITA 2
11 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2706 UZB 1½
12 GM Gelfand, Boris 2748 ISR 1½

Games of the round

Pairings of the 6th round

GM Gelfand, Boris 2748 – GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2757
GM Jobava, Baadur 2717 – GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2747
GM Andreikin, Dmitry 2722 – GM Karjakin, Sergey 2767
GM Giri, Anish 2768 – GM Radjabov, Teimour 2726
GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2764 – GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2706
GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2764 – GM Caruana, Fabiano 2844

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