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FIDE Grand Prix in Beijing, 2013 – 3rd round

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Morozevich-Karjakin
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Karjakin increased his lead by beating Morozevich with Black and now has the amazing 3 out of 3! Mamedyarov, Grischuk & Topalov are on 2.

Results of the 3rd round

GM A. Morozevich 2736 RUS 0 – 1 GM S. Karjakin 2776 RUS
GM B. Gelfand 2773 ISR 0 – 1 GM A. Giri 2734 NED
GM P. Leko 2737 HUN ½​ – ½​ GM Y. Wang 2705 CHN
GM G. Kamsky 2763 USA ½​ – ½​ GM V. Topalov 2767 BUL
GM V. Ivanchuk 2733 UKR 0 – 1 GM S. Mamedyarov 2761 AZE
GM H. Wang 2752 CHN ½​ – ½​ GM A. Grischuk 2780 RUS

Pairings of the 4th round

GM S. Karjakin 2776 RUS – GM A. Grischuk 2780 RUS
GM S. Mamedyarov 2761 AZE – GM H. Wang 2752 CHN
GM V. Topalov 2767 BUL – GM V. Ivanchuk 2733 UKR
GM Y. Wang 2705 CHN – GM G. Kamsky 2763 USA
GM A. Giri 2734 NED – GM P. Leko 2737 HUN
GM A. Morozevich 2736 RUS – GM B. Gelfand 2773 ISR

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FIDE Grand Prix in Beijing, 2013 – 2nd round

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2nd round
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Karjakin won the 2nd game against Wang Hao and is leading the event alone with 2 out of 2! Here are some of leader’s analysis of his game.

Results of the 2nd round

GM Karjakin Sergey 2776 1 – 0 GM Wang Hao 2752
GM Grischuk Alexander 2780 ½​ – ½​ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2733
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2761 ½​ – ½​ GM Kamsky Gata 2763
GM Topalov Veselin 2767 ½​ – ½​ GM Leko Peter 2737
GM Wang Yue 2705 ½​ – ½​ GM Gelfand Boris 2773
GM Giri Anish 2734 ½​ – ½​ GM Morozevich Alexander 2736

Standings after 2 rounds

1. Karjakin 2
2-3. Topalov, Grischuk 1.5
4-8. Mamedyarov, Morozevich, Wang Yue, Leko, Ivanchuk 1
9-12. Wang Hao, Kamsky, Giri, Gelfand 0.5

Games of the round

Pairings of the 3rd round

GM Morozevich Alexander 2736 – GM Karjakin Sergey 2776
GM Gelfand Boris 2773 – GM Giri Anish 2734
GM Leko Peter 2737 – GM Wang Yue 2705
GM Kamsky Gata 2763 – GM Topalov Veselin 2767
GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2733 – GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2761
GM Wang Hao 2752 – GM Grischuk Alexander 2780

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