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London Chess Classic 2012 – round 5

By Yelena Dembo | December 6, 2012 - 17:01 |December 7, 2012 London Chess Classic

Results

Adams-Carlsen 0-1
Kramnik-McShane 1-0 Kramnik sacrificed two exchanges and won nicely!
Polgar-Nakamura 0-1
Jones-Anand 0-1 Anand implemented a very nice pawn sac in the middlegame and won a brilliant game!

Aronian is having a rest day today :).

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.06"]  [Round "5.4"]  [White "Jones, Gawain C B"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "D70"]  [PlyCount "58"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2  e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Nh3 e4 15.  fxe4 Ng4 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qc5 19. Na3 Bxh3 20. Be3 Qc8 21. Rc1  Qg4 22. Rxh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Nf3+ 24. Ke2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Bxb2 26. Nb5 Bxc1 27.  Bxc1 Nxd5 28. exd5 Rae8+ 29. Be3 Rxf1 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.06"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "McShane, Luke"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D15"]  [PlyCount "97"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. a4 e6 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O  cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. Nc2 Qc7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bxf6 gxf6  15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nce3 Nb3 17. a5 Rc8 18. Ra4 Nd4 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. Rxc4 Bxc4 21.  Nexc4 Nb5 22. Qb1 Qd4 23. Rd1 Qc5 24. e3 Be7 25. Qf5 Kf8 26. Bd5 Kg7 27. Qg4+  Kh6 28. e4 Nd4 29. Ne3 f5 30. Qh3+ Kg7 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Nxf5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Ke8  34. Bxf7+ Kd8 35. Qg7 Rf8 36. Nxd4 Rc6 37. Nxc6+ bxc6 38. Qg4 Kc7 39. Qd7+ Kb8  40. Qd2 Kc7 41. Qd7+ Kb8 42. Kg2 Bd6 43. b4 Qd4 44. Qxc6 Ka7 45. Kh3 Qd1 46.  Nc8+ Rxc8 47. Qxc8 Qf1+ 48. Kg4 h5+ 49. Kxh5 1-0

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.06"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C84"]  [PlyCount "126"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4  Bd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 b4 13. c3 d5 14. cxb4 Bd6 15.  b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nb4 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Qe8 20. Qa4 Nxe4 21.  Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nc6 Nd5 23. Qxe4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rf5 25. Nd4 Re5 26. Qb3 Rd5 27.  Qc4 Qf7 28. b3 Qd7 29. Nf3 Rxb5 30. Ra1 Rd5 31. g3 h6 32. Qe4 Qe8 33. Kg2 Kf7  34. Ra2 Qd8 35. Re2 Qf6 36. h4 Qf5 37. Qc4 Rd3 38. Re3 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Qb1 40. e4  Qb2+ 41. Kh3 Qf2 42. e5 Qxf3 43. exd6 Qh1+ 44. Kg4 Qd1+ 45. Kh3 Qxd6 46. h5 c5  47. g4 Qd4 48. Qf1+ Ke7 49. Qf3 Qd5 50. Qc3 e5 51. Kg3 Kd6 52. Qc4 Qxc4 53.  bxc4 e4 54. Kf4 e3 55. Kf3 Ke6 56. Ke2 Kf6 57. Kf3 Kg5 58. Kxe3 Kxg4 59. Ke4  Kxh5 60. Kd5 g5 61. Kxc5 g4 62. Kd4 g3 63. Ke3 Kg4 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.06"]  [Round "5.3"]  [White "Polgar, Judit"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C78"]  [WhiteElo "2705"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "94"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5  axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Nd2 O-O  15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qd4 Bb7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Nf3 Ra8 21.  Bd2 c5 22. Qd3 c4 23. Qd4 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. Rfd1 h6 26. Be1 Rfe8 27. Bd2  Red8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. h3 Ra2 30. Rb1 Nf6 31. Bb4 Be4 32. Re1 Bxc2 33. g4 Qa7  34. Qxa7 Rxa7 35. Nc6 Ra6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Ne4 39. Nxf5 Nxg5  40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Nd4 Bd3 42. Rb7 Nxh3+ 43. Kh2 Ng5 44. Nxb5 Rf6 45. Bc5 Rf4 46.  Nc3 Rg4 47. Nd1 Bf1 0-1

After 5 rounds Carlsen leads the event with 13 points, Kramnik has 11 and Nakamura – 8.

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London Chess Classic 2012 – round 4

By Yelena Dembo | December 6, 2012 - 16:56 |December 6, 2012 London Chess Classic

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Results

Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Mickey Adams
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Gawain Jones
Vishy Anand ½-½ Vladimir Kramnik
Luke McShane 0-1 Levon Aronian

Both Carlsen and Aronian played fantastic games! Carlsen leads the event with 10 points, Kramnik is 2nd with 8, Adams is 3rd with 7.

Games of the round

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Carlsen, M."]  [Black "Jones, G."]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B53"]  [WhiteElo "2848"]  [BlackElo "2644"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Be2  Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. b3 Nc5 13. Bb2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.  Rbd1 a4 16. Ba3 Qa5 17. Nb5 axb3 18. axb3 Qxa3 19. Nxa3 Rxa3 20. Nd2 Bd4 21.  Qg3 Be5 22. f4 Bf6 23. Bg4 Nd4 24. Kh1 Bc2 25. Rde1 Kh8 26. Re3 h5 27. b4 h4  28. Qf2 Nd3 29. Qg1 Nf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Nf3 Rc3 32. c5 Bb3 33. Ne1 Bd4 34.  Nxd3 dxc5 35. Qf2 Rf7 36. Rc1 cxb4 37. Rxc3 bxc3 38. Qe1 1-0

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Anand, V."]  [Black "Kramnik, V."]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2795"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.  O-O Re8 9. Bd2 Bf8 10. b4 f6 11. a4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Qb1 Qd7 14. Rd1 Bf7 15.  h3 Rad8 16. Be1 Bh5 17. g4 Bf7 18. c4 c5 19. b5 Nc8 20. Qc2 Re6 21. Kf1 Ne7 22.  Nh4 Rd6 23. Ke2 Re6 24. f3 b6 25. Bf2 g6 26. Nhg2 Rd6 27. Bg3 Bg7 28. Bh4 a6  29. Bf2 a5 30. Bh4 Qe8 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Bh6 33. Bf2 R6d7 34. h4 Nc8 35.  Rh1 Nd6 36. h5 g5 37. Ne3 Bf8 38. Nc4 Nxc4 39. dxc4 h6 40. Be3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "McShane, L."]  [Black "Aronian, L."]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C84"]  [WhiteElo "2713"]  [BlackElo "2815"]  [PlyCount "152"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4  Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ne3 b4 15. h3  Rb8 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Bb3 h6 18. Be3 bxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Qc2 e4  22. dxe4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxb3 24. Qxb3 Na5 25. Nxa5 Bxb3 26. Nxb3 Qb6 27. Nbd2  Qb2 28. Rae1 Rd8 29. Nf1 c4 30. Ne5 Bc5 31. Rf3 Qb3 32. a5 Rd6 33. Nxf7 Rf6 34.  Rxf6 gxf6 35. Nxh6+ Kf8 36. Ng4 Qxc3 37. Rd1 Qb4 38. Nxf6 Kf7 39. Nd5 Qb2 40.  Nde3 c3 41. Rd5 Be7 42. Rf5+ Ke8 43. g4 c2 44. Nxc2 Qxc2 45. Ng3 Qc7 46. Nh5  Bd8 47. Kg2 Qc6 48. Re5+ Kf7 49. g5 Qa4 50. h4 Bxa5 51. Rf5+ Ke6 52. Nf4+ Kd7  53. f3 Qc2+ 54. Kh3 Qf2 55. Kg4 Be1 56. Ng6 a5 57. Rf7+ Kd8 58. e5 a4 59. e6  Bb4 60. e7+ Bxe7 61. Nxe7 Qc5 62. Kh5 a3 63. Kh6 a2 64. g6 Qc4 65. Nf5 a1=Q 66.  Rf8+ Kc7 67. g7 Qc6+ 68. Kh7 Qxf3 69. g8=N Qh5+ 70. Ngh6 Qe5 71. Ng7 Qxh4 72.  Rf7+ Kb6 73. Ngf5 Qee4 74. Kg6 Qe6+ 75. Kg7 Qg5+ 76. Kf8 Qc8# 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Nakamura, Hi"]  [Black "Adams, Mi"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D37"]  [WhiteElo "2760"]  [BlackElo "2710"]  [PlyCount "137"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bf4 g6 8. Ne5  Bf5 9. Qd2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. f3 Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Nd3 O-O 15.  Be3 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nb6 17. b3 f5 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. d5 cxd5 20. e5 Bg5 21. Rd1 d4  22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Rad8 25. Rd6 Kf7 26. Kf2 Nd5 27. Bg5 Rxd6  28. exd6 h6 29. Bxh6 Rd8 30. Bf3 Rxd6 31. Rd1 Rd7 32. Kg3 b6 33. a3 Nc3 34.  Rxd7+ Bxd7 35. Bf4 Be6 36. Bb8 Bxb3 37. Bxa7 Nb5 38. Bxb6 Nxa3 39. Kf4 Be6 40.  Bc6 Nc4 41. Bd4 Nd6 42. h4 Nc4 43. Bf3 Nd2 44. Bc6 Nc4 45. Bc3 Ke7 46. Bf3 Kf7  47. Bd1 Bd5 48. g3 Be6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxh5+ Ke7 51. Kg5 Ne3 52. Bb4+ Kd7 53.  Be2 f4 54. Bb5+ Kc8 55. Kxf4 Nd5+ 56. Ke5 Nxb4 57. Kxe6 Nc2 58. Bd7+ Kd8 59. g4  Nd4+ 60. Kd6 Nf3 61. Bc6 Ng5 62. Ba4 Ne4+ 63. Ke6 Nc5+ 64. Kf7 Nxa4 65. g5 Nb6  66. g6 Nd5 67. g7 Ne7 68. g8=R+ Nxg8 69. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

Interview with the new Women’s World Champion Anna Ushenina

By Yelena Dembo | December 4, 2012 - 10:31 |December 5, 2012 Interview

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Listen and read the interview in Russian language on http://chess-news.ru/node/10371!

The interview in English language (translated by http://chess-news.ru) on http://chess-news.ru/node/10388

FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 11

By Yelena Dembo | December 4, 2012 - 10:23 |December 5, 2012 FIDE Grand Prix 2012

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Today is the last round of this prestigious event! The leaders are Mamedyarov and Morozevich with 6 points. Behind there are Karjakin, Ponomariov, Wang Hao, Caruana and Kasimdzhanov with 5.5 which means that anything can happen!

Pairings

Wang Hao-Mamedyarov 1-0
Svidler-Morozevich 1/2
Karjakin-Ponomariov 1-0
Kasimdzhanov-Gelfand 1/2
Leko-Caruana 1/2
Dominguez-Kamsky 1/2

And indeed something happened! Mamedyarov lost, Morozevich “only” drew and Karjakin who played the longest game of the round won. This win determined the winner of the event.

: Karjakin

Final standings

1-3. Karjakin, Wang Hao, Morozevich 6.5 points.
4-6. Mamedyarov, Kasimdzhanov, Caruana 6.
7-9. Ponomariov, Svidler, Leko 5.5
10. Gelfand 4.5
11. Dominguez 4
12. Kamsky 3.5

Games of the last round

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.1"]  [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Black "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2726"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [PlyCount "65"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:43:00"]  [BlackClock "0:12:35"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3  Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4  cxd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Nxe5 dxe4 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rc8 21. a3 Nc6  22. Nxe4 Nxe5 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. dxe5 Qe6 25. b4 Rc4 26. Qd3 g6 27. Ba2 a5 28.  bxa5 Bc5 29. Qg3 h5 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Rad1 Rc8 32. Bc3 Bxa3 33. Rd6 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.2"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2741"]  [PlyCount "155"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:04:04"]  [BlackClock "0:06:53"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.  Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 Be6 14. Bg2 Bg5  15. O-O Qb8 16. b3 a5 17. f4 Bd8 18. Kh1 Ra7 19. Qh5 f6 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. Nce3  Bb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. Qd1 Rd8 25. f5 Bf7 26. g4 a4 27. g5 axb3 28.  axb3 Kf8 29. Qg4 Rda8 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Qh4 Ng8 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. Qxh7 Ra1 34.  Ne3 Kf8 35. Qh4 R8a2 36. Qg3 Qc6 37. h3 Rxf1+ 38. Nxf1 Ra1 39. Kh2 Ra2 40. Qe1  Bh5 41. Ng3 Be8 42. Qxb4 Qc5 43. Qe1 Bc6 44. Nf1 Nh6 45. Qh4 Nf7 46. Qe1 Ke7  47. h4 Nh6 48. Rd2 Qa5 49. Kh3 Ra3 50. Qg3 Nf7 51. Rd3 Qa8 52. Ne3 Qh8 53. c5  Ra2 54. cxd6+ Nxd6 55. Nd5+ Bxd5 56. Rxd5 Qc8 57. b4 Rc2 58. Kh2 Qc4 59. Rc5  Qe2 60. Qg8 Nf7 61. Rxc2 Qxc2 62. Qb8 Qd2 63. Qa7+ Kf8 64. Qc5+ Kg7 65. b5 Nh6  66. Qe7+ Nf7 67. Qa3 Nd6 68. b6 Nxe4 69. Qf3 Nd6 70. b7 Qb4 71. Qh5 Nf7 72. Bd5  Nh8 73. Kh3 Qb1 74. Qg4+ Kh6 75. Qf3 Qb6 76. Qb3 Qf2 77. b8=Q Qxf5+ 78. Kh2 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.3"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2737"]  [BlackElo "2764"]  [PlyCount "93"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:05:00"]  [BlackClock "1:38:00"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3  Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Kb1 Qb6 14. Qa4  a6 15. g4 Qc6 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 e5 18. Be2 g5 19. Rc1 Rh6 20. Rxc6 Ne4 21.  Rxh6 Nxd2+ 22. Kc2 gxh6 23. Kxd2 exd4 24. exd4 Bd6 25. h4 Ke7 26. hxg5 Bf4+ 27.  Kc2 Bxg5 28. b4 a5 29. Bb5 Nf8 30. Nb6 Rb8 31. bxa5 Ne6 32. Kd3 Kd6 33. a4 Nf4+  34. Kc3 Ne6 35. Kd3 Nf4+ 36. Kc3 Ne6 37. Re1 Bf6 38. Rxe6+ fxe6 39. a6 Rh8 40.  a7 Kc7 41. a8=Q Rxa8 42. Nxa8+ Kb7 43. Bd7 e5 44. dxe5 Bxe5+ 45. Kd3 d4 46. a5  Kxa8 47. a6 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.4"]  [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2696"]  [BlackElo "2751"]  [PlyCount "82"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "2:11:00"]  [BlackClock "2:15:00"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.  Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5  15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. O-O f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nce3 Bg6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21.  Qxd3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rxb3 24. Rc4 Rb5 25. Nc7 Rb6 26. Nd5 Rb5 27.  e4 Rc5 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Qf7 h6 30. Qe6 Qa8 31. Qd7 a4 32. Nb6 Qb8 33. Qxc6 a3  34. Qxc5 Qa7 35. Na4 Qxa4 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qf5+ Kg8  40. Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.5"]  [White "Leko, Peter"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2732"]  [BlackElo "2786"]  [PlyCount "119"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:04:55"]  [BlackClock "0:05:15"]   1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. Na3 c6 8.  Nc4 Qd8 9. g3 Be6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qc8 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Bh3 Bxc4  15. Qxc4 Nbd7 16. Qe2 Qd8 17. c4 h6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Rd1 e6 20. Bd2 a5 21. Bc3  Qc7 22. Rac1 a4 23. Bg2 Rad8 24. Rd3 Ng4 25. Re1 h5 26. h3 Nh6 27. Bd2 c5 28.  Bg5 Rc8 29. Bf4 Qa5 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Red8 33. Red1 Rxd2 34.  Rxd2 Ne4 35. Rc2 Nc5 36. Rd2 Ne4 37. Rd7 Nc5 38. Rd1 f6 39. Be3 Nf5 40. Bxc5  Rxc5 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Bf1 Rc7 43. Ra8 e5 44. Rxa4 e4 45. Nd2 Nd6 46. Ra5 f5 47.  Rd5 Nc8 48. b4 Bc3 49. a3 Ne7 50. Rd6 Bb2 51. Nb1 Nc6 52. c5 Re7 53. Kg2 h4 54.  b5 Nd4 55. Nd2 hxg3 56. Kxg3 Bc3 57. Nb1 Bb2 58. Nd2 Bc3 59. Nb1 Bb2 60. Nd2  1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "11.6"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2747"]  [BlackElo "2748"]  [PlyCount "77"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:49"]  [BlackClock "0:00:34"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O  Bd7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Ra3 Qc7 15.  Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Rae3 Ng8 18. Qe2 Qd8 19. c4 Kf8 20. c5 Bb5 21. Qh5 g6  22. Qd1 Bg5 23. c6 Bf6 24. Bh3 Kg7 25. Bd2 h5 26. Qc2 Qc7 27. Bc3 h4 28. g4 g5  29. Qf5 Rh6 30. Qxg5+ Rg6 31. Qf4 Kf8 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. g5 Nxd5 34. Qxh4 Nxe3  35. Qh8+ Rg8 36. Qh6+ Rg7 37. Qh8+ Rg8 38. Qh6+ Rg7 39. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 10

By Yelena Dembo | December 3, 2012 - 15:42 |December 3, 2012 FIDE Grand Prix 2012

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Today’s pairings

Mamedyarov-Karjakin
Morozevich-Leko 1-0
Caruana-Kasimdzhanov 1/2
Gelfand-Wang Hao 1/2
Kamsky-Svidler 1/2
Ponomariov-Dominguez 1-0

Leaders have changed!

Morozevich now leads with Mamedyarov after the latter won against Karjakin. They both have 6 points, three players – Karjakin, Ponomariov, Wang Hao have 5.5.

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "10.3"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2696"]  [PlyCount "114"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:13:58"]  [BlackClock "0:25:00"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3  d6 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Nc6 14. h3 h6 15. Ne3  Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Re8 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Nfd2 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Qf3  Qxf3 22. Nxf3 Nd5 23. Bd2 f6 24. a5 Kf7 25. g4 Red8 26. Kf1 Rb7 27. Red1 Re7  28. Rac1 Re6 29. Re1 Nde7 30. Re3 Ng6 31. Re4 Rxd3 32. Be3 Rd5 33. h4 h5 34.  gxh5 Nf4 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Rxf4 Kg8 37. Kg2 Rxh5 38. Rd1 bxc3 39. bxc3 Ne7 40.  Rg4 Nd5 41. Ng5 fxg5 42. Rxd5 Rxh4 43. Rdxg5 Rxg4+ 44. Rxg4 Be7 45. Rg3 Bf6 46.  Rd3 Re4 47. Nb6 c4 48. Rd5 Bxc3 49. Rc5 Re2 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Nxc4 Bd4 52. Rf8  Rc2 53. Nb6 Bc5 54. Ra8 Rxf2+ 55. Kg3 Ra2 56. Rxa6 Bxb6 57. Rxb6 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "10.5"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2764"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [PlyCount "105"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:34:00"]  [BlackClock "0:37:00"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O  Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 h6 13. Rad1 d6 14. Qb5 Ne8 15.  g4 Nd7 16. h4 a6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 Bf6 19. Nb1 d5 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Be7  22. Ne5 Nd6 23. g6 f6 24. Nf7 e5 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Bg3 f5 27. Bxe5 Rxg6 28.  cxd5 c4 29. Bg3 Bb4 30. bxc4 Bxd2 31. Nxd2 Rc8 32. e3 a5 33. Rb1 Ba6 34. d6 Nd7  35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Bf3 Rf6 37. Kg2 g5 38. Bh2 Bxc4 39. Nxc4 Rxc4 40. Rb7 Ke8 41.  Be2 Rc8 42. Bb5 Rd8 43. Be5 Re6 44. f4 gxf4 45. Bxf4 Rg6+ 46. Kf3 Rg1 47. Be5  Rg6 48. Kf4 Rh6 49. a4 Re6 50. Rc7 Rh6 51. Kg5 Rh7 52. Bf6 Rb8 53. Bc6 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "10.1"]  [White "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2762"]  [BlackElo "2747"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:14:09"]  [BlackClock "0:23:00"]   1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3  h6 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. d4 e4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Nfg4 14. dxe5 Qe6  15. Qd4 g5 16. Bd2 Qxe5 17. Bc3 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Re8 19. Rfc1 Ne5 20. Rc5 Nc6 21.  Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd6 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 f5 24. g4 fxg4 25. Bxe4 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.  Bd3 Rc8 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. Ke1 Kf6 30. Kd2 h5 31. a3 Ke5 32. Rg1 Rc6 33. Rg3 Rb6  34. Re3+ Kf6 35. Kc3 Rc6+ 36. Kd2 Rb6 37. Kc3 Rc6+ 38. Kd2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "10.2"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2748"]  [BlackElo "2732"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:55:00"]  [BlackClock "0:54:00"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4  Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 a5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bg2 a4 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15.  bxc3 b6 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. O-O O-O 19. g4 Ba6 20. Qh4 Rfe8 21. Rf3 Nf8  22. Rh3 b5 23. e5 dxe5 24. Be4 h6 25. f5 f6 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. Qxh6 Qa7+ 28. Kg2  Qg7 29. Bxc6 Qxh6 30. Rxh6 Red8 31. Ne4 Kg7 32. Rxf6 Rdc8 33. cxb5 Rxc6 34.  bxc6 Rxb1 35. fxe6 Bd3 36. e7 Bxe4+ 37. Kg3 Ng6 38. e8=Q Kxf6 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40.  c7 Rb2 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. g5+ 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "10.4"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2751"]  [BlackElo "2737"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:53:00"]  [BlackClock "0:59:00"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2  Bd6 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Rd1 Rb8 11. Nbd2 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Nc4 Rfd8  15. Bd2 Bd4 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Qe1 Bc5 18. a3 b5 19. Na5 Nxa5 20. Bxa5 Be4 21.  Qc3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Re8 23. Ng5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 h6 25. Nf3 Ne4 26. Qc2 Bd6 27. Nd4  c5 28. Nf5 Qf6 29. Nxd6 Nxd6 30. Qxc5 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Ne4+ 32. Kf3 Nxc5 33. Rd6  Re5 34. Bb4 Rf5+ 35. Kg4 g6 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxa6 Rc2 38. b4 Rxh2 39. Ra5 Ra2  40. Kf3 h5 41. Rxb5 Rxa3 42. Ke4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "10.6"]  [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2741"]  [BlackElo "2726"]  [PlyCount "73"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:08:59"]  [BlackClock "0:00:11"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O  Rb8 9. f4 Nd7 10. a4 a6 11. f5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. g4 b4 14. Nd5 e6 15. Ne3  Nd4 16. Nf4 Nb6 17. Bd2 Nb5 18. Ra2 Re8 19. Qf3 d5 20. exd5 exf5 21. gxf5 Nd4  22. Qf2 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. c3 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nd7 26. Nh5 Be5 27. d4 cxd4 28.  cxd4 Bd6 29. Ra7 Nb6 30. Bh6 Bf8 31. Bf4 Rc8 32. Qg3 Be7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Bg5  Qe2 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxe8+ Rxe8 37. Rxf5 1-0

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