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Petrosian Memorial 2014

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Grischuk

Grischuk


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This very prestigious and strong event started yesterday. The participants are:

Levon Aronian
Alexander Grischuk
Vladimir Kramnik
Peter Leko
Boris Gelfand
Liren Ding
Alexander Morozevich
Ernesto Inarkiev

Grischuk leads with perfect score after yesterday’s round.

Results of the 1st round

Ding Liren 2730 ½ – ½ Vladimir Kramnik 2760
Peter Leko 2731 ½ – ½ Alexander Morozevich 2724
Levon Aronian 2797 ½ – ½ Boris Gelfand 2759
Alexander Grischuk 2795 1 – 0 Ernesto Inarkiev 2688

Games of the round

Pairings of the 2nd round

Kramnik – Inarkiev
Gelfand – Grischuk
Morozevich – Aronian
Ding Liren – Leko

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FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent 2014

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Andreikin-Giri

Andreikin-Giri


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Andreikin won the event with 7 points out of 11. Mamedyarov and Nakamura shared 2nd-3rd places with 6.5 points.

Results of the last round

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

Final standings

1 GM Andreikin, Dmitry 2722 RUS 7
2 GM Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 2764 AZE 6½
3 GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2764 USA 6½
4 GM Jobava, Baadur 2717 GEO 6
5 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2757 FRA 6
6 GM Karjakin, Sergey 2767 RUS 6
7 GM Caruana, Fabiano 2844 ITA 6
8 GM Radjabov, Teimour 2726 AZE 5½
9 GM Giri, Anish 2768 NED 5
10 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 2747 RUS 4½
11 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 2706 UZB 3½
12 GM Gelfand, Boris 2748 ISR 3½

Games of the round

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